Instant Pot Vegan Tortilla Soup with Jackfruit is one of my favorite vegan soup recipes. Make a batch for dinner tonight & maybe you’ll even have some leftover for lunch!
How Do You Make Vegan Tortilla Soup?
Tortilla soup is basically a tomato broth based soup that’s flavored with dried chilies that’s studded with veggies. It usually has meat, but that’s easily switched out for a vegan main ingredient.
Just like any other soup you’ll end up veganizing, you will add in something extra in place of the meat. In this case we’re using jackfruit that’s gives you the texture and look of the traditionally used chicken.
I even have a whole post about Instant Pot Jackfruit Recipes with tons of information on the miracle fruit if you want to learn more.
Adding in some nutritional yeast gives great unami to the broth. You could use a vegan “chickeny” broth or bouillon to get the same result.
If you aren’t a fan of jackfruit try using chopped mushrooms, black beans, or even shredded soy curls instead.
Why Not Use the Instant Pot Soup Setting?
Many of the buttons on your Instant Pot are just timed settings that use the pressure cook/manual cooking method. Personally, I’d rather control everything myself by using the pressure cook/manual button itself.
If you use the soup button it cooks on high pressure and you can adjust the time for 20, 30, or 40 minutes. So by not using it we can cook our soup for 10 minutes on high pressure.
How Do I Make Oil-Free Tortilla Strips?
I know many of you are on oil-free diets and even the commercial baked tortilla chips have some oil sprayed on them. You can make your own baked tortilla strips or chips in your oven or air fryer.
Just cut them to the size you want and remember that the small and thinner they are the quicker they will cook. So, check them often.
Preheat your oven to 350 place the cut tortilla pieces on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Check every 3 to 5 minutes until done. They will crisp up a little more as they cool.
What Are Some Tasty Garnishes for Vegan Tortilla Soup?
For this post I wanted to show you the soup without all the frills, but you can dress it up.
I recommend adding some chopped avocado, fresh cilantro, and cashew cream in bowl on the table so each person can dress up the soup the way they like.
If you want to turn this soup into the main part of the meal you could add in a can of rinse and drained black beans and/or a cup or two of corn kernels.
More Recipes to Try
- Vegan Instant Pot Jackfruit White Bean Chili
- Easy Instant Pot Corn Chowder
- Vegan Instant Pot Mushroom Dirty Rice
Instant Pot Jackfruit Tortilla Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- water to saute
- 1 medium-size onion minced
- 1 poblano pepper chopped (or 1 tablespoon green chilies)
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 4 cups broth
- 28 ounces crushed tomatoes
- 10 ounces jackfruit drained and shredded by hand
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup or sweetener of choice to taste
Before Serving Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- Juice of 1/2 lime
- Salt and pepper to taste
Serving Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon 1 g chopped fresh cilantro, plus extra for garnish
- 1/2 avocado chopped and tossed with some lime juice and chili powder
- Tortilla chips *use gluten-free, slightly crushed, for serving
Instructions
- Turn your Instant Pot to saute. Dry or water saute the onions until translucent. Add garlic and poblano and saute for a minute or two more. Turn saute off.
- Add the water, tomatoes, jackfuit or chickpeas, tomato paste, cumin, chili powder, and sweetener. Turn the Instant Pot to manual/pressure cook and cook on high pressure for 5 minutes.
- Let the pressure release naturally, or at least for 10 minutes and manually release the rest of the way.
- Add salt, pepper, and lime juice. Top bowls of hot soup with crisp tortilla pieces and avocado. Can add cashew cream and chopped cilantro too!
Diane says
I recently made the IP Jackfruit Tortilla Soup and found that is was very thick .. I added the broth was I supposed to add water as well.?
I didn’t see anywhere in the ingredients to add water other than to sauté..
Sincerely
Diane Towne
Kathy Hester says
The 4 cups broth is all – no additional water. With that said, I believe you should always adjust recipes to make them the way you like them.