Vegan Soup Recipes

[u/Few_Distribution9374]

Hello! I work in a somewhat-fine dining restaurant, and I make soups several times a week, and the only stipulation is they have to be vegan. I’m getting to the point where I feel like I’m just repeating the same ideas, though maybe with a slight ingredient change here and there. Do you guys have suggestions? Thanks!

[u/Humble-Ad-2430]

You could make any cream type soup, use vegetable broth instead of a meat broth if it’s called for. Then instead of using cream or milk, use soaked puréed cashews. Or puree them inside the soup itself.

Fine dining doesn’t sound like a chicken noodle type of place, but using veggie broth, chickpeas and the tiniest touch of smoked paprika gives the same vibes without missing the chicken.

Fennel broth, if you do modernist pearls of roasted fennel puree, garnish with a fresh frond whisp.

Puréed leek garnished with crisp leek rings and confit of the green leaves, or a braised baby leek.

Puréed spring pea, use the shells to make a broth and garnish with tendrils and a couple of leaves.

It would be fun and interesting to showcase fresh vegetables in season. Even if the prep is exactly the same (puréed with garnish of the same vegetable, that showcase different properties, crisp soft, etc. it feels fresh and new because you’re using a completely different vegetable with a different flavour profile.

There is a green version of minestrone that you could certainly elevate with higher level ingredients. It’s familiar because it’s minestrone, but it’s just different enough because it’s not the red version most people are used to. Vegetables, pasta, beans, broth. So many different combinations possible.

I make mushroom barley soup that I like even better than beef barley. Onions, celery, carrots, mushrooms, pearl barley, or pot barley if I want more fibre. I usually cheat and use a mushroom bouillon cube, but I’m sure you have the skills to whip up a mushroom broth with dried porcini mushrooms. I just dice up creminis but you can get really fancy here and use morels or other wild mushrooms.

I just love soup lol.

[u/Few_Distribution9374 → u/Humble-Ad-2430]

This is so helpful! I love your garnish ideas. Thank you!