Pressure Cooker Soup Recipes

Introduction

Hot, hearty, and bursting with rich, layered flavors, pressure cooker soup recipes offer a compelling shortcut to soulful comfort food. Thanks to the power of modern pressure cookers, you can enjoy depth of flavor and tender textures in a fraction of the traditional cooking time.

Whether you’re feeding a family, prepping lunches for the week, or craving a warming meal on a chilly night, pressure cooker soups deliver satisfying results with minimal fuss and clean-up.

Why Pressure Cooker Soups Are a Game Changer

One of the most compelling reasons to make soup in a pressure cooker is how it transforms time-consuming recipes into weeknight possibilities. Aromatics are deeply infused, vegetables soften beautifully, and proteins become melt-in-your-mouth tender—all with less active cooking time.

The versatility allows you to experiment with everything from classic chicken noodle and hearty vegetable to robust bean chilis and creamy pureed soups, ensuring there’s something for every palate and occasion.

Essential Prep for Flavorful Soup

Before you get started, prepping your vegetables efficiently can make soup night even easier. Use the Mueller Pro-Series 10-in-1, 8 Blade Vegetable Chopper for quickly cubing onions, carrots, and celery for your classic mirepoix, or dicing potatoes, peppers, and more with minimal effort.

Measuring out beans, grains, or other dry ingredients? The Amazon Basics Digital Kitchen Scale with LCD Display guarantees accuracy, ensuring your soup’s texture is just right every time.

Recipe: Classic Chicken and Vegetable Pressure Cooker Soup

Instructions

1. Set your Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker to the ‘Sauté’ setting. Add olive oil and sauté onions for 2–3 minutes until translucent. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more.
2. Add chopped carrots, celery, and potatoes. Sauté for an additional 2–3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Add the chicken, green beans, thyme, oregano, bay leaf, and chicken broth. Stir to combine and season lightly with salt and pepper.
4. Lock the lid in place and set the pressure cooker to “Manual” or “Pressure Cook” on high for 10 minutes.
5. Once cooking completes, let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes before performing a quick release for any remaining pressure (use a kitchen towel or KitchenAid Ribbed Soft Silicone Oven Mitt Set for safety).
6. Open the lid, remove the bay leaf, and shred the chicken right in the pot with the Chicken Shredder Tool Twist for Kitchen for tender, bite-size pieces.
7. Stir in the frozen peas and set the cooker to ‘Sauté’ for a few more minutes until peas are heated through. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
8. Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with fresh parsley or dill. Serve hot—perhaps with crusty bread for dunking.

Serving, Storing, and Meal Prep Tips

Pressure cooker soups are fantastic for batch cooking. Divide leftovers into Rubbermaid Brilliance Food Storage Containers for grab-and-go lunches or freezer meals. For outdoor lunches or salads, the Bentgo Salad Container is perfect for portable soup and crackers.

Serve with a squeeze of lemon juice, a swirl of olive oil, or a sprinkle of cheese—or customize further with cooked grains or noodles. These customizable bowls are guaranteed to be crowd-pleasers!

Nutritional Information and Serving Size

This recipe yields about 6 generous servings, each with roughly 280 calories, 28g protein, 26g carbohydrate, and 6g fat. Nutritional values will vary depending on added toppings and specific broth choices, but the base soup is nourishing and filling.

Pressure Cooker Soups: The Ultimate Comfort Meal (Recap)

Pressure cooker soups combine depth of flavor, flexibility with ingredients, and weeknight-friendly speed in one pot. Whether you’re making a family dinner, meal prepping for the week, or feeding a crowd, this approach brings professional-level convenience and warmth to your kitchen.

Ready to win dinner in less than an hour? Try this recipe and discover the irresistible comfort of homemade soup—faster than you ever thought possible.