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
Mmm… I love baked potato soup! Yummy!
That looks ah-maze-ing! And I don’t get why white potatoes get a bad rap. It’s not like white flour or rice where nutrients are stripped away. You don’t mess with a potato and then it turns white.
Anyway, way to go getting your man to approve.
This sounds like the perfect winter soup! I can’t wait to try it!
That looks lush! My current favourite soup involves thai curry paste and coconut milk with veggies or lentils, so good!
This looks ah-mazing!
Great recipe! i will definitely be making this soon because I am trying to be a little less psycho about eating white potatoes! 😉
thoughts about using Worcestershire over the liquid smoke?
Hmmm I’m not sure! I think it would definitely add a nice kick, but it might not be quite the same flavor. I mainly used the liquid smoke to give it the sort of flavor you would expect bacon to give in a “loaded” baked potato soup.
Then again, I don’t use Worcestershire sauce in much of anything other than chex mix, so I haven’t played with it much 😉
Looks tasty. My favorite soup is a spinach & lentil soup that I make about once a month. Reminds me that I need to get it on my blog!
It must be good if G-Love likes it, but I am way pickier than the average human being … Maybe I will have Mr. A make it for me for the ultimate test! 🙂
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I looooove potato soup!! I haven’t had it in a while. I think the last time I had it was when I got my wisdom teeth out and all I could eat was soup. Not the best memory, but it still tastes awesome! My favorite of all soups is definitely black bean. I can’t get enough!
Baked potato soup without cream. Winning! Without bacon? Hmmm… I’ll have to try it before I knock it. 🙂
My fav soup is chili. Is that a soup?