Instant Pot Split Pea Soup

 Ingredients

• 3 T butter
• 1 onion, diced 
• 2 ribs celery, diced
• 2 to 3 carrots, diced
• 1 ham bone
• 1 pound dry split peas, sorted through and rinsed
• 6 C chicken stock, veggie stock or water
• 2 bay leaves
• Salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Turn pressure cooker to "sauté" setting.  Melt butter and sauté onion, celery, and carrots, seasoned with salt and pepper, for about 5 minutes, until softened.
2. Add the split peas, stock, ham bone and bay leaves.
3. Cover pressure cooker and set to manual high pressure for 15 minutes
4. Allow the pressure to naturally release for 10 to 15 minutes
5. If you used a ham bone, remove it from the soup and remove the ham meat that's still attached.  Add back to the soup.
6. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.
7. Puree.