Vegetarian
Vegan Potato Soup
Description
This easy Vegan Potato Soup is magnificently rich and creamy, without the cream! Made with potatoes, cauliflower, and two special ingredients that make it taste “cheesy,” it’s some of the best baked potato soup I’ve ever eaten!
Ingredients
- ½ cup raw cashews
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion diced
- 3 medium carrots peeled and diced
- 3 celery stalks diced
- 3 cloves minced garlic about 1 tablespoon
- 1 ½ pounds russet potatoes about 3 medium or 2 large, peeled and cut into ¾-inch dice
- 1 medium head cauliflower cut into florets
- 4 cups low sodium vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt plus additional to taste
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper plus additional to taste
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast optional; will give the soup a “cheesy” note
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- For topping: chopped green onions or chives tempeh bacon, croutons, vegan sour cream, or vegan cheese shreds
Directions
- Place the cashews in a medium bowl and cover with room-temperature water. Let them soak while you prepare the rest of the soup.
- In a Dutch oven or large soup pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, and celery. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Stir in the garlic. Then, stir in the potatoes and cauliflower. Saute until the potato chunks soften slightly, about 8 minutes.
- Add the broth, soy sauce, paprika, salt, and pepper. Bring to a steady simmer.
- Let the soup simmer until the potatoes and cauliflower are tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Drain the cashews and place in a high-powered blender or a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Ladle in several scoops of the soup (be careful to only fill the blender about halfway, however, as hot soup can splatter). Puree until smooth, then transfer back to the soup pot.
- Puree the rest of the soup, either by transferring it to a blender in batches or with an immersion blender. Return all of the soup to the pot, then stir in the nutritional yeast and lemon juice.
- Taste the soup and adjust the salt and pepper as desired. The amount of salt you need will vary based on the broth you use. Serve hot, topped with chopped green onions, tempeh bacon, and/or croutons as desired.
