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Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Natural Release 25 minutes
Servings 9

Equipment

  • 1 Instant Pot® Pressure Cooker —optional
  • 1 Immersion Blender —optional

Ingredients

  • 8 cups butternut squash chopped—about one medium squash
  • cups water or vegetable broth
  • 1 cup plant milk I use rice, oat, or almond milk
  • 1 tsp ground ginger or 4 tablespoons of freshly grated ginger
  • ½ tsp dried tarragon or ½ tablespoon of fresh
  • ½ tsp pink Himalayan sea salt reduce or leave out if using salted vegetable broth
  • tsp black pepper I use coarse ground

Instructions

  • Place the 3½ cups of water (or broth) and squash in an Instant Pot and cook on the soup setting for 20 minutes.
  • When the cooking cycle ends, allow the pressure to release naturally. It usually takes about 40 minutes.
  • Then add the remaining ingredients—1 cup plant milk, 1 tsp ground ginger, ½ tsp dried tarragon, ½ tsp pink Himalayan sea salt, and ⅛ tsp black pepper.
  • And blend until creamy with a stick blender.

Notes

Please refer to the information above the recipe for more ingredient substitutions, blending options, and stovetop cooking, storing, and reheating instructions.
The recipe yields about 9 cups of soup.
Nutrition information is a rough estimate per one cup serving.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 70kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 149mg | Potassium: 445mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 13233IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1mg