Instant Pot Barley Soup Recipe

A warm bowl of beef and barley soup, brimming with tender carrots and green onions, effortlessly prepared in the instant pot.

5 from 1 vote

Instant Pot Barley Soup Recipe

Instant Pot barley soup with ham is a tasty healthy dinner idea we all loved. Using uncooked barley and leftover ham we packed it with vegetables too.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Appetizer, Entree, Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: barley, ham hock, healthy, instant pot, pressure cooker, soup, vegetarian

Servings:

Author: Justine

Equipment

1 pressure cooker

Ingredients

1 ham hock omit if making vegetarian barley soup, can use 1 cup diced leftover ham instead
1 cup pearled barley uncooked
2 cup carrots I sliced baby carrots in half
1 medium onion diced
32 oz broth I used beef broth, could use vegetable
1 pinch salt and pepper to taste at the end
1 tbsp minced garlic
3 stalks celery sliced

Instructions

Place your beef soup bones, stew meat or ham hock in the middle of your Instant Pot. (you could add diced leftover ham too but a ham hock is delicious)
Add all vegetables and garlic + 1 cup of uncooked pearled barley at the top, then pour broth in. Do not stir, just make sure barley is submerged in liquid.
Close your lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 30 minutes. Then a quick release at the end.
Lift lid and remove ham hock or beef bones. On a cutting board remove all bones and fat, discard those. Dice your meat up into small bite size pieces or shred. Put meat back into your Instant Pot and stir.
Serve!
I did not add any salt or seasonings because the flavors in the ham hock permeated the soup and gave it a wonderful flavor, it didn't need anything else at all as far as we were concerned but you could add salt and pepper to taste.

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