Instant Pot Kale Sausage Soup
This easy Instant Pot soup recipe is naturally gluten free. Total 30 minute cooking time includes the time to come to pressure.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 14 oz smoked sausage or Polska kielbasa (I used turkey sausage), chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- ½ a medium yellow onion, chopped
- 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 2 cups water
- 14.5 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 15 oz can Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- Black pepper, to taste
- Sea salt, to taste
- One bunch kale, stems removed and roughly torn (about 6-8 loosely packed cups)
Instructions
- Set Instant Pot to saute-normal mode. When it registers hot, add sausage and 1 tablespoon olive oil and saute for three minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is browned.
- Add another tablespoon of olive oil plus the carrots, onions, and garlic and saute another three minutes until onions are browned and carrots are beginning to soften.
- Turn off/cancel saute mode on the Instant Pot, then stir in broth, water, tomatoes, beans, and spices. Close and lock the lid and turn the valve to sealing, then set the pot on manual high pressure mode for seven minutes.
- When it beeps, simply quick release the pressure, wilt in kale, and serve.
Notes
If you're short like me, here's a tip: Stand on a little step stool to stir and see what you're doing when sauteing in the Instant Pot -- the thing is crazy tall on the counter top, lol.