Instant Pot meatball soup is an easy weeknight dinner that takes almost no prep. This quick Instant Pot soup recipe takes less than 30 minutes to make!
One of the best thing about the Instant Pot is how easy it makes dinner! This quick meatball soup is made entirely in the Instant Pot, and it’s ready in about 30 minutes.
It takes almost no prep to make, and it uses just a few pantry-staple ingredients for the recipe. Best of all, the soup has plenty of flavor, and it tastes like it simmered for hours!
Give it a try, and it may become a weeknight staple at your house.
How to make Instant Pot meatball soup
Here you’ll find step-by-step directions showing how to make this recipe. The full recipe with ingredients is given below.
Step 1: Press sauté. When the Instant Pot reads “Hot”, add the oil.
Step 2: Add the onions and carrot, and sauté for 2-3 minutes, stirring regularly.
Step 3: Stir in the garlic, and cook for 30 seconds, stirring the entire time. Press cancel.
Step 4: Stir in the tomato paste, and cook for 30 seconds, stirring the entire time.
Step 5: Stir in 1 cup of stock, and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
Step 6: Add remaining broth, noodles, seasonings, and tomatoes. Do not stir.
Step 7: Place the frozen meatballs on top of the other ingredients, and gently press the meatballs down. Do not stir.
Step 8: Press manual high pressure and adjust the cooking time to 9 minutes.
Step 9: When the cooking time has finished, carefully release the pressure by turning the pressure release valve to venting.
Step 10: Give everything a good stir, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 11: Serve soup topped with grated parmesan cheese.
Tips
- Meatballs: You can make homemade meatballs and freeze them, or you can use your favorite frozen meatballs in this recipe.
- Noodles: It’s important to use whole wheat noodles because they have a longer cooking time and hold up better in this soup. Gluten free elbow macaroni has a similar cooking time and should also hold up well in this recipe.
- Serving: I like to serve the soup topped with a sprinkling of grated parmesan cheese. Fresh basil or fresh parsley also go well on top. This soup goes well with a loaf of crusty bread for dipping.
Storage
Store any leftover meatball soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The soup will keep for up to 4 days when properly stored.
However, the noodles will absorb some of the liquid as they sit, so you may need to add additional stock when reheating.
Instant Pot Meatball Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion finely diced
- 2 carrots peeled and chopped
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 3 ounces tomato paste
- 4 ½ cups reduced-sodium beef stock divided
- 1 tablespoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 4 ounces whole wheat elbow noodles
- 14.5 ounce can fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 pound frozen Italian meatballs
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Press sauté.
- When the Instant Pot reads “Hot”, add the oil.
- Add the onions and carrot, and sauté for 2-3 minutes, stirring regularly.
- Stir in the garlic, and cook for 30 seconds, stirring the entire time.
- Press cancel.
- Stir in the tomato paste, and cook for 30 seconds, stirring the entire time.
- Stir in 1 cup of stock, and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
- Add remaining 3 ½ cups stock, noodles, seasonings, and tomatoes in order. Do not stir.
- Place the frozen meatballs on top of the other ingredients, and gently press the meatballs down. Do not stir.
- Press manual high pressure and adjust the cooking time to 9 minutes. It should take about 10-15 minutes to come to pressure.
- When the cooking time has finished, carefully release the pressure by turning the pressure release valve to venting.
- Give everything a good stir, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve soup topped with grated parmesan cheese.
Notes
- Beef stock: Feel free to use beef broth in place of beef stock.
- Noodles: It’s important to use whole wheat noodles because they have a longer cooking time and hold up better in this soup. Gluten free elbow macaroni has a similar cooking time and should also hold up well in this recipe.
- Tomatoes: You can use a different type of canned tomato, like diced tomatoes or diced tomatoes with basil, in place of the fire roasted tomatoes.
- Meatballs: You can make homemade meatballs and freeze them, or you can use your favorite frozen meatballs in this recipe.
- Nutrition values are estimates.
Nutrition
Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated using a third-party tool and are provided as an estimation only.
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