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easy broccoli soup with coconut millk and spinach
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Broccoli Soup with Coconut Milk - Vegan

Vegan cream of broccoli soup with coconut milk, spinach, and basil.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Soup
Cuisine: American, German
Servings: 4
Calories: 233kcal
Author: Adina

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil or olive oil
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 large garlic clove
  • 2 cm/ 0.8 inches ginger
  • ½ teaspoon red chili flakes more or less to taste (See note 1)
  • 500 ml/ 17 fl.oz/ 2 cups vegetable stock
  • 200 g/ 7 oz potatoes 1 medium to large potato
  • ½ head of broccoli about 250 g/ 8.8 oz
  • ½ can coconut milk 200 g/ 7 oz
  • 250 g/ 8.8 oz frozen spinach defrosted and drained (See note 2)
  • 15 large basil leaves
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Chop the onion finely. Grate the garlic and the ginger. If using fresh chili, chop it very finely as well. Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes. Cut the stem of the broccoli into cubes as well. Divide the rest of the broccoli into florets, but keep them separated from the broccoli stem and the potatoes.
  • Heat the coconut oil in a medium pot. Add the onion, garlic, ginger, and chili and stir for about 3 minutes.
  • Add the vegetable stock, potatoes and only the broccoli stem. Bring to a boil and cook on medium-low heat for about 8 minutes or until the potatoes are almost done.
  • Add the coconut milk and the broccoli florets. Cook for about 5 more minutes until all the vegetables are soft. Add the defrosted and drained spinach or the chopped fresh spinach. Stir until wilted, about 2 minutes. Add the chopped or torn basil leaves and the lemon juice.
  • Puree the soup in a blender or with an immersion blender. Adjust the taste with salt, pepper, and more lemon juice, if necessary.

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Notes

  1. Fresh chili can be used instead, to taste.
  2. If using fresh spinach you will need about 400 g/ 14 oz fresh spinach. Chop it and add it to the soup. Let it wilt in the soup and continue with the recipe.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/4 of the soup | Calories: 233kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 730mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g