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Vegetable soup with title reading Hearty Instant Pot Vegetable Soup Recipe
Good Fork Daily Editorial Kitchen

Hearty Instant Pot Vegetable Soup Recipe

A tomato-herb vegetable soup with intact potatoes and carrots, tender green vegetables and creamy white beans.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Pressure build and release 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Soup
Cuisine: American
Calories: 238

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 medium yellow onion diced
  • 2 ribs celery cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 large carrots cut into 3/4-inch pieces
  • 12 ounces Yukon Gold potatoes cut into 3/4-inch pieces
  • 14.5 ounces fire-roasted diced tomatoes with juices
  • 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 8 ounces fresh green beans trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 small zucchini cut into 3/4-inch pieces
  • 15 ounces cannellini beans rinsed and drained
  • 1 cup frozen corn
  • 2 packed cups baby spinach
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley chopped

Equipment

  • 6-quart electric pressure cooker
  • Cutting board
  • Chef's knife
  • Colander
  • Flat wooden spoon

Method
 

  1. Prepare onion, celery, garlic, 3/4-inch carrots and potatoes for pressure cooking. Keep green beans, zucchini, beans, corn, spinach, vinegar and parsley separate.
  2. Using Sauté, cook onion and celery in olive oil for 4 minutes. Add garlic and tomato paste for 1 minute.
  3. Add 1 cup broth and scrape the bottom completely clean. Cancel Sauté; add remaining broth, water, carrots, potatoes, seasonings, bay leaves, 3/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Pour tomatoes on top without stirring them down.
  4. Verify the model fill limit, lock the lid using its sealing setup and cook on High Pressure for 1 minute.
  5. Allow a 5-minute natural release, then release remaining pressure only as the model manual directs. Open only after depressurization is confirmed.
  6. Discard bay leaves. On low Sauté, simmer green beans and zucchini uncovered for 4 to 6 minutes until just tender.
  7. Stir in cannellini beans and frozen corn and heat for about 2 minutes.
  8. Add spinach and stir until wilted. Cancel Sauté, then add vinegar, parsley and remaining salt. Taste and adjust.

Notes

  • Keep quick-cooking vegetables out of the pressure cycle.
  • Cut potatoes and carrots to a consistent 3/4 inch.
  • Deglaze fully and layer tomatoes on top.
  • Follow the exact model's fill-limit and pressure-release directions.
  • This recipe was developed through culinary research and editorial review.