Vegan Cheeseburger Soup
Many of my friends make this soup for Superbowl Sunday and I wanted to see if I could make it vegan. The best compliment after tasting the soup was, "you don't really miss the cheese at all!" We substituted soy crumbles, created a "cheesey" sauce instead of using Velveeta and topped with just a small amount of shredded vegan mexican blend cheese.
Ingredients
- ½ C vegan Ground Crumbles such as Boca
- ¼ C plus 1 Tbl Onion chopped
- ¼ C plus 1 Tbl Carrots shredded
- ¼ C plus 1 Tbl Celery diced
- ½ tsp fresh Parsley
- 2 Tbl vegan Margarine such as Earth Balance
- 1-1/2 C Vegetable Broth
- 2 C Potatos cubed
- 1/8 C All-Purpose Flour
- ¾ C Almond Milk
- 1/8 tsp Pepper
- 1/8-1/4 C vegan Sour Cream
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- 8 oz. Yellow Corn defrost if frozen
- ½ tsp Red Pepper Cayenne
- 1/4 C plus 1 Tbl Nutritional Yeast
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder not Garlic Salt
- 1-1/2 tsp Onion Powder not Onion Salt
- 1 tsp Yellow Mustard
- Garnish with Soy "bacon-flavored" bits a bit of sour cream and parsley, if desired.
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, warm and slightly brown the soy crumbles. Set aside.
- In a stockpot with 1 Tbl of margarine, add the shredded carrots, celery, onion and parsley and saute until the vegetables are tender.
- Add the broth, cubed potatos and the crumbles. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until potatos are tender.
- In a small skillet, melt 1 Tbl of margarine and add 1/8 C of flour. Stir until it comes together and cook for a minute to remove the flour taste.
- Add to the soup and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low.
- In a food processor, combine all of the ingredients for the "cheese" sauce. This is where the nutritional yeast gives both color and flavor.
- Add this, the almond milk and season with salt and pepper. Stir until combined.
- Remove from heat and stir in the sour cream.
- Top with sour cream, soy bacon bits and parsley.
- Serve with our Chia and Flax Seed Flatbread!
June says
Made this for lunch. It was excellent! I did not have to change a thing. Can not wait to make this for meat eating friends.
aimee says
I’m so glad you liked it! 🙂
Lee-Anne says
This sounds like a great recipe… except I do not know what crumbles are. I’m not sure I can get them in Australia.
Lee-Anne says
The logical thing in my email would have been to ask, what are crumbles?
aimee says
Hi Lee-Anne! These are veggie crumbles. BocaBurger, Lightlife, Beyond Meat and Boca all make various versions of the soy crumbles. Some are vegetarian, some vegan. You just have to read the labels. Here’s what they look like: http://beyondmeat.com/beef-free-crumbles-beefy/ Found at natural or health food stores in the frozen section. Hope that helps! 🙂