It’s officially soup season. There is no better way to warm up your belly during the year’s chilliest months than with a nice soothing bowl of soup. If you’re avoiding meat and dairy for Veganuary or you’ve been following a plant-based diet for a while now, there are plenty of veggie soup options to choose from, like classic tomato or butternut squash.

Vegan Chicken Soup Recipes for Cold and Flu Season

If you’re really craving a steaming hot bowl of chicken soup, don’t despair. There are plenty of ways to make vegan chicken-free soup, to give your soul (and your belly) just what it desires.

1. Vegan Cream of Chicken Soup

Nothing beats a bowl of warm creamy soup on a chilly rainy day. If you used to love chicken soup, you might just love this cruelty-free version even more. Instead of chicken, the recipe calls for baked tofu. Baking helps to give the tofu the right texture (so it’s not soft and slimy) and also helps to seal in the flavor. Cashews make up the creamy base and veggies give it a hearty kick of nutrition.

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2. 28p Vegan Chicken Soup

Making a hearty dish doesn’t have to break the bank, as this recipe proves. According to Jack Monroe — the founder of Cooking on a Bootstrap — this soup serves two generally from just 28 pence. All you need is a tin of baked beans, stock, one carrot, one onion, cloves of garlic, some greens, a dash of pepper, and some lemon juice.

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3. Vegan Chicken Soup With Jackfruit and Potato

Fool meat-lovers with this nutritious tasty bowl of vegan chicken soup. Instead of meat, this recipe uses jackfruit, which, when shredded, has a similar texture to chicken. Rosa Tamm — the founder of This Healthy Kitchen — says, “no one could believe this dish was vegan, nor that there was no chicken in it. It even looks like chicken! Hence, vegan chicken soup it is!”

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4. Vegan Chicken Couscous Soup

This “warm and toasty” soup is the ideal dish for when you’re feeling a little bit under the weather. It is cold and flu season, after all. Instead of noodles, this recipe uses pearl couscous, and instead of chicken, it calls for any vegan non-breaded chicken strips. If you make a batch and you love it, make extra next time and freeze. Your future self will thank you.

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5. Vegan Chicken Soup With Rice

This recipe requires minimal effort. It can all be made in one crockpot, simply toss in the vegetables, rice, and no-chicken broth, leave to brew for a few hours, and then come back to a delicious hearty winter meal.

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6. Loaded Vegan Chicken Soup

This recipe is absolutely packed with goodness. Chuck in all your favorite soup vegetables, like carrots, celery, and onions, with some seitan, which is responsible for the chicken-like texture. You can buy seitan from the shop if you’re short on time, or if you feel like it, you could even have a go at making your own.

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7. Slow Cooker Light No Chicken Mexican Soup

If you’re not a fan of seitan, tofu, or any form of meat substitute, or you just want to make your soup with purely veggie-based ingredients, this recipe could be for you. To create a chicken-like texture, it uses baby portabella mushrooms, which are packed in with butternut squash, onions, diced tomatoes, carrots, and a number of herbs and spices. Serve with a squeeze of lime, avocado, and cilantro. If you need more of a kick, add a drizzle of hot sauce.

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8. Slow Cooker Vegan Chicken Wild Rice Soup

All you have to do for this recipe is prep the ingredients and throw them into the slow cooker. Come back a few hours later and you have a nutritious meal ready to go. Wild rice gives this soup a nutty flavor and the jackfruit provides a chicken-like tender texture.

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9. ‘Canja’ Vegan Chicken Mushroom Soup

This soup is a vegan take on the Portuguese chicken broth canja de galinha, which is traditionally served during the winter months when somebody is sick. This recipe replaces the traditional meat component with oyster mushrooms, but keeps the nutritious veggie ingredients, like carrots and onions.

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10. Easy Vegan Chicken Noodle Soup

This vegan chicken noodle soup recipe will take you right the way back to your childhood. It’s comforting, warming, and nutritious, everything a good winter soup should be. Recipe creator Namely Marly says “all you have to do is prepare the broth, cook the carrots, and then add the noodles and the vegan chicken pieces. A few minutes later and you’re ready to sit down to a wholesome bowl of goodness!”

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11. Chicken-Free Soup For Fighting Colds

This recipe — as its name suggests — is one to roll out when you’re feeling a little below par. Instead of chicken, this recipe calls for chickpeas, which are thrown in with a number of healthy veggies, like carrots, red onions, parsnips, sweet potatoes, and green cabbage. A few bowls of this and you may be on the road to recovery.

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