Instant Pot Cauliflower Soup is an easy, vegetable-laden soup that’s warming and nourishing too. Combine cauliflower with a few other real food ingredients and let your pressure do the work. Perfect for Whole30, Paleo, or anytime you want a healthy, warm soup.
Have I mentioned how much I love my Instant Pot? Yes it’s a 7-in-1 device, so I appreciate the versatility of the appliance. But I also love the ability to whip up quick and easy meals, such as this pressure cooker cauliflower soup. Healthy Instant Pot recipes are the bomb, right?!
I know that most people tend to prefer soups in colder seasons, but I am personally pretty good with them at most anytime. A one-pot warm and filling meal is so satisfying, especially when it’s chock full of vegetables as in this recipe. So on that note, let’s talk about the benefits:
Nutritional facts for cauliflower
Cauliflower seems to be getting a lot of good press these days, perhaps because it is is suitable for Paleo, AIP and Whole 30 diets. But the reality is that the vegetable, which is a cruciferous vegetable (or Brassicaceae family, along with broccoli, cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts and more), is an anti-inflammatory vegetable providing lots of nutritional value.
Cauliflower is low-calorie (29 calories/cup) and high in fiber (11% of your daily value). It also provides a good amount of vitamins C, A and K and also Folate and Potassium. The high fiber content tends to fill you up, which in turn staves off cravings and hunger and also may help you eat less. These days cauliflower is being grated and used as rice, it’s being roasted, grilled, and sometimes even debuts as a pizza crust. Who knew?!
Instant Pot Cauliflower Soup
And now for the recipe … this is a “soup-er” (lol) easy recipe. Seriously – a little washing and chopping and then turning on the Instant Pot and you will be golden. I’ll add variations below, but I also want to note that I love adding some raw cashew butter on top of this pressure cooker cauliflower soup. It adds depth and additional creaminess; I’m sure you could also add some toasted nuts to punch up the protein. Oh, and let me also add that all four of my kids ate this. Happy day!
Instant Pot Cauliflower Soup is an easy, vegetable-laden soup that's warming and nourishing too. Combine cauliflower with a few other real food ingredients and let your pressure do the work. Perfect for Whole30, Paleo, or anytime you want a healthy, warm soup.
- 2 heads cauliflower cut into pieces
- 4-5 cloves garlic peeled and diced
- 1/2 medium onion diced
- 2 tsp coconut oil or butter or ghee
- 4 cups chicken broth use vegetable broth to make this vegetarian
- 1 cup water
- salt and pepper to taste
- raw cashew butter to top optional
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Turn on the Saute button on the Instant Pot. Add coconut oil and when hot, add onions and garlic. Saute for 2-3 minutes.
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Add cauliflower and saute for 1 minute. Press the "cancel" button on the Instant Pot and add the broth and water.
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Secure the lid, and press the Soup button; adjust time to 12 minutes.
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Let pressure release before removing lid. Blend with an immersion blender or in a blender (be careful if it is hot!). Add salt and pepper to taste. Add raw cashew butter if desired.
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*I recommend organic ingredients when feasible
Please let me know if you try this out in the comments below. And if you haven’t gotten your Instant Pot yet, click here to check them out! I love, love, love mine and know that you will, too.
- To make it vegetarian: sub vegetable broth for chicken broth
- To make it Whole 30 compatible, use coconut oil or ghee
- Freeze extras for an awesome throw-in for school lunches
This soup is so easy to make and so good!
How many calories are in each serving? how many servings does it make?
Apologizes! I updated the post with the servings (4 for the recipe). I don’t generally count calories but you can do a search and find calculators to do a nutritional breakdown if you’d like. While I haven’t tried it, this may be an option: https://www.verywellfit.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4157076.
Hope this helps!
Using your recipe as the basis, I only had one head of cauliflower but also added a container of Trader Joe’s prepared mirepoix and several teaspoons of a veggie bouillon with water instead of broth. The cooking instructions are perfect! It was delicious with nutritional yeast on top.
That’s fantastic! Love how you added mirepoix and also need to try it with nutritional yeast. Glad you enjoyed it!
Super good with Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel mix, green onions and shredded cheddar added after cooking
This was super easy to make and was absolutely delicious! Can’t wait to explore more of your page!