Easy Instant Pot Vegetable Soup – 30 Minute Meal

Wondering what to make for dinner? This simple 30 minute meal could be on your table tonight. Consider this easy Instant Pot vegetable soup. It’s bursting with healthy fresh and frozen vegetables and flavoured with tasty ingredients such as paprika, garlic and Worcestershire sauce. Making soup in an Instant Pot or pressure cooker is tasty vegetarian or vegan soup recipe.

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Served with crusty bread, you’ll find this easy Instant Pot vegetable soup full of wonderful flavours. It’s a vegetarian or vegan soup recipe with fresh and frozen vegetables. Making soup in Instant Pot or pressure cooker means it only takes half an hour.

Fresh and Frozen Vegetables for the Soup

You can use any veggies you like. I used onion, celery, potato and sweet potato for the fresh ones and then also added some frozen mixed vegetables as well.

White or red potatoes work well here and I like adding sweet potatoes too for their sweetness. Talking of sweetness you can either use Vidalia onions or another sweet variety, or else go with yellow, red or white onions.

Swap the frozen mixed vegetables for more fresh ones if you want. Mushrooms, corn, cabbage, zucchini, and eggplant are all viable alternatives for this 30 minute meal. Drained, canned vegetables would work too or you could sub individual frozen vegetables in place of mixed vegetables.

Other Soup Ingredients

Garlic, Italian seasoning, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, broth, and canned tomatoes all go into the mix. Try using fire-roasted tomatoes for a deeper flavour.

Then you also need a bay leaf. Instead of the Italian seasoning you could use basil, oregano, thyme, marjoram, and rosemary, which feature in many Italian seasoning blends. Parsley makes a nice garnish.

This can be a vegetarian or vegan soup recipe if you omit the classic Worcestershire sauce, since it contains anchovies. However, there are some vegan-friendly Worcestershire sauces available so go ahead and try one of those if you like.

How to Make It

Once you know how straightforward making soup in Instant Pot or pressure cooker is, you’ll want to make it often. So how exactly do you make this 30 minute meal?

First sauté the onion and celery in oil in your Instant Pot (you can use water or broth if don’t want to use oil) then add garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and the seasonings. Throw in some vinegar to deglaze the pot then you can add broth, water and the fresh and frozen vegetables.

By this point your easy Instant Pot vegetable soup will smell very tempting! Add a bay leaf then pressure cook the soup in your Instant Pot. Throw out the bay leaf and serve the soup hot, garnished with parsley if liked.

How to Store Easy Instant Pot Vegetable Soup

Got leftovers? You can refrigerate them for a few days or freeze them for several months then thaw overnight. Reheat leftovers in a pot on the stove or in the microwave, as you prefer.

Because it’s so easy making soup in Instant Pot or pressure cooker you might want to double the recipe and freeze individual portions for future quick lunches or dinners. I also love making this chicken pot pie soup.

Can You Puree this Soup?

You do have a lot of options with this easy Instant Pot vegetable soup. Whether you want a vegetarian or vegan soup recipe or a choice between fresh and frozen vegetables, you can make it your own.

You might also be wondering whether it’s possible to make this a smooth soup rather than a chunky one. The answer to that is yes! I recommend using an immersion blender. Although a food processor is another option, immersion blenders tend to give a better result since you’re working with a lot of liquid and don’t want to miss any chunks.

If you want to puree the soup in a blender, bear in mind hot soup can expand in there, blowing the lid off and making a big mess of your kitchen! You can still puree it using a blender but don’t fill the blender more than a third full and puree the soup in batches. Also, remove the center cap from the blender lid so steam can escape.

I’ve added this easy Instant Pot vegetable soup to my regular meal rotation and am having fun experimenting with it. I love the fact you can easily make it a vegetarian or vegan soup recipe and also it’s a quick 30 minute meal. If you are looking for a side dish, try a tuna sandwich or a canned chicken salad sandwich.

Easy Instant Pot Vegetable Soup Recipe

Making soup in Instant Pot or pressure cooker is easy as well as fast and the soup freezes beautifully too. Served with crusty bread, I’m sure this is going to become your new Instant Pot soup go-to recipe! Instant Pot vegetable soup with frozen vegetables is a real time saver on busy nights.

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