Our Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup can be prepped in no time and will nourish your whole family. Don't let a busy day keep you from enjoying a delicious, home-cooked, hearty soup!
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For those cooler days when you are craving a hearty soup, this Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup will hit the spot! Serve with crusty bread or tender sweet potato rolls for homey comfort food. I bet this will be a new family favorite!
The instant pot makes this delicious meal an option any day of the week no matter how busy you are. Don't worry if you don't have one, we've included slow cooker instructions, too.
The best part is you can even freeze some of this vegetable beef soup to heat up for future meals.
🧂 Ingredients
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With roughly 10 ingredients, you can easily throw this Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup together for a low effort weeknight meal.
🔪 Instructions
Here's how to make our vegetable beef soup instant pot recipe:
- Set your instant pot to the SAUTE setting until it it hot.
- Season the meat with kosher salt and black pepper.
- Start with 1 tablespoon of oil and sear the beef in batches until the meat is browned on all sides. Add additional oil as needed.
- Return all the meat to the pot and stir in garlic and tomato paste. Cook for 1-2 minutes until the garlic is fragrant.
- Pour beef broth or beef stock and scrape the bottom of the pot to deglaze the pan. (All the browned bits add great depth of flavor to the soup).
- Add the vegetables, parsley, thyme, and bay leaf. Mix well.
- Cover the pressure cooker and set to MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK for 8 minutes. When the cooking time is up, quick release the pressure.
- Set the instant pot back to SAUTE and add the quick-cooking barley, pasta, or rice. Cook for 10-12 minutes until tender.
🥄Equipment
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🍲 Storage
To Store: Leftover soup should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge fro 4-5 days. (These are my favorite airtight containers.)
To Reheat: Microwave individual portions in 30 second intervals until heated throughout.
To Freeze: Place soup into a freezer-safe container. Label and store for 2-3 months. (I like these leafproof containers.)
To Thaw: Thaw overnight in the fridge.
Slow Cooker Instructions
Here's how to make this delicious homemade vegetable beef soup in your crockpot.
Into the slow cooker, add the beef stew meat and the rest of the ingredients. Stir to combine. Secure the lid and cook on LOW for 4-5 hours or HIGH for 6-8 hours.
📖 Variations
The first time you try any new recipe we recommend that you make it just as it is written on the recipe card since that is how the recipe has been tested. However, the next time you make our recipe, you might want to try one of these ideas:
- Instead of beef broth, you can use beef stock or vegetable broth.
- Add a can of crushed tomatoes or petite diced tomatoes.
- If you're not a fan of thyme, use Italian seasoning instead.
- For an extra flavorful broth, add 2 tablespoons of worcestershire sauce.
- This recipe can be made with ground beef as well.
- Switch up the veggies to include your family's favorites. Fresh vegetables like zucchini and sweet potatoes or frozen spinach, are all delicious in this recipe.
- If chuck roast is on sale, grab it and cut it into 1-inch cubes instead of stew meat.
🍴 Serving Suggestions
This comforting soup is so hearty! It's not only loaded with flavor, but includes so many veggies that you may not need anything else to go with your meal. However, I really love serving it with some warm buttery dinner rolls or butter swim biscuits. It's also delicious with garlic bread!
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- creamy sweet potato soup
- instant pot bourbon chicken
- busy day soup
- Italian-style chicken sausage soup
- buffalo chicken soup
- instant pot beef stew
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Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless stew beef
- 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 6 ounce can tomato paste
- 12 cups beef broth
- 6 carrots peeled and sliced
- 3 russet potatoes unpeeled cubed
- 1 12 ounce package frozen green beans
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme leaves
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 ½ cup quick cooking barley pasta, or rice
- 2 cups peas
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- Set your instant pot to the SAUTE setting until it it hot.
- Season the meat with kosher salt and black pepper.2 pounds boneless stew beef, 2 tablespoons olive oil, Salt and black pepper
- Start with 1 tablespoon of oil and sear the beef in batches until the meat is browned on all sides. Add additional oil as needed.
- Return all the meat to the pot and stir in garlic and tomato paste. Cook for 1-2 minutes until the garlic is fragrant.4 cloves garlic, 1 6 ounce can tomato paste
- Pour beef broth or beef stock and scrape the bottom of the pot to deglaze the pan. (All the browned bits add great depth of flavor to the soup).12 cups beef broth
- Add the vegetables, parsley, thyme, and bay leaf. Mix well.6 carrots, 3 russet potatoes unpeeled, 1 12 ounce package frozen green beans, 2 tablespoons dried parsley, 1 bay leaf, 2 teaspoons dried thyme leaves
- Cover the pressure cooker and set to MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK for 8 minutes. When the cooking time is up, quick release the pressure.
- Set the instant pot back to SAUTE and add the frozen peas and quick-cooking barley, pasta, or rice. Cook for 10-12 minutes until tender.1 ½ cup quick cooking barley, 2 cups peas
- Remove the bay leaf and serve hot.
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Meal Planning
Want to add this easy Instant Pot recipe to your meal plan? Download our free printable meal plan here.
This recipe is included in Meal Plan 5 along with:
- slow cooker angel chicken
- million dollar chicken casserole
- roasted chicken and vegetables
- sheet pan balsamic chicken
- sheet pan eggs and bacon
- honey teriyaki wings
- sausage and potato casserole
... and more!
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