Pressure Cooker Creamy Butternut Squash Soup is a healthy and hearty recipe made in your Instant Pot for a quick and easy 20 minute vegetarian dinner idea.
Pressure Cooker Butternut Squash Soup
As soon as the weather starts to turn at the start of fall, Butternut Squash Soup is one of my FAVORITE dishes to enjoy. With the brisk weather sweeping into our area a couple of weeks ago, I was craving a rich and delicious bowl of this squash soup. We don’t have any nice restaurants where you can get it and the boxed stuff is always utterly disappointing.
My lazy pregnant self wasn’t in the mood to roast all my vegetables up and wait for a over an hour for this Roasted Butternut Squash & Bacon Soup. It really is delicious, but I wanted something pronto. That is where my Instant Pot came into play with this Pressure Cooker Butternut Squash Soup.
Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup
I quickly realized, my beloved Instant Pot could whip up this soup faster than any other appliance in my kitchen. I cooked up some onion, bell pepper and garlic on the saute function and added in the remaining squash, apples, spices and chicken broth. The apples are an unexpected ingredient for most people, but they add a nice sweetness to the recipe and really round out the flavors nicely. I highly recommend that you don’t forgo that ingredient!
I used pre-cut butternut squash to make life even easier. Squash is one of the few vegetables I will pay a few extra bucks for the convenience of having it pre-cut. I really just don’t enjoy tackling a squash unless I have to. Frozen cubed squash is another great time saver for this recipe and is much more cost effective.
Insant Pot Squash Soup
I placed the lid on the electric pressure cooker and set it for 5 minutes under pressure and the squash and veggies were perfectly cooked. I popped my Immersion Blender in the Instant Pot and began pureeing up the goodness.
Once it was almost smooth and still piping hot, I added the goat cheese and Parmesan and then continued to puree it until it was velvety smooth. If you aren’t a goat cheese fan or just don’t have it on hand, cream cheese is a great alternative. It gives you the same creaminess, without the little tang from the goat cheese.
Creamy Soup in Pressure Cooker
If you don’t have an immersion blender, which I highly recommend for tasks like this, you could transfer the mixture to a regular blender in batches to blend it. This is a littler cumbersome, but it will give you a smoother and creamier soup in the end.
One of my favorite ways to garnish Butternut Squash Soup, apart from crispy bacon, are salty Pepitas. They add the perfect bite to the creamy and smooth soup for a truly amazing dish.
My husband isn’t a big soup eater, much less a vegetable soup eater, so I got to enjoy every last drop of this soup all to myself! I had a big bowl for dinner and then packed it up for lunches for the week with a small bag of Pepitas. It was the perfect way to enjoy some much needed vegetables in a mouthwatering recipe throughout the week. Just looking at these photos has me craving it all over again!
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Pressure Cooker Creamy Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 tsp. diced garlic
- 1 tsp. fresh ground ginger
- 2 lb. butternut squash, peeled and cubed (1 medium squash)
- 1 medium apple, peeled cored and chopped
- 1 tsp. sage
- 1/8 tsp. chili powder
- 1/4 tsp. sea salt
- 3 c. chicken stock
- 3 oz. goat cheese or cream cheese
- 1/3 c. Parmesan cheese
- Salted Pepitas for garnish
Instructions
- Turn your Instant Pot on to the Saute function. Add the olive oil, onions and bell pepper. Saute on high for 4 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the cubed squash, apple, sage, chili powder, sea salt and chicken stock.
- Place the lid on your Instant Pot and move the knob to seal. Cook on high pressure for 5 minutes and do a quick release of the pressure.
- Using an immersion blender in the Instant Pot, puree the mixture.
- Add the goat cheese and Parmesan and continue pureeing until very smooth.
- Serve garnished with Pepitas.
Notes
You can easily double the recipe for a large batch with the same cooking times!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 2 cupsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 390Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 690mgCarbohydrates: 45gFiber: 10gSugar: 15gProtein: 16g
Provided nutrition data is only an estimate. If you are tracking these nutrients for medical purposes, please consult an outside, trusted source.
Laura Lea says
This is amazing. I had squash and pears in my garden so I used pears instead of apples. I also used smoked paprika because I had no chipotle.
Yummm!!
Sue says
Hi, I recently made this soup and loved it. One question though: it says “Yield 4 and Serving Size 4” ….what unit of measurement for the serving size? Is it cups? Ounces?
thanks!
Danielle Green says
The serving size was a typo. That should read 2 cups. There are 4 servings total. Glad you enjoyed it!
Lucy says
This is a total winner! Made it mostly as written, but subbed plant-based cream cheese (Kite Hill is the best!) and our favorite parm sub (NoochIt!). Topped with leftover homemade sourdough garlic croutons and pumpkins seeds…HEAVEN! Thank you!
Danielle Green says
Thanks so much for sharing your plant based alternatives! Glad you enjoyed it.
Charlie says
Hi, Danielle,
I hope you and yours are safe, healthy, and coping as well as can be expected.
Thank you for posting this recipe. I am literally in the process of making it for the first time and have a question about the ginger.
The recipe calls for “1 tsp of fresh ground ginger:
Am I to use 1 tsp of fresh ginger root or 1 tsp of dry ginger powder?
Under the assumption I will not hear back from you this morning, I going to use 1 teaspoon of the fresh root and adjust as needed later.
Thank you for your time.
Charlie
Danielle Green says
You are correct in that you should use fresh ginger root or a ginger paste from a tube.
Abbey H says
Can you freeze this? What about your Creamy Carrot soup?
Danielle Green says
Yes, I froze a whole batch before I had my twins so I had easy meals prepped!
kathy says
Can this recipe be made without an Instant Pot or pressure cooker? A friend asked for the recipe as she LOVEDit but does not own either.
Danielle Green says
Absolutely, just add everything to a large pot and boil until all the vegetables are soft!
Robyn Kardos says
I just used coconut cream for dairy free option! Can’t wait to dig in!
Debbie says
Hi I was wondering how many quarts does this make? Is the 4-6 servings cups?
Thank you! Going to make it this weekend. It sounds AMAZING!
Theresa says
I don’t usually post comments but this soup was so amazing that I just had to leave a comment. First off I used two different types of squash and tweaked the recipe with a dash of grated nutmeg from a previous recipe that I had tried. The apple was a great addition, added some sweetness but not too much. I used vegetable broth, only because it was on sale at my local grocery store and I did not use the chili powder. I used pumpkin seeds for garnish, had them in the pantry. The cream cheese was the icing on the cake. This was my first time using this recipe and it’s already my favorite. Very easy to make and quite tasty,
Alyssa says
Danielle, thanks! Very gentle soup turned out. Very cool photos!
Alana & Raina says
Looking forward to trying this. I bought so cubed butter nut before Chrstimas- def. going on my menu this week.
Phae says
How many servings does this recipe make?
Sarosh Sohail says
Hi, I am going to cook this with my 8 qt Instant Pot, will everything be ok?
Danielle Green says
Yes!
Musa says
Just made it; just had it….delicious! Thank you!
Carol says
Has anyone frozen this soup?
Danielle Green says
I have and it’s great reheated!
Jen says
I made this last night. It was delicious! The hard part is dicing raw butternut squash, but it was well worth the effort in the end.
My husband is allergic to onions, so I left that out. I didn’t have fresh ginger so I used powdered. Cayenne instead of chilli powder.
Despite my substitutions, it still turned out great. It’s a very flexible recipe!
Mayuri says
It was excellent. I made it today for Canadian Thanksgiving. I made a vegan version by adding coconut milk – unsweetened instead of the cream cheese.
Danielle Green says
I’m so happy you enjoyed it!