Pressure Cooker Broccoli Cheese Soup

This easy pressure cooker broccoli cheese soup uses fresh vegetables and turns out creamy and delicious every time! Use your Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Crockpot Express and make this tonight for dinner.

Ninja Foodi Broccoli Cheese Soup

This creamy Instant Pot broccoli cheese soup recipe uses fresh vegetables and chunks of cheddar cheese. Topped with more shredded goodness it takes this dinner over the top.

You can make it in a Crockpot Express or Ninja Foodi as well though too. It doesn’t matter what brand you might have. Here’s what it looks like in the first step once you add all your broccoli and cheese, we think sharp is the best but totally up to you.

Instant Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup

Set it for a bit less time if you want a chunkier broccoli cheddar soup. If you want it very smooth as you see here just use an immersion blender at the end. Either way it is such a yummy soup in the Instant Pot for families of all kind.

• I will tell you that pressure cooking has changed my life! It’s also changed how we eat.

Over the years we have added more and more of course. Another variety is something my Grandma would have loved, it’s our Instant Pot beer cheese soup. Most of the alcohol is cooked out but it offers a ton of flavor with a dark or blonde version in there.

I use this pot like for everything and rarely use my oven or stove anymore. I did make a version of broccoli beer cheese soup in my Dutch oven though if you want to try both.

Instant Pot Panera Broccoli Cheese Soup

Before this I didn’t cook homemade meals very often. They were time consuming on the stove top and there just wasn’t time for it in the day, BUT that’s all changed. In just 15 minutes I can now make a homemade soup such as this one. It’s pretty amazing.

• You also can make this pressure cooker soup as thick as you’d like. Just add a bit more cornstarch at the very end if it’s a bit thin for you when you lift the lid off.

It is easy to adjust to your liking. We also add a lot of cheddar cheese!!

You can use our measurements, add less, or even more. If  you’re a huge cheese lover though, pile it on it. Ours comes out wonderfully creamy and cheesy for sure.

Pressure Cooker Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe

You will need to get out the following items and ingredients. Fresh is always better than frozen but you could use that. The biggest difference is that frozen vegetables when cooked under high pressure will break down quite a bit and may become too soft for you.

1. Pressure cooker
   1. If you have an Instant Pot I HIGHLY recommend getting a non stick pot
2. Broccoli and carrots
   1. I’d choose fresh vs. frozen broccoli
3. Cheese – sharp cheddar is best
   1. Shred at least 1/4 cup more to serve on top once it is done
4. Onion
5. Heavy cream
6. Flour or cornstarch
   1. Can omit if making gluten free soup
7. Celery is a great addition too
8. Vegetable or chicken broth
9. Salt and pepper to taste

If you needed to make this dairy free you could use coconut milk but just know that it will be quite a bit thinner and sweeter. Half lactose free milk and half coconut could be used alternatively. You’ll want to thicken at the end with cornstarch or arrowroot flour for gluten free at the end. We’ve gotta share our Instant Pot broccoli instructions too of course!

Instant Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup with Heavy Whipping Cream

To get it really creamy you do want this thick dairy product to really get the thickness and texture you want. There are some great dairy free cheese alternatives out there my Daiya that we have tried. I have found it at Walmart in a variety of different types.

• Cut your fresh stalks of broccoli, peeled carrots, celery, and onion into small, bite size pieces. Stalks can be diced and added too, or discarded!
• Add all diced vegetables into your pressure cooker.
• Sprinkle shredded cheese on top.
• In a bowl whisk together your broth (or water), heavy cream and flour (or cornstarch) until there are no clumps remaining.
• Pour this mixture on top of everything inside of your pot.
• Close lid and steam valve and push the soup button, it will automatically set to 30 minutes (if not adjust to 30).
• Do a quick release and serve.

If you want it really smooth use an immersion blender. Can top with added shredded cheese if desired.

This really does taste like broccoli soup at Panera if you love that. Ready to make this in your Crock Pot Express or Ninja Foodi machine?? These directions will work for those too.  If you have a pot that doesn’t have a soup button then just use pressure cook low setting instead.

Other pressure cooker recipes you’ll love:

1. Instant Pot carrot soup is another great vegetable soup recipe
2. Then try pressure cooker tomato basil soup
3. For a heartier meal try our Instant Pot stroganoff casserole