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Bacon, bay leaves, and garlic lend bold flavor to this Instant Pot® split pea soup that's easily adaptable for vegetarians. Instant Pot Split Pea and Bacon Soup is a tasty, smoky take on the classic split pea soup recipe. Though this Split Pea Soup is typically made with ham, I don't usually have leftover ham in my fridge.
Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have bacon split pea soup (instant pot) using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot):
- Get 1 pound split peas
- Get 7 cups chicken broth
- Prepare 6-7 rashers bacon
- Prepare 1 smoked ham hock
- Make ready 1 large carrot grated
- Take 1 small onion chopped
- Get 1 tspn black pepper
- Get 1 dash olive oil
Split-pea warning and precautions Most pressure cooker manuals include a standard line warning against pressure cooking split-peas primarily because they can gum-up the safety valves. One of the most comforting soup recipes, this Instant Pot split pea soup is a simple dump-and-go type of meal. Vegetarians can enjoy it meatless, and meat lovers can add ham bone or bacon. Vegetarians can enjoy it meatless, and meat lovers can add ham bone or bacon.
Instructions to make Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot):
- Chop onions to desired size, chop bacon to about 1 inch squares, and grate carrot with cheese grater
- Sauté onions with oil in instant pot for about 2 minutes, then toss in bacon 🥓 and cook until it’s the consistency of ham. They need not be crispy but you don’t want them rubbery.
- Turn off the sauté function. Add split peas, chicken broth, ham hock, carrots 🥕, and pepper. Set instant pot to 25 minutes and cook.
- Whisk hot soup before serving to break up clumps of split pea, there should be some stuck to the bottom of the pot, try not to reincorporate this into the soup. I garnished mine with fried rosemary garlic sourdough croutons.
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- VARIANT: replace the bacon and ham hock with a smoked turkey leg. After soup is cooked, remove turkey leg, pull meat from bone, and return meat to soup.
Set Instant Pot to Sauté and add the oil, leek, onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. Season generously with salt and pepper. Instant Pot Split Pea Soup only takes about an hour, with the sautéing and natural release, so that's a big time saver! The peas come out nice and soft, and the flavor is very good! If you want a Vegetarian or Vegan pressure cooker split pea soup, omit the butter (for vegan), use vegetable broth, and try some liquid smoke to give the soup a.
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