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This carrot ginger soup recipe is simple but comes out with a pure flavor and velvety texture! Everyone will love this bright orange puree.

Carrot ginger soup
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Wow is what you’ll say about the velvety flavor of this soup that tastes like sunshine: our favorite carrot ginger soup! It’s great for using up a big bag of carrots, or when you’re in the midst of a gray season craving sun. Alex and I are usually of the opinion that pureed soups aren’t worth the work since they’re not filling enough to be a meal. But this one is absolutely worth it for the warm and comforting flavor.

The natural sweetness of the carrots shines through, paired with the bright zing of fresh ginger and rich fruitiness of coconut milk. It’s a light and refreshing soup that we love a first course, or for lunch with grilled cheese.

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The ingredients you need for carrot ginger soup

Carrot ginger soup is a simple pureed soup made with carrots, onion and ginger. For maximum creaminess, this one’s got coconut milk for a velvety texture. It also adds a subtle fruitiness that compliments the carrot perfectly. You could substitute heavy cream for a richer soup, but we adore the flavor that coconut brings. Here’s what you’ll need for this soup:

  • Yellow onion
  • Carrots
  • Ginger root
  • Olive oil
  • Vegetable broth
  • Garlic powder
  • Cinnamon
  • Salt
  • Coconut milk

Most of the effort involved in this soup? Peeling and chopping the carrots! It takes a while to prep, but once you take the first bite: we promise you it will be worth it.

Ginger

A quick way to peel ginger

Here’s a quick tip on how to peel ginger for this carrot ginger soup. Instead of using a vegetable peeler, here’s a trick: use a spoon!

Ginger root is notoriously hard to peel with a vegetable peeler: it’s knobby and the skin is tough and stringy. But peeling it with a spoon works like a charm. It sounds unbelievable until you try it: but it’s the perfect tool for the uneven surface of ginger root.

Blending it up: a few tips!

Chop those veggies, sauté them up, and boil until the carrots are tender (head to the recipe below for exact details). The only fussy part of this carrot ginger soup is blending it! Here are some notes on blending:

  • While immersion blenders are handy, we like to use a standard blender here. With a stick blender, somehow we always end up with un-blended chunks and a mess all over our kitchen. It’s worth using a blender for this one!
  • Carefully transfer the hot soup using a ladle. Don’t pour it all into the blender, or you’ll get lots of hot splatters! A ladle is the way to go.
Carrot ginger soup recipe

What to serve with carrot ginger soup

This carrot ginger soup is not a meal: just like most pureed soups. They’re meant as a first course, or a side dish that compliments another. For that reason, we usually avoid purees because we prefer spending cooking time on a main dish. But this carrot ginger soup is so tasty, it’s absolutely worth the prep time! Here are a few ways to accessorize it and make it into a meal:

Carrot Ginger Soup

More carrot recipes we love

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This carrot ginger soup recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free

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Carrot Ginger Soup

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This carrot ginger soup recipe is simple but comes out with a pure flavor and velvety texture! Everyone will love this bright orange puree.

  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 4 medium or 6 small servings 1x
  • Category: Soup
  • Method: Pureed
  • Cuisine: Soup
  • Diet: Vegan

Ingredients

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  • 1 yellow onion
  • 4 cups chopped carrots (1 3/4 pounds or about 12 large carrots)
  • 1 ½ tablespoons peeled and minced ginger root (about 1-inch nub)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 cups vegetable broth
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 pinch cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ cup full fat coconut milk

Instructions

  1. Dice the onion. Peel and chop the carrots. Peel the ginger with a spoon, then mince it.
  2. In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onion and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the ginger, carrots, vegetable broth, garlic powder, cinnamon and salt and bring to a boil. Then simmer until the carrots are tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
  3. Carefully transfer the hot soup to a blender using a ladle (or use an immersion blender). Add the coconut milk and blend until smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust seasonings as desired. Serve swirled with a drizzle of coconut milk and topped with fresh cilantro.

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Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

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  1. Shalom says:

    Thank you for sharing

  2. Valerie says:

    Excellent. Never used coconut milk before. Sort of surprised when I opened the can. Wasn’t sure what to do with it.
    Soup is great.






  3. Kathy Hunt says:

    Wow! What a great recipe!! I made it tonight and it was so delicious! Simple yet stunning! Thanks!!






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