How to Cook Tasty Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot)

Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot). By :Instant Pot Recipe Collection Cookbook. Stir in broth and water, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pot. Add split peas, half of bacon, salt, pepper Discover the wonderful world of Instant Pot®!

Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Let warm up and add butter and olive oil. Split pea soup is so easy! You can cook Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot) using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot)

1. Prepare 1 pound of split peas.
2. You need 7 cups of chicken broth.
3. You need 6-7 rashers of bacon.
4. Prepare 1 of smoked ham hock.
5. You need 1 of large carrot grated.
6. You need 1 of small onion chopped.
7. It's 1 of tspn black pepper.
8. Prepare 1 dash of olive oil.

It's a great for a meal or as a side dish. This will fill you up and warm your belly and it's so good! Join me in the kitchen for. Would you like a side of split pea soup with your bacon?

Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot) instructions

1. Chop onions to desired size, chop bacon to about 1 inch squares, and grate carrot with cheese grater.
2. Sauté onions with oil in instant pot for about 2 minutes, then toss in bacon 🥓 and cook until it’s the consistency of ham. They need not be crispy but you don’t want them rubbery..
3. Turn off the sauté function. Add split peas, chicken broth, ham hock, carrots 🥕, and pepper. Set instant pot to 25 minutes and cook..
4. Whisk hot soup before serving to break up clumps of split pea, there should be some stuck to the bottom of the pot, try not to reincorporate this into the soup. I garnished mine with fried rosemary garlic sourdough croutons..
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6. VARIANT: replace the bacon and ham hock with a smoked turkey leg. After soup is cooked, remove turkey leg, pull meat from bone, and return meat to soup..

But, seriously, this split pea gets its bold smoky flavor from a whole lot of bacon. Serve garnished with parsley and bacon. Set Instant Pot to "Sauté" on medium heat. Pour in oil, then add leeks and onion and stir to coat. Add split peas and stir to coat; season with salt.