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Instant Pot Kale & Meatball Soup

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Total Time 9 minutes
Course dinner, Soup
Cuisine Italian-American
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 chopped onions
  • 1.5 cups chopped celery
  • 6 cups chicken stock or broth
  • 16 oz frozen Italian Meatballs
  • 2 cups water
  • 8 oz fresh tortellini
  • 4 cups chopped kale
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • ½ lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • to taste salt & pepper

Instructions
 

  • Turn the Instant Pot to saute mode and cook onions until they are translucent (about 5 minutes).
  • Add celery, chicken stock, water, meatballs, kale, garlic, lemon juice, sugar, and basil.
  • Lock the lid (with vent closed) and set to manual for 4 minutes.
  • When the Instant Pot beeps, perform a quick pressure release (open the vent until the steam is released).
  • Add tortellini noodles, lock the lid (with vent closed) and set to manual for 1 minute.
  • Perform a quick pressure release.
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