Nacho Cheese Soup

I’m all about cheese and a bit of spice, so how could you go wrong with this meal thought. It turned out delicious!! It is definitely one of my favorite soup Instant Pot recipes on cold evenings as well as during a Super Bowl party!

What is Nacho Soup?

So I had never had this before but heard about it in passing and thought it had to be my next pressure cooker soup! Essentially it tastes like the melted cheese on chips but thinner to make more of a meal out of it.

You can change it up quite a bit to your liking. Use Jimmy Dean spicy ground sausage to make it really spicy, ground beef for a milder meal or ground turkey is lower in fat. We have even tweaked it with more flavorful liquids like our Instant Pot beer cheese soup.

Best Meat to Use

You can use ground beef however spicy Jimmy Dean ground sausage is way better to add a bit of heat to the dish and a ton of flavor if you ask us. I suppose you could leave the protein out entirely but for us it is a must to make it heartier.

Can you use frozen meat?

If that is all you have then you can thaw Instant Pot frozen ground beef in case you forgot to take it out the night before. Once you have it thawed the cook time below will be the same.

The base of this starts with a can of Campbell’s Fiesta nacho cheese condensed soup. If you cannot find that you can use cheddar cheese condensed soup too as an alternative.

Petite diced tomatoes is used too to add a bit more texture and flavor into your bowl. I like the smaller canned version but either way really.

Milk – 2% or whole works best to make it a bit thicker, fat free works too if that is what you have Cheddar cheese is a must of course – sharp is best if you ask me. The fiesta nacho cheese soup isn’t as yellow as the “regular” version so the color at the end looks like this.

How to Make Spicy

You should really add some diced chiles. You can use any heat level, I use medium and it’s perfect but they do offer HOT or if you don’t want much spice use mild. Taco seasoning can vary in heat levels too, add 1 packet, or you canmake your own and use 1 oz. of that to add a whollop of flavor with some dry Siracha for hotter.

How Long to Cook Nacho Soup in Instant Pot

It takes about the same time in a pressure cooker as it would on the stove I would say. You need about 5 minutes to saute and brown the meat in the first step but beyond that you cook everything together for about 10 minutes so let’s say it is a 20 minute meal.

Tips

I don’t drain the diced tomatoes either so that lends itself to a bit of a reddish tint. When I brown the meat with my diced onions I don’t bother to drain the grease. That part it is up to you and you, can drain it if you wish.

I tend to buy low fat beef so there isn’t much grease left. What little there is lends to added flavor in my opinion so I choose not to. I follow this same method when making myInstant Pot spaghetti too…but like any recipe do what you choose. It turns out really beefy and filling, with a side of chips it fed the 5 of us well.

Of course all of the recipes I make on Zopago are simple….that’s just the way I roll.  I now use it several times a week  to make Instant Pot dinner recipes in less than 20 minutes. This is one of our favoriteInstant Pot soups, so once you’re done trying this you should try these other easy pressure cooker recipes too:

Other family favorite Instant Pot Meals You’ll love

Pressure cooker cheesy chicken spaghetti is so good I tell you with the other meat. We make this Instant Pot cheeseburger macaroni with the same meat so I will grab twice as much when I am meal planning. Or try our cheesy Pressure cooker broccoli cheese soup with fresh vegetable florets

What to serve on the side

Serve with our frozen rolls in air fryer or tortilla chips on the side and enjoy friends!