Instant Pot Pasta e Fagiole Italian Soup

A hearty and comforting Italian soup packed with vegetables, beans, and pasta, cooked to perfection in the Instant Pot.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 1 can 14 oz diced tomatoes
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1 can 14 oz cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup small pasta like ditalini or small shells
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried basil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Fresh parsley for garnish optional

Instructions:

Set Instant Pot to saut mode and heat olive oil

Add diced onion and cook until translucent

Stir in minced garlic, diced carrots, and celery

Cook for another 2 minutes

Add diced tomatoes, vegetable broth, cannellini beans, dried oregano, dried basil, salt, and pepper

Stir well and cancel saut mode

Close the Instant Pot lid and set the valve to sealing position

Cook on manual high pressure for 5 minutes

Once cooking is complete, perform a quick pressure release

Open the lid carefully and stir in the small pasta

Close the lid again and let the residual heat cook the pasta for about 5 minutes

Once pasta is tender, serve hot, garnished with fresh parsley if desired