This is the best dairy free potato soup recipe! This rich and creamy soup is the ultimate in comfort food. Made with bacon, potatoes, onion, coconut milk and broth, it is the perfect fall and winter soup. You will also love that it's easy to make and that this recipe is healthy, Whole30, and gluten free too!
If you love comfort food like the best stewed potatoes, cherry tomato soup, non-dairy rice pudding and curry butternut squash soup then you are going to love the soup recipe I am sharing with you today!
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Why you will love this recipe:
- The taste! This dairy free cream of potato soup is so rich, creamy and delicious.
- It's really easy and simple to make!
- It doesn't require any fancy or hard to find ingredients and is made with pantry staples like potatoes, bacon, broth, and onions.
- You don't need to roast the potatoes which makes it even faster to prepare.
- It stores well and freezes well so it's perfect for meal prep.
- Besides being dairy free this soup is also Whole30 compliant, lactose free and gluten free and can be made vegan as well. It's also made without cream and without flour.
- This recipe is a fun twist on a classic old fashioned potato soup recipe.
If you love creamy soups you will also love dairy free cream of mushroom soup, carrot and turnip soup, easy Instant Pot cauliflower soup and dairy free pumpkin risotto.
Ingredients and substitutions:
- Bacon - I recommend using sugar free and nitrate free bacon to keep this soup as healthy as possible but you can use any type of bacon that you like. You will also use the bacon fat to cook the other vegetables in this soup and then you will use the bacon to top this creamy soup when it's ready to serve. If you are vegan or want to avoid eating bacon simply omit it from the recipe.
- Potatoes - you can use any type of white, yellow or red potato that you like for this Whole30 potato soup recipe. I personally leave the skin on when making this soup, as that is where most of the vitamins and minerals in the potatoes are located, but if you prefer to peel the potatoes you can.
- Coconut milk - coconut milk helps makes this soup even more creamy and rich. I recommend using full fat coconut milk instead of light coconut milk which is more watery. Instead of coconut milk you could also use cashew milk or oat milk.
- Apples - apples help add a delicious sweetness to this soup recipe. You can use any type of sweet red apple that you like including pink lady, gala, honey crisp etc.
- Onions - onions are used to help give this gluten free dairy free potato soup even more aromatic flavour. You can use white onion or yellow onion.
- Broth - you can use any type of broth that you like for this recipe including chicken broth, vegetable broth, beef broth or bone broth.
- Seasonings - salt and ground black pepper are the only seasonings you need to complete this delicious soup.
Recipe variations and add ins
- For even more flavour, add 2 cloves of minced garlic to the onions and apples.
- To make this into a dairy free potato leek soup: use leeks instead of onions.
- To make this soup vegan: leave out the bacon or use a vegan bacon. If you make it without bacon, cook the onions and apples in a little coconut oil or avocado oil instead and make sure to use vegetable broth.
How to make dairy free potato soup:
- Step 1: Using a medium sized frying pan, cook your bacon until it's crisp and then set it aside.
- Step 2: While the bacon is cooking, fill a large pot with water and place it on medium heat on the stovetop. Clean the potatoes and chop them into quarters. Once the water in the pot is boiling, add the chopped potatoes and turn the burner down so that the potatoes cook at a low boil for 25-30 minutes, until they are soft.
- Step 3: While the potatoes are boiling, remove the bacon from the frying pan and use the grease to sauté the chopped onion and apple together, until the onion is caramelized and the apples are tender (~10-15 minutes).
- Step 4: Once the potatoes are cooked, drain the water from the pot and transfer the onions, apples and bacon fat to the pot with the potatoes.
- Step 5: Add the remaining ingredients to the pot and using your immersion blender blend the ingredients until they are smooth.
- Step 6: Then top the soup with the cooked, chopped bacon and serve and enjoy!
Top tips:
- You do not need to peel either the potatoes or the apples when making this soup. The peels get blended so you won't even know they are there. Plus the peels are where a lot of the nutrients are, so leaving the peels on helps increase the nutritional values of this dairy free potato soup recipe.
- Feel free to make a double or triple batch and freeze some for later.
- If you don't have an immersion blender you can blend this soup in a high speed blender instead.
- This soup is great to use in recipes that call for cream of potato soup.
How to serve:
This soup is delicious served as is but you can also turn it into a complete meal by adding some cooked chicken, ham, turkey or beef. I also love topping this soup with some chopped green onion or chives for even more flavour. You can also serve this creamy potato soup with a side salad or a pesto turkey sandwich. I also love serving it with my gluten-free cornbread.
How to store:
Store any leftover dairy free potato soup in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. This soup also freezes really well in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
Dairy free potato soup FAQs:
Technically no. When the paleo diet was first created, potatoes were not allowed on it. However, many paleo experts now allow potatoes to be eaten on the paleo diet. Of course, always listen to your body and eat what's best for you.
As written this is not a vegan potato soup recipe because of the bacon, but you can easily make it vegan by simply leaving out the bacon or using a vegan bacon. If you make it without bacon, cook the onions and apples in a little coconut oil or avocado oil instead and make sure to use vegetable broth.
Instead of using milk or cream to make soup you can use dairy free options such as coconut milk, cashew milk or oat milk.
I would not recommend it. If you use water instead of milk the soup won't turn out as thick and creamy and will be more bland in flavour.
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Recipe
Dairy Free Potato Soup
Ingredients
- 1 package bacon
- 3 lbs yellow or white potatoes
- 2 red apples of choice, chopped (such as Gala or Honey Crisp)
- 1 white onion, chopped
- 3 cups broth (you can use any type of broth including chicken broth, bone broth, vegetable broth or beef broth)
- 2 cups full fat coconut milk
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (more or less to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (more or less to taste)
Instructions
- Using a medium sized frying pan, cook your bacon until crisp.
- While the bacon is cooking, fill a large pot with water and place on medium heat on the stove.
- Clean the potatoes and chop into quarters (leave the skin on - this is where most of the nutrients are located).
- Once the water in the pot is boiling, add the chopped potatoes.
- Turn the burner down so that the potatoes cook at a low boil for 25-30 minutes, until soft.
- While the potatoes are boiling, remove the bacon from the frying pan and use the grease to saute the chopped onion and apple together, until the onion is caramelized and the apples are tender (~10-15 minutes).
- Once the potatoes are done, drain the water from the pot.
- Transfer the onions, apples and bacon fat to the pot with the potatoes.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the pot.
- Using your immersion blender, blend the ingredients until they are smooth.
- Top the soup with the cooked, chopped bacon and enjoy!
Notes
- This soup can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
- This soup can be frozen and makes great leftovers.
- Nutritional values are an estimate and will vary depending on the exact ingredients used.
Kristie
Best comfort food!
Jocelyn Schuler
I made this soup last night for my family, and both my husband and my 10 month old loved it! It's a perfect soup for those cold January days!
Erin Carter
Oh this makes me so so happy to hear!!!