Split Peas Soup With Pressure Cooker

This is pretty much what I eat every nigh. I always have split peas or lentils available and then I just add whatever vegetables I have in my fridge, and sometimes some kind of pasta as well.

Silvia @cook_2976513

This is pretty much what I eat every nigh. I always have split peas or lentils available and then I just add whatever vegetables I have in my fridge, and sometimes some kind of pasta as well.

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Ingredients

1/2Onion, chopped
3Garlic cloves, chopped
3 tbspOlive oil
3medium Potatoes, cut into large cubes
3 cupDried split peas
1 cupFrozen or cooked peas
1 tbspVegetable broth

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Steps

1

Sauté the garlic and onion with the olive oil. Sometimes I add some spicy chili ;)
2

Add the potatoes and cook it for about 1 minute
3

Add the split peas and mix it all together
4

Cover with water and set the pressure cooker to 12 minutes at high pressure
5

When pressure cooked is done and all the pressure is released (I usually do the quick pressure release) add the frozen peas, and cook for about 5 minutes (no pressure needed)
6

Add the broth and mix well
7

If soup is too thick, add water, if too watery, add some pasta, or orzo or couscous