This is a delicious Instant Pot Simple Potato Soup recipe. This is more of a basic pressure cooker potato soup recipe, but with a lot of flavor, and I love it. It’s a little rustic, and a lot delicious!
Instant Pot Simple Potato Soup
This year has been busy so far, and I’m enjoying being in the kitchen more, creating and testing recipes. Today I’m sharing a flavorful version of a classic potato soup that you can make in your Instant Pot®.
Instant Pot Simple Potato Soup is really tasty, and is made with potatoes, onion, bacon, and some other yummy ingredients. Making this potato soup recipe in the pressure cooker infuses the flavors much faster than cooking on the stove top. It is also very easy!
The thing I like best about potato soup is that it is so versatile. You can make it with or without bacon, or use ham instead. You can leave out the celery, or add carrots. It always comes out as a comforting and tasty bowl of soup!
I think this soup has a good balance of flavors, and the potatoes can shine through.
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Instant Pot Simple Potato Soup is a creamy, savory potato soup recipe that is easy to make with potatoes, onion, celery, and bacon. It tastes delicious! Pressure Cooker potato soup is comforting and simply tasty.
- 6 slices Bacon, chopped
- 1 small Onion, diced
- 2 stalks Celery, diced
- 5 medium Potatoes, peeled and diced
- 5 cups Chicken Broth
- 1 tsp Salt (more to taste)
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 1/4 cup Flour
- 4 Tbsp Butter, softened
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
Turn on the pot's sauté function and add the chopped bacon and onion. Cook until bacon is done and onions are translucent, stirring occasionally.
Add the celery. Stir, and scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot (deglaze).
Add the potatoes, broth, salt, and pepper. Put the lid on and lock in place. Set the steam release knob to the Sealing position, if applicable.
Cancel the sauté setting and push the Pressure Cook/Manual button, or dial. Use the + or - button, or dial to select 8 minutes.
When the cook cycle ends, let the pot sit undisturbed for 10 minutes (10 minute natural release). Then do a controlled quick release of the remaining steam/pressure (release steam in short bursts until you are sure no soup will spew out with the steam).
While the pot is naturally releasing, combine the softened butter and flour in a small dish, using a fork. If the butter isn't soft enough, warm it in the microwave for 10 seconds. Mix thoroughly until all lumps are gone.
When all of the pressure is out of the pot, carefully open the lid, and turn on the sauté setting. Let the soup come to a simmer (don't let the soup scorch on the bottom), then stir in the flour mixture and stir until thickened.
You can use a potato masher to mash some of the potatoes to help it thicken a little more and give the soup more texture.
Cancel the sauté setting and stir well. Then Add the heavy cream. Taste and adjust salt if desired.
Serve with some crusty bread.
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This potato soup was perfect! It is one of my favorite soups. Lots of flavor, and thick! I will double the recipe next time I make it.
I’m really happy that you liked this recipe! Thank you for your review!
Have you ever made it without the bacon?
Yes, you can make it without.
Why would you?? LOL!
My daughter is vegetarian so I made 2 substitutes. Swapped chicken broth for vegan protein broth & the bacon for McCormick Bac’n Pieces. It was really good! This one will be a regular for sure!
That’s great, Heather! Thanks for the review!
Turned out Awesome! I used beef instead of chicken broth and red pepper instead of the celery. I also added some spinach, just for more veggies! I will definitely make again.
Nice! Thanks for your review!
This is super delicious and easy-to-prepare soup! Thanks for the recipe.
FYI: instead of making the roux to thicken the soup, I tossed in some instant mashed potato flakes. It worked like a champ!
That’s great, Stephanie! Thanks for the tip!
Oh good tip! We’re gluten free and I was trying to think of a good alternative thickener.
I have been looking for a good potato soup recipe, but not found the one that tasted like I wanted. This soup is awesome and will be my new go-to recipe. My whole family loved it. My 11 yo even said, “Mom, you really outdid yourself tonight.” LOL
Hi Angela, how precious that your kiddo said that! High praise! I’m thrilled that your family liked this soup! Thank you for your nice review!
My 11 year old has a fascination with soup and since it is getting chilly here in the Mojave Desert we made this for lunch. Due to issues with lactose we substituted Almond Milk (worried about sweetness) and it worked great. It didn’t looks as creamy as we’re used to so I used the immersion blender and broke up the potatoes. We didn’t have celery so I used celery seed. It is quite delicious and he is on his third bowl and cannot stop praising me for the great job I did! lol Thanks for sharing this with us!
Quick question if I double the recipe do I need to change how I cook it? Sounds delicious!
Cook time stays the same.
I just made potato soup with your recipe almost the exact same ingredients but I did add some turkey smoked sausage and garlic. Thank you best potato soup I’ve ever made!
Awesome!
If anyone wants some delicious potato soup fry up some Jimmy dean ground sausage, I use 1 lb. each. 1 hot and one sage. Drain it good and add to the soup once it’s cooked. It’s delicious
Wow, I just made a pot of this to have Christmas Eve when our kids come over. Needless to say I am making another pot to have enough for everyone. My husband was my taste tester and he loved it. I did leave out the onions since our granddaughters are not fans of onions, but other than that this recipe was perfect.
Thank you, Lisa! I’m so glad that you and your husband liked this soup!
II just made it and it is delicious…I swapped out the bacon for ham I had leftover from Christmas dinner
That’s great, Brenda! Thank you!
I just made this soup also, thank you for the recipe. I needed a good recipe so I didn’t have to keep telling my husband that I wanted to go to a restaurant that makes soup when he asks me where I’d like to go. LOL He hates when I say that.
I did mine with a little bit of leftover ham and added some carrots as well,everything else is the same as the recipe. yum!
Thanks again, from both the husband and myself. 🙂
Thank you, Sher. I’m so glad that you and your husband liked the soup recipe!
Something very bad happened when I added the butter+flour mixture. Basically the mixture didn’t integrate into the soup and clumped up all together. It didn’t blend at all into the soup.
Did you bring the soup to a simmer, then soften the butter and incorporate the flour thoroughly? Then whisk it into the soup?
Sounds like a great recipe. Was wondering if I could substitute evaporated milk for a heavy cream?
Yes you can.
What size IP was used? I just got an 8 qt.
I used a 6 qt, but you can use an 8 qt.
I made this and it had a great flavor, but mine did not get thick. Is it not supposed to be thick? What do you suggest?
Hi Rachel, I’m not sure why this didn’t thicken for you. Was the soup simmering when you added the flour/butter mixture? Another think you can do is mash some of the potatoes in the pot before serving. I went it and tried to get more specific on the thickening step, I hope that helps.
THIS a truly fantastic. I doubled the bacon! Thank you!!!