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Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk

Published: Jan 4, 2019 · Modified: Jan 23, 2019 by Bianca · This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

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Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk

Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk - easy to make, creamy, comforting. It's the perfect soup for cold and rainy days! Delicious with potato twisters and a sprinkle of fresh cilantro.

Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk

I don't eat soups too often but when I do, they are mostly creamy soups. So after creamy broccoli, roasted pumpkin, carrot & ginger soup, now sweet potato soup is also one of my go-to creamy soup recipes.

I'm always amazed at how easy creamy soups are. Boil/roast/cook veggies until soft. Add veggie broth or coconut milk. Blend. Reheat. Done.

I got a huge box of sweet potatoes from my mom, so in the last couple of weeks I have already made Sweet Potato Pancakes and 2-Ingredient Sweet Potato Gnocchi, And now it's time for recipe #3 in my kind-of-sweet-potato-series: Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk.

The Ingredients for Sweet Potato Soup

You don't need much for sweet potato soup. The ingredients are pretty basic:

  • sweet potato
  • red onion (or white)
  • garlic cloves
  • oil
  • thyme
  • salt
  • water
  • coconut milk

Told ya! Super basic. You probably have all of the ingredients at home right now!

How to make Vegan Sweet Potato Soup

Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut MilkStep 1: Cook red onion and garlic in a large pot with canola oil until translucent.

Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut MilkStep 2: Add in the cubed sweet potato, thyme, and salt. Mix well. Let it roast for 3-4 minutes on high heat.

Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut MilkStep 3: Add enough water to cover the sweet potatoes. Add the lid on top. Bring it to a boil and then let it simmer for 10-15 minutes until the potatoes are soft.

Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut MilkStep 4: Add the coconut milk. Now blend with a hand blender or let it cool off a bit and blend it in a regular blender.

Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut MilkStep 5: Blend until totally creamy. You can add more water to thin out the consistency to your liking! Also, you can add more salt to taste. Reheat in a pot, if needed.

Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut MilkStep 6: And serve! I've added a couple of potato twisters to serve the soup with and added a sprinkle of fresh cilantro. Delicious!

Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk

Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk

Bianca Haun | Elephantastic Vegan
Vegan Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk - easy to make, creamy, comforting. It's the perfect soup for cold and rainy days!
4.75 from 8 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins
Course Soup
Cuisine Vegan
Servings 2 servings
Calories 328 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 teaspoon canola oil
  • 1 small red onion sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 cups sweet potato cubed (approx. 300g)
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup water + more to thin out the soup
  • ½ can full-fat coconut milk

Instructions
 

  • Cook red onion and garlic in a large pot with canola oil until translucent. 
  • Add in the cubed sweet potato, thyme, and salt. Mix well. Let it roast for 3-4 minutes on high heat. 
  • Add enough water to cover the sweet potatoes. Add the lid on top. Bring it to a boil and then let it simmer for 10-15 minutes until the potatoes are soft.
  • Add the coconut milk. Now blend with a hand blender or let it cool off a bit and blend it in a regular blender.
  • Blend until totally creamy. You can add more water to thin out the consistency to your liking! Also, you can add more salt to taste. Reheat in a pot, if needed.
  • And serve! I've added a couple of potato twisters to serve the soup with and added a sprinkle of fresh cilantro. Delicious!

Nutrition

Calories: 328kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 4gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 18gSodium: 674mgPotassium: 676mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 18915IUVitamin C: 7.2mgCalcium: 65mgIron: 4.1mg
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  1. torit says

    April 10, 2019 at 4:36 pm

    This looks so beautiful and I love the flavors going on. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  2. Thandi says

    June 04, 2019 at 11:06 am

    It's easy to cook, you save cost and it's yummy nice flavor Sweetpotato with Coconut is the best one...

    Reply
    • Ronda says

      January 22, 2020 at 11:44 pm

      This is the best vegan sweet potatoes soup ever i added a full can of coconut milk, used olive oil instead of canola oil & added small piece of ginger with onions & garlic
      I absolutely love it thanks for sharing

      Reply
  3. Andrea says

    January 31, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    made this for a soup swap party and it was the group favorite! I was pleasantly surprised how delicious this soup is and look forward to making it again!

    Reply
  4. Andrea Evans says

    February 06, 2020 at 12:42 am

    so delicious and simple to make!

    Reply
  5. Teryn says

    October 02, 2024 at 8:03 am

    I made this soup, added curry powder and miso paste to caramelize in the sauté.
    Also added half a can of chickpeas for more protein, and some homemade salsa verde for brightness!
    After blending I added frozen broccoli so it turned out like a vegan curry broccoli cheddar soup dealio. SO DELICIOUS definitely a keeper.

    Reply

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