Instant Pot Pasta e Fagioli
This restaurant-style Pasta e Fagioli recipe is made in the Instant Pot. Filled with beans, sausage, tomatoes, and vegetables, it’s rich and filling.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces mild or spicy Italian sausage*
- 8 ounces 93% lean ground turkey*
- 1 medium onion, finely diced (8 ounces; about 1 ½ cups chopped)
- 3 small carrots, diced (6 ounces; about 1 cup diced)
- 3 stalks celery, thinly sliced (8 ounces; about 2 cups sliced)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced or put through a garlic press (about 2 tablespoons)
- 4 cups low or no sodium chicken broth
- 1 (16-ounce) can tomato sauce (Hunt's recommended)
- 1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- pinch red pepper flakes
- 1 (15 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (15-ounce) can great northern beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup ditalini pasta
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
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Select Sauté and adjust to the "high" setting. Add oil to the pot insert. Heat until "hot" appears on the display. Add the sausage and ground turkey. Cook, breaking up with a wood spoon, until no pink remains.
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Add onions, carrots, celery, and garlic. Cook for three minutes, stirring frequently. Add ½ cup chicken broth. Scrape bottom with a wooden spoon to remove any stuck on bits. This is important. Cooked on food can cause the "burn" message to appear.
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Add remaining chicken broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, kidney beans, Great Northern beans, basil, pasta, basil, oregano, and red pepper flakes. Stir to combine. Press cancel to turn off sauté setting.
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Close and lock the lid. Set the valve to sealing. Select manual (High pressure). Set the time to 3 minutes. When the cooking time completes, allow the pressure to release for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, carefully turn vent to release remaining pressure. Remove lid. Stir soup. Adjust salt and pepper to taste. Serve.
Recipe Notes
*You can use 1 pound of Italian sausage or 8 ounces of sausage and 8 ounces of ground turkey. If you can't find ground Italian sausage, use links. Remove them from the casing before cooking.