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Instant Pot Hamburger Soup is a delicious, classic soup recipe. Made with ground beef, hearty veggies, and a tasty broth, this pressure cooker hamburger soup has a pretty fast cook time, so you can have it on your table in about an hour.
Originally published 4/17/18
Instant Pot Hamburger Soup
I hope you are surviving the snow and freezing temperatures, my friends. Here in the Pacific Northwest it is the rainy season. Haha, isn’t it always?
Today’s recipe for a classic hamburger soup made in the Instant Pot uses basic, tasty, ingredients.
This pressure cooker Hamburger Soup is similar to a Vegetable Beef Soup, only it calls for hamburger instead of stew meat. It cooks faster because the ground beef takes less time.
Instant Pot Hamburger Soup is pretty easy to throw together, and here I’ve shown you the steps (for all you visual learners, like me) to make it:
I love all of those hearty vegetables with the chunks of hamburger! The tasty broth is rich and comforting. Mmmmmmmm.
No wonder this is a classic recipe that families love! My kids have always liked this hamburger soup recipe.
And here you have it! This pressure cooker hamburger soup is the perfect thickness, from the tomato paste, and the potatoes.
The flavors are classic and simple, and so delicious! I hope you are staying warm, and whipping up a batch of Instant Pot Hamburger Soup!
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Soups are one of the best things to make in your Instant Pot.
Pressure cooker soups retain more nutrition because the nutrients stay in the food from the pressure cooking.
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Instant Pot Hamburger Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb Lean Ground Beef (I like using 90% lean)
- 1 Onion, diced
- 3 lrg Carrots, chopped in large pieces
- 4 med Potatoes, cut large
- 3 cups Beef Broth
- 1 packet Onion Soup Mix
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 ½ teaspoons Italian Seasoning
- 2 teaspoons Garlic Powder (or 3 cloves garlic, minced)
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Pepper
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 14-ounce can Diced Tomatoes (with juice)
- 1 6-ounce can Tomato Paste
- 3 cups Frozen Mixed Vegetables (with corn, green beans, etc.)
Instructions
- Turn the pot on to the Sauté setting. Add the ground beef and the onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the meat is cooked. Don't break up the meat completely, as some bigger chunks are nice in the soup.
- Add the chopped carrots and potatoes, beef broth, onion soup mix, bay leaf, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir.
- Dump the can of diced tomatoes and tomato paste on top but do not stir.
- Close the lid and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
- Cancel the Sauté setting. Press the Pressure Cook/Manual button or dial and then the +/- button or dial to select 7 minutes. High pressure. It will take several minutes to come to pressure.
- When the cooking cycle is finished, let the pot sit undisturbed for 15 minutes (15 minute natural release). Then carefully, in short bursts at first, release the remaining steam manually, by turning the steam release knob to the Venting position.
- Stir the soup well to incorporate the tomato paste.
- Then stir in the frozen vegetables and let sit for a few minutes before serving. The veggies will cook in the heat of the hot soup.
- Serve hot with some nice crusty bread!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Hi – Just curious why you say not to stir the tomatoes or paste? Thanks
Right. By not stirring them in, you get the benefit of them cooking without thickening up the soup and potentially causing a burn error. Tomatoes seem to cause the burn error more, as does thickened soups, etc. Just stir it in after it pressure cooks!
Ahhhh! That makes sense! I once got a burn error doing a bbq sauce thing…. that helps me understand for the rest of what I cook! Thanks for both the question and the answer!
So good! Added frozen stuff I need to use up in my freezer. I threw in frozen beans to let them cook in the IP. The broth is tasty, will be making again, thank you 😊
We all loved this soup!
Thanks! I doubled this and it turned out great, though because I didn’t have enough space I didn’t double the potatoes and could only fit enough beef broth in to fill the pot, and I also ended up skipping the frozen vegetables. Best of all my 19 month old twins ate it, toddler approved! I think next time I will do half ground turkey and half ground beef. Great recilpe!
That’s great, Marissa! It’s a versatile recipe so making it the way you like is easy! Thanks for letting me know how it turned out!
Hi mine is in the pot right now. My first instapot attempt. I usually put barley in mine. For next time can I add barley with everything at the start?
Yes! Barley is so good!
Can this recipe be adapted for a 6 qt crockpot??
Yes! Just brown the meat and such in a skillet, then add everything to the crock and coon on Low for 6-7 hours, or High for 43-4 hours. It will be done when the veggies, especially the carrots, are tender.
Best and easiest soup ever.
I make it monthly, summer, spring, winter and fall, it’s no fail and the family loves it.
Thank you, Kristie! I’m so happy that this soup has become a part of your rotation!
This soup was great! Thanks!
I made this tonight, exactly as it was posted, and it was so good! Really easy too. Thanks for the great recipe.
This is great recipe minus the potatoes. I don’t understand why people use that in this recipe. I save potatoes for beef stew . I have tried potatoes in this and my husband and I cannot stand the taste. It seemed to override everything else so you just taste potatoes.
Hmmm, I don’t think the potatoes have that much flavor on their own. They soak up the other flavors. I’m glad you liked it otherwise.
Thanks for this recipe… I took yours as a “base” as I didn’t have exactly the same ingredients and did it similar to what I’d make from scratch on the stove. I used some bouillon soup mix and a cube to replace the beef broth with 3 cups of water; and did not add the onion soup mix. It tasted almost exactly as my stove-top version as if I’d been slaving over the stove for hours. Soooo glad I bought one!
Sounds great, Rose! Thank you for letting me know!
I just got an instapot recently and as a fellow PNW am looking forward to all the comfort food in it. Made chicken soup yesterday actually. Could this be done with frozen ground beef? I am not always the best a preplanning meals so love when I can cook from frozen proteins.
Hi Neighbor! If your beef is a frozen chunk, it would be good to pre cook it first, to get rid of the excess grease. What you do is put a cup of water in the pot, then the trivet/rack, and set the frozen block of ground beef on the trivet. Cook at high pressure for 20 minutes, with a 10 minute natural release. Then open the pot and drain the grease, and go from there!
Thank you what a brilliant idea. Making this right now actually and read the reviews too late.
Seewhatvsize instant pot did you use for recipe? Sounds wonderful!! Thanks!!
You can use a 6 qt or 8 qt.
I used ground turkey breast and chicken broth and it was delicious!
Hi Alexis! We like to use ground turkey, too! I’m glad you liked it!
I love this recipe. It is so delicious and easy to make. So filling and hearty too.
I am in South Louisiana in the heat and am still making this at the end of June lol
LOVE It! Thanks!!
That’s great, Juliana! I’m so glad you like this soup! Thank goodness for the IP so you don’t have to turn the stove on! Stay cool! Thank you for the review!
Do you drain the hamburger after sauté?
Only if there is a lot of grease. I tend to use lean ground beef, 90%-93%, so I rarely have much. If it looks like you do, spoon out most of the excess, but remember that the onions have water in them and if you cooked them with the beef, a lot of that is water.
Hi if I have 2lb of hamburger meat do I double everything
I would just add more of the veggies you like most, and a little more of the seasonings. Don’t double the liquid, though you can add a little more if you like. Cook time stays the same.