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!
LOVE! So happy to have found a stellar substitute for my grandmothers traditional soup. I didn’t have miso paste on hand so I substituted that with a bit mor tahini and soy sauce. I also undercooked the veggies so they’d have a bit more bite and cooked orzo separately and added it at the very end, instead of using rice. Just personal preference there ☺️
Thank you for this masterpiece!
You’re so welcome Kelsey! Thanks so much for the love. Glad we found something just as good as Yia Yia’s!
This lemon soup is the tastiest thing I’ve made in a longgg time!! Just thinking about it now my mouth is watering! The flavours are absolutely magical together!! I made this recipe 3 times in 2 weeks and I’m still not sick of it! I love using a wild rice in it for more texture, and I just toss in whatever veggies I have in my fridge. Thank you for all the love you put into your beautiful recipes, Maria! I can certainly taste it!!
Hey Alicia!! Thanks so much for the love and support on this recipe. It’s such a favourite of ours!!!
So I have to admit I’ve never used nutritional yeast in cooking before so don’t know what it would taste like, but I tried it without and this soup was amazing!! I even made it FODMAP free with no garlic and onion and it was so delicious! It’s really hard to get a good flavoured FODMAP free soup, but this was perfect! Thanks so much for the recipe, definitely making it again!
This makes me so happy, thanks so much, Amy! So glad you could make this work for you.
THIS IS THE STUFF OF DREAMS! Creamy, lemony, comforting. This soups is going to be a staple in my home! Thank you, Maria!
YESSSS!!! Thank you so much for the love Karisa! This means a lot to us xx
Newly vegan here – trying out all kinds of recipes lately and Maria has my favorites without a doubt. I made this Greek Lemon soup last night and it was absolutely incredible. I think I was shocked by how much flavor the soup had. Perfect meal for a cold rainy evening. All three of us went back for a second serving!
I added a little bit more lemon juice (personal preference), salt and pepper, and topped with dill and parsley. Also! For those using an instant pot – I sautéed the base ingredients of the soup first and allowed the stock to come to a boil while still on the sauté setting. Added the rice, sealed it up, and manually set it for 7 minutes on high pressure. Stirred in the Tahini Miso Lemon sauce after and it was ready to go!
Thanks again Maria! Will definitely be making this one again.
Hey Olivia!!! So happy you love this recipe as much as we do. Also, extremely flattered that you love my recipes the love!! Grinning ear to ear! Please let us know what you make next xxx
Lovely! So easy and makes a perfect conforting meal. Will make again!
I am so glad you enjoyed this, Sarah! Thanks for the love!
Made this soup last week and loved it. Such a great depth of flavor. Lots of dill to keep it fresh while the tahini + nutritional yeast give it a cheesy flavor. I served this with some homemade focaccia. So glad it’s soup season!
Yes!! This sounds amazing, you killed it! Thanks for the love, Sandy. You’re the best!
This was absolutely delish!! I made a few alterations – my fiancé wanted more to it so I added shredded chicken which I felt was a great addition. I also used chicken stock (not cubes) and it turned out perfectly! Would definitely make this again.
Awesome, that is how Greeks traditionally make it. Glad you loved this!
I made this soup tonight and it was excellent. My husband was raving about it and we both went back for more!! Will definitely make again 🙂
Hey Heather! Thank you so much for the love! This makes me so happy!
Made this and it was DELICIOUS! I want to try with Orzo next time – I made a non vegan version of the recipe with it and it worked super well. 10/10 will make again!!!
Hey Alice! Thanks so much for the love. This is great. Glad you will 100% make again!
I cannot sing this soup enough praises! It was amazing! Warming, packed with flavor, filling yet not heavy. Plan on making this for a second time this week! I have been absolutely loving and so incredibly impressed with all the recipes I’ve tried from Food by Maria. She has made the transition to go meat free so much easier than I thought. Can’t wait to keep exploring her recipes!
Thank you so so so much Kendra! This means so much to us! We’re glad you loved this recipe as much as we do!
Delightful! This delicious soup was both easy to make and super comforting. I will definitely make it again!
Thank you so so much for the love! So glad you enjoyed this, Sherala!
This pot of soup won’t last long because it is SO DELICIOUS. Thank you Maria.
Thank you so much Bella! this means a lot to us. It’s seriously such a favourite in our home!