Vegan Baked Potato Soup
This vegan baked potato soup is just as rich and creamy as a dairy-based soup, but with no milk or cream required! If you’re craving potato soup, this is the perfect recipe!
Baked potato soup is one of my favorite comfort food recipes, but it’s usually loaded with heavy cream, cheese, and bacon. I wanted a lighter soup that still delivered the same creaminess, smokiness, and cheesy flavor but without the meat and dairy. I was really happy with how this soup turned out, and it was happily eaten by some non-vegan friends so I think that’s a win!
Tips for this vegan baked potato soup
- The nutritional yeast gives it a cheesy flavor, so it’s critical in this dish.
- The liquid smoke provides the type of flavor you’d get from bacon. You can leave this out if you don’t have it, but it won’t be quite as smoky.
- Feel free to use soy milk or almond milk, just be sure it’s unsweetened.
Serving Suggestions
- This vegan baked potato soup is certainly hearty enough to eat as a main dish, but it’s also great paired with a salad or a piece of crusty bread. Try this vegan beer bread recipe for a quick and easy loaf!
- You can even serve this with a sandwich like this smashed chickpea sandwich.
- For toppings, you can add green onion, croutons, or crackers!
Vegan Baked Potato Soup
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 6 cups 1x
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Soup
Description
This vegan baked potato soup is just as rich and creamy as a dairy-based soup, but with no milk or cream required! If you’re craving potato soup, this is the perfect recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion, peeled and diced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 cups vegetable broth or “no-chicken” broth
- 2 medium potatoes, washed and diced (you don’t have to peel them but you can)
- 1 cup soymilk (or almond milk)
- 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 4 drops liquid smoke
- Diced green onions (optional)
Instructions
- Cook the onion in the olive oil for 5-6 minutes over medium heat until soft, then season with the garlic salt.
- Add in the flour and broth and stir until well combined.
- Add in the potato and bring to a boil. Stir frequently. Simmer for 20-25 minutes until the potato is soft.
- Add in the soymilk, nutritional yeast, and seasonings/liquid smoke.
- Transfer to a blender or use an immersion blender to blend until smooth, then serve.
- Serve with green onions and add salt and pepper to taste
Notes
The key to this soup are the nutritional yeast and the liquid smoke. The nutritional yeast gives it a cheesy flavor, and the liquid smoke provides the type of flavor you’d get from bacon.
This makes about 6 cups of soup. It has about 120 calories per cup and includes 3 grams of fiber and 5 grams of protein. Seriously. For potato soup!
Looking for more vegan soup recipes? Here are a few of my favorites!
Vegan Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
I love the vegan soup topped with bacon 😀 I am a huge fan of any soup. I guess my favorite to make is lentil with tons of onions.
Haha I always have to make boyfriend-adjustments to recipes like these 😉 I obviously skipped the bacon on mine, and it was still so delicious! I think the liquid smoke is the key to not missing the bacon-flavor!
Yummm I love lentil soups! They’re so filling!
Baked potato is soooo good. But I’m also a big fan of chili or broccoli cheddar… yesss
yum! I love this 🙂
This sounds really good and looks great!
Yum! Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing – I just may have to make this for my parents, who love potato soup (with lots of butter and milk – I’m sure they’ll never miss it!) 🙂
This is what we call a “vegan with benefits” recipe! 🙂
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Sounds like a lovely bowl of yumminess to me!!
my favourite soup is butternut squash!!
Oh yum, I’ve been wanting to try potato soup lately. I’d definitely want to add cheese… And maybe vegetarian bacon. I love the idea of leaving out the cream.
Oo and my favorite soup is either red pea soup (a Jamaican staple) or lentil soup. Lately I’ve been into curried red lentil soup too. And tomato soup… I just love soup in general really.
Oh I don’t think I’ve ever had red pea soup! That sounds good though! Lentil soup is so fantastic when you need something really filling. It’s like a comfort food in a soup! 🙂