This Easy Instant Pot Hamburger Soup is a quick and hearty weeknight dinner idea. It’s so comforting with ground beef and mixed vegetables.
Ingredients and substitutions
- Olive oil – or another neutral cooking oil like avocado or canola oil.
- Extra-lean ground beef – you could also try making this soup with ground turkey.
- Yellow onion – white onion or shallots would also work.
- Celery – swap out for carrots as an aromatic instead.
- Garlic – freshly minced garlic is best but jarred minced garlic or even garlic powder can be used.
- Yukon gold potatoes – use another potato of your choice like russet potatoes, baby potatoes or red potatoes.
- Italian seasoning – use a store-bought version or make your own.
- Salt & pepper – to taste.
- Canned diced tomatoes – you can use canned crushed tomatoes instead but the texture may be different. Alternatively, use fresh diced tomatoes and add in more beef broth.
- Beef broth – vegetable broth is the best substitute here.
- Frozen mixed vegetables – use any blend of your choice.
How to make hamburger soup in the Instant Pot
Step 1: Brown the ground beef.
Turn the Instant Pot to sauté mode and sauté the ground beef until browned.
Step 2: Add the remaining ingredients.
Add the celery, garlic, potatoes, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, canned diced tomatoes, beef broth and frozen mixed vegetables to the pot.
Step 3: Cook on high pressure.
Step 4: Serve and enjoy!
Do a quick release of the pressure then serve!
Instant Pot Hamburger Soup Tips
- Add more flavour to the beef: This soup will already be super flavourful, but feel free to season the beef as its browning on sauté mode with garlic powder, onion powder, paprika or any other spices of your choice.
- Serve with comforting sides: You can serve this soup on its own or with a side of garlic bread, cornbread or cowboy caviar.
- Make your own seasoning: Instead of using a store-bought blend, make your own homemade Italian seasoning. It’s super easy and you can store it in your pantry for later!
- Add the ingredients in order: To ensure your soup turns out perfectly, make sure you add the ingredients in the order listed.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can double this hamburger soup recipe as long as you don’t go over your Instant Pot’s maximum line. The cooking time should remain the same.
This soup is already plenty flavourful on its own thanks to the Italian seasoning, but if you want to spice things up a bit, try adding in some garlic powder, onion powder, paprika or even some Worcestershire sauce.
If you want to make this soup even thicker, after the soup has finished cooking and you’ve done the quick pressure release, stir in a cornstarch slurry. Add the lid back on and let the soup sit for about 5 minutes then serve.
If you want to use frozen beef for this recipe, you’ll need to defrost the ground beef in the Instant Pot first. Add the ground beef and 1/2 cup beef broth to the Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 12 minutes. Do a natural pressure release, then follow the soup recipe instructions as normal. You can check out my frozen ground beef recipe for more tips!
You can definitely add noodles like macaroni or scoobi do pasta to this Instant Pot hamburger soup, but you’ll need to cook them separately. Once the soup is done cooking, stir in the cooked noodles and serve!
Storing and reheating
This hamburger soup Instant Pot recipe is great for meal prep! Store any leftovers in the fridge for up to 5 days in airtight glass containers or meal prep bowls. When you’re ready to enjoy, reheat in the microwave for 1-2 minutes or in a pot on the stovetop.
Freezing this recipe
You can freeze this Instant Pot hamburger soup for up to 3 months. Once the soup has completely cooled, transfer it to freezer-safe containers or Ziploc bags. Let it defrost in the fridge overnight then reheat as normal, or reheat straight from frozen in the microwave for 4-5 minutes or in a pot on the stovetop.
More Instant Pot ground beef recipes
- Instant Pot Ground Beef
- Instant Pot Hamburger Helper
- Instant Pot Lasagna Soup
- More Instant Pot Recipes Using Ground Beef
Meal prep tools for this recipe
- Grab some glass meal prep bowls if you plan on storing the leftovers in the fridge.
- I get all my grass-fed ground beef from Butcher Box, conveniently delivered to me frozen.
- Freeze this recipe in glass microwave-safe bowls up to 3 months.
Easy Instant Pot Hamburger Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lb extra-lean ground beef
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 3 stalks celery finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 Yukon gold potatoes chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tsp each salt & pepper
- 26 fl oz canned diced tomatoes
- 4 cups beef broth
- 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to saute mode then add olive oil. Once hot, add ground beef, breaking up with a spoon and sauteeing for 5 minutes until browned.
- Add remaining ingredients, then cook on high pressure for 2 minutes. Do a quick release of the pressure, then serve and enjoy!
