My Instant Pot Vegetable Soup is a close second to Panera’s 10 Vegetable Soup. After having quite a few bowls of Panera’s 10 Vegetable Soup, I decided to make my own version. One reason to make your own food at home is to save money. And, you can have something more often when you spend less on it! Soup is perfect for meal prepping. You can have it for a main meal, a snack, side dish, and you can freeze it too.
My first attempt at the 10 Vegetable Soup did not turn out too great. My version was missing the spicy bite that I remembered from Panera. After a little research, I discovered that poblano pepper and the spice, Aleppo pepper, were both missing from my ingredient list.
Of course, you do not have to use the Instant Pot for this soup! It would be pretty easy to replicate in a soup pot on the stovetop too.
Instant Pot 10 Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 small onion chopped
- 4 stalks celery sliced
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1/8 cup diced poblano pepper
- 3 carrots peeled and sliced
- 1/2 zucchini peeled quarters
- 1 red pepper sliced and diced
- 1 yellow pepper sliced and diced
- 1 can corn drained
- 1 can green beans drained
- 1 can fire roasted tomatoes
- 1 can garbanzo beans drained (optional)
- 1 cup spinach
- 6 cups low sodium vegetable stock
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1 tsp Aleppo pepper
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 tsp Onion powder
- Squeeze of Lemon juice
- 1-2 Bay leaves
Instructions
- In a 6 quart or 8 quart Instant Pot, set the pot to Saute.
- Add the oil to the pot.
- Add onion, celery, poblano pepper and garlic. Saute until fragrant.
- Add carrots, zucchini, peppers, corn, green beans, tomatoes, garbanzo beans, and stir together.
- Add the spices and stir.
- Turn off the pot.
- Pour in the vegetable stock, making sure not to go above the fill level line.
- Add spinach.
- Put the lid on the pot and set your valve to sealing.
- Set the Instant Pot to manual and set for 10 minutes.
- Allow the pot to come to pressure and cook for the 10 minutes.
- After the pot beeps, do a 5-8 minute natural release.
- Add the lemon juice and bay leaves and replace the lid for 10 minutes.
- Remove the lid, stir to blend.
- Remove bay leaves before serving.