Instant Pot Split Pea Soup with Ham

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion

  chopped (or 1 large shallot)
• 3 celery stalks

  chopped
• 3 large carrots

  chopped
• 1 ham bone

  optional but delicious
• 6 to 8 ounces cooked leftover ham

  can be deli ham too
• 1 pound dry split peas

  rinsed and sorted
• 4 cups low sodium chicken stock
• 2 cups water
• 2 bay leaves
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• 1 Set the pressure cooker to the "sauté" setting. Once hot, melt butter the
  butter, then sauté the onion, celery, and carrots until softened, about 3 to 4
  minutes. Cancel the saute setting.
• 2 Add the split peas, chicken stock, water, ham bone if using, chopped ham, and
  bay leaves.
• 3 Lock the lid in place, shift the valve to "sealing" and cook on manual high
  pressure for 15 minutes. Once finished cooking, naturally release the pressure
  for 10 to 15 minutes before quickly releasing any remaining pressure.
• 4 Discard the ham bone (if used) before serving. Taste and season the soup with
  salt and pepper to taste.

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