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Split Pea Soup – A Vegan Pressure Cooker Comfort Food

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It’s starting to get cool out, so you know what that means! SOUP!
I love a bowl of soup in the fall or winter, and split pea is a crowd pleasing (though not horribly photogenic) star in my house.

Ingredients

2 pounds dried split peas
1 large onion, diced
6 carrots, peeled and sliced or 1 bag baby carrots
8 cups vegetable broth
2 cups non-dairy milk (or 2 more cups broth or water)
1 T liquid smoke
2 T olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
optional seasonings: 1/2 cup fresh chopped kale, 1/3 cup chopped basil, 4 minced garlic cloves

Process

If you have the time, you can sauté the onions and garlic until soft or caramelized and go from there. If not (as I did not last night), you can just throw it all in with the beans.

Add beans and sautéed or raw vegetables and remainder of ingredients except salt, pepper, and non-dairy milk to pressure cooker. Bring to high pressure. Cook for 10-12 minutes and then remove from burner to allow to naturally depressurize.

Pour in the non-dairy milk and salt and pepper to taste. Serve with fresh bread, salad, or fruit.  Yummy.

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Vegan Split Pea and Barley Soup in the Pressure Cooker

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I got home pretty late last night, but Bowie (the pressure cooker) came to my rescue and we had homemade soup in less than an hour.

1 lb split peas  
1/2 lb barley
2 T olive oil
1 med onion, chopped
1 small handful fresh thyme
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 cup chopped carrots
7 cups vegetable broth

Heat olive oil in bottom of pressure cooker to medium heat.  Add onions and celery and saute until tender.  Add remaining ingredients and cover.  Bring pressure cooker to high pressure (15 psi) and cook for 12 minutes.  Turn off heat and allow pressure to disperse naturally.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Snarf it up!

Vegan Pressure Cooker Split Pea Soup

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I got a new pressure cooker yesterday – my first.  He has been appropriately named (Bowie) and today I took him out for a spin.  This recipe was adapted from prior split pea soup recipes, so I can’t tell you exactly where it came from.  However, I can tell you that JL Goes Vegan has one that looks really amazing that begins with making your own juice.  Nice!  This is a lot (served six with plenty of leftovers), so you may wish to half it for a smaller family.  As usual, I forgot to take a picture.  I’m very bad at that.

2 pounds dried split peas
2 large (or 1 very large) onion, diced
6 carrots, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup fresh chopped kale
1/3 cup fresh chopped basil
4 garlic cloves, minced
6 cups vegetable broth
8 cups water
1 T liquid smoke
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil

In pressure cooker, coat bottom with olive oil.  Add onions and stir on medium high until soft and somewhat carmelized.  Add carrots and garlic and saute another 3-5 minutes.  Place remainder of ingredients in pressure cooker and bring to high pressure.  Cook for 10 minutes and then remove from burner to allow to naturally depressurize.  Serve with fresh bread.  Yummy.