Vegan potato and leek soup
This tasty potato and leek soup is gluten free, vegetarian, vegan, dairy free, and paleo friendly!
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 2 stalks celery
- 2 large carrots
- 2 leeks
- 1 shallot
- 4 white potatoes
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 3 cups vegan broth
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp mustard powder
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Prepare the leeks. Chop off the green leafy part of the leeks and the roots. Slice the stems of the leeks thinly and soak the leek slices in a large bowl filled with cool water for about 10 minute. Stir the bowl of water periodically to dislodge any debris caught in the leeks.
- Clean and chop the shallots, celery, carrots, and potatoes. The potatoes should be chopped into large cubes that are 1/2 inch - 1 inch in length. The rest of the vegetables should be diced into small pieces.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Add the leeks, carrots, shallots, and celery then sprinkle 1/4 tsp of salt over them. Cook the vegetables for 10 - 15 minutes.
- Add the potatoes and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Add the broth, whole thyme sprigs, mustard, black pepper, and nutmeg to the pot and reduce the heat to low or medium low. Simmer the soup for 25 minutes. Try to keep the thyme sprigs at the top of the soup because they will be removed later.
- Add the coconut milk and remove the thyme sprig.
- Blend at least 1/3 of the soup to thicken it. It is easiest to use an immersion blender if you have one. If you do not, you can wait for the soup to cool then pour some of it into a standard blender.
Notes
Time saving tip. Chopping the vegetables is the most time consuming part of making this soup. You can use a food processor to chop the vegetables in a fraction of the time. We use this food processor and we highly recommend it. Vegan bouillon cube recommendations. If you are looking for bouillon cubes that taste just like chicken bouillon then you should pick up some of these bouillon cubes! We won't use anything else after trying these babies.