Need a quick and comforting fall meal? This Instant Pot Pumpkin Soup is a great choice.
It’s rich, creamy, full of warm flavors, and you can make it in only 20 minutes!
You can have it in only 20 minutes total and enjoy a delicious entree or even a light and warm dinner.
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Recipe Video
What is special about this Pumpkin Soup?
Quick
This Instant pot Pumpkin Soup is prepared in a span of minutes.
Easy
An easy yet delicious recipe for the whole family.
Perfect for fall comfort
It's fall again and it brings all the pumpkin lovers out within each one of us and this soup makes certain to fulfill that pumpkin hankering.
Do I really need to blend Pumpkin Soup?
To have chunks of texture use an immersion blender & blend until the desired result is achieved.
Or in case you want a smooth texture then wait for the soup to get cool down a bit after that blend until it gets smooth.
What else can I add to the soup?
Coconut cream
Bacon strips
Roasted carrots
Ginger
How to garnish?
You have soo many options for garnishing. For example:
Heavy cream
Toasted pumpkin seeds
Pine nuts
A pinch of cinnamon
How to serve?
Serve crusty bread or French dip as a side to the soup.
How to make Instant pot Pumpkin Soup
Gather the necessary ingredients.
Add pumpkin to the pot and pour water.
Set the pot to high pressure for 8 minutes with the valve closed.
Do a quick release.
Put the oil in the skillet, garlic, and add diced onion into it, sauté on medium heat for 5 minutes until onion becomes translucent.
Add tomato and celery.
Add broth into the Instant Pot.
Now add the spices according to your own taste.
Remove the pumpkin from the instant pot carefully and blend all the ingredients in a blender.
Pour back in the pot and add sour cream.
Serve the delicious soup with the topping of parsley, and pumpkin seeds.
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Ingredients
- ½ pumpkin peeled and cut into big pieces
- ½ onion chopped
- 1 tomato chopped
- 2 tablespoon garlic minced
- ½ cup water
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cup sour cream
- cilantro for serving
Instructions
- Add pumpkin and water to the Instant Pot.
- Cook on high pressure for 8 minutes.
- When cooking time is complete, do a quick pressure release.
- Open the lid, press "saute" and add oil (Keep the pumpkin inside).
- Add onion and garlic and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add celery, tomato, salt and pepper and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add chicken broth and stir well.
- Blend the soup in a blender or using an immersion blender.
- Pour back in the Instant Pot and press "saute".
- Add sour cream and stir for 2 minutes.
- Top with parsley and serve 🙂
Approximately how many cups is a half a pumpkin. Seems like this will vary depending on size of pumpkin. Thank you.
Very true. This recipe is flexible, so whatever you have. But I'd use about 6 cups of cubed pumpkin or about 2 pounds.
This sounds very good, since I don't have fresh pumpkin can I use canned pureed pumpkins instead? And when would I add this? Thank you =
Yes, you could. Just add the pumpkin puree before the chicken stock.
When you say 1/2 a pumpkin, what size is that in cups of cut up chunks, or how big is the whole pumpkin in pounds?
I was going off of a medium sized pumpkin, about 6-7 pounds. But account for the rind, about 2 to 2.5 pounds of pumpkin chunks.