Homemade Vegan Chicken Noodle Soup
The most delicious homemade vegan chicken noodle soup! This soup is easy to make but filling, comforting, and full of delicious flavors. It will taste just like grandma's version!
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 282kcal
Ingredients
- 4 oz soy curls *(see notes)
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup carrots, peeled and sliced thin (about 1 ½ large carrots)
- 1 cup celery, sliced thin (about 2 stalks)
- 1 cup onions, diced small (about 1 medium - sweet or yellow)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 quarts vegetable stock (low sodium preferred), more as needed
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, (sub with ½ teaspoon dried thyme)
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon pepper, more or less to taste
- 12 oz wide noodles (or other preferred noodles)
- 3-4 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, optional
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Add soy curls to a bowl and pour enough water over them to cover.
- To a large Dutch oven or stockpot, add the oil and heat over medium heat. Once shimmering, add carrots, celery, and onions. Saute for 7-8 minutes or until vegetables have started to soften, stirring occasionally.
- Drain any remaining water from the soy curls and set aside. Add garlic to pot and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Add broth, bay leaves, thyme, oregano and pepper. Stir together. To hear to medium-high and allow the mixture to come to a boil. Cook for 5 minutes. Vegetables at this point should pierce easily with a fork.
- Turn heat down to medium. Add pasta and let cook until done (8-12 minutes depending on package instructions). Add more broth or water as needed to keep the level of liquid desired.
- Add in soy curls (chop into smaller pieces before if desired), parsley, and lemon juice (if adding). Let cook an additional 5 minutes. Taste and add salt to taste. Depending on the broth used, you may want anywhere from ½ teaspoon to 1 tablespoon of salt for the amount of soup made. Remove bay leaves and adjust any other spices as needed.
- *At any point if you feel like there is not enough broth, you can add more as desired.
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Notes
Soy Curls are a dehydrated soy product intended to mimic meat. If you choose to not or cannot consume soy please see the post recommendations above for swaps.
*Some people do not like how soggy soy curls get. If this is you, we have two recommendations.
- Cook the soy curls separately and then add to the bowls when you are ready to consume. Store leftovers, separately from soup.
- Do not hydrate the soy curls in the beginning, but rather add them dehydrated when adding in the pasta. Note that this will soak up some of the liquid that you added and you may need to add more.
Nutrition
Serving: 3cups | Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 1452mg | Potassium: 237mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 3656IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg