Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken
40 min
4 servings
Easy
SOUPS
Instant Pot Tomato Basil Soup
A smooth tomato soup with butter, cream, and fresh basil stirred in at the end. Make a grilled cheese to go with it.
About 30 min
6 servings
Easy
The basil one
This site already has a tomato soup, and that one leans on parmesan. This is the other one. No cheese in the pot, just butter, cream, and a good handful of basil at the end.
The basil stays out of the pressure cook on purpose. Heat dulls it fast. Stirred in at the end, off the heat, it still tastes like basil instead of like tea.
Quick release, then the blender
Pressure cook for 5 minutes, then do a quick release. That just means you open the valve right away and let the steam rush out, so the soup stops cooking and you can get on with it.
Then the immersion blender goes in the pot and takes it smooth. No pouring hot soup into a jug, and no jug to wash after. Serve it with a grilled cheese. That is the whole point of the bowl. If you want the parmesan version, the tomato soup is the one to make.
THE RECIPE
Instant Pot Tomato Basil Soup
Serves 6 · Total time 30 min · Easy
- Prep
- 10 min
- Pressure
- 5 min
- Release
- Quick
Amounts are written for a 6-quart cooker. Total time includes estimated pressurization and release.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Melt the butter on Sauté and add the onion. Cook until soft, about 4 minutes, then stir in the garlic for 1 minute.
- Pour in the crushed tomatoes and broth and stir in the sugar.
- Lock the lid and pressure cook for 5 minutes. When the time is up, vent the steam right away. Open the lid once the float valve drops.
- Blend the soup smooth with an immersion blender right in the pot. Go slow near the edges so nothing splashes.
- Turn the heat off. Stir in the cream and the basil, then add salt until it tastes right.
PER SERVING
Nutrition breakdown
235 calories per serving.
Protein5 g · 8% of macro calories
Carbs18 g · 31% of macro calories
Fat16 g · 61% of macro calories
- Fibre
- 3 g
- Sugars
- 11 g
- Sodium
- 620 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients and 6 servings. Brands and substitutions can change the totals.
