The vegan and paleo diets can both benefit from this Instant Pot vegetable soup.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 medium carrots – peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced
- 2 stalks celery, sliced
- 1 medium brown onion, diced
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 cloves garlic, diced
- ½ red chile pepper, sliced
- 1 (28 ounce) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 pound Yukon gold potatoes, scrubbed and quartered
- 1 bunch kale, stemmed and coarsely chopped
- 1 small zucchini, diced
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 large bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot) set to the Sauté function. Add carrots, celery, onion, and salt; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Stir in garlic and chile pepper; sauté until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, potatoes, kale, and zucchini. Pour in vegetable broth, add bay leaf, and stir to combine.
- Close and lock the lid; select high pressure according to manufacturer’s instructions. Set the timer for 10 minutes; allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
- Release pressure using the natural-release method according to the manufacturer’s instructions, about 5 minutes. Release remaining pressure carefully using the quick-release method, about 5 minutes more. Unlock and remove the lid.
- Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with lemon zest and parsley.
Reviews
Love this recipe – delicious and flavourful! I didn’t have red chili peppers in and used a tsp of chili garlic sauce instead. I used the recipe for 6 servings, in doing so it took a little longer (20 min) for my (6 qt) instant pot to pressure up. Perfect comfort soup for a cold winter day!
This was excellent! I made as written except for the lemon zest because I didn’t have it and it was still great. Everything had the perfect consistency including the zucchini which usually turns to mush in soups. This soup has tons of flavor and it doesn’t get any easier OR faster than this.