Ginger Carrot Coconut Soup Recipe (Vegan)
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I love soups that have layers of complex flavors. Where, in every bite, you taste multiple ingredients with bursts of sweetness and spice.
Soup is one of my ultimate favorite dishes because it’s loaded with nutrients, delicious, and is absolutely satisfying. Even after the longest day, you can sit at your table and feel comfort from the warmth and flavors of this ginger carrot coconut soup. And the best part is, as the soup simmers your entire home is flooded with its spicy aroma. It doesn’t get much better than that!
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The secret ingredient that you probably won’t be expecting is the banana. In order to keep this a vegan carrot soup recipe, you need to get the creaminess from something other than heavy whipping cream. Believe it or not, a banana is the perfect ingredient to do the job. Plus, it enhances the natural sweetness from the carrots as well.
This is the perfect recipe for the colder months, but you can honestly enjoy it year-round as well!
👩🏽🍳 Why This Recipe Works
- Creamy carrot ginger soup (with no cream!)
- Rich complexity of flavors
- Made with creamy coconut milk instead of cream
- Super healthy soup
- Easy recipe
- Delicious with a piece of crusty bread
- Great as a main course or an appetizer
- Best vegan carrot soup ever!
🥘 Ingredients
This vegan soup requires just a handful of basic ingredients, easily found at any grocery store! For the full recipe and nutrition facts, see the recipe card below.
- Fresh Carrots: Because you can’t have a recipe for carrot soup without carrots of course! They are the main ingredient and star of this dish. If you don’t have enough carrots, you can substitute in some butternut squash or even sweet potatoes.
- Coconut Milk: Helps to make this a creamy vegan carrot soup without needing any cream. I used light coconut milk to cut down on fat and calories, but for a richer soup, you can use full fat coconut milk.
- Onions & Spices: Critical for all of the rich aromatic flavors in this recipe! Ginger and curry powder are the stars here. We saute the onions, ginger and spices in olive oil (or coconut oil) before adding the rest of the ingredients to really allow the spices to bloom.
- Bananas: This secret ingredient both brings out the natural sweetness of the carrots while also making this soup creamy!
- Water or vegetable stock: Because every soup needs some sort of broth!
- Pepitas: For some added texture and crunch on top.
🔪 Instructions
Step 1: Heat oil in a large saucepan or large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and a pinch of salt, sauté 5 minutes until onion is soft. Stir in ginger, cook 1-2 min. Reduce to medium heat. Add curry powder, cayenne and 1/4 cup water. Cook 1-2 min, stirring to coat onion & ginger with curry mixture.
Step 2: Add carrots, banana, 1 tsp salt and 4 cups water or vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer, uncovered for 25 min or until carrots are tender and can be pierced easily with a fork.
Step 3: Puree soup using an immersion blender or in small batches using a regular blender or food processor. Return pureed soup to pot (if you’re not using an immersion blender) and stir in 1 cup light coconut milk and lime juice.
Step 4: Simmer remaining 3/4 cup coconut milk in a small saucepan over medium high heat for 10 min, or until reduced by half. You can also use canned coconut cream if you don’t have time to make the reduction on your own.
Step 5: Ladle your coconut ginger carrot soup into individual bowls, and add a swirl of coconut milk reduction into each serving. Top with pepitas (about 1 tsp per bowl). Feel free to add a sprinkle of red pepper flakes or black pepper for additional heat!
❓Recipe FAQs
If you’re enjoying a carrot coconut soup that’s made with full fat coconut milk, added sugar, etc, then it wouldn’t be that healthy. However, this ginger carrot coconut soup is super healthy for you! Here’s why:
Good Fats: Olive oil, coconut milk and pumpkin seeds are all packed with healthy fats. Consuming good fats is essential for healthy skin, reducing inflammation, energy, and even to support your cells to grow.
Low Calorie: This spicy-sweet warming soup is super filling, but is only 172 calories per serving. You can enjoy a large portion that will keep you satisfied without worrying about a bunch of extra calories.
Vitamins And Health Benefits: This vegan carrot ginger soup recipe is packed with nutrients like: beta carotene Vitamin B6, potassium, zinc, folate, phosphorus, vitamin C, magnesium, fiber, and copper.
This carrot ginger coconut soup recipe has only 172 calories for a 2 cup serving! Now that’s a soup you can feel great about eating.
Yes, I do recommend peeling the carrots before they are added to this dairy free carrot soup. You want this soup to be super creamy, and the peels can change the texture of the soup slightly. If you’re making plain roasted carrots, you can leave the peels on, but not when you’re making soup!
To Store in the Fridge: Once the carrot ginger bisque has finished cooking, allow it time to cool down all the way. Once it’s cool, pour it into an airtight container or jar. The soup will last for 5 days in the fridge.
To Freeze: Allow the soup to cool completely. Transfer to a freezer safe bag (or bags) by filling it ⅔ full. Then remove any excess air and lay it flat in the freezer. You can also store it in an airtight freezer safe container, but I prefer freezer bags for soup because they keep more room free in your freezer. This soup will last 4-6 months in the freezer. Thaw in the fridge before reheating on the stovetop or microwave.
To Reheat: If you’re reheating from the fridge, you can transfer this vegan curried carrot soup directly to a microwave safe bowl or to a pot on the stove and reheat. If you’re reheating from the freezer, first thaw the soup in the fridge overnight. Then transfer to a saucepan and heat it up on low heat. Stir frequently and don’t warm it up too quickly. Once it reaches the temperature you want, it’s ready to serve.
💭 Expert Tips
- This is one soup recipe where you don’t have to worry about overcooking the ingredients. Since it’s a blended/pureed soup, just cook the ingredients until soft so they are super easy to puree!
- Add your favorite garnishes before serving to this ginger carrot coconut soup. We love adding pepitas, but you could also add a few pieces of shredded carrots, crushed cashews, whole wheat pita chips, croutons, scallions, or even some more grated ginger.
- Try roasting the carrots for even more flavor before adding them to the pot.
- Feel free to adjust the seasonings to your taste preferences (and reduce the spice if you’re serving this to kids!)
- This vegetarian carrot ginger soup goes really well with a hearty sandwich like this garlic bread grilled cheese or you could do a soup & salad combo with this copycat Chick-Fil-A kale salad.
- Feel free to double this easy vegan carrot soup recipe so you have two batches: one to freeze for later and one to serve right now!
- To add more protein, throw in a can of chickpeas or white beans – you won’t even taste it and it’ll increase the protein and make the soup even creamier!
- To make this creamy soup for kids, feel free to reduce the amount of curry powder/ginger you use, and increase the amount of banana if your kids are especially sensitive to spice. But overall this is a very kid-friendly carrot soup recipe!
🍲 More Vegan Soup Recipes!
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- Vegan Mushroom And Wild Rice Soup
- Tomato Soup With Canned Tomatoes
- Cucumber Gazpacho
- Carrot Potato Soup
- Spaghetti Squash Soup
- Slow Cooker Vegan White Bean Soup
- Lebanese Lentil Soup with Spinach
- Moroccan Chickpea Soup
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Ginger Carrot Coconut Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- ½ tsp salt more to taste
- 2 tbsp minced fresh ginger
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper
- 4 cups of peeled sliced carrots (about 6-7 carrots)
- 1 ripe banana peeled and sliced
- 15 oz light coconut milk 1 can
- 2½ tbsp lime juice
- Toasted pepitas for garnish
Instructions
- Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and a pinch of salt, saute 5 min until onion is soft. Stir in ginger, cook 1-2 min. Add curry powder, cayenne and 1/4 cup water. Cook 1-2 min, stirring to coat onion & ginger with curry mixture.
- Add carrots, banana, 1 tsp salt and 4 cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer, uncovered for 25 min or until carrots are soft enough to be pierced with a fork.
- Puree soup using an immersion blender or in batches using a regular blender. Return soup to pot and stir in 1 cup light coconut milk and lime juice.
- Simmer remaining 3/4 cup coconut milk in a small saucepan over medium high heat for 10 min, or until reduced by half. Ladle soup into bowls, and swirl 1.5 Tbsp coconut milk reduction into each serving. Top with pepitas (about 1 tsp per bowl).
Notes
- This is one soup recipe where you don’t have to worry about overcooking the ingredients. Since it’s a blended/pureed soup, just cook the ingredients until soft so they are super easy to puree!
- Add your favorite garnishes before serving. We love adding pepitas, but you could also add a few pieces of shredded carrots, crushed cashews, whole wheat pita chips, croutons, scallions, or even some more grated ginger.
- Try roasting the carrots for even more flavor before adding them to the pot.
- Feel free to adjust the seasonings to your taste preferences (and reduce the spice if you’re serving this to kids!)
- This soup goes really well with a hearty sandwich like this garlic bread grilled cheese or you could do a soup & salad combo with this superfood salad.
- Feel free to double this soup recipe so you have two batches: one to freeze for later and one to serve right now!
This soup is fantastic! Very flavourful. My husband loved the exotic touch delivered by the banana. I will be making this again. Thanks!
Yay! So happy to hear that Dawn! Thanks for letting me know! 🙂
This is a great idea! I have to try it!
I’m sure you’ll love this recipe Katie!
Seriously amazing! This looks delicious…I am a foodie but along with that, I take care of my health too!
Thanks so much Ella!
What a beautiful soup and I love the contrast of that blue pottery.
Thank you so much Debra! I’m sure you will love this recipe! 🙂
This is just like the carrot ginger soup from Trader Joe’s (the one in the carton)! I’d imagine that this version has less calories and is much healthier, right?
Yeah I’d say this is much more flavorful and has a heartier texture than the one from Trader Joe’s, but it’s probably the same in terms of number of calories per serving! The benefit to this one is that it’s fresh and all-natural – so no preservatives or anything the shelf-stable soups might have! 🙂
…goodness that looks SO good, I gotta try this
A Delicious recipe! Made this tonight. Included about a cup of chopped carrot tops also to further boost the nutritional content. This recipe is a definitely a keeper!
This sounds really yummy, I love a soup with layers of flavours.
Nice! The last time I made carrot soup, I vowed never to do it again. But, you’ve brought it to a whole new level with the coconut milk and banana. Great thinking. I’m adding this to my recipe agenda.
These flavors seem like they meld so well together!
I am IN LOVE with this bisque…it looks so good…and I love carrots they are my favorite food so I am sure I would just devour this!
This soup looks so creamy and delicious! Love the flavors too.
I love the list of secret ingredients in this bisque! A must try!
sounds so warm and healthy and creamy . I would love to dip some bread and eat it!
LOL, everytime you talk about food, I have to go to the kitchen and make something. Bananas, would never have thought of it.
This looks really appertizing! I’d love to try it.