Easy tomato basil soup made in the instant pot and ready in under 25 minutes. Fresh tomatoes, basil, carrots, celery, onion and garlic meld together to form a rich stew-like soup that's downright luxurious.
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❤️ Why You'll Love This Recipe
Rich in flavors yet super easy for a quick lunch or dinner idea. This is probably the best thing I've done in my instant pot so far. Made with fresh ingredients right out of your garden and it can be a great way to use some of those veggies in your crisper.
This is a super easy tomato soup that requires hardly any prepping. You do not have to finely chop or roast your vegetables ahead. This is the kind of recipes you can serve your family year round. You'll feel so much better about yourself giving them something loaded with vegetables and actually tasty.
📝 Ingredients
Ingredient Notes
- Use any ripe tomatoes you have. I've had some on the vine but Roma works as great.
- I've used tomato paste because we appreciate it more red and tomatoey.
- Use vegetable broth for a vegan version but chicken broth or bone broth works great as well.
- Carrots are there to add sweetness and take away some of the acidity of the soup. You can also use sugar for that same purpose.
🥣 Equipment
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- Obviously you will need an Instant pot for this recipe, this Instant Pot is what I use. Any other Instant pot will work you just need to check your manual for settings.
🥄 Instructions
- Set your instant pot to the saute option then saute onions and garlic.
- Add chopped celery and carrots and saute for a couple more minutes.
- Stir in chopped tomatoes and wait for the pot to get to a boil again.
- Now add tomato paste, spices and stir.
- Add in the basil and broth.
- Then sprinkle the flour on top and mix.
- Add bay leaves then turn the instant pot off. Cover and turn it on the high pressure making sure the valve is on sealing position.
- Do a natural release for 5 minutes then manually quick release the rest.
- Blend in your blender or food processor for a smoother texture. You can also use your immersion blender.
🍽️ Serve With
This recipe works great with homemade air fryer garlic bread topped with Parmesan cheese or grilled cheese sandwiches.
💡 Tips
- If you have an extra 40-50 minutes try roasting the vegetables in the oven with some olive oil and a sprinkle of salt. It makes the flavors deeper but sure takes more time.
- You can add a Parmesan cheese rind while it is cooking and take it our before blending but do not add salt until you blend the soup and test-taste it.
- You can add sugar for a bit of sweetness.
- Although I like the fresh ingredients of this recipe, if you do not have fresh basil you can use 2-3 teaspoons dry basil.
- I wanted my soup to be vegan but if you do not care about it that much you can add cream for richness.
🧺 Storage
- Pour cooled soup into an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 4-5 days. Always make sure to test it before reheating.
- You can also freeze leftover for up to 4 months.
🎞️ Recipe at a Glance
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Instant Pot Tomato basil soup
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil.
- 1 onion roughly chopped.
- 1 celery stalk diced.
- 1/2 cup diced carrots ( about 60g).
- 2 garlic cloves sliced.
- 3-4 lb ripe tomato diced.
- 1 Tablespoon plain flour.
- 2 Tablespoon tomato paste.
- 1.5 cups vegetable stock.
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves.
- 2 bay leaves.
- 1-2 teaspoon dry oregano.
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper.
- Salt to taste.
Instructions
- Set the instant pot to the sauté option, add oil then sauté onions for 1 minute or until it is translucent.
- Add garlic and sauté for another 30 seconds.
- Add carrots and celery and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add diced tomatoes and wait for it to boil up again, about 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle the flour over and mix.
- Stir in all the remaining ingredients.
- Turn Instant Pot off, close the lid and set the valve to”sealing”.
- Press the Pressure Cook button and cook on high for 5 minutes. It will take 7-8 minutes to reach the proper pressure level.
- Let it naturally release for 5 minutes then release the rest of the pressure manually.
- Blend your soup in your blender or using an immersion blender.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed.
- Serve with grilled cheese sandwiches, garlic brad, croutons , crushed red pepper flakes… etc
Notes
- If you have an extra 40-50 minutes try roasting the vegetables in the oven with some olive oil and a sprinkle of salt. It makes the flavors deeper but sure takes more time.
- You can add a Parmesan rind while it is cooking and take it our before blending but do not add salt until you blend the soup and test-taste it.
- You can add sugar for a bit of sweetness.
- Although I like the fresh ingredients of this recipe, if you do not have fresh basil you can use 2-3 teaspoons dry basil.
- I wanted my soup to be vegan but if you do not care about it that much you can add cream for richness.
- If the tomato soup is runny for your taste, add more flour. To do this you will need to dissolve 1 Tablespoon, at a time flour, in 2 Tablespoons tap water and add to the soup to thicken more.
Nutrition
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First published Feb 23, 2016 . Last updated August 30, 2021 with important tips, clear step by step instructions and readability.
Omnia
This was so delicious and easy to make. Thank you.
Dianee
I am looking fur the Jalapeño Basil Cilantro soup recipe. The hyperlink took me here, to InstaPot Tomato Soup.
Thanks for your reply
Henna
Yikes! What a sticky situation to be in with the kids! It's so hard to come up with ways to explain certain topics to our children that are age appropriate. May Allah guide us all.
This soup looks fab! The combination of flavors sounds delicious mA!
Amira
Thanks Henna, you bet I was in a very bizarre situation 🙂
Ahu @ AhuEats
What wonderful flavors! I love jalapeno 🙂
Amira
Thanks Ahu for taking the time to comment, yesssss jalapeno are my favorite too.
Annie
Love your recipes! I do not have a IP-what other ways can this be made with great flavor and texture?
Amira
Thanks Annie, yes sure you can make it in a regular pot on stove top. Juts follow the directions as is and when you add the tomatoes let it cook until it is bubbly and tender. After that add the stock and the rest of the ingredients and cook until all vegetables are tender.
Carol Borchardt
My husband will be so happy when I tell him about this recipe! We usually have a bumper crop of jalapenos each summer and he's always looking for new ways to use them.
Amira
That's cool I wish I have a harvest like or better yet be our neighbor :). Thanks for your sweet comment.