Ready for this easy Instant Pot cabbage soup with ground beef, rice, a jar of spaghetti sauce and tomatoes? If you love 20 minute one pot meals this may become your favorite dinner!

A bowl of hearty pressure cooker cabbage soup with ground beef, rice, and tomatoes sits on a wooden table.

You've got to try making this unstuffed cabbage soup. It is good with ground sausage or beef! If you're ready for some more easy Instant Pot recipes solid for cooler weather, this is it!!

Similar to cabbage rolls but easier to make, it will become your favorite meal if you love this green veggie. You can make it as a Ninja Foodi recipe too using the lid that is not attached to saute and then get all the ingredients tender.

Yes you can make a batch of slow cooker stuffed cabbage soup but that takes a lot longer if you can imagine. Both are great hearty meals with vegetables, meat and rice all cooked together in one pot, but this takes a fraction of the time.

Tray with cabbage, onion, ground meat, canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, soup broth, and a wooden spoon—solid ingredients to make a hearty pressure cooker cabbage soup.

We made this unstuffed cabbage dish once but it came out thick, so we called it Instant Pot stuffed cabbage casserole. This time we added more broth and tomato sauce to this electric pressure cooker soup and it came out solid.

Ingredient notes

For the meat we typically will use a roll of Ground beef. If you want to make it on the spicier side we would choose Jimmy dean HOT sausage which has WAY more flavor. Olive oil is used to saute the meat initially in the first step.

To make things easier we are going to use a jar of Spaghetti sauce as the base of the soup believe it or not. With some diced tomatoes which gives it a bit of chunk to it and some beef broth to thin it out your liquid is set.

We like to use long grain or Jasmine white rice in general is best because it is the same cook time with the veggies. Do not add Minute variety as the texture isn't as great and to us becomes too mushy. This is measured uncooked and is added into the liquid and cooked together right in the broth

Can you make cabbage soup without rice?

Yes you can, as we said before you can leave the rice out if you would rather but we think it comes out as a heartier meal with it personally.

You want a head of green Cabbage chopped up into large bite size pieces, a small one is large enough. you can add less if you want some in there.

Optional other add ins are Onion, carrots, celery – dice or cut them into small dials. Pair it with some pull apart bread and a complete dinner is served!

Overhead view of pressure cooker cabbage soup with ground meat in an Instant Pot, garnished with chopped chives.

If you've never made any simple cabbage recipes they're great and bring a great texture with the addition of this vegetable that doesn't get nearly as much credit as it should in our opinion.

The best part about this is you don't even have to precook your rice beforehand. You throw it right into your Instant Pot with everything else and it cooks in the broth itself giving it a ton of flavor. Every grain comes out perfectly tender in about 15 minutes for a hearty meal.

How Long to Cook Cabbage Soup in Instant Pot

20 minutes is about all the time you need, that includes the time it takes to reach pressure. When it's done you'll have a hearty dinner soup ready. Let us tell you that this Instant Pot cabbage soup is fantastic the next day if there are any leftovers.

It does thicken up a bit as it sits, and the next day so there is less “soupiness” but makes no difference in the overall taste. It. Is. good.

A ladle of hearty pressure cooker cabbage soup with ground meat and tomatoes held over a pot.

Pressure Cooker Cabbage Soup Recipe

By Ready for this easy pressure cooker cabbage soup recipe? If you love your Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi and cabbage then this may become your favorite dinner ever! Prep: 15 minutes minsCook: 12 minutes minsTotal: 27 minutes minsServings: 6 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

1 lb ground beefor ground sausage, spicy
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup onion, diced
1 tbsp garlic, minced
1 jar spaghetti sauce24 oz
1 can diced tomatoes petite, 14.5 oz.
32-40 oz beef broth, depending on how soupy you want it
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 cup rice, uncooked white rice
6 cup cabbage, cut into 2×2″ squares, cubed then separate chunks

Instructions

Turn your pressure cooker to saute and add your olive oil, diced onion and 1 lb. of ground sausage. Add minced garlic about half way thru. Cook until sausage is no longer pink then turn your pot OFF.
Dump your can of diced tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, Worc. sauce, and broth into your pot and stir. (we add 32 oz. of broth, then add another cup when it is all done if we want it thinner/soupier)
Pour your uncooked white rice into your liquid, DO NOT Stir. Separate the leaves in your chunks of cubed cabbage and measure out about 6 cups.
Put your 6 cups of cubed cabbage leaves into your Instant Pot and gently push down into your liquid.
Put your lid on, close your steam valve, and push your rice button.
It will automatically set to low, for 12 minutes.
Do a quick release when done and enjoy, great with some shredded parmesan on top!

Nutrition

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

Additional Info

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

Other Instant Pot Soup Recipes You'll Love

After you try this Instant Pot cabbage soup we have a few more easy pressure cooker soups. Added to our long list of Instant Pot soup recipes it is a complete meal with a TON of flavor. Instant Pot lasagna soup is a quick meal.

Pressure cooker bean soupno soaking required is a great meal. And our 17 minute homemade Instant Pot split pea soup recipe is always a hit.

We love Pressure cooker fried cabbage too or make Instant Pot corned beef and cabbage is best in Feb.

Can you freeze leftovers?

Make a double batch of this cabbage soup recipe so you can freeze half of it for a quick dinner!! First let it cool completely before putting it into an airtight container and putting it into your freezer. It will keep for about 2-3 months.