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    Instant Pot White Bean Soup

    Published: Apr 3, 2022 · Modified: Sep 19, 2022 by Kelsey Smith

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    Made with dried navy beans and fresh vegetables, this creamy Instant Pot white bean soup is nutritious and budget-friendly.

    This is a warm and cozy soup that happens to be vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free. Serve as your main dish or a side dish.

    Normally, dried beans must be soaked or pre-cooked before you can prepare a dish, but with this dish, there is no need. This Instant Pot white bean soup is a great way to use dry beans without having to soak them overnight. The pressure cooker does all the work.

    Why you'll love this recipe

    • Budget-friendly: Using dried beans and fresh veggies, this is a low-cost meal.
    • Faster: Instead of pre-cooking or soaking the dried beans overnight, the pressure cooker does all the work.

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    Instant Pot white bean soup.

    Looking for more Instant Pot soup recipes? Try my tortellini and sausage soup.

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    • Why you'll love this recipe
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
    • Safety notes
    • Substitutions
    • Equipment
    • Storage
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    Ingredients

    White bean soup ingredients.
    White bean soup ingredients.
    • olive oil
    • yellow onion
    • carrot
    • celery
    • garlic
    • dried navy beans
    • Yukon gold potato
    • vegetable broth
    • Italian seasoning
    • salt
    • crushed red pepper
    • kale

    Need ideas for garnishes? Try fresh parsley, shredded parmesan cheese, and freshly cracked black pepper. Serve with crusty bread.

    See the recipe card for quantities and see substitution ideas below.

    Instructions

    Using the Instant Pot’s Sauté setting, heat the olive oil. When hot, saute the onion, carrot, and celery.

    Onion, carrots, and celery before sautéing.
    Sauté diced veggies.

    Cook until the onion becomes translucent. Then add the garlic and continue cooking for 30 seconds to 1 minute.

    Onion, carrots, and celery after sautéing.
    Add garlic sauté for another minute.

    Cancel the sauté. Add the dried navy beans (unsoaked beans), diced potatoes, vegetable broth, Italian seasoning, salt, and crushed red pepper. Do not stir.

    White bean soup before pressure cooking.
    Do not stir.

    Close the lid and turn the knob to Sealing. Set the Instant Pot to Pressure Cook on High for 35 minutes. It will take the pot about 15-20 minutes to come to pressure before the cooking time begins.

    When the cooking time is complete, allow the pressure to release naturally for 15 minutes, then release any remaining pressure with a quick release.

    For the natural release portion, you do not need to take any action. The pressure will slowly release on its own. For the quick release, you need to flip the pressure valve or press the release button (depending on your electric pressure cooker model).

    White bean soup after pressure cooking.
    After releasing the pressure.

    Transfer about half of the soup into a blender and purée the soup on low speed (see safety notes below).

    White bean soup in blender.
    Be sure to read the safety notes for blending hot soup.

    Return the soup to the pot. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.

    White bean soup in blender after pureeing.
    Return the puréed soup to the pot.

    Add torn kale and stir into the soup.

    White bean soup in pressure cooker.
    The kale wilts quickly from the heat of the soup.

    Allow the kale to wilt for about 2 to 3 minutes, then serve.

    Instant Pot white bean soup.

    Safety notes

    Be careful when blending the hot soup. Here are a few tips for a safe purée.

    • Let the soup cool slightly before blending.
    • Vent the lid to prevent pressure from building up.
    • Do not overfill the blender. Only fill it to the halfway mark. Blend in batches if needed.
    • If this lid does not lock, hold it down while blending.
    • Wear an oven mitt while handling the blender.

    Substitutions

    Below are a few quick and easy substitution suggestions:

    • olive oil - For a whole food, plant-based, no-oil (WFPBNO) version, sauté the vegetables in one to two tablespoons of water or broth.
    • yellow onion - Sweet onions are another good pick for this soup.
    • dried navy beans - Dried navy beans are the creamiest white bean option, but Great Northern beans and cannellini beans will do in a pinch.
    • Yukon gold potato - Russet potatoes and red potatoes will also work well in this recipe.
    • vegetable broth - Chicken broth does change the flavor profile slightly but is also tasty.
    • kale - Try this recipe with fresh baby spinach.
    Instant Pot white bean soup.

    Equipment

    • Pressure cooker - Your favorite pressure cooker will do the trick. I use an Instant Pot Duo 6-Quart.
    • Blender - This is a Ninja Foodi Blender. An immersion blender will also work.
    • Chef's knife - Chop those veggies with a high-quality knife.

    Storage

    Allow the soup to cool before refrigerating. Refrigerate for 3 to 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

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    Instant Pot white bean soup.
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    Instant Pot White Bean Soup

    Made with dried navy beans and fresh vegetables, this creamy Instant Pot white bean soup is nutritious and budget-friendly. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free.
    5 from 2 votes
    Recipe by: Kelsey Smith
    Prep time: 10 minutes
    Cook time: 35 minutes
    Pressurizing Time : 20 minutes
    Total time: 1 hour 5 minutes
    Servings: 6

    Equipment

    • Pressure cooker
    • Blender
    • Chef's knife

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 tablespoon olive oil
    • 1 medium yellow onion diced
    • 1 large carrot diced
    • 1 rib celery diced
    • 4 cloves garlic minced
    • 1 pound dried navy beans rinsed
    • 1 large Yukon gold potato diced
    • 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
    • 8 cups vegetable broth
    • 2 cups kale destemmed and torn into small pieces

    Instructions
     

    • Using the Instant Pot’s Sauté setting, heat the olive oil. When hot, saute the onion, carrot, and celery until the onion becomes translucent. Then add the garlic and continue cooking for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
    • Cancel the sauté. Add the navy beans, diced potatoes, Italian seasoning, salt, crushed red pepper, and vegetable broth. Do not stir.
    • Close the lid and turn the knob to Sealing. Set the Instant Pot to Pressure Cook on High for 35 minutes. It will take the pot about 15-20 minutes to come to pressure before the cooking time begins.
    • When the cooking time is complete, allow the pressure to release naturally for 15 minutes, then release any remaining pressure with a quick release.
    • Transfer about half of the soup into a blender and purée the soup on low speed (see safety notes below). Return the soup to the pot. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
    • Add torn kale and stir into the soup. Allow the kale to wilt for about 2 to 3 minutes.

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    Notes

    Safety notes
    • Let the soup cool slightly before blending.
    • Vent the lid to prevent pressure from building up.
    • Do not overfill the blender. Only fill it to the halfway mark. Blend in batches if needed.
    • If this lid does not lock, hold it down while blending.
    • Wear an oven mitt while handling the blender.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 359kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 19gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 1670mgPotassium: 1178mgFiber: 21gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 4943IUVitamin C: 29mgCalcium: 195mgIron: 5mg
    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: vegan, vegetarian
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    Instant Pot white bean soup.
    Instant Pot White Bean Soup.Made with dried navy beans and fresh vegetables, this creamy Instant Pot white bean soup is nutritious and budget-friendly. #vegetarian #vegan #glutenfree

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    About Kelsey Smith

    I am a freelance content writer for college-level textbooks by day, mommy by night, and a blogger in between. I live in Knoxville, Tennessee with my husband, Xavier. When I'm not working on college textbooks, you might find me here, sharing recipes, social media tutorials, and more.

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