Name: Instant Pot Kielbasa Cabbage Potato Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 57 min
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)

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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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Instant Pot Kielbasa Cabbage Potato Soup

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

14 mins

Pressure Build / Natural Pressure Release

28 mins

Total Time

57 mins

This simple and rustic Instant Pot Kielbasa Cabbage Potato Soup has rich broth and chunky vegetables, which pair well with the smoky kielbasa.

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: pressure cooker sausage cabbage potato soup recipe

Servings: 6 - 8

Calories: 306 kcal

Author: Sandy Clifton

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 ½ tsp table salt)
½ teaspoon Pepper
1 lb Red Potatoes, cut in 2 ½” 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.