Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup
Total Time
1 hour
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
45 minutes
Rating
4.7 out of 5 stars
(985)
Ingredients
6 servings
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Half of an onion, chopped
- 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1 cup uncooked wild rice
- 4 cups vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 5 medium carrots, chopped
- 3 stalks celery, chopped (optional)
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 1/2 cups milk (optional: 1 1/2 cups heavy cream instead)
- 1 teaspoon umami mushroom seasoning (optional)
- 1–2 tablespoons sherry (optional)
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Preparation
Step 1
Using the sauté function, melt the butter and sauté the onions and mushrooms until softened.
Step 2
Add the wild rice, the broth, the salt, and the spices; cook on high pressure for 35 minutes.
Step 3
Release the steam, add carrots, garlic, and celery, and cook on high pressure for another 10 minutes. Release steam using the valve on top.
Step 4
Make it creamy: A) Add 1 1/2 cups heavy cream to the soup (plus more broth as needed) and you’re done! This is slightly thinner / more brothy, but so rich and flavorful thanks to the cream!
Step 5
Or B) To avoid using heavy cream, you can thicken the soup with a flour-butter-milk mixture, in which case you will start by melting the butter in a saucepan.
Step 6
Whisk in the flour, let the mixture cook for a minute or two to remove the floury taste. Whisk the milk, a little bit at a time, until you have a smooth, thickened sauce.
Step 7
Mix the creamy sauce with the soup in the instant pot. This will be very thick (especially if you did the flour-butter-milk method), so use broth to thin it out to your desired consistency.
Step 8
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Chef's notes
Please use actual wild rice as substitutes like brown rice, white rice, or wild rice blends will not yield the same results.
The fastest way to make this is just to throw everything on the first list in the Instant Pot, cook for 40 minutes, and then add your creamy element and you’re done!
