Killer IP Split Pea Soup

[tbern]

That looks delicious also!!

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Just wanted to say I followed your IP recipe for the split pea soup, and it sure is good! It's definitely a keeper.

Joe yours looks really Great! Nice cook bud. I took some left overs to Older guy at river. People from Texas don't know what pea soup is. Not sure if he liked it or not? I give food to him all the time to take home.

 

[xray]

Joe yours looks really Great! Nice cook bud. I took some left overs to Older guy at river. People from Texas don't know what pea soup is. Not sure if he liked it or not? I give food to him all the time to take home.

Thank you Brian, I followed the recipe as written and used my leftover ham bone from Christmas plus some of the leftover sliced ham. Yours looked super good too, I'm sure the older guy liked it...silence is golden. I'll eat mine with some nice buttered bread for a few nights.

 

[Portwood]

Looks great, just wish my wife liked Split pea.

Instant Pot Split Pea Soup has lots of flavor, and is a comforting, warm hug in a bowl! With ham, onion, garlic and thyme. You can also make this vegetarian or vegan.

Ingredients 1 Tbsp Olive Oil 2 Tbsp Butter 1 Onion, diced 3 Stalks of Celery, diced 2 Bay Leaves 1/4 tsp Thyme Leaves, dried 3 Carrots, chopped 4 cloves Garlic, pressed or finely minced 1/4 tsp Pepper 6 cups Chicken or Vegetable Broth low sodium (use only 5 cups for a thick soup, 7 cups for a thinner soup) 1 lb Green Split Peas, rinsed and sorted (unsoaked) 1 tsp Liquid Smoke (Optional) for vegetarian version 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt (add last, after cooking, if needed) (1/4 tsp table salt)

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Use any of these for your meat (or a combination of them)

• 6 slices Bacon (Optional) chopped
• 2 small Ham Hocks (Optional) Not very meaty, but add a nice smoky flavor and richness. (We use the Smoked Ham Hocks!!!)
• 1 Leftover Ham Bone (Optional) I like to use this with the diced ham
• 2 - 3 cups Diced Leftover Ham (Optional)

Instructions

1. Turn the pressure cooker on to the Sauté function. Let it warm up and add the olive oil and butter.
2. Add the onion, celery, bay leaves, and thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion starts to turn translucent.
3. Add the carrots, garlic, bacon or ham, if using, and pepper. Cook for a minute.
4. Add the broth and ham bone or ham hocks, if using (Add liquid smoke, if using, for vegetarian method). Let come to a simmer.
5. Stir in the split peas.
6. 
   
7. Place the lid on the pot and lock it in place. Set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
8. Cancel the sauté function and Choose Pressure Cook/Manual, and use the + or - or dial to choose 18 minutes. High pressure. It will take a few minutes for the pot to come to pressure.
9. When the cooking time has finished, let the pot sit undisturbed for 15 minutes to naturally release some of the pressure. Then turn the steam release knob to Venting to quick release the remaining pressure.
10. When the pin in the lid drops down, carefully open the lid, facing away from you. Remove the bay leaves and ham hocks, pull meat from bone and add back into soup. discard the bone.
11. Serve hot with warm buttered biscuits. The soup will thicken quite a bit when it cools, that is normal

If you want a Vegetarian or Vegan soup, omit the butter (for vegan), use vegetable broth, and try some liquid smoke to give the soup a nice smoky hint of flavor.

This was a great recipe. Threw out my previous recipe and using this one going forward.