Faux-kin Noodle Soup (Vegan Chicken Noodle Soup)

This hearty vegan noodle soup with carrots, seitan, and pasta is comfort food when you're feeling under the weather and want something like mom used to make, only vegan style.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 466 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped celery
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 ½ cups chopped carrots
• 2 bay leaves
• ½ yellow onion, chopped
• 1 leek, chopped
• 1 (16 ounce) package rotini pasta
• ¼ cup parsley
• 6 cups vegetable broth
• 1 shallot, diced
• 3 teaspoons vegetable bouillon (such as Better Than Bouillon®)
• 1 (16 ounce) package chicken-flavored seitan

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Saute carrots, celery, onion, leek, and shallot in a soup pot over medium-high heat until onion is translucent and carrots lose their crunch, 7 to 10 minutes.

Step 2

Pour broth over vegetables in the pot and bring to a rolling boil. Dissolve bouillon into broth; reduce heat to a simmer.

Step 3

Add parsley, bay leaves, thyme, salt, and pepper. Cook until carrots are soft, about 10 minutes more.

Step 4

Add pasta and seitan and cook until pasta is al dente, another 7 to 10 minutes.