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You’ll love this delicious Ground Beef, Tomato, and Green Bean Soup made in the Instant Pot, and this tasty soup is low in carbs and gluten-free! See tips for making this on the stove if you’re not an Instant Pot fan.
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I’ve accumulated a good collection of Instant Pot Recipes on Kalyn’s Kitchen, and one of my favorite things to make in the Instant Pot is soup! And this tasty Ground Beef, Tomato, and Green Bean Soup is not only tasty, quick and easy to make in the Instant Pot, and low in carbs, but it’s also festive and colorful. And it’s a perfect soup recipe for everyone like me who loves fresh green beans, and you can get them all winter long now!
I started my pressure cooker journey years ago with a stovetop pressure cooker, and then I bought an electric pressure cooker, but I think this soup is the first one I made with the actual Instant Pot. And it’s probably still one of the easiest Instant Pot Soup I’ve made, and don’t you love easy recipes?
We created this Ground Beef, Tomato, and Green Bean Soup out of things we had in the fridge and the pantry, and were thrilled when it turned out to be a keeper! Hope you enjoy trying it when you need a quick dinner idea.
What ingredients do you need?
(This is only a list of ingredients; please scroll down for complete printable recipe. Or if you use the JUMP TO RECIPE link at the top of the page, it will take you directly to the complete recipe.)
What if you don’t have an Instant Pot?
The good news for those who don’t want to join The Church of Instant Pot quite yet is that you can easily make this Ground Beef, Tomato, and Green Bean Soup on the stove. Just check the suggestions at the end of the complete recipe for a stovetop version.
Can you make Ground Beef, Tomato, and Green Bean Soup with canned green beans?
I haven’t made this recipe with canned green beans, and I don’t think they will hold up to the 30 minutes cooking time, even at low pressure. But if fresh green beans are a deal breaker for you, I’d recommending pressure-cooking the ingredients without the green beans and reducing the cooking time to 20 minutes, releasing the pressure, adding a can of well-drained short-cut green beans, and simmering the soup for the last 10 minutes with the SAUTE setting. If anyone tries that I’d love to hear how it works!
How low in carbs is Ground Beef, Tomato, and Green Bean Soup?
This tasty soup with ground beef, green beans, and tomatoes only has about 6 net carbs per serving and 24 grams of protein!
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Want more low-carb Soups with Ground Beef?
Check out Low-Carb Soups with Ground Beef for more tasty ideas for soup that use the ground beef you probably keep in the freezer!
How to Make Ground Beef, Tomato, and Green Bean Soup in the Instant Pot:
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- Heat a little oil in the Instant Pot and cook the the beef on SAUTE, MEDIUM HEAT until it’s nicely browned.
- Add the chopped onion, minced garlic, dried thyme, and dried oregano, and cook 2-3 minutes more.
- Add the petite diced tomatoes and juice and canned beef broth and let it start to heat while you prep the beans.
- Trim both ends of the green beans and cut them into short bite-sized pieces.
- Add green beans to the Instant Pot.
- For the Instant Pot, set to MANUAL, 30 MINUTES, LOW PRESSURE (or use the soup function if your Instant Pot has that.
- Use the quick release method to release the pressure. Serve hot.
- This is wonderful with freshly grated Parmesan to add at the table!
- Scroll down in the complete recipe to see stovetop instructions.
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This recipe for Ground Beef, Tomato, and Green Bean Soup has been added to a category called Weekend Food Prep where you’ll find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!
Ingredients
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 T minced garlic
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/2 lb. fresh green beans, ends trimmed and cut into short pieces about 1 inch long
- 2 14.5 oz. cans petite-diced tomatoes with juice
- 2 14 oz. cans beef broth (See notes if you want to use homemade beef stock.)
- salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Turn the Instant Pot to SAUTE, add the oil and heat a minute or two, add ground beef and cook the beef until it’s nicely browned, breaking apart with a turner as it cooks.
- When beef is browned, add the chopped onion, minced garlic, dried thyme, and dried oregano and cook about 3 minutes more.
- Add the petite-dice tomatoes with juice and the beef broth and let them start to heat in the pressure cooker while you prep the beans.
- Trim beans on both ends, then cut them into short 1-inch pieces. Add beans to the pressure cooker.
- Lock the lid closed and set Instant Pot to MANUAL, 30 MINUTES, LOW PRESSURE (or use the soup function if your Instant Pot has that.
- Use the quick release method to release the pressure.
- Season soup to taste with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
- Serve hot, with freshly grated Parmesan to add at the table if desired.
Stovetop Cooking Instructions:
- To cook this recipe on the stove, use a large heavy dutch oven type pot (affiliate link) that you can both brown and simmer in.
- Heat oil in the pot and cook the ground beef as above, using medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and add the chopped onion, minced garlic, dried thyme, and dried oregano and cook about 3 minutes more.
- Add the petite-diced tomatoes with juice, beef broth, and 1/2 can water, turn heat to medium low, and let the soup start to simmer while you prep the beans.
- Trim both ends of beans, then cut them into 1 inch pieces.
- Add beans to the soup, turn to low, and let soup simmer about 45 minutes, or until beans are as soft as you’d like them and the flavors are well blended. (You may need to add more liquid, or even additional beef broth, depending on how hot your stove is on the low setting.)
- Season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper.
- Serve hot, with freshly grated Parmesan to add at the table if desired.
Notes
You can also use 3 1/2 cups homemade beef stock for this recipe which will be even better!
This recipe created by Kalyn and Kara when they were experimenting with the new Instant Pot.
Nutrition Information
Yield
6
Serving Size
1
Amount Per Serving
Calories 278Total Fat 15gSaturated Fat 5gUnsaturated Fat 7gCholesterol 67mgSodium 775mgCarbohydrates 9.1gFiber 3gSugar 9gProtein 24g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Ground Beef, Tomato, and Green Bean Soup would be a good option for low-carb or Keto diets or for any phase of the original South Beach Diet. If you wanted fewer carbs for Keto, you could use more beef and less tomatoes. The recipe is also gluten-free.
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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This Ground Beef, Tomato, and Green Bean Soup was first posted in 2016. It was last updated with more information in 2024.
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