Pressure Cooker Cauliflower Soufflé (Instant Pot, Low Carb) (2024)

Here's a delicious cauliflower souffle full of cheese! It makes a wonderful low-carb side dish that takes little time to prepare. All cooked in the Instant Pot!

Why you'll love it

This is a totally reimagined way to enjoy mashed cauliflower. This gluten-free souffle makes it easy to eat low-carb. It is delightfully fluffy and aromatic, with a rich taste that fills you up.

Plus, this is a pressure cooker or Instant Pot recipe!

Baking comfort food is so easy when you use the Instant Pot. All you have to do is mix all the ingredients and then let the pot do all the hard work.

Since it is a pressure cooker, you don't have to use a preheated oven (which is fantastic in the summertime). No more filling your kitchen with extra heat!

This cauliflower mixture really does taste like a rich souffle. You are going to love how easy it is to make and how you can make a few changes to make it taste just like you want.

Ingredients

You only need a handful of simple ingredients to make gluten-free souffle. Here's some more information about what I used in this cauliflower recipe.

Cauliflower

I used an entire head of cauliflower. You'll use a food processor to puree it all, so it doesn't take much extra work.

Eggs

Some types of souffle separate the egg yolks and egg whites. I just used two whole eggs to emulsify the ingredients together.

Cream cheese

Whenever you cook low-carb recipes, use full-fat cream cheese. You should also soften it to make it easier to mix.

Sour cream

Use either sour cream or yogurt to add some creaminess and tanginess. Greek yogurt will give it a boost in protein and calcium!

Heavy cream

A little heavy cream enhances the flavors in this cauliflower mixture. Use full-fat!

If you need to decrease the dairy ingredients, you can use coconut cream instead of heavy cream.

Shredded cheese

Use Asiago cheese for sure because it has a bold flavor that stands out. Then, add some mild or sharp cheddar cheese to it for the creaminess.

Butter

Either salted or unsalted butter will both work perfectly in this recipe.

Chives

Fresh chives are ideal, but you can make this recipe with dried chives.

Bacon

Top this recipe with crispy no-sugar bacon pieces. It is optional, but really makes a huge difference!

Please note:Check out the recipe card at the bottom for a full list of ingredients used to make this low-carb recipe.

Tips

• Use a food processor. This purees everything together and makes it soft and fluffy without any extra work from you.
• Cook with a trivet. I placed the cauliflower mixture into a 1 ¼-quart casserole dish and then set it on top of a trivet. The trivet separates the casserole dish from the water beneath it. Use a pot-in-pot and a small push-up cheesecake pan.
• Use enough water. A pressure cooker works by creating steam from the water. If you don't use enough water, you could get a BURN warning.

Instructions

It’s super easy to make a cauliflower souffle at home. You just need to blend all the ingredients together, place the mixture in a pan, and then cook it in the electric pressure cooker. So simple!

Process the ingredients

Add the eggs, cream, cream cheese, sour cream, and both types of cheese to a food processor and process until smooth and frothy.

Add chopped cauliflower and pulse for 2 seconds at a time until it is chunky. Fold in chives and butter.

Set in the pressure cooker

Pour the mixture into a round casserole dish. Add some water to the bottom of the Instant Pot and put the trivet in the bottom of the pressure cooker.

Place the casserole dish on top of the trivet.

Cook

Lock the lid and cook at high pressure for 12 minutes. Do a natural pressure release after 10 minutes.

Garnish and serve

Top with crumbled bacon, and serve!

️ Serving suggestions

If you enjoy easy recipes, then you should give this cauliflower dish a try.

This is a wonderful recipe to serve with zucchini fritters! The fluffy souffle and the crunchy fritters are amazing together.

With all the cream and cheese I used, it is filling enough to serve as the main course. If you do serve it as the main dish, I suggest adding bacon so that it has more protein.

This Instant Pot cauliflower souffle is a great low-carb side dish to serve at holiday dinners, too. I love that it cooks up quickly in the pressure cooker.

If you are going to bring it to a family holiday dinner, bring some cranberry keto trail mix with you for the appetizer!

Variations

There are a lot of different ways you can change up this recipe. If you make any adjustments, please let me know in the comments.

• Garnish with fresh herbs. This will add a little more flavor to the dish.
• Cook it in the oven.This will cook it to a golden brown color.
• Make it spicier.Add a dash of cayenne pepper or paprika to the mixture.

FAQs

Below are some questions people often ask about making this keto side dish. If you don't see your question in this list, please leave it in the comments.

For moreketo cauliflower ideas, check out mylow-carb appetizerscollection. Or take a look at some of my favorites:

• Cauliflower Pizza Bites are cheesy and popular with people of all ages.
• Bang Bang Cauliflower is slightly-spicy and served with a tasty sauce.
• Keto Cauliflower Mac And Cheeseis a creamy and cheesy side dish that kids and adults will both like.
• Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower Bites can be made extra spicy or mild, and they are perfect for serving at football-watching parties.
• Roasted Cauliflower Hummus is a fresh and new way to prepare and serve cauliflower.

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Recipe

First published August 4, 2017. Last updated August 18, 2022, with new images and additional recipe information.