Instant Pot® Split Pea Soup

Delicious Instant Pot® split pea soup that delivers rich, deep flavor in just over an hour.

Instant Pot® Split Pea Soup Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 1 onion, diced

• 3 stalks celery, diced

• 2 bay leaves

• teaspoon dried thyme

• 3 carrots, chopped

• 6 slices bacon, chopped

• 4 cloves garlic, minced

• teaspoon salt

• teaspoon ground black pepper

• 6 cups chicken broth

• 1 pound green split peas, rinsed and sorted

How to Make Instant Pot® Split Pea Soup

1. Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Let warm up and add butter and olive oil. Add onion, celery, bay leaves, and thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion starts to turn translucent, about 5 minutes.

2. Add carrots, bacon, garlic, salt, and pepper. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add broth and bring to a simmer. Stir in split peas. Close and lock the lid; set release knob to Sealing position.

3. Select Manual/Pressure Cook setting according to manufacturers instructions; set timer for 18 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

4. Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturers instructions, about 15 minutes. Turn steam release knob to Venting and use quick-release function for the remaining pressure. Carefully open lid. Remove bay leaves. Taste and adjust seasonings as desired.

Instant Pot® Split Pea Soup Nutritions

• Calories: 408.4 calories

• Carbohydrate: 53.6 g

• Cholesterol: 26.3 mg

• Fat: 11.6 g

• Fiber: 21 g

• Protein: 24 g

• SaturatedFat: 4.2 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 1649.9 mg

• Sugar: 10.1 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Instant Pot® Split Pea Soup Reviews

• Super simple and this had good flavor but unless you like your split pea puree style, youll need to reduce cook time. All of the veggies got overcooked for me. I like mine a little more chunky with some of the peas still visible. There was trace of carrots but even the celery disappeared. Next time I will either reduce cook time or else instead of letting the pressure natural release for 15 minutes Ill just do a quick release and get it out of the pot to stop the cooking process. The bacon was optional and I do not like wobbly bacon so I left it out of the IP but did cook some up and use it as a topping for each bowl. Overall good recipe and one I will make again with minor changes.

• I do agree with the first review, it is thick, I doubled the broth and still was thicker than I like. The flavor was good, I did not use the bacon but did sauted the veggies in saved bacon fat to give it that ham flavor. I would make it again cause the soup did have a great depth of flavor just too much of a paste consistency for my liking

• This recipe was good The cook time could have been a little lower (maybe 15 minutes instead of 18) and Id recommend frying the bacon first, but the flavor was exactly what I was looking for. I did add some diced ham as well.

• East and tasty. I added ham in place of bacon

• Very simple and very good pea soup. I didnt add bacon and was great without

• Yes. And very good, too