Garden Fresh Tomato Basil Soup/Pressure Cooker

Name: Garden Fresh Tomato Basil Soup/Pressure Cooker
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: One large onion, quartered; One large carrot cut into 1 inch pieces; Two garlic cloves; 29 ounces of chicken broth; 3 pounds tomatoes, peeled, cored and quartered; 1/4 cup of fresh basil; 1 tablespoon tomato paste; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons sugar; half a cup shredded Parmesan cheese; 1 cup half-and-half, or 2% milk

5 steps

Prep:30minCook:20min

Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to four days or frozen for three months. Delicious! This recipe can be substituted with two 14.5 ounce cans of diced tomatoes instead of using fresh.

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:17:34 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories108.8 kcal (5%)

Total Fat5 g (7%)

Carbs12.3 g (5%)

Sugars8.2 g (9%)

Protein5.2 g (10%)

Sodium619.3 mg (31%)

Fiber2.6 g (9%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

8 servings

1onion

large, quartered

1carrot

large, cut into 1 inch pieces

2garlic cloves

29 ounceschicken broth

3 poundstomatoes

peeled, cored and quartered

¼ cupfresh basil

1 tablespoontomato paste

½ teaspoonsalt

½ teaspoonfreshly ground black pepper

2 teaspoonssugar

½ cupshredded Parmesan cheese

1 cuphalf-and-half

or 2% milk

Instructions

Step 1

Add tomatoes, onion, carrot and garlic to the pressure cooker.

Step 2

Sprinkle salt and black pepper over the top of vegetables, but do not stir! (you don’t want to seasonings to touch the bottom of the pressure cooker or you might get a burn error)

Step 3

Secure the Lid, and move the steam release valve to seal. Select “Rice/Risotto” and cook at high pressure for 20 minutes. When the cooking cycle completes, allow the pressure to naturally release for 10 minutes at that point manually release any remaining pressure .

Step 4

Transfer part of the following: vegetables, chicken broth, sugar, and chopped basil to ninja blender, being careful to only fill to “maximum hot liquid”. Turn ninja chef blender to “soup” and Continue blending until all ingredients, except for dairy products are blended.

Step 5

Return to pressure cooker, put pressure cooker to “ sauté”, Stir in shredded Parmesan cheese and milk (or half-and-half if using instead of milk) until heated through. Serve immediately.