Vegan potsticker soup
This brothy potsticker soup is soothing to a scratchy throat and loaded with vegetables. Add gochujang for a spicy kick of heat, or omit it to keep the soup on the mellow side.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 138kcal
Ingredients
- ½ teaspoon avocado oil or your preferred oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 carrots sliced
- 2 celery stalks sliced
- 5 cups water*
- 2 Tablespoons Better Than Bouillon no chicken base
- ½ teaspoon gochujang optional***
- 1 cup chopped curly kale loosely packed
- 8 vegetable potstickers I use Trader Joe's Thai vegetable gyoza
- 1 green onion sliced (garnish)
Instructions
- Bring a soup pot to a medium heat with oil.
- Saute onion, garlic, carrots, and celery for a few minutes, until the onions are fragrant and becoming translucent.
- Add water, bouillon, gochujang (if using), and kale to the pot and bring to a simmer.
- If you prefer sturdier potstickers with more texture, cook them separately according to the package directions. I usually brown one side in a skillet with a little oil, and then flip, add a splash of water, cover, and steam them for a few minutes, until the water evaporates. If you like crunchy potstickers in the soup, air fry them at 400 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes with a spritz of oil. Stop once to shake the basket.Or if you prefer softer potstickers and less work, add them directly to the soup pot to cook with the vegetables.
- Allow the soup to gently simmer for 10 minutes.
- Ladle soup into four bowls. If you cooked the potstickers separately, put 2 potstickers in every bowl. Garnish each bowl of soup with spring onions. Serve hot.
Notes
If you'd prefer, you can make the soup with vegetable broth instead of water + bouillon. If you use broth, just omit the bouillon altogether.
**Better Than Bouillon has a liquidy consistency similar to molasses. If you use a different type of bouillon, opt for one or two bouillon cubes instead.
***Gochujang adds some spiciness to the soup. Feel free to omit or add more, depending on your proclivity for heat.
Nutrition
Calories: 138kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 262mg | Potassium: 229mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 6815IU | Vitamin C: 29.5mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 1mg
