Italian Night with Instant Pot Lasagna Soup!
Do you love the Instant Pot as much as I do? How about lasagna? Love that too? I would have never thought I would love lasagna soup – but, oh my!! It’s so good 😋 and so perfect for fall and because I used red lentil pasta, I didn’t even feel too bad about the carbs! ⠀
I grew up eating A LOT of pasta – lasagna, stuffed shells, spaghetti and meatballs – you name it! I really don’t eat much pasta these days having made the switch to cleaner eating, but with a couple of easy swaps, I totally enjoyed this comforting soup that brought back all the feels from my childhood days around my Italian grandmother’s tables!
Ingredients
- Tbsp olive oil
- 1 lb lean ground meat (turkey/beef)
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 onion diced
- 24 oz spaghetti sauce (no sugar added)
- 24 ounce can of diced tomatoes
- 40 ounces of low sodium chicken broth
- 1 tsp dried/fresh basil
- 2 cups dried pasta noodles (I used this )
- Pink salt to taste
- 1 Tbsp oregano
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese for topping
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
Steps
- Set the Instant Pot to sauté and add the oil. Once warm, add in the ground meat, onions, and garlic. Cook until brown.
- Then turn off the Instant Pot.
- Add all of the other ingredients, except the cheese.
- Seal the lid and turn set the Instant Pot to the manual setting for 5 minutes. Wait for the pot to come to pressure and cook for the 5 minutes.
- When the pot beeps, do a quick release to release the pressure and steam.
- Serve and top with ricotta and mozzarella.
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