Pressure Cooker Taco Soup {Instant Pot}
This quick and easy Pressure Cooker Taco Soup recipe is an easy weeknight dinner full of Tex-Mex flavors!
Pressure Cooker Taco Soup (Instant Pot)
I’ve got an awesome pressure cooker recipe for you today that I adapted from our popular slow cooker taco soup recipe. Now, instead of my favorite taco soup taking hours to cook I can make Pressure Cooker Taco Soup in just 30 minutes! The ingredients are simple ground beef, onion, ranch dressing mix, taco seasoning, chicken broth, diced tomatoes, black beans, and corn.
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My Instant Pot pressure cooker is my jam! I throw everything into my pressure cooker, snap on the lid and have the pressure cooker taco soup ready in 15 minutes! That’s pretty amazing. I usually brown the ground beef on a Sunday afternoon (no games that day!) so I can use it during the week but if you give yourself another 15 minutes you can brown the ground beef and sauté the onions right in the pressure cooker and then toss in the other ingredients and cook on HIGH for 15 minutes. Either way you’ve got an amazing dinner in 30 minutes or less. I sprinkle a little cilantro and cheddar cheese on top and serve it with tortilla chips to scoop up all of the taco goodness with. Everyone in my house loves it!
Pressure Cooker Taco Soup
Ingredients
- 2 lb ground beef
- 1 Onion, ,medium, diced
- 2 packet Ranch Dressing Mix
- 2 packet Taco Seasoning
- 32 oz Chicken Broth
- 29 oz Diced Tomatoes with Chiles
- 14.5 oz Black Beans
- 14 oz Corn
- Cilantro for garnish, , optional
- Tortilla chips, , optional
Instructions
- Set electric pressure cooker to BROWN and cook the ground beef until it is browned.
- Remove from pressure cooker and drain.
- Add olive oil and onions to the pressure cooker on BROWN setting and cook 5 minutes.
- Add all other ingredients to the pressure cooker, fasten the lid, and set to HIGH for 15 minutes.
- When the 15 minutes is up, do a quick release to let the steam out before removing the lid from the pot.
- Serve with fresh cilantro and tortilla chips.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
What kind of pressure cooker do you have or recommend?
I know so many people who have an Instant Pot and absolutely love it. Simple to use. I have had a Fagor 3-in-1 prsssure cooker/slow cooker/rice cooker for years and I love it.
Can you cook this recipe in a regular pot & for how long?
You can. I would say 30-45 minutes in medium heat. You just want to let the flavors develop and warm everything through.
Why does this need pressure cooking if beef is cooked . 15 minutes on stove or slow cooker is all u need. No pressure cooker needed.
The beef is not fully cooked just browned. A good soup tastes so much better if it simmers for an hour or two so all of the flavors meld together. The pressure cooker speeds up the process and you get a soup that tastes like it cooked for hours. We actually have this same recipe in the slow cooker on the blog and it tastes great too. You are welcome to make it on the stove top as well though I don’t think it tastes nearly as good in 15 minutes.
This is delicious! Thank you for providing.
A few alterations were made. I used half pork and half beef. I mixed one packet of taco seasoning in with the meat while sautéing to make sure the seasoning was in the meat. I added a small can of jalapeños for spice and two cloves of fresh garlic. Lastly, I couldn’t find ranch seasoning and it was still amazing without! Again, thank you! This is going in rotation. ????
So glad you liked it. I love the idea of mixing pork and beef. I’m going to try that next time!
Do you drain and rinse the black beans? Thanks
I suggest you do but it is not required.
I am new to the Instant Pot scene. This looks yummy. It is for a 6 qt pot or 8?
I used a 6 quart pot.
Thanks! Going to try it tonight!
My Instapot dies not have a “brown” button. What other setting could be used in place of the “brown” button.
You would use the Saute button.
This soup is really good! I use Rotel tomatoes for extra zip. I also top with a dollop of sour cream and fritos.
So glad you liked it. Rotel is a great idea!
I was wondering about the sour cream. Thank you for reinforcing my thought.
I just got 6 in 1 farberware pressure cooker, can I use all the instant pot recipes with cooker? I’m really a new cook lol. Unless it’s one pot wonder.
Yes! I actually use a Fagor 3-in-1 pressure cooker. They all work just about the same :). You just want high pressure for 15 mins. I hope you like it as much as I do!
My friend gave me a recipe for taco soup to make on the stove. But I have been making several things in my instant pot but I haven’t figured out how to convert recipe. So this one can’t wait to try because it was similar to her stock pot recipe.
You will love it!
I’m making this tonight, I’m still kinda new to my Pressure Cooker. I’m cutting the recipe in half so would I also cut the cook time in half? Thank you!
I would leave the time the same.
How much olive oil did you use?
2 teaspoons
That is such a rich soup and seems simple to make. I’m planning to make it for dinner since it seems wholesome enough that you wouldn’t need to serve anything with it. Can I make it in my stovetop pressure cooker since I don’t have an electric one? are there any considerations while making the dish in a stovetop pressure cooker?
Yes! Stovetop pressure cookers usually have higher pressure but in the case of this recipe that really doesn’t matter so you shouldn’t need to change a thing. Enjoy!
I don’t see instructions on how to heat once frozen. Would appreciate both in Instant Pot and without.
Hi Tammy, we don’t talk about freezing this recipe and I haven’t tried it myself so I’m not sure of the best way to do it.
What can I replace the ranch with?
Our homemade ranch seasoning mix recipe is posting this Monday.
Getting ready to make this recipe. The ground beef doesn’t come in measured 2 lbs but I have 2 1/2. I can save the 1/2 lb for something else but don’t really have anything that calls for that and I don’t use ground beef for much. Should I just put the whole thing in or will that throw off the outcome too much. Same with the black beans, it’s 15 oz can. What do you do in these situations. Don’t really want leftovers, everything goes bad or in the freezer too long before I discover what else to make with them.
Go ahead and use that last 1/2 pound. It wont hurt a thing 🙂
Do you drain the veggies?
I drain the black beans but not the corn or the tomatoes
I love spicy and Rotel Tomatoes. I think this soup would be better with only one package of Ranch Dressing and one package of Taco Seasoning. Way too salty. I will make this again with adjustments
My boyfriend and I just got a pressure cooker and was looking for our first recipe to use, I came across this one and decided it seemed to be nice. When we took our first bite of this meal our mouths dropped with amazement. The flavors were perfect. This is a great recipe and will definitely be using it again! *For the taco seasoning we used one packet that was a hot and spicy taco mix and the other one was regular. Thank you.
I’m so happy you liked it and that you chose it as your first pressure cooker meal!!
How would you go about cooking this with dry beans?
Hi Edna, if I was going to use dried beans I would cook them separately before adding the rest of the ingredients and cooking this recipe according to the instructions listed. To cook black beans from dried in the pressure cooker try this recipe https://www.wellplated.com/instant-pot-black-beans/
I made this tonight and it was so easy and delicious!! Definitely a keeper!!
I just bought a Crock Pot brand pressure cooker. I’m assuming I can do the same in it. Can I sub ground turkey for the beef?
Yes, it should work the same. Ground turkey will work perfectly.
Good recipe. The ranch flavor was a bit heavy for me. Next time I’ll probably use 1 packet. Other than that I loved it.