30-60 min6 servingsAmerican

Smokey Cheesy Split Pea Soup

By Jill McKeever

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6 servings

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30-60 min

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Easy

Smokey Cheesy Split Pea Soup
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Recipe Details

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 10 min

Cook Time: 20 min

Total Time: 30-60 min

Cooking Technique: Pressure Cook

Cuisine: American

Diet: Celiac

Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 3 medium potatoes
  • 3 stalks celery
  • 1 large carrot
  • 1 small yellow onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 cups green split peas
  • 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
  • 1 teaspoon marjoram
  • 1 teaspoon basil
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 cup Thick & Creamy Nacho Cheese Sauce
  • Water

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Place all the ingredients in the inner pot. Cover all ingredients with enough to have 1 inch of water standing over all ingredients.
  2. Cover with lid, turn lid clockwise to lock into place. Align the pointed end of the steam release handle to point to “Sealing.” Press "Manual", use [-] button to adjust cooking time to 10 minutes.
  3. When cooking time is complete, press "Keep Warm/Cancel" once to cancel the keep warm mode then wait 10 minutes for the pressure to go down.
  4. Slide the steam release handle to the “Venting” position to release remaining pressure until the float valve drops down. Remove lid.
  5. Remove bay leaf.
  6. Use an immersion blender to puree soup. Stir in Thick & Creamy Nacho Cheese Sauce. This recipe is located in the app under side dishes for the full recipe.
  7. Serve hot with whole grain dinner rolls. Enjoy!

Notes

Thick and Creamy Nacho Cheese sauce is located in the app here, under side dishes

About the chef

Jill McKeever

Jill McKeever

Jill McKeever guides thousands seeking to transition to a plant-based lifestyle and stick to it for the long haul. Her cookbook, OMGee Good! Instant Pot Meals, Plant-Based & Oil-Free, is all the rage with owners of the Instant Pot electric pressure cooker. Published in 2015, Amazon continues to recommend her 5-star book to their customers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Jill is the first author to publish cookbooks for Butler Foods Soy Curls. You’ll find OMGee Good Soy Curls Recipes, Volumes 1,2,3 stocked with game changing meals for every family no matter their diet preference.

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