Instant Pot Hamburger Soup
Published 1/7/2020
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This Instant Pot Hamburger Soup recipe is a healthy weeknight meal that everyone will love! It is packed with protein, vegetables, and is ready in less than an hour.
If you’re new to the Instant Pot, this Instant Pot soup recipe is a great starter recipe! See 42 more healthy Instant Pot Recipes HERE.
Instant Pot Soup RULES
Hamburger Soup, a Midwestern staple. Think minestrone meets central Wisconsin. All the vegetables, meat, and noodles you ould ever want! Some people call hamburger soup, ground beef vegetable soup and that is exactly what it is.
I love that I can literally throw everything into the Instant Pot and BAM. The cook time for this recipe is only 3 minutes, but you will have to wait for around 20 for the pressure to build-up.
The win is that you can set it, forget it, and you just can’t beat 3 minutes of cook time. We do have a couple of tips and tricks for perfecting this hamburger soup recipe below—-> HAVE FUN.
Step 1: Cook Hamburger + Onion
Get this hamburger soup party started by turning on your Instant Pot’s saute function. Brown hamburger for about a minute and then add the onion.
Cook for an additional 2 minutes. Make sure that you are stirring the onions and hamburger frequently. This step really creates an amazing base flavor for this hamburger soup.
Step 2: Add Everything Else!
After sauting the hamburger and onion for a bit, now it’s time to add the rest of the ingredients! This is where you can pick and choose and really make this Instant Pot soup recipe your very own. Here’s what you need:
- garlic
- sweet potato (don’t love sweet taters? Swap them for more normal potatoes!)
- Yukon potato
- diced tomatoes
- tomato sauce
- frozen veggies (grab a bag from the grocery store!)
- spices
- beef broth
- noodles (any kind should work just fine)
Once you have everything in the Instant Pot, give it a stir and close the lid. Turn the valve to seal >> set your IP to manual >> high pressure >> and set the timer to 3 minutes.
Hamburger Soup Quick Tips:
Here are a few quick tips to make your soup-prepping easy peasy.
Noodles: If you are planning to eat this soup throughout the week or freezing for later, consider cooking the noodles separately as sometimes noodles can become mushy if they soak in broth for multiple days.
Add more broth: As soup sits in the fridge, it will thicken (this is inevitable). No fear, you can simply add more broth before serving your leftovers and you’ll be just fine!
Oregano: Ground oregano is my new favorite spice. Dried oregano is all fine and good, but when ground the flavor it gives broths and sauces is unreal.
Step 3: Quick Release
Once the timer goes off on your Instant pot, you know it’s time to quick-release the pressure. 3 minutes and one, people!
Serve soup immediately. We topped our hamburger soup with some fresh parsley but to each their own. Top with your favorite soup toppings or with a warm piece of bread and enjoy!
Freezing Directions
Our number one tip for freezing this hamburger soup recipe is NOT cooking the noodles in the Instant Pot with the rest of the soup. They will get soggy, I repeat they will get soggy if you try and freeze + thaw.
So, make this Instant Pot hamburger soup as is, but do not put the noodles in. Let it cool completely and then transfer it into a freezer-safe Tupperware or gallon-size bag. Remove as much air as possible and then seal. Freeze for up to 3 months.
After thawing, cook up some noodles on your stovetop and mix them in right before serving.
Find a full tutorial on how to freeze soup HERE.
More Instant Pot Soup Recipes
Instant Pot Hamburger Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 medium sweet potato, cubed
- 1 Yukon gold potato, cubed
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 2 teaspoons ground oregano
- 1 15-oz. can diced tomatoes
- 1 15-oz. can tomato sauce
- 6 cups of beef broth*
- 2 cups frozen veggies, we used a carrot, peas, and corn mix
- 2 cups macaroni elbows
Instructions
- Turn on the Instant Pot’s saute feature and add ground beef to the pot. Saute for 1 minute and then add onion. Cook for an additional 2 minutes using a spatula to break up the ground beef.
- Next, add the rest of the ingredients, stir well, and place cover on the Instant Pot.
- Turn pressure valve to seal, and turn to manual >> high pressure and set the timer to 3 minutes.* It will take around 20 minutes for the Instant Pot to build up pressure to start counting down from 3 minutes.
- When the timer goes off, quick release the pressure and remove the top.
- Serve immediately.*
Tips & Notes
- Pressure build: Though the cook time for this recipe is 3 minutes, it does take the Instant Pot 20-25 minutes to build pressure. Plan accordingly!
- Broth: Option to add more broth once the soup is done cooking. The soup will thicken once you put it in the fridge, so you will likely need to add water or broth to thin it out for re-heating.
- Noodles: If you are meal prepping this meal, cook noodles separately by cooking them prior to making the soup. Place noodles and enough water to cover noodles in the Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 3 minutes. Remove noodles from Instant Pot, strain, rinse with cold water, and set aside. Add noodles to the soup before eating.
- This recipe was slightly updated on 1/7/2020, reducing the amount of Italian seasoning.
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This was the first thing I made in my new Instant Pot, and it was fabulous. I have an 8 qt IP, so I used two bags of “soup mix” frozen vegetables (onions, tomatoes, carrots, okra, celery, green beans), and 8 cups of low sodium beef broth. My kids (9 and 7) ate every bite, and my son even asked to have it again the next night. That’s a winner in my book, for sure.
Yeeeeeeeehaw!
WhT do you think of tvp in this or tofu instead of meat? Maybe adding it at the end?
This recipe was delicious. I followed the instructions and it turned out so yummy. I used wide egg noodles and they worked perfectly. I also topped it with cheddar cheese and a dab of sour cream to give it a little creamier taste and it was a family hit!
That is so good to hear! It is one of my favorite fall recipes right now!
Terribly mushy soft noodles, ruined the whole dish
Oh no, Jan! I’m sorry that happened! What kind of noodles did you use? That’s the worse!
For those newer to instant pots I want to let them know that it says three minutes cook time, however, because the pot has to come up to full pressure that it takes about 30 additional minutes to get to that point. So rather than 3 minutes, think more like 35. It’s a full pot and cooks as it’s rising to get to full pressure.
I also used carrots fresh, and peas and green beans frozen. Not a fan of corn. We added a sprinkle of grated parmasean and served with a warm baguette. Delicious.
Thank you for the reminder and I’m so glad you liked the recipe! We added a note in the recipe card for cook time. <3
I’m one person in a tiny loft apartment, so I can’t justify an Instant Pot purchase, but I’d like to make this on the stove-top in a Dutch oven. Any tips on cooking time or when to add veggies? Thanks!
There is a mini insta pot. You can cut the recipes down. That is the way I do it. I love cooking in it. I have had it just a couple weeks. But I have made a few different things in it and they turn out great.
You should for sure get an Instant Pot.:) You would totally have to change the recipe for stove top, but try our Minestrone recipe and add hamburger! https://fitfoodiefinds.com/vegetable-minestrone-soup/
I was able to make it work with the Crock-Pot & it turned out delicious! Just cook the gr. beef, onuon, garlic on the stove before you throw it in the crock. I only used 1 and 1/2 c. noodles. So good! Topped with a little parmesan too!
I love this instant pot hamburger soup!
SO glad you liked it!
Yeah, dinner tomorrow, done.
Easily make this GF with GF noodles. Which are yummy.
First soup i made for this season on Saturday! Entire family loved it. This will definitely be a regular in my soup rotation.
Yay! That is wonderful news!