Description
This easy Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana recipe is a hearty, creamy Italian American-style soup featuring beef Italian sausage, turkey bacon, potatoes, kale, and cream.
Ingredients
Scale
- 5 strips turkey bacon (cut into small pieces)
- 1 pound beef Italian sausage (crumbled)
- 5 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 4 cups water
- 4 medium-to-large red potatoes (roughly diced, leave skins on)
- 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 cup heavy/whipping cream
- 1 small bunch of kale (torn into bite-size pieces, remove stems)
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Sauté Bacon: Cut the turkey bacon into small pieces and add it to your Instant Pot. Press the sauté button and start frying the bacon for about 5 minutes.
- Brown Sausage: Add the beef Italian sausage meat to the Instant Pot and break it up as it cooks. Cook until the sausage and bacon are crispy and browned.
- Prepare Vegetables: While the meat cooks, chop the onion and potatoes, stirring the meat occasionally.
- Aromatics: When the meat is browned and crispy, stir in the garlic and onion and cook for about a minute.
- Deglaze: Pour in the chicken broth and water. Scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- Add Base: Add the potatoes and Italian seasoning.
- Seal: Stir the soup and close the Instant Pot’s lid. Ensure the valve is set to “sealing”.
- Pressure Cook: Set the timer to cook for 8 minutes on high pressure.
- Release: Once the countdown has finished, do a quick pressure release and remove the lid.
- Wilt Kale: Add the cream and kale. Close the lid again and let the soup sit for another 5 minutes or so until the kale wilts.
- Season: Season with salt and pepper as needed and enjoy immediately.
Notes
You can use Russet or a different variety of potatoes if you prefer. Inactive time indicates the time it takes the Instant Pot to get up to pressure.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Pressure Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 497 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 996 mg
- Fat: 46 g
- Saturated Fat: 20 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 23 g
- Trans Fat: 0.02 g
- Carbohydrates: 6 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 16 g
- Cholesterol: 116 mg
Keywords: Instant Pot, Zuppa Toscana, creamy soup, Italian American, hearty soup