Creamy and delicious vegan potato leek soup! This soup is hearty, comforting, filling and satisfying and will have you coming back for more!
This vegan potato leek soup is everything you want a soup to be.
It’s warming, comforting, hearty, satisfying and oh, soooo delicious.
Now, I’ll admit, leeks are not an ingredient I was extremely familiar with but now that I am…. Well, let’s just say I have been missing out. Leeks are part of the onion family. And who doesn’t love onions?
And potatoes in a soup, well that’s always a winner. I am already a huge fan having made my creamy vegan potato soup that I simply adore.
Potatoes are total comfort food and blending them up in a creamy soup with leeks and onions and spices and garlic and all kinds of good stuff, well you just know it’s going to be great!
This soup makes an excellent appetizer but also main course! If you serve it with some crispy fresh bread and maybe a side salad it can be a very filling main course too.
The Leeks
You can buy your leeks already cleaned up nicely, where they’re already trimmed down so that they’re just the inner white and light green parts, or you can buy the whole leeks where it’s the outer dark green parts as well.
If you buy the whole leeks, be sure to cut all those outer dark green parts and root ends away so that all you’re left with is the white and light green parts. And then those are the parts that you chop up for the soup (as pictured below).
How To Make Vegan Potato Leek Soup
You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.
- Add chopped onions and chopped leeks to a pot with crushed garlic and olive oil.
- Sauté until softened. Add thyme, rosemary and ground coriander and sauté.
- Add chopped potatoes, bay leaves and vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until the potatoes are soft and cooked.
- Remove from the heat and remove the bay leaves. Add coconut cream and blend up the soup using an immersion blender.
- If you don’t have an immersion blender then transfer to your blender jug in stages, blend until smooth and then gradually return to the pot.
- Add sea salt and black pepper to taste (you can be quite liberal with this).
- Serve with fresh chopped chives and a sprinkle of ground black pepper on top.
What Does This Vegan Potato Leek Soup Taste Like?
The flavor of this soup is deliciously mild.
But…that’s also the caveat, the flavor is mild!
Leeks are actually very mild in flavor, and of course potatoes are not strong in flavor either. This soup is spiced very nicely, and the outcome is very creamy and delicious, with the bay leaves and the thyme and the rosemary and the ground coriander and the vegetable stock, and of course you serve it with some fresh chopped chives.
But, remember if you are serving yourself a bowl and finding it a little too mild in flavor – don’t be shy with that extra sea salt and black pepper!
Sometimes it’s just a few extra dashes of salt and/or black pepper and it all comes alive.
Storing and Freezing
Leftovers keep very well in a covered container in the fridge for 4-5 days. You can reheat in the microwave or on the stove. So if you’re cooking for less people that’s not a problem at all!
It’s also freezer friendly for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge. You may want to immersion blend it again once thawed, as there may be some slight separation that may occur.
More Vegan Soups
- Vegan Pumpkin Soup
- Vegan Butternut Squash Soup
- Vegan Mushroom Soup
- Vegan Minestrone Soup
- Vegan Tomato Soup
- Vegan Lentil Soup
Did you make this recipe? Be sure to leave a comment and rating below!
Vegan Potato Leek Soup
Ingredients
- 1 Medium Onion White, Yellow or Brown, Chopped
- 1 tsp Crushed Garlic
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 4 Large Leeks white and light green parts only, chopped
- 1 tsp Dried Thyme
- 1 tsp Dried Rosemary
- ½ tsp Ground Coriander
- 6 Medium Potatoes (2.2lb/1kg) peeled and chopped*
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 4 cups Vegetable Stock/Broth (960ml)
- 14 ounces Coconut Cream (400ml, 1 can) Unsweetened*
- Sea Salt and Black Pepper to taste
- Fresh Chives Chopped
Instructions
- Add the chopped onion and leeks to a pot with the crushed garlic and olive oil and sauté until softened. Add in the thyme, rosemary and coriander powder and sauté.
- Add the chopped potatoes, bay leaves and vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover the pot and simmer until the potatoes are soft and cooked.
- Remove from the heat and remove the bay leaves.
- Then add in the coconut cream.
- Blend the soup using an immersion blender for the easiest blending or, if you don't have an immersion blender, transfer in stages to a blender jug and blend until smooth.
- Add sea salt and black pepper to taste.
- Serve with fresh chopped chives.
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Notes
- Potatoes. If you’re in the US then Russet potatoes are the best to use in this soup. If you’re elsewhere in the world then just choose any standard starchy white potato.
- Coconut cream. You can also use full fat, canned, unsweetened coconut milk.
- Storing. Leftovers keep very well in a covered container in the fridge for 4-5 days. You can reheat in the microwave or on the stove.
- Freezing. It’s also freezer friendly for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge. You may want to immersion blend it again once thawed, as there may be some slight separation that may occur.
2nd time making. Used Herbs de Provence instead and also no coconut milk. It was still creamy. I like texture in soup, so only used an immersion tool to blend most of the soup. Kept some chunks to keep it hearty and chewy for the NY winter! FYI, freezes well and thaws out as well! Thanks for a good vegan meal!
Thanks for sharing!
This potato leek soup was so delicious! I followed the recipe only added 3 celery stalks per another suggestion in the reviews! A very silky, delicious, elegant soup! Thank you. This recipe is definitely a keeper! 💞
So happy you enjoyed it Trish!
This soup is so delicious!! I’ve made it a couple times now and shared it with my neighbor this last time and she loved it also. Only thing different I did was fresh herbs because I grow them and did coconut milk instead of cream.
Thanks for the amazing recipe! 🤤🥰
Perfect! Thanks so much for sharing and the awesome review!
Easy to make and turned out delicious. I cut the recipe in half since there were only 2 adults, one toddler. Even our picky eater toddler liked thus soup! Yum-yum!
Awesome Belinda! Thanks for the amazing review!
Can I use unsweetened soy , cashew or almond milk instead
Sure!
This was a delicious soup and very easy to make. I added a couple of stalks of Celery also because I like the flavour it adds. I love celery. I haven’t used coconut in soup before and loved it. Thanks for a great recipe. Its a keeper for me.
So happy you enjoyed it Mary!
This is probably my 5th time making this soup and I just wanted to say thank you! It reminds me of my grandmother’s (very heavily dairy based) potato soup! When I became vegan (20+ years ago), of course there were certain staples I missed, but her soup was one that I always found myself aching for. I’ve tried lots of recipes, but none of them hit like hers. A friend of mine happened to share your recipe with me a while back and I decided to give it a try. Because of your recipe, I was finally able to recreate her soup and the nostalgia was and is overwhelming! My husband even loves it and he’s typically not a soup fan. And so, thank you again for bringing back so many fond memories.
I’m SO happy to hear that Elle! Thank you so much for sharing and the wonderful review.
I have made it many times. My husband and I love it and it has become a staple in our house. It delicious, beautiful, and so simple!
Awesome! So pleased to hear that. Thanks for the amazing review!
This was creamy and delicious! I have made it twice since I get leeks and potatoes from my CSA. I used oat milk instead of coconut.
Thanks for the awesome review Monica!
Can I use Light Coconut Milk instead of unsweetened?
Sure! It won’t be as rich but it will definitely work.
Delicious.
Thanks Stephen!
You simply have the best recipes. I always go to your blog first. Thank you so much for making this blog!!!
Thanks so much Carrie! 🙂
Really good tasting soup! I used only 1/3 cup unsweetened coconut milk. The tricky part was finding the bay leaves! Finally did! I blended it in my vitamix and love the creamy texture.
So happy you enjoyed it Bev!
Oh it is sooooo good. We love it!
Very flavorful not bland at all. Thank you!
Thanks so much Kay!
Allison, this soup was so tasty and easy to make! I’ve made it several times and perfection in each one. I found myself needing soup. I had leeks, no potatoes and extra Broccoli and Zucchini. I followed same directions as Potato but substituted 4 medium Broccoli heads and one large Zucchini. Excellent!!!! A little spinkle of Vegan parmesan and OMG!
Thank you!
Awesome Lynda, so glad it was delicious with the substitutions as well, thanks so much for sharing!