Instant Pot Vegan Split Pea Soup
Thick and creamy vegan split pea soup in the Instant pot! It's made with split green peas, onions, celery, carrots and garlic!
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large red onion finely chopped
- 10 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tsp low sodium tamari or soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/4 tsp liquid smoke
- 2 cups finely chopped celery about 3-4 stalks
- 2/3 cup finely chopped carrots about 2 medium carrots
- 2 cups dried split green peas
- 2 32oz cartons low sodium veggie broth divided
- 1 tsp kosher salt I use Morton's
- 1 tbsp dried thyme
- black pepper to taste optional
Instructions
- Prep
- Finely chop the onions, garlic, celery and carrots and set aside.
Sauté
- Add the olive oil to a large frying pan and set to medium high heat. Once warm add the onions and cook for 3-4 minutes. Then add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Turn off the heat and add the tamari, red pepper flakes and liquid smoke. I usually add a pinch of salt and few grinds of black pepper here too. Mix well and transfer to the Instant Pot.
Simmer
- Add the remaining ingredients to a large Instant Pot and stir to combine. I typically add about 1.75 cartons of veggie broth and add more later (or some water) if needed later on. Be careful not to go over the Max Fill line or else the pot won't seal and pressurize properly.Put the lid on, make sure the steam valve is closed, and set to Pressure Cook for 15 minutes. After the 15 minutes is up, allow the soup to rest without touching the steam valve for 20 minutes and then release the valve.
Taste
- The soup will be nicely thickened at this point and you may want to add some additional veggie broth and or salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm with some toasted bread or crackers on the side for dipping!Enjoy!
Notes
Note: all veggie broths are made differently so some will be more salty than others. The same is true for salt actually, not all salt is equally salty so you'll have to taste and adjust to your liking.
If the broth you're using is too salty, add some water to mellow it out.
Reheating:
The leftover soup will be very thick as most of the broth absorbs into the peas overnight. You can add more veggie broth and/or water to thin it back out when reheating.