A hot bowl of soup is comforting, whether in cold weather or under the weather. They can be served as an appetizer or as a meal with bread or other vegetable sides.
It is very easy to make a variety of soups by pressure cooking in the Instant Pot. The best thing about Instant Pot vegan soup recipes is that they are made with pantry staples.
These vegetable soups include a lot of nutritious and flavorful veggies like bell peppers, celery, carrots, and onion and you can adapt them by adding your favorite ones.
The secret to making good vegetarian soups is to use a low-sodium vegetable broth and add many fresh herbs, spices, and seasonings like garlic cloves, garlic chives, rosemary, Italian seasoning, thyme, bay leaves, pepper, lemon juice, fresh parsley, and more for flavor. You can always add more seasonings and herbs to make it to your liking.
Vegetable soups can easily be made more or less spicy by adjusting the amount of pepper, red pepper flakes, and red chili powder.
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FAQ
Can you use an Instant Pot for soup?
An electric pressure cooker like an Instant Pot is great for making soups as it requires no monitoring like the stove and you can keep the soup warm until you are ready to serve it. You can also use the delay timer and plan your meals a few hours ahead of your dinner time.
Most of these soups also store well in the fridge for weekly meal prep and can be frozen in airtight containers for a few weeks for make-ahead freezer meals. Reheating soup in the Instant Pot is also very easy, you can use the saute mode and then keep it warm until ready to eat.
Why use Instant Pot for soup?
It is very convenient to use an Instant Pot for making soups. There is no need to continuously stir or monitor to make soups. Also, the convenience of the 'keep warm' setting makes it ideal to make soups ahead of time before you are ready for dinner. Any leftover soup can be stored in the Instant Pot liner in the fridge.
You can make dump-and-go vegetarian soup recipes like 15-bean, white bean, quinoa, and more by cooking them in high-pressure mode.
Some soups like pasta soup, require a few ingredients to be sauteed before pressure cooking. For some soups like carrot soup, you must blend the soup after pressure cooking.
Whatever type of soup you make, an Instant Pot makes needs no monitoring or stirring and this can free you up but yet have a delicious meal ready in a matter of minutes.
Can you overcook soup in an Instant Pot?
Although an Instant Pot is very convenient to make homemade soup, it is very much possible to overcook it if you pressure cook it for much longer than needed. Soup ingredients like vegetables, beans, and pasta can become tender and mushy if you overcook them.
Check out this list of vegan Instant Pot soup recipes including 15 bean soup, pinto bean soup, white bean soup, navy bean soup, and potato soup. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making and writing about them 🙂
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