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Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup
4.7 (988 reviews)
We're making cozy Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup and it's everything! Packed with mushrooms, carrots, celery, wild rice, cream, and seasonings. It's so creamy, so cozy, and perfect for a night in.
Total Time60
Servings6
313
Caloriesper servingNutrition Information
313
Calories
13.7 g
Fat
39.7 g
Carbs
10.1 g
Protein
4.5 g
Fiber
8.1 g
Sugar
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- half of an onion, chopped
- 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1 cup uncooked wild rice (see notes)
- 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 (I used 2%)
- OR replace all of the above with 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon umami mushroom seasoning
- 1-2 tablespoons sherry (it seems forgettable but it adds a lot)
Instructions
- 1Instant Pot soup base
- 2Using the sauté function, melt the butter and sauté the onions and mushrooms until softened. Add the wild rice, the broth, the salt, and the spices; cook on high pressure for 35 minutes. Release the steam, add carrots, garlic, and celery, and cook on high pressure for another 10 minutes. Release steam using the valve on top.
- 3Make it creamy
- 4You have two choices for making 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! B) To avoid using heavy cream (some people don’t like to use it), you can thicken the soup with a flour-butter-milk mixture, in which case you will start by melting the butter in a saucepan. 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. Throw a little salt in there for good measure.
- 5Together:
- 6Mix the creamy sauce with the soup in the instant pot. Voila! Mushroom Wild Rice Soup. 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!