Enjoy a savory and hearty rice meal with this easy vegan chicken rice soup recipe! It's easy to cook, nutritious, and perfect for a delicious plant-based family lunch or dinner!
If you're looking for more soup recipes try my delicious Vegetarian Ramen, Lemongrass Soup, or my Hot & Sour Soup.
What is Vegan Chicken Rice Soup?
This easy Vegan Chicken Rice Soup recipe is a healthy and hearty Filipino dish made with a delicious mix of shredded seitan, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, celery, brown rice, vegetable broth, tomato paste, spices, and Italian seasoning.
The flavor combination in this simple vegan recipe is perfectly savory! It's a great dish to serve for a comforting and heart-warming plant-based lunch or dinner during family gatherings, potlucks, holiday parties, or any occasion. If you love healthy soup recipes, check this out. This is definitely worth the try!
Health Benefits of Brown Rice:
- Maintains bone health.
- Boosts heart and maternal health.
- Helps to weight loss and aids digestion
- Manages blood sugar and cholesterol level.
- Reduces the risk of neurodegenerative disorders.
Tips and Procedures:
- Black rice and wild rice mix are a perfect substitute for a much healthier kind of rice.
- You may use water if you don’t have vegetable broth in your stash.
- Keep some extra veggie broth or water on hand to add to the pot if your soup reduces too much while simmering.
- Alternatively, vegan butter can be used instead of olive oil in this vegan chicken rice soup recipe.
- Feel free to add garlic, potatoes, coconut milk, poultry seasoning, or dried herbs to this recipe according to your preference. You may also add a splash of white wine vinegar before seasoning the veggie soup with salt and pepper.
- It is easier and more realistic to substitute seitan for chicken, but if it is unavailable, tofu, soy curls, or chickpeas will suffice.
- Feel free to garnish this vegan chicken rice soup with fresh parsley, fresh dill, or garlic flakes.
- Storage: Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for 4 days or frozen for 3 months. During refrigerator storage, the rice will most likely absorb the majority of the broth. Feel free to add more when reheating your soup.
How to Make Vegan Chicken Rice Soup:
Listed below are all the ingredients you will need:
- olive oil
- shredded seitan
- sweet onion
- carrots
- celery
- canned shiitake mushrooms
- cloves
- tomato paste
- uncooked brown rice
- vegetable broth
- Italian seasoning
- cayenne pepper
- salt
- ground black pepper
Add olive oil to a pot over medium heat and sauté shredded seitan for 2 minutes or until colored and caramelized:
Add sweet onions, carrots, celery, and shiitake mushrooms and saute for a minute while stirring constantly. Stir in minced garlic and tomato paste and cook out for a minute:
Add brown rice, vegetable broth, Italian seasoning, and cayenne pepper, and mix well. Bring the mixture to a boil and reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes until the rice is cooked:
Season with salt and ground black pepper:
Serve immediately. Enjoy!
Frequently Asked Questions:
Yes, uncooked rice is best for soup because it absorbs the flavor of the broth, making it extra delicious!
Yes, seitan is the only gluten-containing ingredient; simply replace it with gluten-free alternatives such as tofu or soy curls.
Yes, you certainly can. Because white rice cooks faster than brown rice, you will most likely need to shorten the cooking time.
Vegan Chicken Rice Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups shredded seitan
- 1 sweet onion sliced
- 2 carrots finely sliced
- ½ cup celery finely diced
- 1 4oz canned shitake mushrooms drained & sliced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons tomato paste
- ⅔ cups uncooked brown rice
- 3 ½ cups vegetable broth
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Add olive oil to a pot over medium heat and sauté shredded seitan for 2 minutes or until colored and caramelized.
- Add sweet onions, carrots, celery, and shiitake mushrooms and saute for a minute while stirring constantly.
- Stir in minced garlic and tomato paste and cook out for a minute.
- Add brown rice, vegetable broth, Italian seasoning, and cayenne pepper, and mix well.
- Bring the mixture to a boil and reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes until the rice is cooked.
- Season with salt and ground black pepper.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- Black rice and wild rice mix are a perfect substitute for a much healthier kind of rice.
- You may use water if you don’t have vegetable broth in your stash.
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