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As we continue on with our post quarantine reopening plan, lower levels of meat and other items at the grocery stores I think it is necessary to cook with what you have in the pantry and freezer. This recipe is a great combination of frozen veggies and beef broth with minimal meat needed to give it fantastic flavor! Plus with using the Instant Pot it doesn’t take all day to make! Make sure you have some fantastic Make Ahead French Bread to go with this Instant Pot Beef Vegetable Soup the combination is amazing! It’s a great soup to portion individually and take for lunches. Today I’m eating it during my shift on the ambulance.

Preparation Of Instant Pot Beef Vegetable Soup

To begin making your beef vegetable soup gather all of your ingredients and your instant pot. Start with dicing up your potatoes. You want your potatoes to be approximately 0.5” pieces. Set your potatoes aside and continue with the next step.

Then continue with turning your Instant Pot on to the Saute mode and pouring in the vegetable oil. Then add in your stew meat along with your onion and garlic powder. Saute the meat until it is browned on all sides. It took about 4-5 minutes for me. (Please note I used fresh beef for this recipe and not frozen).

Browning Beef Stew Meat in the Instant Pot

After your meat is browned, dump in your beef broth. Then dump in your frozen vegetables and diced potatoes. Add your salt and pepper to taste.

Beef Vegetable Soup ready to cook in the Instant Pot

Cooking Your Beef Vegetable Soup

Once all of your ingredients have been added into the Instant Pot set your pot to manual pressure, high mode for 9 minutes. Make sure your lid is set to sealing and not venting.

Cook on manual high pressure for 9 minutes

Once your Instant Pot has run through the pressure cooking cycle for 9 minutes let your pot naturally release for 25 minutes before turning your release valve to venting and letting out the remaining pressure.

Your soup is now ready to eat with some yummy bread!

Ingredients For Instant Pot Beef Vegetable Soup

1 lb Beef Stew Meat

1.5 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil

5 Cups Beef Broth

2 Russet Potatoes, peeled and diced

1 Bag Frozen Mixed Vegetables (16 Oz)

1 1/2 Teaspoon Onion Powder

1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Powder

Salt And Pepper To Taste

Instant Pot Beef Vegetable Soup

A delicious soup that is full of flavor and great for dinner or meal prep.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 1 hr

Total Time 1 hr 10 mins

Servings 6 servings

Calories 300 kcal

Equipment

Electric Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot

Ingredients

1 lb Beef Stew Meat
1.5 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
5 Cups Beef Broth
2 Russet Potatoes Peeled and Diced
1 Bag Frozen Vegetables 16 oz
1 ½ tsp Onion Powder
½ tsp Garlic Powder
Salt And Pepper To Taste

Instructions

Start with peeling and dicing your potatoes in 0.5″ pieces.
Turn your pressure cooker to saute mode, pour in the vegetable oil and saute the beef stew meat along with the onion powder and garlic powder for approx 4-5 minutes or until a majority of the meat is browned.
Turn saute mode off, pour in the beef broth, diced potatoes, frozen vegetables, salt and pepper.
Set your pot to manual mode, high pressure for 9 minutes.
Once your pot has cooked on high pressure for 9 minutes let it naturally release for 25 minutes. Then release the remaining pressure.
Enjoy your Instant Pot Beef Vegetable Soup.

Notes

Calories are calculated by a third party website and are based on ingredients used.

Easy Instant Pot Roast Recipe Using A Frozen Roast

When I first received my Instant Pot a few years ago, I was clueless as to all of the things I would be able to do with it. I then started searching Pinterest and found so many people were cooking with frozen meat and having dinner ready in 2 hours or less. This was intriguing to me how this was possible? How were they were getting perfectly tender roasts and chicken? I tried a few soup recipes first including my favorite broccoli cheese soup to get the hang of how the Instant Pot worked Then make it a point to find the perfect pot roast recipe. This Instant Pot Coke Pot Roast is not only delicious, but also only takes 1.5 hours to cook!

Preparation

Begin by gathering all of your ingredients. Then dump your vegetable oil, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder and seasoned salt into the instant pot. Turn the Instant Pot on to the saute function. Brown all sides of the roast you can. Depending on the size of your roast you may have to use a separate frying pan to brown your roast. I have only had to do this one time out of the 12 or so times I have made this recipe.

Cooking

Once all sides you can access on your roast are browned, turn off the saute feature on the Instant Pot. Be aware the pot will still be very hot. Pour in your beef broth and Coke A Cola. Be careful as this can create steam when you pour in the liquid since the saute feature makes the bottom of the Instant Pot so hot.

Then continue to make your roast by placing on the lid to your Instant Pot and placing the lid in the sealing position. Set the Instant Pot on manual mode, high pressure for 45 minutes.

While your roast is cooking slice up your vegetables which will be added in at the end of the 45 minute timer. Peel and dice your carrots and potatoes into 1″ sections. You can also use baby carrots instead of larger carrots that you peel and slice individually slice and cut. Set your vegetables off to the side until the 45 minute cooking time is completed.

Once the 45 minute cooking time is completed, preform a quick release. Then add in the carrots and potatoes to the instant pot. The vegetables may or may be covered fully by the broth mixture. After your vegetables are added, replace your lid on the Instant Pot in the sealing position. Then set your Instant Pot on Manual High Pressure for 10 minutes.

After your vegetables have cooked the 10 minutes at high pressure do another quick release. Then your roast and vegetables are ready to eat. I suggest transferring the veggies to a medium sized serving bowl and the meat to a platter for serving.

This roast also goes great with traditional green beans or our not so traditional green bean casserole!

Ingredients For Instant Pot Coke Pot Roast

3 lb Frozen Beef Roast

2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil

1 Tsp Garlic Powder

1 Tsp Onion Powder

1 Tsp Chili Powder

1 Tsp Seasoned Salt

1 Tsp Worcestershire Sauce

1 Cup Beef Broth

1 Can Coke A Cola

6 Russet Potatoes, peeled and diced in 1″ pieces

3 Large Carrots, peeled and diced in 1″ pieces, or 12-16 baby carrots