Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon and Corn
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Creamy, dreamy, delicious, and good for you!! This creamy cauliflower soup is loaded with sweet corn and crunchy bites of bacon and it’s well loved by everyone in our family. This recipe makes a full pot of cauliflower soup, but it disappears quickly and I always wish we had more when it’s gone! It reminds me of the soups we enjoyed at a 5-star resort on our honeymoon years ago. The dining was unforgettable and I was particularly smitten with their indulgent soups. This cauliflower soup has a rich gourmet flavor except the entire pot has (GET THIS) only 1 cup of cream! Seriously!! The cauliflower is the secret to the velvety smooth texture.
Ladle hot cauliflower soup into shallow bowls and top with lavish amounts of sweet corn and crunchy bacon. Pair it with some fresh crusty bread and pretend you’re fine dining at home (where refills are always free) ;). Enjoy this creamy cauliflower soup my friends. I hope this becomes a new favorite for you!
Ingredients for Creamy Cauliflower Soup:
12 oz bacon, sliced into 1/2″ pieces
1 medium onion, diced
4 medium russet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1/2″ thick pieces
1 medium head cauliflower, cored and chopped into florets
7 cups warm water
1 cup heavy cream
4 tsp salt or to taste
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/4 to 1 tsp cayenne pepper, or to taste
2 to 3 cups corn kernels (cooked from fresh or frozen)
1 Tbsp parsley, finely chopped – optional garnish
How To Make Creamy Cauliflower Soup:
1. Cook bacon in a 5 1/2 qt+ heavy-bottomed soup pot or dutch oven over med/high heat until browned and crispy. Use a slotted spoon to remove to a paper-towel-lined plate.
2. Pour the bacon grease into a bowl. Spoon 3 Tbsp of bacon fat back into the pot and discard the rest. Add diced onion and sauté 5 minutes or until softened.
3. Add chopped potatoes and cauliflower, 7 cups warm water along with 4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste. Stir and bring to a boil. Once it boils, add 1 cup whipping cream then reduce heat to a simmer, cover and cook until potatoes are cooked through (about 15 minutes).
4. Meanwhile cook your corn (click for 15 minute fresh corn recipe, or cook frozen corn kernels according to package instructions. When out of season, I love the frozen organic from Costco). Drain and cover to keep warm.
5. Blend the soup in batches in a blender until completely smooth (making sure your blender has a little breathing hole at the top so you don’t create a suction vacuum from the hot liquid. Blendtec has a built in opening at the top. Return soup to the pot and season to taste (for more of an adult soup, we add another 1/2 tsp cayenne). To serve, Ladle cauliflower soup into warm bowls and garnish generously with bacon bits, cooked corn kernels and fresh parsley.
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Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon and Corn
Ingredients
- 12 oz bacon, sliced into 1/2" pieces
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 4 medium russet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1/2" thick pieces
- 1 medium head cauliflower, cored and chopped into florets
- 7 cups warm water
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 4 tsp salt or to taste
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1/4 to 1 tsp cayenne pepper, or to taste
- 2 to 3 cups corn kernels, cooked from fresh or frozen
- 1 Tbsp parsley, finely chopped - optional garnish
Instructions
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Cook bacon in a 5 1/2 qt+ heavy-bottomed soup pot or dutch oven over med/high heat until browned. Remove bacon with slotted spoon to paper-towel-lined plate.
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Pour the bacon grease into a bowl. Spoon 3 Tbsp of bacon grease back into the pot and discard the rest. Add diced onion and sauté 5 min or until soft.
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Add chopped potatoes and cauliflower, 7 cups warm water along with 4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste. Stir and bring to a boil. Add 1 cup cream, reduce heat to a simmer, cover and cook until potatoes are cooked through (about 15 min).
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Meanwhile cook your corn. Drain and cover to keep warm.
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Puree the soup in batches in a blender until completely smooth (making sure your blender has a little breathing hole at the top so you don't create a suction vacuum from the hot liquid. Return soup to the pot and season to taste (for an adult soup, we add another 1/2 tsp cayenne). To serve, Ladle into warm bowls and garnish generously with bacon bits, cooked corn kernels and fresh parsley.
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This cauliflower soup is velvety smooth, and the bacon-corn topping adds just the right amount of crunch and texture to every bite. So yummy!!
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Hi Natasha
I will be making this soup soon . I am considering adding shredded cheese at the end to mine .
Have you tried this ?
Hi Barb, I have not but I think that would be just fine.
I love this recipe…all recipe !! Awesome recipe 😋.i’m muslim, sometimes i have to change the ingredient to halal..love natasha.
No worries and feel free to change it up a bit according to your needs. I hope you’ll love the recipes!
Fast, easy recipe AND kid friendly. Both my kids, including my extremely picky eater gobbled this down. A few things I changed, used same amount of water and added 2 cups of homemade bone broth for some extra nutrients, and added 1.5 c of half & half. It was SO creamy. Though a little tip for picky eaters, save some of the purée without the additives. My son loved the soup but didn’t like the corn or bacon so I had to take it out one by one. I ended up straining out half the soup, so half is just the purée and half is with the bacon and corn. Hubby and I got twice the bacon, so I’m not complaining! Haha. Win-win for everyone 🙂
That is the best when the family loves what we moms make. That’s so great!
So I made it again and wanted to share my dairy free version, since I’ve seen a few questions in the comments. Instead of cream I used 2 cups of organic raw cashews (it’s a common replacement for cream in healthier dairy-free recipes). I microwaved it for 3 minutes in hot water and then let it boil with the soup. Turned out amazing. There may have been a very mild difference, but the kids liked it equally as much as the first time when I added cream. Though next time I’ll plan ahead and soak the nuts overnight instead of microwaving.
I could have probably got away with just 1 cup, but I had a huge container of cashews from Costco, and always trying unique ways to add more protein to kiddos meals if there is no meat.
Hi Galya, thank you so much for sharing that with us. That’s very useful information as I’m sure a lot of people would like to tryu a dairy free version of this recipe too.
Can you use a nondairy milk such as soy or oat milk?
Hi Debbie, I haven’t tested that substitution to advise. If you experiment, I would love to know how you like that.
Amazing taste! Fast and easy! Thanks a lot!
Thank you for your wonderful feedback, Anna!
Easy to make and super delicious. Thank you.
My pleasure, thanks too for your good feedback!
Has anyone tried making this with chicken broth? Is there a big difference?
Hi Lys, You can absolutely add it to taste, but it is a big pot of soup and I’m not using chicken broth so the 4 tsp of salt is basically the only sodium in the soup. I hope you love it!
Easiest soup recipe, yet sooo delicious! I’ve made this for dinner guests before and everyone loves it! I use Adele’s sausages sometimes instead of bacon.
Hi,Natasha. This looks so good. We made it & since my family likes it,I didn’t blend it & it was perfect. Thanks for this recipe. God bless you. 😊💖👍
You’re so welcome Olga!
the cauliflower soup was fantastic and I did use whole creme! Thank you ! V Bellini
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it
Can I use whole milk or half n half instead of cream? Its what I have on hand, and I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Hi Vivian, half and half will work. The overall creamy cauliflower soup will be a little lighter but will still be great 🙂
Hi – I just discovered your site – all loving your recipes!! Has anyone tried substituting rutabagas for the potatoes to make this low carb?
thx
I’m so happy you discovered our blog. Welcome! 🙂 I have not tried that, hoping some of our readers will chime in.
Tried it yesterday and the soup is amazing – even using rutabagas! They just needed to boil a bit longer. Thx!
This was awesome without bacon, too. My 20 month old liked it too which made me so happy! Thank you for this healthy recipe! Keep up your great work.
That is the best when kids love what we moms make. That’s so great!
Loved this!!!so delicious and creamy! We don’t eat pork, so I didn’t use bacon.
It was so quick and easy.
I’m happy to hear how much you enjoy the recipe Veronika! Thanks for sharing your great review!
Hi, can I use chopped cauliflower instead of florets? I already bought some cauliflower, and it’s already chopped very small in the bag. Thanks for all your amazing recipes.
HI Ali, I think that would work but you might add the cauliflower once the potatoes are nearly cooked since tiny chopped bits of cauliflower will cook faster.
Great recipe. We loved it.
Awesome, I’m glad to hear the recipe is a HIT! Thanks for sharing Alina!
Could you use canned corn instead of frozen or fresh?
Hi Esther, yes you can 😬
Have you tried not to blend this soup? I don’t know how I feel about my food blended… lom
Hi Nadia, several readers have reported loving this not blended 🙂
Could you please add nutritional information to your yummy recipes? This one sounds delicious, but high in calories. I would love to be able to judge how to allot my daily calories.
Due to time constraints, I don’t typically include nutritional info, but check out this nutrition analyzer – you can plug in the ingredients from any recipe, select the serving size and it will give you nutritional info, calories, etc. I hope that is helpful to you Sue!
I haven’t tried this recipe yet, but was planning to cook it over the weekend. My 4 year old has been demanding a ‘cauliflower and sweet corn soup’ because it’s her favourite (this week anyway😋). This looks yummy! Can you freeze it? As if she likes it I’ll freeze portions for busy weeknights!
Hi Rebecca, I have not tried freezing but I imagine it would work well.
I was really excited to make this soup, and really wanted to love it. However, I was a little disappointed when I made it and finally had a bite. It was a little too blant for me and was missing flavor. I had to add in extra spices to make up for it. Over all it was a good try, but I don’t see myself adding it to my collection. 🙁
Hi Sarah, did you change anything about proportions or change the seasonings that are called for? It only has 3 simple seasonings which add great flavor but if you cut one out or reduce it, it will be noticeable in the recipe. I hope that helps! We make this recipe often and it’s a favorite in our family 🙂
wow, i need to make that soup.
i would love more soups recipes from you. my husband requested a 30 soups challenge (soups recipes should not be repeated), this will be soup #8, because i am making tomorrow creamy potato soup ( which is soup #7). basically i am making 2 to 3 soups a week, sometimes it is even 4 soups per week.
You’ll love this soup! Please let me know what you and your husband think!
The fist time I made this soup I was disappointed,it turned out too spicy since then I’ve reduced the pepper and this is now one of my favourite soups! The other change I made is using a stick blender to cream it, works great and I can use the very same pot were I cooked it!
Hi Luba, I’m so glad you love it!! 🙂
Yummy soup! First time making it, and I regret all those years I missed out on this soup! I love how creamy and rich it is. I also added carrots and chicken stock to the pot. At the end I added canned corn and green onion. Loving it right now 🍲
Valeriya, thank you for such a nice review and great job improvising 😬
This soup was so satisfyingly delicious! My husband and daughter loved it. For a snazzy soup, it was simple and quick to make.
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful review Inga! 🙂
Delicious Soup, also it’s so easy to make. Thank you sooo much for the recipe
Isn’t the flavor amazing for an easy recipe! One of our favorites!
thank you so much for this recipe ! the soup was delicious !! even my 9 month old baby loved it and shes a very picky eater 🙂 ill be making it over and over again!!
Awesome! Your review put a big smile on my face Jane! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Creamy soup! I put 1/2 tsp of cayenne and its too spicy for my husband.. I guess ill be eating this all by myself lol
Hi Anastasia, thank you for sharing! You might try just 1/4 tsp next time 😉
This was delicious! I only added about half a teaspoon of cayenne though and it was plenty hot for our family and we like spice! I will cut the salt a bit as well. Also, I used coffee cream (18%) because that’s what I had. Great recipe!
I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thanks for sharing Tanya 🙂
I am making a list of “What I HAVE to make from Natashas kitchen.”
This soup is on the list! Have about 67 recipes written down!
Keep up the good work!
WOW! That’s great! Thank you so much Chloe 🙂
Natasha, is it possible to use only cauliflower in this recipe so that there are no potatoes?
Yes, you can definitely do that! I hope you love it.
Have you thought about posting a recipe on how to make baked potato soup? Panera sells some yummy baked potato soup and I have been dying to make it but I haven’t found a good recipe :/
That is a great suggestion and I’ll add it to my list. Thank you!
Great recipe! By the time I was done making the soup, I had used 1/2 tsp cayenne and 3 tsp salt. I recommend everyone to start with less and then just continue adding to taste.
Great tip Maria! Thank you for sharing your review 🙂
This recipe is so simple and really delicious. I used frozen cooked corn but I’m certain it would taste even better in summer with fresh corn on the cob – maybe even grilled corn. YUMMERS!
I cannot wait until fresh summer corn! I completely agree, there’s nothing like sweet corn right off the cob 🙂
This was yummy. I used a little less cayenne but loved the spice from it! Thanks
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! 🙂
Thanks for the recipe Natasha I loved the ingredients and decided to make it but it turned out to spicy for our family with just 1/2 TSP of cayenne pepper. Just a warning for those people who don’t like very spicy things.
Hi Luba, are you certain you used half a teaspoon rather than half a tablespoon? I guess everyone has a different affinity for spice. 🙂 thanks for sharing your feedback!
Yes way too spicy, I wish I read your comment before making this recipe.
Thank you for your feedback! I adjusted the recipe to read 1/4 tsp to 1 tsp. Maybe our family has a high tolerance to spicy foods? 😉
That looks yummy,I resently got home from work,& by looking @ this soup made Me hungry. Going to make it.I don’t like to blend the soups,i like it it how it is. Do we have to blend it? Thanks for all the delicious recipes.
Hi Olga, I think it’s best served creamy, but it will still taste fine if you don’t blend it, or maybe blend half of it so you have the creaminess with some texture.
Hi Natasha! Would canned corn work for this recipe?
Hi Larisa, I think fresh or frozen tastes best/sweetest and during winter, I love the organic frozen corn sold in large bags in the freezer section of Costco, but it would work to used canned if you prefer 🙂 Enjoy!!
This soup sounds delicious. I plan to make it within the next few days. 4 Tbs of salt sounds like a lot. Are you sure this is the correct amount? Thank you.
Sorry. I meant to type 4 tsp. Still sounds like a lot though.
Hi Debra, yes 4 teaspoons is correct. You can absolutely add it to taste, but it is a big pot of soup and I’m not using chicken broth so the 4 tsp of salt is basically the only sodium in the soup. When you consider how much soup it makes, it’s really not that much and we also do not like overly salty foods. I hope you love it!
OH goodness… I love the ingredients in the recipe…
It is DELICIOUS!!