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Today was a recipe double-header featuring sweet potatoes and kale! This one is my Instant Pot Sweet Potato Sausage and Kale Soup. Oh boy, does this have some flavor! It is hearty, but not heavy. It’s pretty healthy, too!
Instant Pot Sweet Potato Sausage and Kale Soup
It’s been a busy New Year so far. My Facebook Instant Pot group grew immensely in the past few months and takes a lot of time to admin. Gotta help those new IP owners!
I also have this blog and all of the fun recipe development, photography, writing, testing, and all of that! It’s so fulfilling! I needed to play a little catch-up, so I was pretty busy cooking today. It felt great!
I’m soup obsessed. I always have been. My mom and my Nana made soups and stews often, and I always loved their recipes. Are you a soup lover, too?
While looking at my sweet potatoes today I realized I wanted to make soup with them. I considered a pureed soup, but I wanted kale in it, and something with a more of a soupy consistency interested me more. Plus, you can add ingredients, like a can of white beans, and that makes it flexible.
So Instant Pot Sweet Potato Sausage and Kale Soup was the winner! But like I said, this was a sweet potato double header. I also made Instant Pot Sweet Potato Kale Soup, a vegetarian, vegan soup with just as much flavor as this soup, but a completely different flavor profile.
Instant Pot Sweet Potato Kale Soup
Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana (Sausage Potato Soup)
Instant Pot Beef Barley Vegetable Soup
Sandy’s Instant Pot Beef Stew
Instant Pot Ham Hock and Bean Soup
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If you make this delicious pressure cooker sweet potato sausage kale soup, please leave a comment and a star rating below. I’d like to know how you like it!
Instant Pot Sweet Potato Sausage and Kale Soup
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 lb Ground Sausage (Sage, Hot, or Italian)
- 1 small Onion, diced
- 2 Bay Leaves
- ¼ tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- 3 Fresh Sage Leaves, chopped (or 1/2 tsp dried)
- 3 sprigs Fresh Thyme (or 1/2 tsp dried)
- 1 sprig Fresh Rosemary (don't use dried)
- ½ tsp Coarse Salt (or 1/4 tsp table salt)
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
- 4 cloves Garlic, pressed or minced
- 5 cups Chicken Broth, low sodium
- 1 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 2 medium Sweet Potatoes, (about 1 1/4 lbs) peeled and diced
- 5 oz Kale, chopped
Instructions
- Turn on pressure cooker's sauté function. When display reads "Hot" add the oil. Then add the sausage and onion.
- Add the bay leaves, red pepper flakes, sage, thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sausage is just cooked.
- Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute or until it is fragrant.
- Add the broth and smoked paprika. Stir well. Put a glass lid on and let it come to a simmer.
- Add the sweet potatoes. Put the pressure cooker lid on and lock in place. Set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
- Cancel the sauté function and set the pot to Pressure Cook (Manual) and use the + or - button (or dial) to choose 5 minutes.
- When cook time has finished, let the pot sit undisturbed for 10 minutes (10 minute Natural Release). Then turn the steam release knob to the Venting position and let the remaining steam out.
- When the pin in the lid drops down, you can open the lid. Stir in the kale and let it sit for a couple of minutes to wilt the kale.
- Stir, taste the soup, adjust salt if desired.
- Serve with some crusty bread.
Nutrition
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Delicious! We used chili powder too instead of smoked paprika too. I also only had 1.5 lbs of sweet potatoes so I added a can of white beans. It turned out perfect.
Since I doubled the recipe and didn’t have room in my Instant Pot, I did this on the stove. I also couldn’t find any smoked paprika in the stores, so I used chipotle chili powder as a substitute. It added a really lovely kick! Delicious recipe!!
Yum! There is a definite complexity and depth of flavor in this recipe. I followed the exact recipe. Wonderful! BUT… I added a teaspoon and a half of fish oil. I cubed the sweet potato in 3/4 inch dices. Nex time, I will go a bit larger. I’m so happy I discovered your site. I’m new to insta pot cooking. But not new to cooking. I have book marked a bunch of recipes. Slánte!
Sandy, since the Instant Pot is such a departure from most other kitchen appliances I really appreciate your detailed instructions that accompany each recipe. Please keep up the good work. You go, Girl. Thanks.
Thank you, Doug! The electric pressure cooker has ignited the passion to cook in millions of people!
Made this tonight! It was delightful. I usually make taco soup/tortilla soup, so an Italian soup was a nice change! It was so warm and comforting. I bought some sausage on sale yesterday so it was perfect timing to try this soup! I used spinach instead of kale, and I had pre-chopped sweet potatoes (which are great in a pinch but they were a tiiiny bit too small so next time I will chop some myself). I added a splash of half and half at the end for some creaminess, and also added mushrooms because I like them. 🙂 Will make this soup again! It was so tasty. Served it with some crusty bread– perfect ending to a wet chilly night. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
I could not get the recipe rating widget to work– 5 Stars from me!
Just finished making this. What a gem! So much flavor with just a few ingredients. Thanks for sharing!!
Can I put all of the ingredients in a crockpot?
If you brown the sausage first, I think you could.
I made this for dinner tonight and it was delicious! It has so much flavor. My husband thought it was one of the best soups I’ve made. Thanks for the great recipe!
I’m so glad you liked this soup, Sarah! It’s kind of a dark horse on my site, and then someone tries it and loves it! Thank you!
Are you using a yam or a true sweet potato I love yams but I would think they would be too soft. What do you think about butternut squash ? Gonna try this soon..hust got q pot for christmad
A sweet potato. I learned that true yams are from Africa and not at all like sweet potatoes. We have used the names interchangeably for many years here in the States.
Do you drain the fat after sautéing?
Only if there is a lot of it. I use a lean sausage, so don’t need to.
Tonight I made the Sweet Potato Sausage and Kale Soup. Turned out pretty good. I like soups! I forgot to add the Fresh Rosemary though…and I bought some today. The next time I make it, I’m going to use larger Sweet Potatoes. I thought it could use a bit more. I’ll be making more in the future. Tomorrow when I scoop me out another bowl, I going to add some Creole Seasoning…because it says it Makes Everything Taste Great. LOL I’ll be trying to make some of your other soups as time goes by.
Hi Bob, I’m glad you liked the soup. The rosemary is a key ingredient, and I’m sorry you didn’t get to try it! Maybe next time, after your Creole version. Thank you for your review!