5 Freezable Soup Recipes for the Instant Pot

Step 4: Prep your veggies.

Now it's time to assemble your meals! After a ton of requests, I've started making full recipe cards for each of these meals. These contain all of the info you'll need for side dishes, serve day instructions, and estimated servings/cook time. You can find the individual ones by clicking the links on each recipe (or get them in one file through the label/recipe card file…here's a link to that file again).

Meal 1: Italian Wedding Soup

In the freezer container:

25-30 frozen Italian-style meatballs
1 cup onion, chopped (1/5 of the chopped onion)
1lb diced carrots (2/3 of the diced carrots)
1/2 cup diced celery (half of the diced celery)
2 tbsp minced garlic 1/2 cup Italian parsley, chopped (all of the chopped parsley)
1/4 cup chicken better than bouillon
1 tsp each of salt/pepper/Italian seasoning

Meal 2: Firefighter Chili

In the freezer container:

1lb bacon, cooked and drained (all of the bacon)
1lb country sausage, cooked and drained (half of the sausage)
1lb ground beef, cooked and drained (all of the ground beef)
2 cups chopped onion (half of the remaining onion)
1 red bell pepper, chopped (all of the chopped red bell pepper)
2 tbsp minced garlic
2 packs chili seasoning
1 can chili beans (not drained)
1 10oz can diced tomatoes & green chiles
1 14oz can crushed tomatoes
8oz tomato sauce
2 tsp better than bouillon beef
2 tsp salt
2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp garlic powder

NOTE: All meats in this dish need to be drained well before placing in the freezer container to prevent greasy soup.

Meal 3: French Onion Chicken Soup

In the freezer container:

2 10.5oz cans French onion soup
2 cups sliced onions (all of the sliced onion)
2 tbsp minced garlic 1lb boneless, skinless chicken, diced (all of the chicken)
1 pack onion soup mix
2 tsp beef better than bouillon
1 tsp thyme
2 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper

Meal 4: Carrot & Butternut Squash Soup

In the freezer container:

1 medium butternut squash, peeled & chopped (all of the squash)
1lb carrots, coarsely chopped (all of the coarsely chopped carrots)
1 apple, peeled, cored, and chopped (all of the apple)
2 tbsp minced garlic
1 cup onion, chopped (half of the remaining onion)
1 tsp chili powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp dried sage
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp pepper
1/4 cup Better than Bouillon chicken

Meal 4: Sausage & White Bean Stew

In the freezer container:

1lb country sausage (all of the remaining sausage)
1 cup onion (all of the remaining chopped onion)
2 tbsp minced garlic
1 green bell pepper (all of the chopped green bell pepper)
1/2 lb carrots, diced (all of the remaining diced carrots)
1/2 lb celery, diced (all of the remaining chopped celery)
1 15.5oz can great northern beans
1 14.5oz can diced tomatoes w/ green pepper, celery, onion
2 bay leaves
2 tsp thyme
1 tbsp salt
2 tsp black pepper
3 tsp Better than Bouillon chicken