Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot)
Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot)

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Bacon, bay leaves, and garlic lend bold flavor to this Instant Pot® split pea soup that's easily adaptable for vegetarians. Instant Pot Split Pea and Bacon Soup is a tasty, smoky take on the classic split pea soup recipe. Though this Split Pea Soup is typically made with ham, I don't usually have leftover ham in my fridge.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook bacon split pea soup (instant pot) using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot):
  1. Take 1 pound split peas
  2. Make ready 7 cups chicken broth
  3. Take 6-7 rashers bacon
  4. Take 1 smoked ham hock
  5. Get 1 large carrot grated
  6. Take 1 small onion chopped
  7. Prepare 1 tspn black pepper
  8. Get 1 dash olive oil

I used plain water for years before I started using chicken stock and my Split Pea Soup was always tasty. Instant pot, stove top or crock pot — your choice. The most delicious split pea soup….made in the Instant Pot! This easy soup recipe has bacon, ham steak, carrots and onions.

Instructions to make Bacon Split Pea Soup (Instant Pot):
  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.
  5. Complete! Share a cooksnap & tell us what you thought!
  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.

It's warm and comforting for winter months. Soup is one of my favorite things to make in the Instant Pot. No simmering all day in the slow cooker or the stovetop. Cook until fat is rendered and translucent. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic.

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