Soups
Vegan Avgolemono
Prep
15 minutes
Cook
40 minutes
Yield
4 -5
🍋 Transform the classic Greek egg-lemon soup into a creamy vegan delight with this authentic Vegan Avgolemono recipe. Featuring tangy lemon, hearty rice, and a silky tahini-miso base, this one-pot wonder delivers all the traditional flavors without any animal products.
My favorite Greek soup (avgolemono) has turned vegan, and it’s one of my absolute favorites. This vegan avgolemono is super creamy, authentic, easy, and can be whipped up in one pot. The creamy lemon-rice combination creates a comforting dish that brings me right back to my Greek roots.
I teamed up with Lundberg Family Farms to share this authentic and easy recipe because it’s seriously one of my favorites. It reminds me of home and growing up. The rice really makes it creamy, warming, and hearty—perfect for a satisfying meal any time of year.
❤️ Why You’ll Love Vegan Avgolemono
- Authentic: All the flavors of traditional Greek avgolemono soup are made completely plant-based.
- One-Pot Wonder: Everything comes together in a single pot for easy cleanup.
- Dairy-free: The combination of rice, tahini, and miso creates a luxurious texture.
🍲 Ingredients
Avgolemono Base – This soup is traditionally called avgolemono, but what really transforms it from a basic soup to this magical dish is the combination of tahini, miso paste, lemon juice, and stock. These ingredients replace the traditional egg-lemon mixture while maintaining the signature creamy, tangy profile that makes this Greek classic so beloved.
Nutritional Yeast – Also known as “nooch,” this deactivated yeast sold in the form of yellow flakes or powder brings a savory, almost cheesy flavor to the soup. It’s packed with B vitamins and protein, making it both delicious and nutritious – the perfect addition to this vegan avgolemono soup.
👩🍳 How to Make Vegan Avgolemono
1. Into a large stock pot add your olive oil, onions, carrots, celery and garlic. Cook on low heat for 10 minutes, make sure to stir occasionally to avoid any browning or burning. You don’t want the vegetables to develop any color, just want them translucent and soft.
2. Once your veggies have cooked down for 10 minutes you can add your veg stock cubes, water, nutritional yeast and tamari or soy sauce.
3. Bring this mixture to a boil, lower heat and add your rice. Cook for around 20 minutes with lid on or until your rice is cooked.
4. While your soup is cooking prepare your Miso Tahini Lemon Sauce simply by adding all your ingredients into a blender and blending till smooth. NOTE: let your stock from soup cool for a few minutes before adding to the blender with other ingredients.
6. If your rice is ready you can remove the pot from the heat and begin stirring in your lemon sauce. Continue stirring till well combined. Add your fresh dill or parsley and stir just once more.
7. Give your soup a little taste test then add the necessary seasoning. Enjoy hot with more fresh parsley or dill!
🗒 Tips and Tricks
- Vegetables: For the best flavor, cook onions, carrots, and celery on low heat just until soft, not browned.
- Rice: Use a short-grain variety for the creamiest texture in your avgolemono.
- Blending: Let stock cool slightly before blending with tahini and miso to prevent separation.
🗒 Substitutions
- Rice: Brown rice can replace white for added nutrition (allow extra cooking time).
- Herbs: Fresh parsley works well if dill isn’t available.
- Protein: Add chickpeas or white beans for a heartier vegan avgolemono soup.
- Miso: If unavailable, use additional nutritional yeast and a touch more salt.
🗒 Best served with
- Twist Bread (with Pesto & Parmesan)
- Cauliflower Pizza Crust with Arugula Salad Topper
- Easy & Authentic Greek Salad Recipe
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
🤔 Common Questions
Traditional avgolemono gets its creaminess from an egg-lemon mixture. This vegan version uses tahini and miso to create the same silky texture and rich flavor while maintaining the signature tangy lemon profile.
While orzo is sometimes used in avgolemono, rice creates a creamier texture as it releases starch during cooking. This helps achieve that authentic velvety consistency in the vegan version.
Yes! The flavors actually improve after a day in the refrigerator. The rice may absorb more liquid, so you might need to add a splash of broth when reheating.
Yes, this vegan avgolemono is naturally gluten-free as long as you use gluten-free vegetable stock and tamari instead of soy sauce.
The key is to let your hot stock cool slightly before blending with the tahini and lemon. Then add the mixture back to the soup off the heat, stirring constantly.
Vegan Avgolemono
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Ingredients
For the Soup:
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups sweet white onion finely chopped
- 1 cup celery stalk finely chopped (optional)
- 1 1/2 cups carrot finely chopped or cut into 1/2 inch rounds (optional)
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 2 vegetable stock cubes (or 2 tbsp vegetable stock paste) organic, no added salt
- 6-7 cups hot water
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
- 3/4 -1 cup uncooked Brown Jasmine Rice – Lundberg Farms or other rice of your choice (i.e. basmati)
- season to taste
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley or dill finely chopped
For the Avgolemono:
- 2 tbsp. tahini
- 2 tbsp white miso paste
- 3/4 cup lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 2 cups stock from soup
Garnish:
Instructions
- Into a large stock pot add your olive oil, onions, carrots, celery and garlic. Cook on low heat for 10 minutes, make sure to stir occasionally to avoid any browning or burning. You don’t want the vegetables to develop any colour, just want them translucent and soft.
- Once your veggies have cooked down for 10 minutes you can add your veg stock cubes, water, nutritional yeast and tamari or soy sauce.
- Bring this mixture to a boil, lower heat and add your rice. Cook for around 20 minutes with lid on or until your rice is cooked.
- While your soup is cooking prepare your Miso Tahini Lemon Sauce simply by adding all your ingredients into a blender (2 cups of stock from the soup – avoid scooping out rice, tahini, white miso & lemon juice) and blending till smooth. NOTE: let your stock from soup cool for a few minutes in the blender before blending with other ingredients.
- Remove pot from the heat once it's ready and begin stirring in your lemon sauce. Continue stirring till well combined. Add your fresh dill or parsley and stir just once more.
- Give your soup a little taste test then add necessary seasoning. Enjoy hot with more fresh parsley or dill!
Sorry Maria, I forgot to rate the recipe when I reviewed it about an hour ago.
Totally 5 stars! This soup is SO GOOD!
I will definitely make it again. . . . . many times!
Thank you for sharing your recipes!
This soup is SO GOOD! Greek Lemon Rice Soup was one of my favourites in my pre-vegan days, so to find your recipe that doesn’t require chicken was a prize! It was so easy to make, with all items called for, already in my pantry. I will definitely put it into my rotation, and make it many times over. I love making and freezing soup in portion sizes to take to work for lunch. I was running low on varieties in my freezer, so wanted to try something new. This fit the bill perfectly! I cannot wait to have it for lunch tomorrow. Thank you!
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This soup is so amazing! Just made it and had to write a review. 5 stars all the way!!!
thank you so much!!
I’ve made this recipe a couple of times and truly love it. It’s super easy to make and takes just a little bit of prep work. Now I typically add however many vegetables I want and, of course, more of the lemon sauce so that it’s a bit bulked up. I typically use vegetable broth instead of water + bullion cubes for convenience. You can’t mess this recipe up.
This was so good!! Definitely will be making this again!
Thank you so much!!!!
I’ve made this soup over 10 times now and absolutely love it. I triple the nutritional yeast and add red pepper flakes. This soup is my all time favorite.
Thank you so much!!!!!!!
SO tasty! I added cumin, turmeric, and a bay leaf to the broth, and a bit of lentils in for texture and it was amazing! The avgolemono is the star for sure.
wonderful! So glad you loved this one!
Hello, do you have to use brown jasmine rice or will white rice do? I’m working with what I’ve got in the kitchen this quarantine!
use whatever rice works
One of my all-time favorites!
I make this soup ALL THE TIME since I discovered the recipe 2+ years ago <3
I add extra dill + lemon + garlic to mine, and eat with a crusty bread.
I always have leftovers for a couple of days, and it reheats so well on the stove!
Tip: Add a little water or broth when reheating – the rice soaks up the broth.
You are an angel! Thank you so much for the love, I am so glad you love this recipe as much as I do!
I’m really looking forward to making this! Can you clarify… So you add the 5 cups of water + seasonings to the pot, bring to boil… Then remove 2 cups (trying not to remove any of the veggies) to make the Avgolemono before you add the rice? So you’ve only got 3 cups of liquid in with your rice/veggies? Or are the two cups broth for the Avgolemono separate?
You’ve got it!
You pull the broth out, and make the Avgolemono.
You’ll add it back into the soup once made, so the full 5+ cups of liquid will be there in the end!
(I tend to err on the side of 6+ cups of water after making this soup many many times)
Enjoy!
You rock!! Thanks Valentina!