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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
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.
This was SO GOOD! I used a turnip in place of the potatoes. It turned out great!!
I DON’T HAVE AN INSTAPOT. Could I just do it on the stovetop.. Sounds delicious.
Yes you can!
My first, was a success, my Miss Scarlet, liked it so
much she agreed to kiss the cook, not bad for a just retired old truck driver. Oh and one request to share it
Thank you!
I made this and will be making it all through fall and winter. I cheated a little by sauteing both sausage and onions together. Came out tasting great. Even the next day, both warmed up and cold.
Until I got the instapot I made this on the stove using a deep pot. My family loves this and there rarely any leftovers. It’s only me now but I still make this…I get three or more meals out of a batch…depending on how hungry I am.
This was so yummy and so easy. I used chorizo and altered quantities with what I had on hand. Also added 1/2 cup of rice before pressure.
It was a hit in our family of five from 1-30(yrs old).
Adding to our go to list of recipes. Thanks
I had made this earlier and froze some. Grabbed it out for lunch today! Awesome, so have been looking for actual recipe. Thrilled to have found it again. Printing again for my IP NOTEBOOK. Will also add recipe card in box, referring to notebook so I don’t lose again. Love it! Thanks for sharing
I made this for supper the other evening. It was the first thing I attempted in my electric pressure cooker. I have a Quick Pot. I had a little trouble with programing cooking time as the mine is a little different from the Insta Pot. It turned out great! My hubby had 3 bowls. I served it with cornbread muffins. It was a hit!!! Thank you for the great recipe.
This soup is wonderful. I used turkey sausage and left out the thyme as we don’t care for it. No more boiled cabbage and turkey sausage after eating this soup. I did add small unpeeled potatoes but honestly we didn’t feel the soup needed them so next time, no potatoes. I loaded it up with celery and onions and It made a five quart stock pot full. Thanks for the many recipes I have used of yours. Love the Ham & Bean soup, I’ve made and froze it multiple times.
That’s great. Thank you so much for your review!
Sounds really good, can’t wait to try this recipe!
Can this be made on stove top with big pot
Yes. Just follow the steps and cook on the stove until the veggies are as tender as you like.
This was DEFINITELY a hit with my husband and children!! They even went for seconds and requested a thermo mug to take some to school tomorrow(Even though it’s almost finish)
Thank you
I am wondering if you can make this with hot dogs rather than kielbasa?
If that are good sized dogs. Otherwise they will split and expand too much. Either leave them whole or cut the pieces larger. Use the biggest ones you can find!
I’m making this for the first time and used a small head of cabbage, I swear. It filled the IP to the top. The IP is taking quite awhile to come to pressure. I hope this isn’t a no-no. I’ve made similar recipes on the stove pot years ago and would like this to be a success. Any advice, warnings? I’ve read elsewhere not to fill the IP past the fill line, 2/3 full. I’m anxious about this.
It came out pretty good. I’ll cut the kielbasa pieces smaller next time. It’s a good meal in itself.
As long as you let it naturally release it should be okay.