Caldo de Res in Instant Pot
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Hearty, meaty and just simply delicious Caldo de Res in Instant Pot will warm your body and soul. Mexican beef soup ( SOPA DE RES) in your pressure cooker!
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Instant Pot is perfect for all kind of soups you could ever think of, its so easy to just dump all the ingredients into one pot, push start and enjoy your dinner in less then an hour!
Also try Caldo de Res recipe for the stove! Super easy and very delicious. Oh, and i also have Caldo de Pollo recipe on my blog. You can tell i just love soups!
My kids love its meaty flavor and I love how easy is it to make it now, in pressure cooker. No more 4 hour soup cooking sessions here! Caldo de Res in Instant pot is a delicious soup that will not disappoint you! Try it! 🙂
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More Mexican soups: Caldo de Pollo, Caldo de res

Caldo de Res in Instant Pot
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 2 lb beef shanks
- ½ onion
- 1 chayote
- 2 zucchinis
- ½ medium cabbage cut into chunks
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 potatoes
- 2 carrots cut into big chunks
- 3 corn cut into 3 pieces each
- 1 tomato
- salt and pepper
- lime
- cilantro
Instructions
- Wash beef shanks and place into your instant pot. Add sliced onions and bay leaf. add 8-10 cups of water. Lock the lid and put IP to high pressure for 40 minutes. Nature release to avoid foam splashing.
- Open lid and add chopped potatoes, sliced chayote and zucchinis, carrots, corn, cabbage and sliced tomatoes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Lock the lid and push high pressure setting for 4 minutes. Quick release.
- Serve with chopped cilantro and quartered lime.
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I made this last night! I had always been too intimidated to attempt caldo de res but the recipe was easy to follow and actually a pretty simple process. Taste was great. Thank you!
I have two questions.
1. I have the 6 quart Instant Pot too. Do you think 8 cups of water would be ok-or should I do 6?
2. I'm used to a more tomato-ey caldo de res than the picture shows. Most of the caldo de res I've had had actually had red broth. Would you advise adding maybe adding a can of stewed tomatoes?