Instant Pot Minestrone Soup Recipe
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This instant pot minestrone soup is the perfect hearty meal to warm you up during even the coldest months. If you like the Olive Garden version, you are going to fall in love with minestrone soup recipe because it full of delicious vegetables and beans.
During the colder months of the year, you cannot beat a bowl of warm minestrone soup. Use this instant pot minestrone recipe to get a comforting bowl of soup ready in mere minutes!
September is the kick off of soup season in my mind. Even though Mathlete claims soup isn’t a meal, I like to make soup at least once a week! This minestrone is so filling and is the perfect start to soup season.
What is minestrone soup?
Minestrone is a traditional Italian vegetable soup that typically includes a tomato broth, basic spices, and pasta or rice. This minestrone soup recipe uses many pantry staples to make it super easy.
Instant Pot Minestrone Soup Ingredients
- Ground Italian Sausage – You could easily use ground beef, ground turkey, or even ground pork here.
- Ground Beef
- Onion
- Fresh Garlic
- Carrots
- Italian Seasoning, Bay Leaves, Salt, and Pepper
- Fresh Rosemary – I love the addition of the fresh rosemary for a little additional flavor depth.
- Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes
- Canned Beans – I use kidney and white beans.
- Broth – I use chicken or vegetable.
- Ditalini Pasta – A traditional minestrone soup can have either pasta or rice. I love using ditalini pasta in mine because it is small like rice but has the flavor and texture of pasta.
Essential Items for this Recipe
- Instant Pot
- Ladle
- Strainer
- Bone Broth (I really love the Kettle & Fire brand!)
I’m sure you might be thinking “why make an instant pot soup” when soup is relatively easy to make on the stove. The answer: time! Instead of simmering the soup away on the stove for 30+ minutes, you can make this instant pot soup in half the time.
Variations to this Simple Minestrone Soup Recipe
- Use fire roasted tomatoes instead of regular diced tomatoes
- Substitute bone broth for regular broth or water
- Season with smoked sea saltÂ
- Add a little spice by substituting spicy Italian sausage instead of regular
- Top your finished soup with shaved Parmesan
What to Eat with Minestrone Soup
This minestrone soup is perfect on its own or pair it with one of these great sandwich options:
- Green Goddess Vegetable Sandwich
- Apple Gouda Grilled Cheese
- Pesto Hearts of Palm Grilled Cheese
- Apricot Tarragon Chicken Salad Sandwich
- Chile Relleno Monte Cristo
More Great Instant Pot Soup Recipes
- Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
- Pressure Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup (did you know a pressure cooker is an instant pot?!)
- Instant Pot Lasagna Soup
- Pressure Cooker Chunky Potato Cheese Soup
- Instant Pot Corn Chowder
Instant Pot Minestrone Soup
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground Italian sausage
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1 onion, diced
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 cup carrots, sliced
- 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 14.5 ounce fire roasted diced tomatoes, undrained
- 15 ounce kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 15 ounce white beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 cups broth (chicken bone or vegetable)
- 1 cup ditalini pasta
Instructions
- Set Instant pot/pressure cooker to saute mode. Add Italian sausage and ground beef. Cook, stirring to crumble until it begins to brown.1/2 pound ground Italian sausage, 1/2 pound ground beef
- Add onion and garlic. Cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring to combine with meat. Add Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Stir.1 onion,, 8 cloves garlic,, 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning, Salt and pepper to taste
- Stir in carrots, tomatoes with juice, kidney beans, white beans, bay leaves, broth and pasta. Place rosemary sprigs in broth.1 1/2 cup carrots,, 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, 14.5 ounce fire roasted diced tomatoes,, 15 ounce kidney beans, , 15 ounce white beans,, 2 bay leaves, 4 cups broth (chicken bone or vegetable), 1 cup ditalini pasta
- Close lid and set to manual high pressure for 5 minutes. After the pressure sets and it cooks for 5 minutes (total about 15 minutes), let pressure naturally release for about 5 minutes. Then, manually release remaining pressure being careful to avoid the steam.
- Top with shaved Parmesan and season with salt and pepper if desired.
Nutrition
Delicious I substituted 1 cup of dry red wine for a cup of chicken broth. Also used “Healthy 8 Vegetable medley) from Trader Joe’s in lieu of carrots. Definitely making again.
That sounds delicious! I love Trader Joe’s!
I really love a good hearty soup. Warms you up!
This soup looks delightful – loving those slices of carrots rather than chunks – it makes the soup look very hearty.
I love minestrone soup! your soup with the pasta so cute and look delicious.
I had a hankering for soup and saw your recipe. It was the best minestone I’ve ever made—the IP made it super quick, too!