Instant Pot Easy Lasagna Soup is for you if you love lasagna, and you also love soup! No oven required, and you can have it ready much faster than baked lasagna. With a thick, tomatoey broth and lots of flavor, pressure cooker lasagna soup is comfort food in a bowl!
Originally published 12/12/2017
Instant Pot Easy Lasagna Soup
My husband is the lasagna master in our house. He doesn’t cook much, but when we want lasagna, he makes it. It is awesome! I’ll have to get him to share his recipe one of these days. In the meantime, I decided to make a soup out of it.
More specifically, a lasagna soup made in the Instant Pot® electric pressure cooker.
You can use any electric pressure cooker to make this Instant Pot Lasagna Soup. If your PC has a sauté or browning feature, that would be best.
This is a one-pot meal, and is so easy to make! Just brown the meat and onions, add the rest of the ingredients in the order of the recipe, and pressure cook it.
This lasagna soup is pretty thick, so keep that in mind. If you want more soupiness, add more broth.
I hope you love this easy pressure cooker Lasagna Soup as much as we do! Serve it with some tasty garlic bread so you can sop up the sauce!
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Instant Pot Easy Lasagna Soup is thick and rich, with everything you love about lasagna, in a bowl!
- 1 1/2 lbs Lean Ground Beef or Sausage (or do 1/2 and 1/2)
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 4" sprig Fresh Rosemary
- 1 pinch Red Pepper Flakes
- 1 Onion, chopped
- 2 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 tsp Basil, dried
- 1 tsp Oregano, dried
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 5 cloves Garlic, pressed or minced
- 4 oz Mushrooms, sliced
- 1 (28 oz) can Crushed Tomatoes, with juice
- 1 (14 oz) can Tomato Sauce
- 5 cups Chicken Broth (use 4 cups for a thicker soup)
- 9 Lasagna Noodles, broken in small pieces, about 1.5"
- 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
- 1 cup Parmesan Cheese, grated
- 1 cup Cottage Cheese* (or Ricotta)
- 1 box Frozen Chopped Spinach, thawed (optional ingredient)
- Fresh Basil or Parsley Leaves
- Parmesan Cheese
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Turn pot on to Sauté function. When the display reads Hot, add the meat, bay leaf, rosemary, and red pepper flakes. Cook until you can't see any pink in the meat, stirring occasionally. You shouldn't have to drain any fat if you used lean meat, but if there is too much, spoon some out.
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Add the onion, Italian seasoning, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper. Cook for a couple of minutes, until onion starts to turn translucent, stirring occasionally.
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Add the garlic and mushrooms, and cook for 1 minute, stirring frequently.
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Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce, and broth. Stir well and let contents come to a simmer.
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Add the pasta and stir well.
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Put the lid on and turn the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
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Turn off/cancel the Sauté function.
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Press the Pressure Cook/Manual button (or dial) and then the + or - button (or dial) to choose 6 minutes.
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When the cook time ends and the pot beeps, do a Quick Release of the pressure. Start slowly, to make sure no sauce comes out with the steam, then turn the steam release knob fully.
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When the pin in the lid drops down, open the lid. Stir the soup and separate any noodles that stuck together (sometimes I get a few). Then add the Parmesan and the mozzarella cheeses. Stir well and let melt. Then add the spinach and cottage cheese.
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Serve in bowls with fresh basil or parsley, and extra parmesan cheese.
*I prefer cottage cheese in my lasagna as I think the flavor is more savory, and the texture is creamier than ricotta. Use what you like!
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Laura
Easy and delicious 🙂 I’ve found it very adaptable when I don’t have quite the right ingredients or spices on hard – still comes out great.
Sondra
I tweaked the recipe a little as we don’t like mushrooms or spinach. We love noodles so I used a bowtie pasta and added more broth for the extra noodles. This recipe is wonderful.
Ctowntrue
So good and thick. The taste is beyond amazing.
Anyaa
I don’t do white flour pasta, but use alternative pastas, and I have some green lentil lasagna,,,,can you tell me how I would adjust the time for this?
Sandy
I have never used that kind of pasta (but it sounds great!). I read several reviews that stated to not precook it, just layer them in. I would try that. If they are too soft, you will know to cook a little less next time. If too al dente, cook a little longer. I’m going to buy some as the reviews are great, so thank you for the question!
Anyaa McAndrew
I used 1/2 box of the green lentil lasagna pasta noodles, brand name is Explore, and the 6-minute instant pot timing you suggested in the recipe and they came out perfect! Thank you, this is a very yummy recipe!
Marsha
Can I add to this to make a pan for about 10? Will it fit in an 8 Qt pot if I do? Also, can I eliminate the tomato ingredients and use a Spaghetti sauce?
Sandy
Yes. This will fit in an 8-quart, maybe not doubled, but half again as much.