Unstuffed Cabbage Soup Electric Pressure Cooker Recipe
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Cris here. ย As many of you know, we have been working on converting some of our favorite crock pot recipes into Instant Pot recipes for those of you who enjoy using electric pressure cookers. Here is a current list of all our electric pressure cooker recipes so far. (Now as always, we are committed to only sharing electric pressure cooker recipes that we already have slow cooker versionsย on the site version so that those that don’t have an Instant Pot can still cook along… we are a slow cooker site after all ๐)
So we recently began testing our family (and reader) favorite: Crock Pot Unstuffed Cabbage Soup.
We absolutely LOVE this recipe and after trying our Electric Pressure Cooker Vegetable Soup, I KNEW I wanted to try Unstuffed Cabbage Soup in my Instant Pot next.
I have tried this in both my 6 quart Instant Pot and my 6 quart Farberware Electric Pressure Cooker. Both times with great success.
This cabbage lover loves how quickly the electric pressure cooker can make the cabbage tender.

Unstuffed Cabbage Soup- Electric Pressure Cooker Recipe
Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post for a printable version of this recipe.
Electric Pressure Cookerย Unstuffed Cabbage Soup Ingredients
5 cups beef broth
1/2 head cabbage chopped
1 lb ground beef (We used our Make-Ahead Ground Beef)
1/2 lb ground breakfast sausage
1 onion chopped
28 oz can crushed tomatoes
1/2 cup quick cooking barley
2 cloves garlic minced
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
How to Makeย Unstuffed Cabbage Soup in an Instant Pot
- Place all of your ingredients in a 6 quart Electric Pressure Cooker.
- Place lid on unit and lock in place.
- Turn valve to seal and set on Soup Setting for 35 minutes (with warming feature turned off).
- Natural release after cooking.
Notes onย Unstuffed Cabbage Soup Electric Pressure Cooker Recipe
- This recipe is NOT a slow cooker recipe. If you are looking for the slow cooker version of this recipe, you can find it here:ย Crock Pot Unstuffed Cabbage Soup.
- We have tested this recipe in our 6 quart Instant Pot and 6 quart Farberware Electric Pressure Cooker.
- We used our Make-Ahead Ground Beefย to make prep of this recipe quicker.
- You can find more electric pressure cooker recipes here:ย Electric Pressure Cooker Recipes
- Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in ourย Amazon Influencer Shop.
- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
- Finally, all electric pressure cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes shouldย always be tested first in your own electric pressure cooker and time adjusted as needed.

Printable Recipe forย Unstuffed Cabbage Soup- Electric Pressure Cooker

Unstuffed Cabbage Soup- Electric Pressure Cooker Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 cups beef broth
- 1/2 head cabbage chopped
- 1 lb ground beef (We used our Make-Ahead Ground Beef)
- 1/2 lb ground breakfast sausage
- 1 onion chopped
- 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 1/2 cup quick cooking barley
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
Instructions
- Place all of your ingredients in a 6 quart Electric Pressure Cooker.
- Place lid on unit and lock in place.
- Turn valve to seal and set on Soup Setting for 35 minutes (with warming feature turned off).
- Natural release after cooking.
Notes
- This recipe is NOT a slow cooker recipe. If you are looking for the slow cooker version of this recipe, you can find it here:ย Crock Pot Unstuffed Cabbage Soup.
- We have tested this recipe in our 6 quart Instant Pot and 6 quart Farberware Electric Pressure Cooker.
- We used our Make-Ahead Ground Beefย to make prep of this recipe quicker.ย
- You can find more electric pressure cooker recipes here:ย Electric Pressure Cooker Recipes
- Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in ourย Amazon Influencer Shop.
- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
- Finally, all electric pressure cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes shouldย always be tested first in your own electric pressure cooker and time adjusted as needed.
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Chris this soup sounds really good and i want to make it in my instant pot but ran into one problem. The only pearl barley around here isn’t what I would call a quick cooking barley as it says 45 minutes on your stove so do you think it would be done just throwing it in my instant pot with everything else or should I cook it seperate.I was hoping to keep it all in one pot but now I am not sure about the pearl barley. What should I do? Thanks for any help! Cynthia
Hi Cynthia-
I think it should do okay. If you try it, let me know. Enjoy!