Instant Pot Potato Cheese Soup Recipe

Creamy instant pot potato cheese soup topped with shredded cheese and chopped chives, served in a brown bowl with a spoon.

4.80 from 5 votes

Instant Pot Potato Cheese Soup Recipe

The best Instant Pot potato cheese soup recipe you can load up with bacon bits and ham too if you like. It cooks quickly in your pressure cooker or Ninja Foodi! Great soup you can make year round and full of flavor.

Prep Time15

Cook Time8

Total Time40

Course: Entree, Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cheese, easy, instant pot, potato, pressure cooker, soup

Servings:

Author: Justine

Equipment

1 pressure cooker

Ingredients

1/4 cup onion diced
6 medium potatoes diced small, skins removed, or most of them, yukon gold are softer than others for this, or can use russet
6 cups chicken broth more or less depending on how thick you want it
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
3 tbsp bacon bits optional
1/4 cup ham precooked, diced, optional
1-1.5 cup cheddar cheese shredded, I like sharp
1 cup heavy cream

Instructions

Add all onion, potatoes, salt, garlic powder and broth to your pot. (add bacon bits and/or diced ham if desired now too) Stir together
Put lid on and close steam valve. Press pressure high for 8 minutes.
When you hear the beep do a quick release. Carefully remove the lid and stir.
Add 1 1/2 cup of cheese, and heavy cream and stir until cheese has melted. It will thicken more as it sits.
If you want it a bit thicker turn pot to saute. Whisk together 3 tbsp of water or heavy cream together with 1 or 2 tbsp cornstarch until smooth, add into pot, stir, and allow to bubble and thicken more. Serve in a bowl garnished with extra cheese and parsley

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Notes

Optional Add-ins

If you want to add more vegetables you can shop up carrots and celery into small bite size pieces and add 1/2 cup of one or both in with the potatoes.

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