Instant Pot Ham and Cabbage Dinner is so easy to make. Ham, cabbage, potatoes, celery, and carrots all cooked with butter and chicken broth. You are going to love it. Boiled Dinner.
Instant Pot Ham and Cabbage Dinner
Growing up in my parent's house anytime we had a ham dinner. boiled dinner as it was called would follow. I've said it before but I'll say it again, no one could make food stretch the way my mother could. My parents had 7 kids and my father made very little money for a family that size. However, we never went hungry.
Both of my parents were excellent cooks and great at making big pots of things that went a long way. I have shared a few -Easy Shepherds Pie, although she didn't make it in an instant pot, INSTANT POT CHILI is basically her recipe. Of course, I bragged on her Mom's Classic Macaroni Salad With Egg. Ham and cabbage usually came after having ham on Christmas or Easter.
Making Ham and Cabbage Dinner is pretty easy whether you put it in an instant pot pressure cooker as I did, or throw it all in a stockpot on the stove. As easy as it is to make and as much as I love it, I haven't served it much to my husband and kids. Seems none of them are fans of cooked cabbage. Yum, I love it with extra butter on the potatoes and some apple cider vinegar for a little bite .- Delicious in my opinion.
Does it Matter What Kind Of Ham I Use? - Absolutely not, I'm sure it would be great with any that you choose. However, personally, I think the more fat the better.
Could I use different meat?- Sure it is also great with pork chops or if you are like my daughter, and don't eat pork, a turkey breast would be great.
Ingredients Needed For Instant Pot Ham and Cabbage Dinner:
- Ham
- Cabbage
- Potatoes
- Celery
- Carrots
- Chicken Broth
- Butter
- Salt
- Pepper
How To Make The Ham and Cabbage Dinner:
- Cut up Ham, Cabbage, Potatoes, Celery, Carrots,
- Put all in the Instant Pot
- Cover with Chicken Broth
- Cut up the butter and put on top of meat and vegetables- salt and pepper and any other seasonings you like -to taste
- Close Lid
- Pressure Cook
- Natural Release
What should I serve with the Dinner?-This time I served Pillsbury Refrigerator Biscuits https://www.pillsbury.com/. My mother just always served bread and butter with every meal. A salad would also go great on the side. If you are looking for a great dessert, how bout No-Bake Chocolate Cream Pie or Cinnamon Apple Turnovers? Suddenly I am hungry just thinking about it.
This dinner is fantastic, whether you use the convenience of the Instant Pot (which I absolutely love) or cook it in a stockpot on top of the stove. It definitely is great cooked all day in a slow cooker/crockpot also. Whichever way you chose, stop back by and let me know how it came out. Did you make any changes or adjustments? Thanks in advance.
Instant Pot Ham and Cabbage Dinner
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Ham Cut up in chunks
- 1 Head Cabbage Cut-In Chunks
- 4-5 Carrots Cut Up
- 6-8 Potatoes I used red skin on
- 4-5 Sticks Celery Cut Up
- 2-3 Cups Chicken Broth
- ½ Cup Butter Cut up
- ½ Tsp Salt or to taste
- 1 Tsp Black Pepper or to taste
- Apple Cider Vinegar Optional sprinkled on top
Instructions
- Cut your ham, cabbage , potatoes, celery, and carrots into chunks or your preferred method
- Put all cut up ingredients into the instant pot
- Add 2-3 cups of chicken broth
- Cut up a stick of butter and put in with ingredients(If your ham has a lot of fat , butter is not necessary, I like the extra flavor)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Close and seal lid
- Set to manual high pressure for 15 minutes
- Do a natural release for 15-20 minutes
- Release any remaining pressure- remove lid and serve
I am going to make this, but you should know, under cuisine it should say Irish. Thank you for the recipe
Thank YOu Cheri, I will edit it
This sounds absolutely delicious!! Could you also use pork hocks?
This looks absolutely delicious!!! Could you also use pork hocks
I would think that would be fine
I love my ham an cabbage. I love my instant pot
It is yummy
I only had about a cup and a half of chicken broth available. And I dumped that into the instapot over my potatoes and carrots. Do you think this will work I hope so cuz I just put everything in and started my Instant Pot.
Im sure as long as its at least a cup it should be fine
I used smoke butt; What was near the top, of a lot of food didn't hold up well under pressure. I'm still looking for celery that I cut too small. Most of the cabbage as we knew it has departed this world. Carrots actually held up well. The potatoes couldn't take the pressure and held up just a bit better than the cabbage. I'm leaving out the salt and mixing the pepper in the broth the next time I try to make this.
As for using smoke butt, middle name is fat, skip the butter!!! I'm thinking this gets quartered and cut when served the next time; and there will be a next time!
The 3 cups of chicken broth ended up with more than double in liquid and maybe cut this one in half???
The flavor was good.
Thanks for letting me know your experience, as far as the liquid goes, I prefer to have a lot of broth. I would say personal preference.
I just made this recipe and it was awesome. I used my leftover ham for seasoning, low sodium chicken broth, and No salt seasoning. It will be cooked again. I sure love my instapot and the recipes I have used, this one included.
That's great, I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for coming back and commenting.
This recipe was a winner. I found I had too much volume for the pot and had to set aside some potatoes, carrots, and cabbage for another day. My veggies must have been large I guess.
The only mod I made was including an onion.
Thanks for a great meal!
great Rob, glad you liked it . Onion is definitely a sometimes thing for me , I often put it in , however my son despises onion so if hes eating its I usually skip them. Thanks for stopping by with your review
Made this tonight. IP is venting now. Smells DELISH. Will finish this comment with taste results. Hold please 🙂 Ok.... Dinner's over and we both really liked this. Perfect winter warm-up. Thanks for the great (fast) recipe !!!
My husband and I LOVE this dish generally speaking and to find a recipe that could be done in my instant pot??
WELL.... it was THE BEST version of this "New England Boiled Dinner" either one of us has ever had!!! (Don't tell our moms!!) THANK YOU for posting this!
Great , I hope you liked it . Thanks for stopping by
Just curious
Well, my options were "venting" or "sealing". I didn't know what "natural" was, so I left it on "venting". I almost burned the whole thing. Fortunately, I was in the kitchen the entire time and saw that there was no more steam releasing. The ham was on the bottom and created a nice browning sauce.
This was very good. The first of this kind of recipe I made in my Instant Pot. I didn't have any celery Used spices) and only used 1 1/2 lbs. of ham instead of the 2 it called for and it filled my 6 qt to the brim. I debated making 1/2 at the time but decided to go ahead with it and it worked fine. Next time I will 1/2 the recipe. You should edit the recipe to say it's for an 8 quart pot. I made it for lunch and ate it again for supper. lol Really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Sue , I will look at the recipe and adjust as needed. Thank you so much for taking time to write a review.
Stacy, if using boneless pork loin chops, what order should ingredients go in the instant pot?
Hi Rachel,
I would put the meat in first and add vegetables around them. Hope that helps