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Instant Pot Pasta E Fagioli Soup
Prep Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
servings
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup white beans, dried; great northern or navy
- 2/3 cup kidney beans, red, dried
- 1 lb sausage, Italian, mild or spicy; ground
- 1/2 onion, yellow or white; chopped
- 3 tsp garlic, minced
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 1 15 oz can tomatoes, diced; do not drain
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1/2 cup carrot, chopped or sliced
- 1 cup pasta, ditalini; boiled til tender
- 1 tsp salt, or to taste
- 1/4 tsp pepper, or to taste
- 1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning, dried (OR substitute ½ tsp each dried basil, dried thyme, and dried oregano)
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
Optional:
- basil, fresh
- pepper, cracked black
- parmesan cheese, grated (for topping)
Instructions
Instant Pot Method:
- First prepare the beans. Cover beans with cold water and soak overnight or 6-8 hours, then drain and rinse.
- Combine beans in a large stock pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat slightly and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally until beans are tender and cooked through.
- Preheat your instant pot using the "saute" setting, then add Italian sausage, and onions and saute for 3-5 minutes until sausage is browned. Add garlic and cook 1-2 minutes longer until fragrant.
- Switch instant pot to the "soup" setting. Add chicken broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, celery, carrots, salt, pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, and Italian seasoning and stir to combine.
- Lock the lid in place and set the pressure release to "sealing". Cook on high pressure for 10 minutes. Allow the pot to sit for 3-4 minutes and then turn the release valve for a "quick release."
- Stir in ditalini pasta, garnish with cracked black pepper, fresh basil, and grated parmesan cheese if desired and serve.
Slow Cooker Method:
- After the beans are cooked, saute meat, onions, and garlic in a pan on the stove before adding to your slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients to the pot (except for cooked pasta), cover and cook on high for 2-3 hours, or on low for 4-6 hours. Stir in pasta, garnish and serve.
Comments
This looks like a great recipe. Can you amend the directions to include when you add the cooked beans to the soup? Thanks!!!
You can quick soak your beans instant pot. Cover your beans with 2 inches of water and maual set for 1 min. NPR and let sit 1 hour. Discard water.
Add to your recipe.
OR- Cook from dried. 1c dried beans to 2c water… manual 12-15 min NPR for red kidney beans.
Not seeing a step for adding the beans into the soup. ??
Hi, thanks for the question – this recipe calls for adding the remaining ingredients to the pot the beans are already in. Enjoy!
This was delish! I cooked the beans from dry in my instant pot first – 20 minutes on the beans setting (I put both beans in at the same time). Then I added them in at the end when I added the pasta. I also only used 1/4 tsp salt – that’s all it needed!
Thanks! I used this method – worked great. Apparently the cooked beans freeze well too, so I cooked a whole bag in advance and put the rest in the freezer – hoping they will work well in my next recipe!