If you have never had nacho cheese soup with sausage yet it is spicy bowl of comfort food you will love if you love nachos. We made in an Instant Pot and our kids fell in love!

We're all about cheese and a bit of spice, so how could you go wrong with this meal thought. It turned out good!! It is definitely one of our favorite soup Instant Pot recipes on cold evenings as well as during a Super Bowl party!

What is Nacho Soup?

So we had never had this before but heard about it in passing and thought it had to be our next pressure cooker soup! Essentially it tastes like the melted cheese on chips but thinner to make more of a meal out of it.

You can change it up quite a bit to your liking. Use Jimmy Dean spicy ground sausage to make it spicy, ground beef for a milder meal or ground turkey is lower in fat. We have even tweaked it with more flavorful liquids like our Instant Pot beer cheese soup.

Best Meat to Use

You can use ground beef however spicy Jimmy Dean ground sausage is way better to add a bit of heat to the dish and a ton of flavor if you ask us. We suppose you could leave the protein out entirely but for us it is a must to make it heartier.

Can you use frozen meat?

If that is all you have then you can thaw Instant Pot frozen ground beef in case you forgot to take it out the night before. Once you have it thawed the cook time below will be the same.

The base of this starts with a can of Campbell's Fiesta nacho cheese condensed soup. If you cannot find that you can use cheddar cheese condensed soup too as an alternative.

Petite diced tomatoes is used too to add a bit more texture and flavor into your bowl. We like the smaller canned version but either way really.

Milk – 2% or whole works best to make it a bit thicker, fat free works too if that is what you have Cheddar cheese is a must of course – sharp is best if you ask us. The fiesta nacho cheese soup isn't as yellow as the “regular” version so the color at the end looks like this.

How to Make Spicy

You should add some diced chiles. You can use any heat level, we use medium and it's solid but they do offer HOT or if you don't want much spice use mild. Taco seasoning can vary in heat levels too, add 1 packet, or you can make your own and use 1 oz. of that to add a whollop of flavor with some dry Siracha for hotter.

How Long to Cook Nacho Soup in Instant Pot

It takes about the same time in a pressure cooker as it would on the stove we would say. You need about 5 minutes to saute and brown the meat in the first step but beyond that you cook everything together for about 10 minutes so let's say it is a 20 minute meal.

Tips

We don't drain the diced tomatoes either so that lends itself to a bit of a reddish tint. When we brown the meat with our diced onions we don't bother to drain the grease. That part it is up to you and you, can drain it if you wish.

We tend to buy low fat beef so there isn't much grease left. What little there is lends to added flavor in our opinion so we choose not to. We follow this same method when making our Instant Pot spaghetti too…but like any recipe do what you choose. It turns out beefy and filling, with a side of chips it fed the 5 of us well.

Nacho Cheese Soup Recipe

By Instant Pot nacho soup with beef recipe is spicy and full of flavor! If you love nachos you've got to try this pressure cooker cheesy soup for dinner. Prep: 10 minutes minsCook: 15 minutes minsTotal: 25 minutes minsServings: 5 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

1 can condensed fiesta nacho cheese soup, or cheddar cheese soup, 10 3/4 oz.
1 lb ground sausage, spicy jimmy dean is best, could use ground beef
2 tbsp olive oil
1 pkg. taco seasoning, 1 oz.
1 can chiles, diced, canned, 4 oz.
1 can diced tomatoes petite 14.5 oz.
1.5 cup milk, 2% is best
2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded, sharp is best
1 small onion, diced

Instructions

Turn your Instant Pot to saute.
Add your olive oil and ground beef and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add your diced onion and continue cooking until most of pink in beef is gone and onions have softened slightly. Turn your Instant Pot off (important step so it can cool and doesn't display burn message later).
In a bowl whisk together your cheese soup and milk until creamy.
Add soup mixture.
Add all other ingredients (except your shredded cheese) into your pot and stir until mixed well.
Put your lid on and push the soup button, normal setting, for 10 minutes.
Do a slow release and lift lid carefully.
Stir in 1.5 c. shredded cheddar cheese until melted.
Serve with tortilla chips on the side, top with additional cheese and chives if desired.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Entree, Main Course, SoupCuisine: American, Mexican Tried this recipe?Mention @thetypical_mom or tag #thetypicalmom!

Of course all of the recipes we make on Pynmi are simple….that's the way we roll. We now use it several times a week to make Instant Pot dinner recipes in less than 20 minutes. This is one of our favorite Instant Pot soupsso once you're done trying this you should try these other easy pressure cooker recipes too:

Other family favorite Instant Pot Meals You'll love

Pressure cooker cheesy chicken spaghetti is so good we tell you with the other meat. We make this Instant Pot cheeseburger macaroni with the same meat so we will grab twice as much when we are meal planning. Or try our cheesy Pressure cooker broccoli cheese soup with fresh vegetable florets