Senate Bean Soup
Senate Bean Soup made in the Instant Pot gets dinner on the table fast. Loaded with ham, beans, & veggies - it's "good for you" comfort food.
Servings 8
Equipment
- 1 pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 yellow onion - chopped
- 2 stalks celery - chopped
- 2 carrots - chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 8 cups vegetable stock
- 16 ounces diced ham
- 2 tsp granulated garlic
- 2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 31 ounces white beans - drained and rinsed (2 cans - any type of white beans)
- 4 ounce packet Roasted Garlic Flavored Instant Mashed Potatoes
Toppings
- parsley
- bacon
- chives
- cheese
Instructions
- Combine the chopped onion, celery and carrots with the olive oil in the Instant Pot insert.
- Heat on the saute setting, stirring frequently until the veggies start to soften.
- Press cancel.
- Add the stock, ham, granulated garlic, pepper and salt.
- Cover and set the valve to sealing.
- Cook on manual pressure for 8 minutes.
- Natural pressure release for 15 minutes.
- Once the pin has dropped, remove the lid and press cancel.
- Add in the beans and mashed potatoes packet. Stir.
- Turn on the saute setting again and bring to a simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Stir before serving.
Notes
- You can use a ham bone in place of the diced ham if desired.
- 1 cup leftover mashed potatoes or 1/3 cup instant potato flakes can be used in place of the flavored version called for.
- Any variety of stock can be used.