100 Best Instant Pot Recipes: Soups and Stews (2024)

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The Instant Pot(<– that’s my review) makes itso easy to do so many tasks, and so much quicker to cook certain things with the pressure cooker function. For instance – did you know that making hard-boiled eggs that peel perfectly is super easy with the Instant Pot? And in fact, anything you like to make in your crockpot, pressure cooker, or rice cooker can be made in your Instant Pot instead.

You can steam vegetables, puree vegetables, cook rice, and make hundreds of different dishes. One of the things I do at least once a week is throw a bunch of chicken thighs into the Instant Pot with some garlic, salt, and pepper, push the poultry button, and pressure cook them. It takes fifteen minutes and the resulting chicken is shredded or diced and used on bbq sandwiches, chicken salad, enchiladas, or whatever we need pre-cooked chicken for, including quick soups.

At the end of the day, comfort food is what we like best and nothing says homemade comfort like soups and stews. That’s why I’ve been scouring the web for awesome soup and stew recipes for the Instant Pot.

One of the reasons I love to use the Instant Pot for my soups and stews is because I almost always sear the meat first. With the Instant Pot, you can do that right in the pot – keeping all the yummy goodness that results on the bottom of the pan IN THE SOUP OR STEW instead of left behind in your skillet.

I tried to find a huge variety of soups and stews that are written with instructions for the Instant Pot in the list of links below.This is not a list of 50 mirror-imagebeef stews from the first two pages of search! Like I said, it’s a great variety from Japanese Stew to African Stew to Chipotle Chili Soup and everything in between. I recommend bookmarking this page or pinning it to Pinterest so you can find all of these fabulous Instant Pot recipes later – all in one place!

Instant Pot Soups

Almost any soup recipe can be altered to work in the Instant Pot. In fact – I can’t think of any soups that I personally make that won’t work perfectly in the Instant Pot! The reason isthat almost every soup I make either instructs me to sautéveggies and/or meats first (which you can do in the Instant Pot) and then add the liquids and cook (which you can do with the Instant Pot pressure cooker or slow cooker function) OR it instructs me to throw everything in the pot, bring it to a boil, and simmer. Which works with the Instant Pot when you use the sauté function first to get the boil and then switch to pressure cooker mode for about 9 -12 minutes. Perfect soup!

Here are a whole bunch of Instant Pot recipes that have already been figured out for you – but don’t be shy! Our FAVORITE soup cookbook is simply called Soup: A Way of Life – by Barbara Kafkajust in case you want more fabulous recipes to try than what I’ve listed here!

Variations on Chicken Soups for the Instant Pot

Buffalo Chicken Soup for the Pressure Cooker from Encouraging Moms at Home

Chicken and Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili from Intoxicated on Life

Chicken Soup from Madame Deals

Chicken Tortilla Soup from Flavorrd

Chicken Faux Pho from The Sophisticated Caveman

Healing Bone Broth in the Instant Pot from Ben and Me

Mexican Chicken Soup from Frugal Mamas

Instant Pot Chicken Soup from Mommypotamus

Creamy Thai Coconut Chicken Soup for the Instant Pot from Rasa Malaysia

Authentic Japanese Raman from Steamy Kitchen.

Beef Soups for the Instant Pot

Vegetable Beef Soup from Encouraging Moms at Home

French Onion Soup from Successful Homemakers

Mexican Albondigas Soup from Rebooted Mom

Low-Carb Soup with Ground Beef, Green Beans, and Tomatoes from Kalyn’s Kitchen

Instant Pot Beef Curry from Healy Eats Real

Beef Barley Soup in the Instant Pot from Little Spice Jar

Taco Soup from Simply Sherryl

Beef Pho from Little Family Adventure

Hamburger Soup for the Instant Pot from Crafty Antoinette

Cheeseburger Soup in the Instant Pot from Adventures of a Nurse

Chunky Beef Cabbage and Tomato Soup from Skinny Taste

Vegetable-Based Soups for the Instant Pot

Butternut Squash Soup for the Instant Pot from Encouraging Moms at Home

Lentil Soups for the Instant Pot

Instant Pot Split-Pea and Ham Soup for the IP from Encouraging Moms at Home

Spicy Collards and Black-Eyed Pea Soup from Fat-Free Vegan

Ethiopian Style Spinach and Lintel Soup from The Kitchn

Smoky Lentil and Potato Soup from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

Tomato Soups for the Instant Pot

Red Pepper Tomato Soup from Simply Sherryl

Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup from Adventures of a Nurse

Tomato Chickpea Soup from Simply Sherryl

Instant Pot Tomato Basil Soup from The Taylor House

Instant Pot Bean Soups

White Bean Parmesan Spinach Soup from Encouraging Moms at Home

Cuban Black Bean Soup from Jeannette’s Healthy Living

InstantPot Navy Bean Soup fromKitchen Chicks

Instant Pot Minestrone from Don’t Mess with Mama

Sweet Potato, Black Bean, Quinoa Chili from The Centsable Shoppin

Instant Pot Chili Soups

Lentil Chili from Encouraging Moms at Home

White Bean Chicken Chili from Allergy Free Alaska

Potato Soups for the Instant Pot

Zuppa Toscana from Encouraging Moms at Home

Instant Pot Ham & Potato Soup from Mashup Mom

10 Minute Baked Potato Soup in the Instant Pot from Living Locurto

Instant Pot Cheesy Cauliflower Potato Soup from Homemade Food Junkie

Cheddar Broccoli and Potato Soup from Center Cut Cook

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Instant Pot Stews

Like soups, stews are super easy to adapt for the Instant Pot. If you sear the meat first – sear the meat directly in your Instant Pot. Otherwise, just throw in all the ingredients according to the recipe instructions and then either use the Pressure Cooker setting for a fast meal or use the slow cooker setting to fix it in the morning and forget it all day.

Since I’m home all day if I remember I will start my stew in the Instant Pot at lunchtime so that supper is ready to go at supper time without any fuss on my part. But, if I forget I can easily just throw it all and use the pressure cooker setting for dinner to be ready in 30 minutes or so depending on the ingredients. It’s so easy to make a stew this way!

Various Beef Stews for the Instant Pot

When I promote this article, I always mention that you won’t find 100 of the same old beef stew on this list. Even though what follows is a beautiful list of beef stews, I have taken care to make sure each recipe is uniquely different in flavor and preparation. What a fantastic list of Instant Pot Beef Stews!

Beef Bourguignon in the Instant Pot from Encouraging Moms at Home

Chocolatey Beef Stew for the Pressure Cooker from Feisty Tapas

Ropa Vieja: Cuban Shredded Beef Stew from Flavored

Instant Pot Carne Guisada from My Heart Beets

Beef and Butternut Squash Stew from Delicious Meets Healthy

African Peanut Butter Beef Stew from Azure Standard

Instant Pot Spicy Beef Stew from What Great Grandma Ate

Instant Pot Beef Lentil Stew from Busy Mommy Media

Instant Pot Beef Luau Stewfrom Ancheta & Co.

Apple Spice Beef Stew from Adventures in Partaking

Beef Masala Curry from Gastrosenses

Italian Beef Stew from Sidetracked Sarah

Middle Eastern Eggplant Beef Stew from My Life Cookbook

Feijoada Brazilian Beef Stew from From a Chef’s Kitchen

Instant Pot Goulash from It’s Gravy Baby

Valencian Punchero or Winter Spanish Stew from Oh The Things We Will Make — putting this under beef is a tiny bit incorrect because it has beef, chicken and pork in the recipe!