Easy Vegan Broccoli Soup

Move over pumpkin soup, here comes easy vegan broccoli soup that's silky smooth. With only four ingredients, quick cook time and loads of flavour, broccoli soup is here to stay.

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I was perusing the contents of my fridge and saw I had quite a bit of broccoli and I had an idea to create a creamy broccoli soup - something I had yet to make (not sure why?).

The results were a unanimous yes from my family - they all loved it! Boom!

I just made an easy vegan broccoli soup recipe that is here to stay in my go-to soups book. Here's how you can make it;

How to Make Vegan Broccoli Soup

Step 1 - Peel and roughly chop potato into small pieces, set aside. You want the potatoes small to dramatically reduce the boil time

Step 2 - Cut broccoli into small florets and pieces, set aside

Step 3 - In a tall pot, over high heat, bring water, vegan butter and vegetable stock to a boil

Step 4 - Add potatoes and cook until par-boiled. About 5 minutes

Step 5 - Add broccoli and boil for another 5 minutes until both potato and broccoli are cooked

Step 6 - Take out about 50% of the water and set aside, you may want to add some back in

Step 7 - Pour contents (broccoli, potato and water) into a blender and blend until completely smooth. If your soup is too thick, ladle little amounts at a time back into the blended soup until you achieve the desired consistency

Step 8 - Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and garnish with fried shallot

Vegan Broccoli Soup Recipe Tips

Cover the broccoli and potatoes with just enough water when boiling

Take out about half the content of water for blending, you can always add the water back into the broccoli soup if it's too thick

Keep the lid on the pot at all times to ensure rapid boil

Don't over boil the broccoli, this will result in a dull green coloured soup

Serve garnished with fried shallots or croutons and drizzle with olive oil (the olive oil makes the broccoli soup look silkier)

Some members of my family enjoyed the soup with home-made chilli oil

Why use a blender for making broccoli soup?

I tried the hand held mixer and it resulted in a grainy soup due to the broccoli florets having small buds on the heads which didn't blend well.

It wasn't the result I was after. The blender* however, blended the content so well, it resulted in a very smooth silky finish. Making it easy to slurp the soup.

Aesthetically, it was appealing.

What to Serve with Broccoli Soup?

Crusty bread - your choice. Try my vegan dinner rolls recipe

Vegan cheese mixed through it

Garlic bread (my family did this and loved it)

Freshly roasted artichoke petals - I dunked these into the soup rather than bread. Try my roasted artichoke recipe

Can I freeze Broccoli Soup?

Hell yeah! Allow the soup to fully cool down and then store it in a snap lock bag in the freezer for up to three months.

Portion it into serving sizes, as you don't want to thaw out more than you need.

Vegan broccoli soup garnished with fried shallot and a drizzling of olive oil

Other Vegan Soup Recipes

Or for other broccoli recipe, try Broccoli Stir Fry or my easy vegan broccoli salad