Instant Pot Italian Bean Soup
This is an Instant Pot Italian Bean Soup that features sausage and kale. This is a low-cost nutritional soup that provides a full meal. Even with dried beans it can be made in an hour.
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
Soaking Beans
- 1 pound Great Northern beans
- 6 cups water
- 2 teaspoon salt
Soup
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion diced
- 2 carrots diced
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 5 cups chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 15 ounce can diced tomato
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flake
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 3 links Italian sausage crumbled (about 1 pound)
- One bundle kale chopped
Instructions
- Add 6 cups water, salt and beans to Instant Pot. Pressure cook on high for 30 minutes. Let natural release for 15 minutes and then manually release. Drain and set aside.
- Set Instant Pot to sauté and add oil. Add sausage and start browning. Add onion, carrots, celery and garlic. Cook until softened about 5 minutes. Add drained beans to Instant Pot. Add remaining ingredients.
- Cook on high pressure for 10 minutes and manually release. Adjust for salt to taste.
Notes
You can substitute vegetable stock and eliminate sausage for a vegetarian version. While beans are cooking you can sauté sausage and vegetables on the stovetop to save time. To make a soupier version add more water or stock before or after pressure cooking.