This instant pot cabbage roll soup is lean and clean, filled with belly happy veggies like cabbage and immune boosting bone broth. This recipe cooks in 10 minutes and its perfect for a weeknight dinner.
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It’s soup season and I can feel the excitement in the air! Sure it is never easy saying goodbye to summer, but transitioning to a cozy soup season before winter hits, isn’t so bad.
Speaking of soup I have soooo much in store for us this season. A couple weeks back I made this delicious Instant Pot Cabbage Roll Soup and when I tell you it is delicious, I mean it’s freaking delicious! Four batches made in two weeks might tell you how we really feel about this soup.
I also made a plant-based (vegetarian) variation of my Chicken Wild Rice Soup, this Instant pot Mushroom Wild Rice Soup is warming, nourishing and packed with plant nutrients (phytonutrients). Both options are very tasty, so it really depends on what you are looking for. I also added to the list this Spicy Lentil Soup and Low Carb Keto Beef Stew which was an instant hit!
Along with the old favorites Chili, Chicken Noodle Soup and Butternut Squash Soup. These options and so many more awaits for you right here on the blog, and I am so excited for you to try some of these recipes.
Now, back to the cabbage roll soup, which came about after an accidental encounter with a head of cabbage. This has opened my tastebuds widely to the world of cooking with cabbage.
I am no going to lie, cabbage has never been my go to choice of veggie. But once in a while I grabbed a head or pick one up at my CSA and didn’t give it the time of day. This all changed when I decided to make this cabbage roll soup!
This instant pot cabbage roll soup is made with few ingredients, a simple base with seasoned beef, then we load it up with gut friendly cabbage, carrots, immune boosting broth and tomato puréed and the result is nothing short then amazing. Simple, flavorful, nourishing, warming and super tasty!
why should you eat more cabbage
Despite the long list of amazing health benefits, cabbage is rather overlooked. I personally didn’t get much into it until I started developing more low-carb recipes like this Healthy Low-Carb Chicken Stir Fry and this phenomenal Low-Carb Beef Stew. But here is what you can expect from this cruciferous vegetable…
Cabbage is a low-calorie vegetable that is rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. According to The Healthline 1 cup of raw green cabbage contains:
- Calories: 22
- Protein: 1 gram
- Fiber: 2 grams
- Vitamin K: 85% of the RDI
- Vitamin C: 54% of the RDI
- Folate: 10% of the RDI
- Manganese: 7% of the RDI
- Vitamin B6: 6% of the RDI
- Calcium: 4% of the RDI
- Potassium: 4% of the RDI
- Magnesium: 3% of the RDI
how to make instant pot cabbage roll soup
- Turn instant pot on sauté mode. Add the oil, when hot add ground beef, onion and garlic. Season the beef with salt, pepper and fresh thyme and sauté until meat is brown but not necessarily cooked through (about 10 minutes)
- Add remaining ingredients; carrots, puréed tomatoes, cabbage, broth and bay leaf. Give it a good stir.
- Cover the instant pot. Cancel sauté mode and lock valve. Cook on high pressure for 10 minutes. When done allow for NPR. 10 minutes of natural pressure release should be plenty, then quick release remaining pressure.
- Garnish Cabbage Roll Soup with fresh herbs and serve.
what to serve with cabbage roll soup
- I love serving any soup with crusty bread, but even a slice or two of sandwich bread will do.
- A side of green salad or a more seasonal option like this Apple Pomegranate Salad.
- Finish off with a fall dessert and what better option than these Chewy Pecan Cookies!
Instant Pot Cabbage Roll Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb grass-fed ground beef
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups carrots, sliced or diced
- 14 oz puréed tomatoes* pure no sugar added
- 1/2 head green cabbage, chopped into medium chunks
- 32 oz broth* whole30, keto approved
- 1 bay leaf
- fresh thyme
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Turn instant pot on sauté mode. Add oil, when hot add ground beef, onion and garlic. Season with salt, pepper and fresh thyme. Sauté until meat is brown but not necessarily cooked through (about 10 minutes)
- Add remaining ingredients; carrots, puréed tomatoes, cabbage, broth and bay leaf. Give it a good stir.
- Cover the instant pot. Cancel sauté mode and lock valve. Cook on high pressure for 10 minutes. When done allow for NPR.
- Garnish Cabbage Roll Soup with fresh herbs and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can you share more about your spoon handle?
Hi Teani, the spoon was a gift. I know my niece bought it for me when she was visiting South Africa. I haven’t seen anything like it around, many people have asked me the same question so I spent some time looking around the internet for something similar and to date I haven’t found anything.
I’m assuming that the broth called for is beef broth or is it something else?
You can use beef or vegetable broth, they both work good!