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    Home » Instant Pot

    Instant Pot Ham and Cabbage Soup

    Published: Jan 24, 2017 · Modified: Jan 15, 2024 by Maria Bravo · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    I love soup. During the winter I could easily survive on soup alone! This Instant Pot Ham and Cabbage Soup is particularly delicious and warming (and man it's cold outside as I write this.

    Jump to:
    • Have you tried pressure cooking gammon yet?
    • Got leftover Gammon or stock?
    • Variations
    • Equipment
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
    • 📖 Recipe

    Have you tried pressure cooking gammon yet?

    Pressure cooking gammon in the Instant Pot is a doddle, I have in fact posted How to pressure cook a gammon joint/ham in the Instant Pot before.

    The ham stock from cooking a gammon joint is delicious and you really want to make the most of it.

    If you already have gammon stock, skip straight to step 2.

    Got leftover Gammon or stock?

    Try these recipes too:

    • Pressure Cooked Gammon Rice
    • Lentejas (Spanish Lentil Soup)

    Got a pressure cooker with an air fryer lid? Try this Glazed Gammon recipe with your favourite glaze.

    Join my Pressure Cooking UK with Feisty Tapas Facebook group

    Variations

    Add pulses

    You could totally add chickpeas, butter beans or borlotti beans to this soup to bulk it up.

    In that case, cook the beans from dry first, your Instant Pot cookbook has timings. If they are from a tin, just drain and rinse and add in step 2 with the rest of the ingredients.

    Low Carb

    Leave out the potatoes for a LOW CARB version.

    Equipment

    If you don't have an Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker / multi cooker yet, make sure you check them out!

    The Instant Pot DUO 7 in 1 6 litres, the one shown in these photos, not only pressure cooks, slow cooks, steams and sautés, it also makes yoghurt and can proof your bread.

    It also comes in an 8 litre version and a dinky 3 litre version which, although too small for this recipe, is really handy!

    But that doesn't mean you can't make it in the Mini, just reduce the ingredients and use the same timings.

    Ingredients

    Ingredients for Instant Pot Ham and Cabbage soup shown in a 3 photo collage: at the top the gammon joint + water. At the bottom two photos: on the left is the gammon joint in the water with the peppercorns, garlic and bay leaf and on the right the cabbage, potatoes and carrots. All labelled with their names

    Instructions

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    1. Start by making the stock by pressure cooking the gammon joint.
    2. Reserve the pressure cooked gammon joint.
    3. Add the vegetables to pressure cook while you dice or shred the gammon.
    4. Serve.
    Collage with the Instant Pot Ham and Cabbage Soup Instructions, Four photos give the gist: From pressure cooking the gammon joint in water to reserving it to cooking then vegetables and finally serving the soup

    📖 Recipe

    Mouthwatering photo of an orange bowl with Instant Pot Ham and Cabbage Soup. Seen from above: potato chunks, carrot pieces, shredded cooked gammon / ham and cabbage in deliciously salty gammon stock

    Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Ham and Cabbage Soup

    Maria Bravo
    Delicious soup with the saltiness of the gammon and its stock which pairs so well with the cabbage! What's not to love? Go on, try it
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
    Course Appetizer, Main Course, Soup
    Cuisine British
    Servings 8 people
    Calories 183 kcal

    Equipment

    • 1 Pressure Cooker

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 litres water cold
    • 700 g unsmoked gammon joint if your joint is bigger, make sure you read my gammon cooking times
    • 5 black peppercorns
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 3 garlic cloves unpeeled and whacked with the fist
    • 3 carrots, medium mine were 180 g total, cut in biggish chunks (you could add more)
    • 1 Savoy cabbage sliced (or whatever cabbage you have)
    • 375 g King Edward potatoes diced (this was the unpeeled weight, peeled it was 300 g) – skip the potatoes if you want it to be a very tasty low carb Ham and Cabbage Soup

    Instructions
     

    • Place the gammon joint in the Instant Pot’s inner pot, add 2 litres of water (from the cold water tap), 5 black peppercorns, 1 bay leaf, 3 garlic cloves.
      2 litres water, 700 g unsmoked gammon joint, 5 black peppercorns, 1 bay leaf, 3 garlic cloves
      Photo from above of the water, gammon joint, garlic cloves and bay leaf inside the stainless steel inner pot of the Instant Pot Duo
    • Make sure the sealing ring is properly in place. Lock the lid. Steam release set to Sealing.
    • Pressure cook on high pressure for 18 minutes if using a 700-750 g joint (or the time your gammon needs after reading my guide).
      Photo of the Instant Pot Duo's control panel, an index finger is programming 18 minutes
    • Do a natural pressure release at the end (i.e. let the float valve pop back down on its own, you can also release the rest of the steam after 15 minutes).
    • Remove the gammon and reserve. Discard the garlic, bay leaf and peppercorns. Do not drain the stock, leave it in the inner pot, you’ll need it for the soup.
    • Add carrots, cabbage and potatoes to the ham / gammon stock you've just pressure cooked.
      3 carrots, medium, 1 Savoy cabbage, 375 g King Edward potatoes
      Pressure cooked gammon joint seen from above on a yellow plate. The cabbage, carrots and potatoes for the soup have been added to the stock and can be seen in the cooker from a above too
    • Make sure the sealing ring is properly in place as it will have expanded while pressure cooking the gammon joint. Press it back down following the circumference a few times, this is super important.
    • Lock the lid in. Steam release set to Sealing.
    • Pressure cook on high pressure for 5 minutes.
      Hand seen programming 5 minutes on an Instant Pot Duo
    • While that’s cooking, shred or dice the ham, your choice. Do a quick pressure release or a natural release at the end. It's a fair bit of stock so expect a lot of steam at the end if you quick pressure release. The vegetables will be softer if you do a natural pressure release. Either way, your soup will be delicious
    • Add the shredded / diced gammon back in to warm it up and serve. Enjoy!
      Photo: an orange bowl with the ham and cabbage soup with an Instant Pot Duo in the background

    Nutrition

    Calories: 183kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 23gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 129mgPotassium: 849mgFiber: 5gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 4955IUVitamin C: 46mgCalcium: 73mgIron: 2mg
    Keyword cabbage, Carrots, gammon joint, ham, leftovers
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    About Maria Bravo

    Kitchen Gadget Geek extraordinaire. Tester of all things kitchen appliance. Clumsy cook, if I can't break it and get the most of it, you know that's a good kitchen gadget! Architect of online communities for kitchen gadget lovers

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