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Delicious Instant Pot Tortellini Soup is the next recipe in my “Mini Series” of Recipes for the 3 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker.” Tasty pressure cooker tortellini soup has veggies and lean ground beef or ground turkey, and Lots of flavor! You can easily double the recipe for the 6 qt pot.
Instant Pot Tortellini Soup
Making a meal for just one or two people is one of the biggest cooking challenges for me. In my family I’m known for cooking “for the Seventh Army,” which I never quite understood the meaning of! What about the First through sixth?
The gist of it is that I make a lot of food. Now that it is just Paul and I most of the time (since our youngest son got his car) I find myself scaling back my normally large vats of food so we don’t end up with leftovers for days.
The new 3 quart Mini electric pressure cooker is forcing me to make smaller quantities since it doesn’t hold as much as the standard 6 quart models. I’m actually having a lot of fun scaling my recipes, and coming up with new ones, like this Instant Pot Mini – Tortellini Soup! This recipe makes about 5 cups, and is very flavorful and filling.
If you have a larger pressure cooker, you can easily double this Instant Pot tortellini soup recipe, keeping the cook time the same.
With this soup you can play with the ingredients. You may not always have these exact items laying around, so you can throw in what you like: zucchini, corn, celery, to name a few. If you can, try to keep the herbs the same, as they impart the wonderful flavor that makes this so delicious!
Have fun with it!
Instant Pot Mini – Mac and Cheese
Instant Pot Mini – Sweet Potato Chili
Instant Pot Mini – Jerk Thighs and Rice
Instant Pot Mini – Tasty Black Beans
Instant Pot Mini – Spaghetti
Instant Pot Mini - Tortellini Soup
Ingredients
- ½ lb Lean Ground Beef or Turkey* (93% lean)
- ½ small Sweet Onion, chopped
- 2 small Carrots, chopped
- 2 small cloves Garlic, pressed or finely minced
- 1 tsp Fresh Ginger, grated (or 1/4 tsp powdered)
- 3 ¼ cups Chicken or Vegetable Broth, low sodium
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 sprig Fresh Thyme (or 1/2 tsp dried)
- 1 sprig Fresh Rosemary, about 3-4 inches long
- 1 cup Mushrooms, thickly sliced
- ½ tsp Kosher Salt (or 1/4 tsp table salt)
- ¼ tsp Pepper
- 1 15 oz can White Beans, drained & rinsed
- 1 cup Refrigerated Tortellini
Optional
- ¾ cup Sweet Potato, cubed
Garnish
- Grated Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Turn the pot on to the Sauté function (Normal/Med heat). When the display reads "Hot" add the meat (add a little oil if using ground turkey). Cook, stirring occasionally, until almost done.
- Add the onion and carrots and stir. Cook a few minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion starts to turn translucent.
- Add the garlic and ginger. Stir.
- Add broth and stir.
- Add bay leaf, thyme, rosemary, mushrooms, salt, pepper, and beans (also sweet potato, if using).
- Stir in the tortellini.
- Put the lid on the pot and lock it in place. Set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
- Cancel the Sauté function.
- Press Pressure Cook (Manual) and then the + or - to choose 5 minutes.
- When the cooking cycle ends, let the pot sit for 5 minutes (natural release). Then turn the steam release knob to the Venting position to release the remaining pressure/steam.
- When the pin in the lid drops, open the lid and stir the soup. Taste and adjust salt, if needed.
- Garnish as desired and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Have you tried with dry tortellini? I usually have this on hand and want to try this recipe
I haven’t, but I would add a little more liquid and cook about half the time the package recommends.
Such a great soup! The tortellini greatly benefit from being added after the pressure cooking- 2 minutes in hot soup will do. Texture much improved!
Loved this recipe! I’m not big on mushrooms so I subbed celery and this was amazing! Super quick and easy. I made this in my tiny studio apartment, I’m a college student and I was so happy to have this tortellini soup for lunch last week. Definitely worth a try.
Can you make this in the 6 qt
Yes. It might be good to increase the recipe.
We have the MINI in our RV (6 qt left at home), and I struggle with “halving” recipes … (What do I do with half a can of…?). Very happy to find your MINI set, and tonight I made the tortellini soup. YUM!! Thanks for this; will definitely make again ?
Thanks so much for these mini pot recipes. They will help me to create some of my own along with enjoying yours. Hugs.