Winter Warmer - Feel Good Soup

Date:
17 February 2024
Category:
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Gluten Free
Vegan
Difficulty:
Easy
Servings:
2

There’s nothing quite like the comfort of a steaming bowl of this Feel Good Soup, especially when it’s made in one of my favourite kitchen appliances, the Instant Pot Pro Plus.

This soup, with its flavourful blend of shiitake mushrooms, garlic, ginger, and leeks, becomes an effortless task in the Instant Pot. I love how the aromatic flavours of the added spices infuse perfectly under the pressure, creating a broth that is super rich and soothing and just feels good to eat!

The Instant Pot makes this recipe incredibly easy, preserving all the nutrients and aromas while cutting down the cooking time significantly.  For me, this soup isn’t just about the delicious flavours; it’s also about how the Instant Pot simplifies and enhances the whole cooking process.

Ingredients

  • Large glug of olive oil for frying
  • 65g fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled & sliced
  • 40g fresh ginger, sliced into large thick slices
  • 1 leek, approx 230g, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced in half moons
  • 3 whole cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tbsp Chinese 5 spice
  • 2 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
  • 600ml water

To Serve

  • 160g noodles, cooked as per packet instructions
  • 1 head of bok choi
  • 1 tbsp chives, sliced
  • 1 tbsp fried shallots or onions
  • 1 tsp black sesame seeds

Directions

  1. Turn on the Instant Pot and press the ‘Saute’ setting.
  2. Once heated up, remove the lid, pour in some olive oil then add all the soup ingredients (except the noodles, bok choi, chives, fried shallots, and sesame seeds).
  3. Add the lid then change the setting to “Pressure Cook”.
  4. Meanwhile, cook the noodles as per the packet instructions, and a couple of minutes before they are ready, add the bok choi to the noodles & boiling water to quickly cook (they don’t take long).
  5. Once the soup has finished cooking, press the quick ‘Vent’ option, then remove the lid carefully with oven gloves.
  6. In 2 soup bowls, add the cooked noodles to the base of the bowls along with the bok choi, then cover with the veggie soup and top with the shallots, chives, and black sesame seeds.