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Instant Pot Kielbasa Cabbage Potato Soup is a comfort food soup if ever there was one! This simple and rustic soup has a rich broth and chunky carrots, green cabbage, and tasty smoked kielbasa. This pressure cooker Kielbasa Cabbage Potato Soup recipe is one of my family’s favorites!
Instant Pot Kielbasa Cabbage Potato Soup
This chunky, flavorful soup is one of my family’s top 5 Instant Pot soup recipes.
I think because this is a rustic, simple soup, it speaks to anyone. It says “You can make this soup, it looks easy, you know you want to!” Well, I know I want to for sure!
The ingredients are uncomplicated and easily found in the grocery store, and it is not difficult to make this soup in your Instant Pot®.
The one Pro Tip I will give you that makes a big difference in the outcome of this Instant Pot Kielbasa Cabbage Potato Soup is to cut the veggies on the thick side. Not so large that you can’t get them on a soup spoon and into your mouth, but thicker, or chunkier than you might normally cut them.
The photos in this post show them pretty well. This way they will hold up to the pressure cooking, and not be complete mush. They will be soft, as they are supposed to be for this recipe, and will retain their shapes.
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I have many other Instant Pot soup recipes for you to try. Just click on the following link: Instant Pot Soup Recipes.
Instant Pot Kielbasa Cabbage Potato Soup
Equipment
- 6-quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ lb Smoked Kielbasa, cut in 1” pieces
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 Onion, chopped
- 4 cloves Garlic, pressed or minced
- 2 Carrots, chopped in ½” rounds
- 1½ cups Celery, chopped in ½” pieces
- 6 cups Chicken Broth, low sodium
- 1 large Bay Leaf
- ¼ teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- ½ teaspoon Thyme
- 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt (or 1/2 tsp table salt)
- ½ teaspoon Pepper
- 1 lb Red Potatoes, cut in 2 1/2” pieces
- 1 small head Green Cabbage, about 1½ lbs, cut in 2-3” pieces
Instructions
- Turn on the Sauté function. When display reads “Hot” add the kielbasa. Cook until lightly browned, stirring frequently. Remove from pot and set aside. Discard the fat.
- Add the olive oil and the onion. Stir well, scraping the bottom of the pan to get the browned bits up. If they are stubborn, just add a couple small splashes of the broth to loosen them up.
- Add the garlic, carrots, and celery. Cook for about 30 seconds, Stirring well.
- Add in the broth, bay leaf, Italian seasoning, thyme, salt, and pepper. Stir.
- Add the kielbasa back in.
- Add potatoes and cabbage. Stir to combine.
- Place the lid on the pot and set the Steam Release knob to Sealing (not on Ultra).
- Cancel the Sauté function.
- Press the Manual (or Pressure Cook) Button, or dial on Ultra. Set time to 4 minutes using the +/- buttons, or dial. High Pressure. It will take several minutes for the pressure to build.
- When cook cycle ends, let pot naturally release pressure for 15 minutes. Then manually release the remaining pressure by turning the knob to Venting (or push the button on the Ultra). You may want to do this in bursts at first to make sure no soup spews out with the steam!
- When the pin in the lid drops. Open and slowly stir the soup. Taste and adjust salt, if needed.
- Serve with some crusty bread.
Notes
will be a firmer when pressure cooked.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Added diced tomatoes to make i t more authentic to a polish soup.very good
How long do you you cook it in the insta pot. It says total cook time 57 minutes but it in the recipe it says this Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
14 mins
Total Time
57 mins
So I’m confused.
Hi Ruth. I calculated about 15 minutes prep, 14 minutes cook time (this is sautéing the veggies and the pressure cook time), and 15 minutes natural pressure release time, and pressure building time. Pressure building time is a rough guess as it will vary a little for each person (with their particular pots and ingredients, etc.).
Made today without potatoes and carrots. Really good!!
Was easy to assemble and make using crock pot. Good flavor, very filling. Tweeked w a few left over potatoes and a bit of garlic.
I am SOOOO late to the Instant Pot party. Don’t even own one myself yet, but wanted to try my brother’s while visiting. Super thrilled to have found your recipe, and I think this soup convinced me to buy one of my own. Huge hit with the family, and a fabulous way to clean out the produce drawer. Healthy to boot!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Will this recipe fill the instant pot? Or will there be enough room to double it?
In a 6-quart pot I would not double it. In a 8-quart pot maybe increase by 1/3.
Thanks for such a killer recipe, Sandy!
I must confess 3 changes — I did not have an onion, and I deglazed with 1/3 cup of white wine after adding the carrots and celery, and I added a teaspoon of sherry before putting the lid on to pressure cook.
But this was just fantastic. My husband loved it too. This is a keeper and will be in heavy rotation! Can’t wait to check out some of your other recipes.❤️