Senate navy bean soup, Instant Pot style

We have been curious about Senate navy bean soup for a while, and we decided to try this recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027174-slow-cooker-senate-bean-soup?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share Our modifications: first, we converted this recipe from a 6-8 hour slow cooker recipe to a Instant Pot (120 min high pressure) recipe. We based this conversion on RecipeTin Eats’ recipe for pea and ham…… Continue reading Senate navy bean soup, Instant Pot style

Split pea and ham soup, Instant Pot style

We had a craving for split pea soup and were intrigued by this recipe: https://www.recipetineats.com/pea-and-ham-soup/ As a child, I first had split pea soup with ham at a family friend’s house, and I remember being astonished that it took several hours of simmering on the stovetop. This recipe offers a great way to make this…… Continue reading Split pea and ham soup, Instant Pot style

Split pea soup, Instant Pot version

We had a craving for split pea soup, and we wanted to give our new Instant Pot another spin. We tried this recipe: https://www.acouplecooks.com/instant-pot-split-pea-soup/ We followed the recipe closely, except that we tossed in a few sprigs of thyme along with the peas (picked over and rinsed), 1 tsp salt, and 8 cups broth. We…… Continue reading Split pea soup, Instant Pot version

Indian black-eyed pea curry, Instant Pot style

As very late converts, we recently purchased an Instant Pot. For our first attempt with this new device, we tried one of our favorite stovetop recipes, Shubhra Ramineni’s black-eyed pea curry. We followed the Instant Pot instructions here: https://pipingpotcurry.com/instant-pot-black-eyed-peas-curry-lobhia/ but we used the ingredients from Shubhra’s recipe. Our only prinary modifications were to use uncooked…… Continue reading Indian black-eyed pea curry, Instant Pot style