Free Tote when you subscribe to Taste of Home today! This healthy soup is made quickly in your electric pressure cooker. It tastes great served with easy butternut squash soup bread or a handful of garlic croutons.
Instant Pot Vegan Butternut Squash Soup Butternut squash soup can be a little non-exciting. However this version is full of flavor and it has a bright orange color. With the addition of a few carrots and a granny smith apple there is a touch of sweetness. And the coconut milk gives it plenty of creaminess. I used full fat coconut milk, because that’s how I roll. But if you want you could use a lite coconut milk.
The hardest part of making this Instant Pot Vegan Butternut Squash Soup is preparing the butternut squash. If you want you can buy cubed butternut squash at the store. I have seen that at Costco before in the refrigerated section next to the salads. I bought a medium sized squash at the store and then I peeled it. I used a vegetable peeler to peel the outside skin off.
Then I cut the neck of the squash off and finally I cut the round bottom part of the squash in half. You don’t need to worry about the squash, carrots, onions or apples being uniform in cut or size since you’ll just puree them anyway. If you’re not worried about the soup being vegan you can substitute the coconut milk with heavy cream. You could also add bacon bits on top of the soup.
What Pressure Cooker Did You Use? I also own the 6 quart Instant Pot IP-LUX60 V3 Programmable Electric Pressure Cooker. They are both great pressure cookers! The first one I mentioned has a yogurt making function but other than that they are fairly similar. Peel the squash and cut the neck off.
Cut the round bottom section in half. Scoop out and discard the seeds. Cut the squash into chunks and add to the Instant Pot. Add in the onion, carrots, apple, broth, bay leaf, salt, pepper and sage. Secure the lid on the pot.
Set the manual pressure cook button to 8 minutes. Remove the lid and discard the bay leaf. Use an immersion blender to puree the contents in the pot. You can also puree the soup in batches in a regular blender.
