Instant Pot Cabbage Soup

Comfort Food–Cabbage Soup
As the colder temperatures settle in along with the snow, many of us turn to our winter comfort foods. That includes a wide variety of soups and stews.
Today we are focusing on a soup that was served up recently at the weekly gathering in Gravenhurst.
This soup was such a crowd pleaser that most had 2 or more helpings. No soup leftover to take home, that was for sure!
It was so simple to prepare too. Here is the recipe so you can make it at home too.

Instant Pot Cabbage Soup
Equipment
- 1 Instant Pot 8 quart
Ingredients
- 1 tsp olive oil extra virgin
- 1 yellow onion finely diced
- 3 cloves garlic finely minced
- 4 cups cabbage finely shredded
- 2 carrots peeled and diced small
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 6 cups water
Instructions
- Place the olive oil in the bottom of the Instant Pot
- Add the diced onion and minced garlic to the olive oil.
- Plug the Instant Pot in and press the "saute" button. Saute the onion and garlic by stirring frequently until the onion is softened. This will only take a few minutes.
- Shred the cabbage and finely dice the carrots.
- When the onion and garlic is softened, turn the Instant Pot off.
- Add the diced carrots, shredded cabbage, salt, pepper, and 6 cups of water. Stir the contents.
- Place the lid on the Instant Pot and close. Make sure the vent valve is closed.Press the "Soup" button and let the Instant Pot do its thing. It will take some time to preheat and come to pressure. Once pressure is reached it will cook for 30 minutes. Once completed it will beep to let you know it is done.
- Now you can either let it do Natural Release, which is just wait and let it depressurize naturally, or you can turn the vent valve to do Quick Release and let all the pressure and steam out quickly.
- Once depressurized, open the lid and serve up the soup.