This vegan potato broccoli soup is rich and creamy and packed with delicious broccoli flavor! It’s incredibly comforting and filling, leaving you wanting more after each bite!
If you’re looking for a simple yet flavorful vegan soup, you will love this delicious vegan potato broccoli soup!
After I came up with the vegan potato soup, I knew we had to try a few variations.
This comforting soup will surely be a hit with everyone. Made with fresh broccoli florets, potatoes, and seasonings, it’s perfect for those chilly evenings when you need something warm, rich, hearty, and delicious.
Ready in under an hour, with little supervision, it’s super fun and easy to make!
It gets even better over time so you can enjoy a big bowl of vegan potato broccoli soup the next day too! Serve as an appetizer or, my preferred way – as a main course with a ton of crusty bread on the side… yum! And if you love a tasty vegan soup, then you will most likely love our vegan potato soup and vegan potato leak soup too.
Ingredients You’ll Need
Ingredients Notes
- Potatoes – Russet potatoes work great if you’re in the USA. If you’re elsewhere in the world, just choose starchy white potatoes.
- Broccoli – we used fresh broccoli florets for this recipe, but if you only have frozen broccoli, that will work just as well.
- Vegetable stock – or vegetable broth can be used. If you’re using a low sodium stock or broth then keep in mind that you may need to add extra salt to the soup. If it tastes bland, add more salt!
- Coconut Milk – we used canned full fat, unsweetened coconut milk.
- Seasonings – we opted for a delicious combination of crushed garlic, red pepper flakes, fresh rosemary and salt and pepper to taste.
How to make Vegan Potato Broccoli Soup
You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.
- Add chopped onions and celery with vegan butter and sauté until the onions are softened.
- Next, add crushed garlic, red pepper flakes, rosemary, and sauté for about 2 minutes until the garlic is fragrant .
- Now add the potatoes and broccoli florets and gently toss them together.
- Add the vegetable stock and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat, cover the pot and leave it to simmer for around 30 minutes, until the potatoes are soft and cooked.
- Remove from the heat and remove the rosemary stalks. Stir in the nutritional yeast and coconut milk.
- Blend it up in the pot with an immersion blender.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- And there you have it! The best, richest, and most hearty vegan potato broccoli soup!
Serving Suggestions
Top your soup with freshly ground black pepper and serve with crusty bread on the side.
You will love this vegan potato broccoli soup, it’s rich and flavorful, and you will taste both the potato and broccoli flavors very distinctly. It tastes so good the next day, and it’s easy to prepare and amazing served with a slice of bread for dipping!
This vegan potato broccoli soup can be served as an appetizer, but it’s so filling that it’s perfect to serve as a main meal too!
Storing and Freezing
Keep leftover soup in a covered container in the fridge for 4-5 days. You can reheat it in the microwave or on the stove.
It’s also freezer friendly for up to 3 months. Let it thaw in the fridge overnight before reheating in the microwave or on the stove.
More Delicious Vegan Soup Recipes
- Vegan Mushroom Soup
- Creamy Vegan Potato Soup
- Vegan Lentil Soup (Middle Eastern Style)
- Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup
- Vegan Spilt Pea Soup
- Vegan Minestrone Soup
Did you make this recipe? Be sure to leave a comment and rating below!
Vegan Potato Broccoli Soup
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons Vegan Butter
- 1 Medium Onion White, Yellow or Brown, Chopped
- 1 Stalk Celery Diced
- 3 Cloves Garlic Crushed
- ¼ teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
- 2 Sprigs of Fresh Rosemary
- 7 Medium Potatoes (2.5lb/1.2kg), peeled and chopped*
- 4 cups Broccoli Florets (360g)
- 4 cups Vegetable Stock (960ml)
- ½ cup Nutritional Yeast (30g)
- 14 ounces Coconut Milk (400ml, 1 can), unsweetened
- ¼ teaspoon Sea Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
Instructions
- Add the vegan butter to a pot and melt over medium heat. Add the chopped onions and celery, and sauté until the onions are soft and translucent.
- Add the crushed garlic, red pepper flakes and rosemary and sauté for 2 minutes until the garlic is fragrant.
- Add the potatoes and broccoli florets and gently toss them together. Add the vegetable stock and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat, cover the pot, and simmer until the potatoes are soft and cooked, stirring occasionally. This should take about 30 minutes.
- Remove the pot from the heat and remove the rosemary stalks.
- Then, stir in the nutritional yeast and coconut milk.
- Blend the soup using an immersion blender for the most effortless blending, or if you don’t have an immersion blender, you can use a regular blender. You’ll need to let the soup cool a bit and then transfer it in stages to your blender jug, blend it, and then when it’s all blended, return it to the pot.
- Add sea salt and black pepper to taste.
- Serve with a sprinkle of crushed black pepper and crusty bread on the side.
Notes
- If you’re in the US, Russet potatoes are the best for this soup. If you’re elsewhere, choose any standard starchy white potato.
- Immersion blender. An immersion (handheld) blender is the best option for blending this soup. However, if you don’t have an immersion blender, you can use a regular blender. You’ll need to let the soup cool a bit and then transfer it in stages to your blender jug, blend it, and then when it’s all blended, return it to the pot.
- Leftovers keep very well in a covered container in the fridge for 4-5 days. You can reheat it in the microwave or on the stovetop.
- It’s also freezer friendly for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge. You may want to immersion blend it again once thawed, as some slight separation may occur.
I just found this recipe and tried it today. I followed the recipe exactly and I think it makes an awesome potato soup but thought it needed more broccoli. I had another head of broccoli so I cut it up and steamed it until it was tender and then just stirred that into the soup—no blending. I also added some veggie stock to thin it out a little. That made the soup even better. thanks for sharing your recipe—I’m looking forward to the leftovers!
Thanks for sharing and for your great review Pete!
one of the best soups I’ve ever made, which is a bold statement cause I’ve made a lot of soups. I didn’t even add the coconut milk and still, it’s unreaaaal!
thank you so much! 💞🍲
Yay! Happy to hear you enjoyed the recipe Dawn! Thanks so much for your great review!
Thank you for this recipe! I made some changes, like adding carrots, increasing the amount of celery to use up what I had, using only two large russets, omitting the nutritional yeast, adding soy sauce, and garnishing with ponzu and scallions. It came out great, and I’ll def be playing around with it going forward.
Happy to hear you enjoyed the recipe Nikhil!
Ready to make this next! Loved the broccoli pasta and I’m excited to try more from this site. I do have a question around the nutritional yeast and is it essential for this recipe or can it be omitted?
Thank you Cheryl! And you can omit the nutritional yeast.
First, this soup is amazing the consistency, the taste, and the ease of following the directions when I was putting it into freezer containers my husband tried it and wanted a cup of soup before freezing. Thanks so much for the perfect combo potato and broccoli.
That’s awesome Sheree! Happy to hear you enjoyed the soup! Thanks so much for your great review!
Hearty and tasty soup using simple ingredients? Yes, please! I skipped the coconut milk, and subbed dried/crushed rosemary for fresh. I also didn’t blend my soup, but used diced Yukon Gold potatoes that melted nicely into the base as they cooked. My family love it! Thanks for the fabulous recipe; it’s a keeper!
Thanks for the tips Sara! Happy to hear you and your family enjoy the recipes!
Please can you republish the Lentil Ragu recipe. I’ve lost mine and it was the best recipe ever , my family said!
Here you go! Lentil Ragu.
Looks delicious… can I use frozen broccoli?
Kathy
That should be fine Kathy!