Hey there! Today’s new blog post is all about another quick and easy Instant Pot recipe! It’s deliciously sweet, savoury, creamy, and full of flavour!
I hope you enjoy this recipe for: Instant Pot Sweet Potato Coconut Soup!
How do you make this Instant Pot soup?
All the ingredient in this ready for the Instant Pot. For complete ingredient amounts and instructions, scroll below for the recipe card.
Sautéed onions, garlic, ginger, sweet potato,carrots, coconut milk, and spices ready to be cooked at high pressure.
This is what it will look like after it is cooked at high pressure for 8 minutes and then for another 10 minutes of natural pressure release.
Blend the mixture until it is smooth using either a high-powered blender or an immersion blender.
Spoon into a bowl and enjoy!
What’s in this tasty soup?
Sweet Potatoes are a starchy, sweet-tasting root vegetable with thin brown skin and colourful flesh on the inside – most commonly orange.
- However, you can also find varieties that have purple, white, or yellow flesh as well. For this recipe, I use the orange fleshed one.
These sweet potatoes are good for you too.
- For example, one the biggest nutritional benefits is that they are high in beta-carotene, an antioxidant which converts into vitamin A when consumed. It is also a great source of vitamin C, manganese, and potassium.
How to pick and store sweet potatoes?
- Choose sweet potatoes with smooth, firm, even-looking skin. Don’t pick ones with cracks, bruises or discolouration.
- Store raw sweet potatoes in a cool, dry place, but not in the refrigerator.
Carrots are a root vegetable that’s a kitchen ingredient staple for many households. Not only are they typically inexpensive and available year-round, these veggies are healthy.
- For example, they are a rich source of beta-carotene (like sweet potatoes), fiber, vitamin K, and potassium, which can help with lowering cholesterol levels and maintaining healthy vision.
How to choose and store carrots:
- Look for firm carrots with bright orange (or purple, red, white, or yellow) color and smooth, crisp skin. Avoid carrots if they are limp, cracked, or black near the tops.
- Store carrots by trimming off the green leaves, placing them in a container filled with water, sealing them with a lid, and then storing in the refrigerator. Change out the water when it becomes cloudy, every 3-5 days.
Coconut milk is added to the sweet vegetables to bring a delicious coconut flavour that’s slightly nutty. This is also a great vegan alternative to using regular (cow’s) milk or cream.
The aromatic combination of onion, garlic, and ginger along with the warming spices, which include cinnamon, cardamom, and cumin adds amazing flavour that’s sweet, savoury, zingy, and lightly spicy. Perfect to go with the orange vegetables in this yummy soup.
Once sautéed and pressure cooked, all these ingredients are pureed together to create one delicious, silky, thick soup!
Looking for more Instant Pot Soups? Take a look at these ones!
- Potato Leek Soup with Spinach and Parmesan
- Fennel Cabbage and Sausage Soup
- Beef Barley Mushroom Soup
- Hearty Vegetable and Brown Rice Soup
The orange shade of soup is different based on the lighting and how the camera picks it up.
This tasty sweet potato coconut soup is:
- Healthy and delicious.
- Filling and satisfying, but doesn’t feel heavy.
- Thick and creamy.
- Simple and easy to make: everything is made in the Instant Pot.
- Plentiful as it makes a good amount of soup: between 7 and 8 cups!
- Great to have as leftovers: It tastes just as good the next day or two.
- Vegan and gluten-free: Perfect for those with these dietary restrictions.
I hope you try this recipe!If you do, please leave me a rating and comment down below or tag me on any of my social media. I’m @yay_for_food on Instagram. I’ll love a picture!
Instant Pot Sweet Potato Coconut Soup
An Instant Pot vegan soup recipe featuring vibrant orange sweet potatoes and creamy coconut milk. Delicious, healthy, and easy to make.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 lbs. sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 4 small carrots (12 oz), peeled and chopped
- 1 can (14 fl oz / 400 ml) lite unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 cup water
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1-inch piece fresh ginger, minced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cardamom
- ¼ tsp ground cumin
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Set the Instant Pot to "sauté". Add the olive oil and onion to the pot, stirring until softened, about 3-4 minutes. Add in the garlic and ginger and stir for another minute.
- Press “cancel” to turn off the Instant Pot. Add the remaining ingredients: sweet potatoes, carrots, spices (including salt and pepper), coconut milk, and water to the pot. Give the mixture a good stir to distribute the ingredients.
- Seal the Instant Pot and cook at high pressure (“manual”/"pressure cook" function) for 8 minutes. After it is ready, allow natural pressure release for 10 minutes before applying a quick pressure release to completely depressurize (until floating valve drops).
- Open the Instant Pot and give the soup a stir *(see first note). Using an immersion blender or high-powered blender **(see second note), blend the soup until it is completely smooth.
- Taste for additional salt and pepper (or other seasonings). Best served immediately.
Notes
- *If you find that there is too much liquid in the pot, carefully ladle out excess liquid before blending. You can always add it back in to thin out the soup if needed.
- **If you are using a blender, blend in small batches. Careful as the soup is hot and it may splatter.
- Makes 7-8 cups. Nutritional calories represent one serving with eight servings total.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 142Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 112mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 5gSugar: 10gProtein: 3g
HEATHER PERINE
Tuesday 18th of August 2020
I pinned and saved this because this definitely getting made this Fall. Love everything about it!
Marie | Yay! for Food
Tuesday 18th of August 2020
Thanks for pinning! I hope you enjoy this recipe, Heather.
Kay Grace
Monday 10th of February 2020
Fantastic! I had a half a can of coconut milk leftover from another soup I'd made that day ... and to someone's earlier point, cant freeze soup with coconut milk in it. This recipe was easy to cut in half. The spices make it so rich and comforting. Thank you!
Marie | Yay! for Food
Monday 10th of February 2020
You're welcome Kay! Thank you for the kind words!
Wendy
Sunday 12th of January 2020
In your recipe you say best served immediately. Is it OK to freeze any leftover soup in small batches?
Jay Brodbar
Sunday 7th of February 2021
@Marie | Yay! for Food, Coconut Milk is NOT dairy. Have you tried freezing a soup with Coconut Milk?
Refrigerated, how long is it safe to store?
TIA
Marie | Yay! for Food
Sunday 12th of January 2020
Hi Wendy! For myself, I tend to avoid freezing soups with coconut milk (or any type of dairy) because there is a possibility that when reheated the milk might separate and the texture may become grainy (but will taste fine). I have let this soup completely cool, refrigerated it, reheated, and enjoyed it over a couple days without issue.
Stephani
Friday 15th of November 2019
I had to do a fridge dump. Chopped carrots, onion (red and yellow), celery, small Indian eggplants with the intention of some kind of soup. I am so afraid of messing up the IP timing and liquid/solid I stumbled upon this recipe. I had everything else but cardoman. I sautéed everything as directed, used nutmeg and added a tblsp of brown sugar and a tblsp of green curry paste ( I always use it with coconut milk so? Blended it, omg!! I can’t wait to follow your recipe exactly but this was damn good for a random fridge dump! Thanks for the direction! I’ll be sure to make this your way next time before I start cleaning the fridge!!
Marie | Yay! for Food
Friday 15th of November 2019
I'm glad you found my recipe and the directions helped you! I love that you were able to use up all your vegetables. Adding green curry paste to the coconut milk sounds so delicious. It reminds me of me of this Thai Coconut Curry I always order at a restaurant I go too.
Sally
Friday 15th of November 2019
I don’t see how much olive oil to add. Is it just enough to sauté? The instructions say to “add the olive oil,” but the ingredients list doesn’t have it. I was hoping to find it in the comments....
Marie | Yay! for Food
Friday 15th of November 2019
Thank you for letting me know, Sally! I've updated the recipe to add in the olive oil (1 tbsp).