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Kale Soup

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Kale Soup is a delicious and nutritious, textured soup, that is vegan and gluten free. The addition of carrot counteracts the bitterness of the kale so even fussy eaters should like this popular soup!

Kale Soup in a bowl with crusty bread.

About the Recipe

This recipe for Kale Soup came about as a result of needing to use up a reduced bag of chopped kale that I bought.

Kale is quite bitter and not a favourite with my family so I devised a soup recipe sweetened with carrots!

I don’t like the term “clean eating” but you do almost feel cleansed after eating this simple yet delicious soup. It’s low in fat and packed full of nutrients and fibre!

Ingredients

Kale Soup Ingredients: kale, celery, onion, carrots garlic, stock cubes, rapeseed oil & ground pepper.

  • rapeseed oil
  • onion
  • celery
  • carrots
  • garlic
  • curly kale (Scots kale)
  • vegetable stock
  • freshly ground pepper

How to make Kale Soup (full recipe at bottom of page)

Kale Soup recipe steps 1 - 4.
  • Heat the oil and add the chopped onion, carrot, celery and crushed garlic.
  • Sweat under a lid for 10 minutes to soften onion.
  • Mix in the kale
  • Sweat under a lid for another 5 minutes.

Kale Soup recipe steps 5 - 8.

  • Add the vegetable stock and black pepper.
  • Bring to a boil, then simmer for 20 minutes.
  • Blend to desired consistency (leaving some texture).
  • Taste, adjust seasoning if necessary and serve.

 

Kale Soup in a bowl with crusty bread.

Cooks Tips

Leaving some texture in the soup and not over blending makes this soup extra yummy.

You shouldn’t need any extra salt due to the salt in the stock cubes but you can always add some if necessary.

Kale Soup in a bowl with side serving of crusty bread.

Serving Suggestions

Serve with crusty bread such as:

  • Slow Cooker Sourdough – (shown in photos) who knew slow cooker bread could be so good!
  • Easy Cheesy Jalapeno Soda Bread  – great taste and only minutes to prep!
  • Easy Cheesy Chilli Cob (no knead loaf) – utterly scrummy.
  • Spelt & Wholemeal No Knead Loaf – nutritious and delicious.
Sliced malted grain sourdough bread on board with knife.

Slow Cooker Sourdough Bread

Special Diets

Kale Soup is suitable for the following diets:

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten Free

Kale Soup in a bowl with crusty sourdough bread.

Prep and Storage

  • Ingredients are best prepped just before you make the soup for maximum nutrition.
  • Any leftover soup should be stored in the fridge and eaten within 3 days.
  • Kale Soup can also be frozen and should be used within 3 months.

Kale Soup in a bowl with crusty bread.

 

Reader Testimonials

It’s no surprise that this is my most popular soup recipe when you read some of the comments from readers below! Here are just a few, there a many more.

Carl⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Easy and delicious. I would recommend this healthy soup.”

Heidi ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I just made the soup and it’s absolutely delicious there’s eating and drinking in it, thank you for the recipe.”

Natalia ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Thank you very much for the recipe. I made it in my Thermomix. Super quick and really tasty!”

Landscape shot of Kale Soup in a bowl with crusty bread. Daffodils in top right corner.

More delicious Soup Recipes

I have so many soup recipes that you really should try:

Roasted Tomato & Garlic Soup with Basil in a bowl with pizzetta toast.

Roasted Tomato & Garlic Soup

  • 5 Minute Vegan Tomato Soup – a super quick curried tomato soup made from pantry staples!
  • Carrot & Coriander Soup – another soup that feels like it’s doing you good!
  • Broccoli & Cheddar Soup – just add crusty bread for a light meal!
  • Quick Curried Cauliflower Soup – my husband is always asking for this!
  • Roasted Tomato & Garlic Soup – an utterly delicious way to use up those home grown tomatoes!

More Kale Recipes

I’m sure I’ve whet your appetite for kale recipes so here are some more for you to try from myself and fellow bloggers:

Butternut Squash and Kale Soup

Butternut Squash & Kale Soup

  • Butternut Squash & Kale Soup 
  • Kale & Giant Couscous Tabouleh 
  • Kale & Barley Salad with Teriyaki Salmon (plus more ideas) 
  • Miso Muffins with Kale, Carrot & Courgette 
  • Borlotti & Red Wine Pie topped with Kale Mash 
  • Breakfast Eggs with Kale & Carrot 

I’m sure you’ll love my Kale Soup so do share your pics with me by tagging @FabFood4All on Instagram, I love seeing my recipes come to life! A comment and rating below would also be much appreciated.

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Originally published 12/11/2015

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Kale Soup

A simple and delicious Kale Soup packed full of carrots, celery, onion and garlic.
Course Light Lunch, Starter
Cuisine British
Keyword carrot, kale, soup
Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 38 minutes
Servings 6
Author Camilla Hawkins

Equipment

  • 1 Chopping Board
  • 1 cook's knife
  • 1 Garlic crusher
  • 1 Measuring jug
  • 1 large pan
  • 1 Wooden spoon
  • 1 stick blender

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 1 large onion finely chopped
  • 2 celery sticks chopped
  • 4 medium/large carrots roughly chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves crushed
  • 200 g curly kale chopped
  • 900 ml vegetable stock (from 2 quality stock cubes)
  • freshly ground pepper

Optional garnish

  • dried chilli and garlic from a chilli and garlic grinder

Instructions

  • Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat.
  • Add the onion, carrot, celery and garlic and sweat under a lid for about 10 minutes until the onions are softened.
  • Mix in the kale and sweat under lid for about another 5 minutes, stirring once or twice until wilted.
  • Add the stock and pepper (I found there was no need to add salt as it's in the stock), bring to the boil and then simmer for 20 minutes.
  • Blend with a stick blender to desired consistency (it's nice if it still has some texture to it).
  • Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
  • Garnish with a few grinds of dried chilli and garlic (optional) and serve with crusty bread.

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Notes

If you don't have a stick blender, cool the soup slightly and use a jug blender. Then reheat before serving.
You can make this soup chunkier by blending less, I went a bit overboard with blending.

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Comments

  1. heidi oneill

    11/11/2021 at 1:25 pm

    I just made the soup and it’s absolutely delicious there’s eating and drinking in it thank you for the recipe

    Reply
    • Camilla

      11/11/2021 at 4:54 pm

      So glad you like it Heidi, thank you for your feedback:-)

      Reply
  2. Sneeta Davi

    08/11/2021 at 4:21 pm

    This was a lovely soup, thanks for sharing this recipe,,,,excellent way to eat kale too. Thanku

    Reply
    • Camilla

      08/11/2021 at 8:30 pm

      Thank you so much Sneeta, so glad you like it:-)

      Reply
  3. Jane

    18/03/2021 at 1:21 pm

    Absolutely delicious and very easy to make

    Reply
    • Camilla

      19/03/2021 at 8:59 pm

      Wonderful Jane, so pleased you like my Kale Soup:-)

      Reply
  4. Meg Gould

    12/09/2020 at 11:00 am

    Straight into my handwritten heirloom recipe book. Thank you

    Reply
    • Camilla

      12/09/2020 at 4:11 pm

      Thank you, excellent Meg:-)

      Reply
  5. Tymone Winter

    24/08/2020 at 10:09 am

    So Delicious! Yes also a good base for a whole soup to add potatoes past, beans or lentils.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      24/08/2020 at 10:21 pm

      Thank you Tymone, so glad you like it:-)

      Reply
  6. Martin McGurn

    17/06/2020 at 5:17 pm

    Tried this soup to use up some just -about-past-their best veggies. Absolutely delicious. And so simple. This will definitely become one of my staples.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      18/06/2020 at 1:20 am

      Excellent Martin, so glad you like the recipe, I must make this soon again too!

      Reply
  7. Barbara Henderson

    08/06/2020 at 11:18 pm

    This was delicious, and I can see it will be easy to add other ingredients – lentils, small pasta, etc. – to bulk it up. Is there a way to print it easily? I don’t see a print button 🙁

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      09/06/2020 at 12:42 am

      Thank you so much Barbabara. Yes the print area is under the stars and photo on right in the recipe card.

      Reply
    • Camilla

      09/06/2020 at 12:42 am

      Thank you so much Barbara. Yes the print area is under the stars and photo on right in the recipe card.

      Reply
  8. Clive

    10/04/2020 at 1:45 pm

    Tried this to use the kale that came in our veg box. Very green, but really tasty! Thanks.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      10/04/2020 at 6:12 pm

      Excellent, so glad you liked it Clive:-)

      Reply
  9. Bob

    13/02/2020 at 5:44 pm

    Yummy

    Reply
  10. Katie

    17/10/2019 at 6:48 pm

    This is SO GOOD!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      17/10/2019 at 7:49 pm

      Thank you Katie, glad you like it:-)

      Reply
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