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
This recipe looks awesome. I’m not a vegan, but I am lactose intolerant so this really solves a lot of issues for me with this soup. Thank you for sharing this!
great, easy recipe! i am just starting to make soups, and i can’t believe how easy this was, and tasty. i used my new immersion blender for the first time on this, and chickpea flour instead of regular, so it came out super duper thick and creamy. thanks!
Mmm I have a soft spot for good potato soup this looks gorgeous 🙂
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I’m not vegan, but I AM allergic to eggs and this soup looks like a perfect fix for that.
My favorite type would probably be an authentic cuban black bean soup. Maybe it’s the Miami girl in me 😉
Have never met a soup I didn’t like. I have to say though that I really love a good lentil soup. MMMMMMMMMMMMM.
love thick style soups, looks great!!! perfect on a cold day!
that soup looks so good! i wonder what it would be like with sweet potatoes?
Never tried to make potato soup, but it sounds like perfect comfort food. Looks delicious too!
This soup looks amazing.. I don’t normally crave soup, but the moment I saw this I started craving it!
This soup sounds really delicious and I like that it is vegan, who needs bacon anyway. My husband would probably opt for the bacon topping. I know I shouldn’t say this but I love white potatoes. Have a great day.