Instant Pot Ham and Bean Soup in Pressure Cooker
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Our Instant Pot Ham and Bean Soup has tremendous flavor and wonderful bean texture. You don’t have to pre-soak the beans at all and in about 75 minutes, you have a delicious ham and bean soup for the whole family. Here’s our complete list of all our popular–> pork recipes.
How to Make Ham and Bean Soup in Pressure Cooker?
First of all, it’s super easy to make Instant Pot Pressure Cooker ham and bean soup. Seriously, we never thought making ham and bean soup would be this easy. Second of all, we’ve made so many variations of ham and bean soup in the stove top and the slow cooker. With different tests of soaking and not-soaking the beans, the flavors are great but they all take time to prepare. None of it is quick and when you’re looking for a quick and easy ham and bean soup recipe, you often will be compromising flavor. But when you make ham and bean soup in the Instant Pot, you’ll be in for a real treat! The time to make a huge batch like this is literally under an hour and a half, but without sacrificing flavor and texture.
There’s plenty of delicious and savory ham flavor that you really barely need any salt because between the stock and the ham, everything was well seasoned. We were a little cautious about how the dried beans would cook and if they would be mushy. But they weren’t mushy at all and this bean soup was definitely one of the best we ever had. If you decide to use a smoked ham hock, you’ll have even more flavor and be super delighted with the outcome. And have you ever tried making dessert in an Instant Pot? Here’s a fabulous Instant Pot Rice Pudding Recipe to try your hand at making sweets!
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How long to cook the beans in the Instant Pot? Do beans taste good?
The Instant Pot pressure cooker cooks the beans perfectly and stews all the flavors together wonderfully. The beans were tender, delicious and the rest of the vegetables and ham were delicious. We used dried beans without soaking and it took a little over an hour (time to come to pressure, cooking and releasing pressure).
Do you need to soak the dried beans for the ham and bean soup?
There’s always a lot of discussion and debate if you need to soak the beans. We tried both methods and for the most part, they tasted the same. We always used dried white beans (regular size) or dried cannellini beans. They cook great and perfectly tender. Other types of beans might cook differently, so you’ll have to be open ended to different cooking times and textures when not soaking other beans. Soaking takes an extra step and we found that we didn’t need to do that. It was easier to just add the dried beans in the pressure cooker and then cook it for a little longer. If you’re used pre-soaked beans, you can cook it for about 20 minutes less.
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Instant Pot Ham Bean Soup
Ingredients
- 1 large (1 large) ham bone or ham hock, if needed cut at the joint so it will fit in the Instant Pot
- 1 1/2 cups (170 g) cooked diced ham
- 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) olive oil
- 1 (1) large onion , diced (use a sweet onion, it’s delicious!)
- 3 cloves (3 cloves) garlic , minced
- 7 cups (1.66 L) chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) Worcestershire sauce
- 2-3 large (2 large) celery stalks , diced
- 2-3 large (2 large) carrots , peeled and diced
- 1 pound (454 g) dried navy beans , great Northern Beans, pinto beans, etc…
- 1 (1) bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon (25 ml) dried thyme or dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) ground cumin (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) kosher salt , or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) fresh cracked black pepper , or to taste
- 1 cup (70 g) chopped kale or cabbage, optional (to make it healthier!)
- minced parsley for garnish, optional
Equipment
- Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker)
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot on "Sauté”, and add oil. Add the onions and garlic and cook until soft, about 2 minutes.
- Add the ham bone, diced ham, broth, Worcestershire, celery, carrots, dried beans, bay leaf, dried thyme, optional ground cumin, salt and pepper. And add any additional optional veggies. Stir the mixture.
- Close the lid, set to high pressure, and after the pressure cooker reaches full pressure, cook for 60 minutes. (These are the steps we did for our Instant Pot: Press "Cancel" to stop the "Sauté" setting. Press the "Manual" button. Set the time to 60 minutes.)
- After the cooking time is complete, press "Cancel" and carefully release the pressure.
- Remove ham bones and any excess fatty chunks from the Instant Pot and pull off any ham meat and cut into small pieces. Add the ham back into the Instant Pot. If you want a thicker soup, mash a few of the beans in the soup. Give the soup a good stir and add additional salt and paper, to taste.
- Garnish with minced parsley (optional). Serve warm with bread.
Notes
If your air fryer is preheated or if you are cooking multiple batches, you may need to reduce timing by a few minutes (unless preheating is called for in the recipe).
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39 Comments on “Instant Pot Ham and Bean Soup in Pressure Cooker”
Wow. Just wow! This soup is so delicious. I live alone and I have been eating it for every meal so it doesn’t look like it’s going to make it to the freezer as planned. I will be making another batch. I added cabbage and it really added a nice flavor. This is a keeper recipe.
Love the addition of cabbage Marianne! Thanks for sharing!
My first meal in my Instant Pot! It was delicious! I like a little heat so I added a little jalapeño.
Are your recipes in a Cookbook?
Thanks for the feedback Anne! right now we only have air fryer ebooks. Hopefully one day we will have an actual printed cookbook.
Great & easy recipe on rainy day. I added shallots, mixed veggies, and some fresh oregano from my yard. I took it easy on the salt since the ham has a ton of salt. I figured I could add some if needed. I will sprinkle some red pepper flakes for a little kick. Thank you
Love the addition of shallots and your garden oregano! Thanks for enjoying and sharing.
Made this with dried pinto beans and cooked for 1hr with just the garlic, onions, chicken broth, all of the herbs,and the ham bone from our spiral Easter ham. Quick released, fished out the ham bone, and added diced ham, sliced carrots, and celery, then cooked for an additional 10 min. Cooking the vegetables for the entire cycle makes them too mushy. Even my picky housemate said it was delicious!
I had already soaked the beans before I found your recipe! How much cooking time do you think I can take off?
This recipe sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it! Would you add the kale before or after you pressure cook the soup?
Hi how many ham hocks should I use? I’m using smoked ham hocks but am not sure if it’s one or two for the recipe. Thank you.
You can maybe use two small ham hocks and all the extra flavor doesn’t hurt! But make sure it’s not too big where the pressure cooker overflows. If it is, then it’s safer to just use one. Thank you!
My granddaughter loves her bean soup. I’ve been making it for her for 6 years. This recipe is amazing and simple and I loved the addition of Worcestershire as this is something I’ve never done. Really good.
What an honor it is that you love our recipe. Thank you! Worcestershire always adds a wonderful depth of flavor.
This was delicious. I used your suggestion of mashing the beans for a thicker soup and it came out amazing!
I don’t even know what to say except that this recipe was better than AMAZING!!! My husband had four helpings and wouldn’t stop complementing me, my picky 10-year-old son devoured it and my 13-year-old daughter who refuses to eat beans because she’s afraid she will fart in class all day, LOL, told me that it was totally worth the embarrassment! I will absolutely be making this again!
That’s so cool that this our ham and bean soup is such a hit with your family! Thanks for the great feedback.
Excellent recipe! Perfect ingredients I added red pepper flakes and garlic powder.
Delicious. I did use an immersion blender to break up some beans, thickening the soup. Then I added one can of cannellini beans to put some whole bean texture back in.
That’s a great idea with the immersion blender!
I never thought of adding ham to soup… I really love the combination. Great recipe!
Yeah, it’s a classic and always a popular favorite!
This was soooo good! Enjoyed every bite! I like to take a few beans out and mash them to get a little thicker. I did and it was perfect! Thank you!
Love mashing beans to make the soup thicker. Glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Used my Instant Pot for the first time today. Made this bean soup recipe (my family loves bean soup) and it was hailed by everyone as delicious!!
Delicious dinners mean we done good 😉 . Thanks!
We loved this. I will be making this often throughout the winter and maybe even all year.
I’m always looking for instant pot soup recipes and this one is a fave.