Description
A creamy and hearty soup with seasoned ground pork, hash browns, dill pickles and cheddar that’s made in the Instant Pot or slow cooker!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1 rib celery, diced
- 1 tsp Montreal steak seasoning
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1/3 cup dill pickle juice
- 4 cups frozen hash browns
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1/3 cup diced dill pickles
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- Dash of Worcestershire sauce
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
Instant Pot Instructions:
- Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the pork and break it up. Add in the onion and celery and brown for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the steak seasoning, onion powder and garlic powder.
- Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Add in the pickle juice and hash browns.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the SOUP button to 2 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 5-10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Stir cornstarch together with 2 Tbsp cold water. Turn Instant Pot to saute and stir the slurry into the pot to thicken the soup.
- Add in the evaporated milk, dill pickles, cheese and Worcestershire sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Ladle into bowls and top with extra pickles and cheese, if you’d like.
Slow Cooker Instructions:
- Heat a pan over medium high heat. Add in the pork and break it up. Add in the onion and celery and brown for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the steak seasoning, onion powder and garlic powder.
- Transfer to the slow cooker.
- Add in the broth, pickle juice and hash browns.
- Cover and cook on low for 3 hours or on high for 2 hours.
- Stir cornstarch together with 2 Tbsp cold water. Stir the slurry into the pot to thicken the soup.
- Add in the evaporated milk, dill pickles, cheese and Worcestershire sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste. Turn to high and cook without the lid for 10 minutes.
- Ladle into bowls and top with extra pickles and cheese, if you’d like.
- Category: Soup
- Method: Instant Pot or Slow Cooker