Rich, hearty and satisfying vegan potato soup. Super easy, hugely delicious and so filling you can have it as a main course!
This vegan potato soup will blow your mind. I know this because my mind was totally blown.
I’m a big soup fan and absolutely love a good soup.
But in all my years of making soups, I had never tried to make a potato soup. Boy, have I been missing out!
Don’t be fooled by the color, this aint no butternut squash soup, the color comes from the 2 carrots I added. Carrots are great to add to soups, they add texture, color and flavor.
But seriously, this is a potato soup. It’s wonderfully rich, hearty and delicious. And as good as it is on the first go, it’s even better the next day. So when you make this you know you have some good eating ahead.
And while we generally tend to think of soups as appetizers, and sure, they are that too, this one is so filling there is no need for a main course.
How to make vegan potato soup
This vegan potato soup is ready in under an hour (50 minutes) and most of that time is just spent doing its thing on the stove without any involvement needed from you, so it’s easy and fun to make.
You’re just going to fry up some onion and garlic in a little coconut oil and some dried herbs, then add some chopped carrots and peeled and chopped potatoes and sautĆ© them a little to spread the flavors around.
Then you’re going to add in some vegetable stock, bring to the boil and leave to simmer (covered) for around 30 minutes or as long as needed until the potatoes and carrots are soft and cooked.
Then it’s just a case of getting in there with an immersion blender and blending it all up, adding in some coconut milk and letting it gently heat through and mix wonderfully with all the flavors of the soup.
And there you have it! The most deliciously rich and hearty soup.
Top with some chives, because you just won’t believe how well they go with this soup.
You will love this vegan potato soup, it’s hearty, satisfying and rich and it tastes even better the next day! It’s easy to prepare and hugely delicious served with some wholewheat bread for dipping.
Have it as an appetizer if you like, but it’s so filling it works great as a main course too.
More vegan soup recipes!
- Vegan Butternut Squash Soup
- Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup
- Vegan Carrot Soup
- Vegan Pumpkin Soup
- Vegan Potato Leek Soup
- Vegan Tomato Soup
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Creamy Vegan Potato Soup
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 4-6
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Rich, hearty and satisfying vegan potato soup. Super easy, hugely delicious and so filling you can have it as a main course!
Ingredients
- 1 Onion (Chopped)
- 1 tsp Crushed Garlic
- 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil
- 1/2 tsp Dried Thyme
- 1/2 tsp Dried Rosemary
- 2 Large Carrots
- 4 Large White Potatoes (~2.6lb/1200g)*
- 4 cups (960ml) Vegetable Stock
- 1 14oz (400ml) can Coconut Milk
- Sea Salt and Black Pepper to taste
- Chives for garnish
Instructions
- AddĀ the chopped onions and crushed garlic to a pot with the coconut oilĀ and dried thyme and rosemary and sautĆ© until the onions are slightly softened.
- Add the carrots and potatoes (peeled and chopped) and sautƩ for a minute just to blend the flavors together.
- Pour in the vegetable stock.
- Bring to the boil and then cover the pot, turn down the heat and simmer for around 30 minutes until soft and cooked.
- Remove from the heat and blend with an immersion blender into a thick creamy soup. Then add the coconut milk and stir through.
- Gradually heat the soup to a simmer again so that the coconut milk flavors blend properly.
- Add sea salt and black pepper to taste.
- Serve with chopped chives and some delicious breads for dipping.
Notes
*Any variety of potato should work great here, so long as you don’t overcook it. The potatoes should be cooked and soft but not overdone (i.e. they should not be disintegrating).
*If you’re serving as a main course, this soup will serve 4, however as an appetizer, it will easily serve 6.
- Category: Appetizer, Gluten-Free, Savory
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Vegan
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Serve (of 6)
- Calories: 376
- Sugar: 5.3g
- Sodium: 642mg
- Fat: 15.2g
- Saturated Fat: 13.6g
- Carbohydrates: 53g
- Fiber: 6.8g
- Protein: 6.9g
Keywords: vegan potato soup
Iād like to make this and freeze it for my daughter. Does it do well frozen?
Hi Tracey, yes it is freezer friendly. š
I am having this soup while typing this message. Tastes absolutely awesome. Win win in our family. Thank you for the recipe.
So glad you’re enjoying it, thanks for sharing! š
I added a can of hatch green chili tonite.
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Hi can the coconut oil and coconut milk be subbed? I have to avoid coconut. Also, does your cookbook contain a lot of coconut oil/milk/cream? I am thinking of purchasing it, but perhaps may not be for me if a lot of recipes contain it. Thanks.
Hi Nina, I do use it a lot so I think maybe the cookbook won’t be a great fit for you. You can use olive oil in this recipe instead of coconut oil and you can sub the coconut cream for any other vegan cream that you like, it could also be a plant based milk but the result will be thinner in consistency (which is also fine!).
Hi Alison, thank you so much for replying and Greetings from the UK. I really appreciate your honesty in saying your cook book may not be the one for me…. I do look at your recipes all the time, but as I said I avoid coconut products so sadly I cannot make a lot of the recipes that interest me. Thanks again for taking the time out to answer, very much appreciated…?
You’re welcome Nina! š
This soup is fantastic! I made it as listed above, maybe adding just a bit more ground thyme, and I used Yukon Gold potatoes. I am constantly looking for vegan recipes that will satisfy the meat-eaters in my family and it’s really rare that I’ll find one where everyone is happy. I almost never leave reviews, but I’ve been enjoying leftovers for 3 days and am still in awe at how good this recipe is. Thank you!
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Hi Valerie, so happy it worked out great! And I’m honored that you left a review and such a great one too, thanks a million! š
Made this tonight… LOVE. I used my VITAMIX to blend. Then returned to pot and added some frozen kale I needed to use. Delish! Would be excellent with frozen broccoli!
Hi Jennifer, so happy you enjoyed it! Adding in some green veg is a great idea too. š
I am making this soup right now. We are about to have a few days of cold weather. I have always wanted to make a vegan potato soup, but never found a recipe I liked. I just taste tested it and all I have to say is, YUMMY!!!! I am going to have this for dinner tomorrow night so it has a chance to incorporate all the flavors for 24 hours. I am so looking forward to this delicious soup!!!
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Hi Melissa, so happy you love it! It will definitely taste even better after 24 hours! Thanks for the great review. š
Wow! I added some smoked tofu in the very end which I pregrilled. I also only added half a can of coconut milk and it’s already super creamy. I also think you can get a great soup without any coconut milk, it makes it taste more homemade and mom-esque if you do leave it out. This is really delicious and easy, but it did take me around 2 hours including the time it took to chop up the veggies and to let my soup cool for my blender.
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Hi Laura, so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing. š
Delicious & easy, thanks
So glad you liked it Esther! š
Tasted great and super easy to make ?
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Fantastic! Thanks for the great review! š
really good! I changed it up using flax milk which was what I had on hand and used red potatoes still was so good.
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Wonderful! Thanks Lynn! š
This was so delicious, I did use broccoli, celery, and carrot since I only had one carrot that was tiny. I also used red onion at the beginning. I was worried but this was amazing and I’m so glad! Definitely recommend as is or as a basis recipe. You saved Dinner!
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Wonderful! So happy to hear! Thanks for sharing. š
Thank you for the recipe! It turned out perfect. Absolutely delicious. I am making it again tonight š
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Awesome! Thanks Sarah! š
This tastes fantastic! A new family favourite for us. Tastes even better the next day!
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Yes! Those leftovers the next day are the best! Thanks for posting! š
What are the “mixed dried herbs” you used?
It was a dried mixed herbs shaker, like a mixture of basil, oregano, thyme etc. It’s not powdered spices, it’s dried leafy herbs. It doesn’t really matter which one you use, you can just sort of choose any type of herb or mix of herbs that you like for flavor.
I hate soup with a passion, just can’t stand the thought of soup, a friend made me this, I didn’t really want it, but since I was a guest I ate it and got a surprise, I liked and actually stunned people by eating not one but two bowls of it, some kind of magic going on there š
Thanks for the recipe
Hahaa, that’s awesome.
I made this for a gathering and even those who are not vegan said it was delish! Made a good sized batch and froze some portions for myself to enjoy later. Thank you.
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Good stuff! Thanks for posting Violet!
I was wondering how it worked it for Violet having frozen it? I would like to know if it freezes well?
Thanks! š
The taste was even better the next day. And we’ve just finished another bowl and the taste was very good, so I’ll def make this again. I’ll just use different potatoes. Thanks for a delicious soup. My fault it turned gluey.
That’s great Trish! Glad to hear! I always find soup to be more delicious the next day, it’s a good reason to make a big pot of it! š
I made this last night. I think the russet potatoes I used weren’t what I should have used though as the soup came out “gluey” even though I rinsed the potatoes. I’ll attempt this soup again another time and rinse potatoes thoroughly once cut up. Taste of it was fine though once you got past the texture. Thanks!
Hey Trish! That is super weird! I didn’t use russet potatoes but I don’t know what would make them gluey, unless they were a bit glassy to start with? I would definitely try again with some white potatoes. I peeled and then rinsed my potatoes but didn’t rinse them again once cut, and there was not even a hint of a glue-like texture, the texture is just perfect. All the best!
Delicious soup
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This was great, thank you! I had some bacon flavored tempeh so crisped up a couple of pieces in the toaster oven and then chopped it up into tiny pieces. I added it when I stirred in the coconut milk.
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Sounds divine! Thanks for sharing Mike! š