This Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup is rich and creamy, nutritious and so comforting!
I’d been thinking for a while about how I could make a “cheesy” soup, but couldn’t work out how to get a nice yellow colour without adding turmeric or a whole tub of nutritional yeast, both of which would affect the taste. Then I thought about using carrots! Blended up with the white beans and plant-based milk, the orange colour from the carrots becomes a beautiful golden colour.
Why you’ll love this Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup:
- it’s thick and velvety
- it’s “cheesy”
- it’s filling and satisfying
- it’s a good source of protein and fibre
- it’s packed with veggies
- it’s easy to make
- it’s nut-free optional
- it’s gluten-free
- it’s ready in 30 minutes!
How to make this Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup
Scroll to the bottom of the post for the full recipe.
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Fry the onion, garlic, celery and carrots.
- Add the white beans, stock cube, nutritional yeast, almond milk, salt + pepper and water.
- Bring to the boil and simmer for a few minutes.
- Transfer to a blender or food processor (a hand-held stick blender also works).
- Blend until it becomes a smooth liquid.
Tip: Add some more water if it’s too thick at this stage.
- Transfer the soup back to the saucepan and add the broccoli.
- Cook for a further few minutes until the broccoli is softened but still retains a little bite (but you can cook it for longer until it’s completely soft if you prefer).
How long does this Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup keep for?
This Broccoli Cheese Soup is best enjoyed immediately – leftovers do keep covered in the fridge for a few days and can be frozen, but the broccoli can get soggy when reheated.
Substitutions you can make to this recipe:
- you can substitute the almond milk with cashew milk
- for a nut-free version, you can use oat milk instead of almond milk
- other plant-based milks such as soy milk or rice milk can be used, but they will affect the taste.
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Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup (GF)
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil (or sub olive oil, vegetable oil or rapeseed oil)
- 1 onion , sliced
- 2 cloves of garlic , minced
- 2 sticks of celery , sliced
- 2 carrots , peeled and sliced
- 400 g (14 oz) tin of white beans , drained and rinsed (cannellini, haricot or butter beans)
- 1 vegetable stock cube (ensure gluten-free if necessary)
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 250 ml (1 cup) unsweetened almond milk (or sub unsweetened cashew milk, or unsweetened oat milk for a nut-free version)
- Salt + pepper to taste
- 175 g (1 cup) broccoli florets , chopped into small pieces
To serve (optional):
- Fresh parsley , roughly chopped
Instructions
- Heat up the oil in a large pan and add the onion, garlic, celery and carrots once hot
- Fry for 10 minutes until softened
- Once the onions etc have softened, add the beans, stock cube, nutritional yeast, almond milk and salt + pepper to the pan, along with 350 ml (1 1/2 cups) water
- Bring to the boil and simmer for a few minutes
- Turn off the heat and use a blender or food processor (a hand-held blender also works) to blend until it becomes a smooth liquid (add some more water if it’s too thick at this stage)
- Transfer the soup back to the saucepan then add the broccoli
- Cook for a further few minutes until broccoli is softened but still retains a little bite (but you can cook it for longer until it’s completely soft if you prefer)
- Taste and add more salt if necessary
- Serve into bowls and top with fresh parsley, if desired
- Best enjoyed immediately - leftovers do keep covered in the fridge and can be frozen, but the broccoli can get quite soggy when reheated
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Jamie Miller
Thanks for this! I had the same problem trying to get ratio of nutritional yeast for the cheesiness to the color right in the past so I sort of gave up on broccoli cheese lol. I’ll be trying this soon! I’m allergic to eggs and have a few cans of chickpeas to use the leftover aquafaba as my egg replacer. So I might try using those instead of the white beans in this soup and then try it with the white beans in another batch to taste test the difference.
Rhian Williams
Thank you! That sounds great, would really love to hear how you get on!
Becky
This looks really yummy and it’s all ingredients I usually have in my kitchen!
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much, glad you like it!
Fiona Manoon
It looks very yummy.
Thanks for sharing such a delicious recipe with us.
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much!
Hazel
Made this for lunch today with borlotti beans and it was delicious
Rhian Williams
Thank you, so glad you liked it!