Stolen Tomato Bisque

I recently stole a soup-making concept from Chef John of Food Wishes and reinterpreted it for the Instant Pot to enhance the quality of my Crap-We-Should-Really-Use-These-Vegetables Found Object Soup. Here's what I did:

Ingredients:
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp unsalted stick butter
  • 1/2 giant white onion
  • 1/2 entire thing of celery
  • 2 orange bell peppers (That's what I had; one time I used red. You could use something else.)
  • Seasoning (I used a pinch of salt, lots of black pepper and a fuckton of Penzey's "Mural of Flavor" seasoning blend)
  • 6 cups or 1.5 containers of Sprouts Vegetable Broth (1 new plus some I had leftover in the fridge)
  • 1 28oz can of Sprouts Crushed Tomatoes (Chef John recommended using higher quality canned tomatoes; he's probably right)
  • 2-4 tbsps white Jasmine rice

Do this:
  1. Dice the vegetables.
  2. Set the Instant Pot to Saute.
  3. Add the 1 tbsp olive oil and 1tbsp butter
  4. When it starts making hissy sounds, add the diced vegetables. 
  5. Saute until sauteing is boring.
  6. Add seasonings.
  7. Add vegetable broth (or chicken broth, or whatever).
  8. Add the can of crushed tomatoes.
  9. Add 2-4 tbsps white Jasmine rice (I used 4 - or 1/4 c - because I had a lot of liquid).
  10. Close up the Instant Pot and set to Manual, 15 minutes.
  11. Let it natural release to avoid spraying stainy red soup everywhere.
  12. Puree with stick blender. 
  13. After you puree, you could add some heavy cream or half-and-half to bisque it up, but I don't always do this if I'm trying to appear virtuous, health-wise.


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