Instant Pot Soup with Ground Beef, Green Beans, and Tomatoes
You’ll love this delicious Instant Pot Soup with Ground Beef, Green Beans, and Tomatoes, and this tasty soup is low in carbs and gluten-free! See tips for making this on the stove if you’re not an Instant Pot fan.
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I’ve accumulated a good collection of Instant Pot Recipes on Kalyn’s Kitchen, and one of my favorite things to make in the Instant Pot is soup! And this tasty Instant Pot Soup with Ground Beef, Green Beans, and Tomatoes is not only tasty, quick and easy to make, and low in carbs, but it’s also festive and colorful
I started my pressure cooker journey years ago with a stovetop pressure cooker, and then I bought an electric pressure cooker, but I think this soup is the first one I made with the actual Instant Pot. And it’s probably still one of the easiest Instant Pot Soup I’ve made, and don’t you love easy recipes?
We actually created this soup with ground beef, green beans, and tomatoes out of things we had in the fridge and the pantry, and were thrilled when it turned out to be a keeper! Hope you enjoy trying it when you need a quick dinner idea.
What ingredients do you need?
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- Olive Oil (affiliate link)
- ground beef
- onion
- Minced Garlic (affiliate link)
- Dried Thyme (affiliate link) or ground thyme
- Dried Oregano (affiliate link)
- fresh green beans
- canned petite-diced tomatoes
- canned beef broth, or use use homemade Beef Stock if you have some
- salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste
What if you don’t have an Instant Pot?
The good news for those who don’t want to join The Church of Instant Pot quite yet is that you can easily make this ground beef soup on the stove. Just check the suggestions at the end of the complete recipe for a stovetop version.
Can you make this soup with canned green beans?
I haven’t made this recipe with canned green beans, and I don’t think they will hold up to the 30 minutes cooking time, even at low pressure. But if fresh green beans are a deal breaker for you, I’d recommending pressure-cooking the ingredients without the green beans and reducing the cooking time to 20 minutes, releasing the pressure, adding a can of well-drained short-cut green beans, and simmering the soup for the last 10 minutes with the SAUTE setting. If anyone tries that I’d love to hear how it works!
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I use a 6 Quart Instant Pot for all my Instant Pot Recipes. Check out my browing collection of Instant Pot Recipes! You can also find lots more Instant Pot Soup Recipes on my Pressure Cooker/Slow Cooker site!
Want more low-carb Soups with Ground Beef?
Check out Low-Carb Soups with Ground Beef for more tasty ideas for soup that use the ground beef you probably keep in the freezer!
How to Make Instant Pot Soup with Ground Beef, Green Beans, and Tomatoes:
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- Heat a little oil in the Instant Pot and cook the the beef on SAUTE, MEDIUM HEAT until it’s nicely browned.
- Add the chopped onion, minced garlic, dried thyme, and dried oregano, and cook 2-3 minutes more.
- Add the petite diced tomatoes and juice and canned beef broth and let it start to heat while you prep the beans.
- Trim both ends of the green beans and cut them into short bite-sized pieces.
- Add green beans to the Instant Pot.
- For the Instant Pot, set to MANUAL, 30 MINUTES, LOW PRESSURE (or use the soup function if your Instant Pot has that.
- Use the quick release method to release the pressure. Serve hot.
- This is wonderful with freshly grated Parmesan to add at the table, but if you omit the Parmesan it’s a Paleo or Whole 30 approved recipe!
More Low-Carb Instant Pot Dinners:
- Instant Pot Chicken Tinga
- Instant Pot Pumpkin Soup
- Chicken and Sausage Stew
- Instant Pot Low-Carb Ground Beef Cauliflower Soup
- Instant Pot Pasta Sauce
Weekend Food Prep:
This recipe has been added to a category called Weekend Food Prep to help you find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!
Instant Pot Soup with Ground Beef, Green Beans, and Tomatoes
Use the Instant Pot to make this delicious and low-carb Soup with Ground Beef, Green Beans, and Tomatoes, or make it on the stove if you're not an Instant Pot fan!
Ingredients
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 T minced garlic
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/2 lb. fresh green beans, ends trimmed and cut into short pieces about 1 inch long
- 2 14.5 oz. cans petite-diced tomatoes with juice
- 2 14 oz. cans beef broth (See notes if you want to use homemade beef stock.)
- salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Turn the Instant Pot to SAUTE, add the oil and heat a minute or two, add ground beef and cook the beef until it's nicely browned, breaking apart with a turner as it cooks.
- When beef is browned, add the chopped onion, minced garlic, dried thyme, and dried oregano and cook about 3 minutes more.
- Add the petite-dice tomatoes with juice and the beef broth and let them start to heat in the pressure cooker while you prep the beans.
- Trim beans on both ends, then cut them into short 1-inch pieces. Add beans to the pressure cooker.
- Lock the lid closed and set Instant Pot to MANUAL, 30 MINUTES, LOW PRESSURE (or use the soup function if your Instant Pot has that.
- Use the quick release method to release the pressure.
- Season soup to taste with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
- Serve hot, with freshly grated Parmesan to add at the table if desired.
Stovetop Cooking Instructions:
- To cook this recipe on the stove, use a large heavy dutch oven type pot (affiliate link) that you can both brown and simmer in.
- Heat oil in the pot and cook the ground beef as above, using medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and add the chopped onion, minced garlic, dried thyme, and dried oregano and cook about 3 minutes more.
- Add the petite-diced tomatoes with juice, beef broth, and 1/2 can water, turn heat to medium low, and let the soup start to simmer while you prep the beans.
- Trim both ends of beans, then cut them into 1 inch pieces.
- Add beans to the soup, turn to low, and let soup simmer about 45 minutes, or until beans are as soft as you'd like them and the flavors are well blended. (You may need to add more liquid, or even additional beef broth, depending on how hot your stove is on the low setting.)
- Season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper.
- Serve hot, with freshly grated Parmesan to add at the table if desired.
Notes
You can also use 3 1/2 cups homemade beef stock for this recipe which will be even better!
This recipe created by Kalyn and Kara when they were experimenting with the new Instant Pot.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 278Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 5gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 67mgSodium: 775mgCarbohydrates: 9.1gFiber: 3gSugar: 9gProtein: 24g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
This Instant Pot Soup with Ground Beef, Green Beans, and Tomatoes would be a good option for low-carb or Keto diets or for any phase of the original South Beach Diet. If you wanted even less carbs for Keto, you could use more beef and less tomatoes. The recipe is also gluten-free.
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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe was first posted in 2016. It was last updated with more information in 2023.
43 Comments on “Instant Pot Soup with Ground Beef, Green Beans, and Tomatoes”
This soup was very good!! I did add Worcestershire sauce to it 2 tablespoons. Thank you! Will make again!
So glad you liked it. I do like Worcestershire Sauce so I bet I would like that addition too.
I’ve actually been making this on the stovetop with canned green beans (I try to find whole) for about 45 years! Your version (which I plan to try) is the first I’ve ever seen anywhere. My father taught me how to make it. As a single parent who did most of the cooking, he may have “invented” it out of necessity or it was a family recipe. Either way, one serving and it’s a fave!!
Interesting! My niece and I came up with this combination when we were experimenting with the Instant Pot. I think it’s fun that your dad also had a similar idea with these ingredients.
I love this soup recipe! We don’t eat a lot of soup at home but I will definitely try this one. I love all the colors in there and how healthy is it.
Hi! I just wanted to say thank you so much for this soup! When my husband was doing the keto diet, I found this recipe. I didn’t know it then but now about a year and a half later, it is still a dish we eat at least twice a month, and even our 5 year old likes it. We usually use one 12 oz bag of frozen green beans though, but tonight I added two (and it took a lot longer to pressurize). We also now substitute ground beef for vegetarian meat crumbles (Gardein brand, half a bag) and it is just as great, we just add it in with the tomatoes and sautee the onions and garlic as our first step.
Anyway, thank you so much!
So fun to hear you’ve been enjoying it for so long!
Kalyn or Alaina, since you used frozen green beans(1 bag) did you have to extend your cook time? Thank you!
If you add the green beans when they are frozen, it will take longer to come to pressure. But I don’t think the actual time (that you set the Instant Pot to) will change.