Smokey Cheesy Split Pea Soup
By :Jill McKeever
Votes: 5
Rating: 3.8
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Course Soup
Cuisine Modern
Difficulty Easy
Browse Category Soups, Stews & Broths
Duration 30-60 min
Diet Celiac
Cooking Technique Pressure Cook
Main Ingredient Herbs, Lentils, Potatoes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings
6 servings
Ingredients
  • 3 medium potatoes peeled, halved
  • 3 stalks celery chopped
  • 1 large carrot chopped
  • 1 small yellow onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • 2 cups green split peas dried, rinsed
  • 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
  • 1 teaspoon marjoram dried
  • 1 teaspoon basil dried
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 cup Thick & Creamy Nacho Cheese Sauce recipe in the app
  • Water enough to cover all ingredients in the Instant Pot by 1 inch
Course Soup
Cuisine Modern
Difficulty Easy
Browse Category Soups, Stews & Broths
Duration 30-60 min
Diet Celiac
Cooking Technique Pressure Cook
Main Ingredient Herbs, Lentils, Potatoes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings
6 servings
Ingredients
  • 3 medium potatoes peeled, halved
  • 3 stalks celery chopped
  • 1 large carrot chopped
  • 1 small yellow onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • 2 cups green split peas dried, rinsed
  • 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
  • 1 teaspoon marjoram dried
  • 1 teaspoon basil dried
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 cup Thick & Creamy Nacho Cheese Sauce recipe in the app
  • Water enough to cover all ingredients in the Instant Pot by 1 inch
Votes: 5
Rating: 3.8
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Instructions
  1. Place all the ingredients in the inner pot. Cover all ingredients with enough to have 1 inch of water standing over all ingredients.
  2. Cover with lid, turn lid clockwise to lock into place. Align the pointed end of the steam release handle to point to “Sealing.” Press "Manual", use [-] button to adjust cooking time to 10 minutes.
  3. When cooking time is complete, press "Keep Warm/Cancel" once to cancel the keep warm mode then wait 10 minutes for the pressure to go down.
  4. Slide the steam release handle to the “Venting” position to release remaining pressure until the float valve drops down. Remove lid.
  5. Remove bay leaf.
  6. Use an immersion blender to puree soup. Stir in Thick & Creamy Nacho Cheese Sauce. This recipe is located in the app under side dishes for the full recipe.
  7. Serve hot with whole grain dinner rolls. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes

Thick and Creamy Nacho Cheese sauce is located in the app here, under side dishes

6 replies
  1. jenwatkiss
    jenwatkiss says:

    Made this without the cheese sauce, and it was excellent. One key ingredient missing though: LIQUID!

    I used 6c chicken broth and it turned out great.

  2. Margaret
    Margaret says:

    We made this with 2/3 cup nutritional yeast and 1/2 tsp smoked paprika, no liquid smoke-we didn’t puree or add cheese, but it was the best vegetarian pea soup I have ever had!!!!! Sorry to mess with your recipe, but we loved the base you gave us and are very grateful since we are new to the Instantpot. So easy-so delicious!

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