Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana: Copycat Olive Garden Soup Recipe

This Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana is the best copycat Olive Garden soup recipe and can be made in 5 minutes in your pressure cooker. Filled with sausage, potatoes, spinach and parmesan cheese, your family is going to think you got it right from the restaurant.

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I’m already starting to think ahead to fall.  This weekend I decorated my entry console table with pumpkins and leaves.  I tried to put out some Halloween decorations but my husband drew a line and told me to wait another month.  Fall is the perfect time to start thinking about apple picking, hay rides, jumping in the leaves and my favorite Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Recipe.

Many of you are already familiar with my love for my electric pressure cooker.  I picked up one last year during a Cyber Monday sale and I have never looked back. I have used my Instant Pot almost every single day since I opened the package.  I love it because it makes my favorite foods quicker than I can on the stove top.  It makes the easiest boiled eggs, and the tastiest meatball soup you have ever had. I highly recommend you check them out if you haven’t already.

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Copycat Olive Garden Soup Recipes

Olive Garden makes some of the best soups I have had when eating at a restaurant. I am a sucker for Italian food so naturally, I try and remake my favorites at home. If you love Olive Garden soups make sure you also check out my Instant Pot Chicken Gnocchi Soup!

I also love Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana soup. What isn’t to love?  It is perfect for crisp fall days and I often make this Zuppa Toscana recipe when hosting friends and family for football games.

This Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana copycat recipe can be made in the Instant Pot in 5 minutes (not including prep work).  Using your Instapot saves a lot of time on the stove without sacrificing flavor. I modified it a little bit from the restaurant favorite by using kid-friendly spinach in place of kale, but you can easily make it more authentic by keeping the kale.

Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Recipe

Ingredients:

1lb Italian Sausage (use spicy to make it more like the original)
6 slices bacon, cooked and cut into 1″ pieces (see note about using raw bacon)
1/2 cup chopped onion
3 teaspoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
32 ounces chicken broth
2 cups water
4 potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2″ pieces
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
3-4 cups spinach, chopped (can substitute kale like the original recipe)
1 cup heavy whipping cream
Parmesan cheese (garnish)

Directions:

Place sausage, onion, garlic, and red pepper into the instant pot. Sautee the meat, constantly stirring until browned.

*If using raw bacon, cut it into 1″ pieces and add it to the pot with the sausage to cook.

When meat is browned, turn off the instant pot by pressing cancel.

Add bacon, (if not added already) chicken broth, water, potatoes, salt, and pepper to the pot and mix well. Place the lid on the pot, seal and close the steam release. Set the instant pot to manual, high pressure for 5 minutes. Once the instant pot cycle is finished, quick release the steam.

Open the pot and check the soup. If it is boiling, let the soup rest, uncovered until it is no longer boiling. Add spinach and heavy whipping cream and stir to combine.

Serve topped with Parmesan cheese.

Serves 4-6

Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana

Author: A Mom's Impression

5 from 3 votes

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Servings: 6

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This Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana is the best copycat Olive Garden soup recipe and can be made in 5 minutes in your pressure cooker. Filled with sausage, potatoes, spinach and parmesan cheese, your family is going to think you got it right from the restaurant.

Ingredients 

• 1 lb Italian Sausage I use Bob Evans
• 6 slices bacon cooked and cut into 1" pieces (see note about using raw bacon)
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 3 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 32 ounces chicken broth
• 2 cups water
• 4 potatoes peeled and cut into 1/2" pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 3-4 cups spinach chopped
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• Parmesan cheese garnish

Instructions 

• Place sausage, onion, garlic, and red pepper into the instant pot. Sautee the meat, constantly stirring until browned.
• When meat is browned, turn off the instant pot by pressing cancel.
• Add bacon, (if not added already) chicken broth, water, potatoes, salt and pepper to the pot and mix well. Place the lid on the pot, seal and close the steam release. Set the instant pot to manual, high pressure for 5 minutes. Once the instant pot cycle is finished, quick release the steam.
• Open the pot and check the soup. If it is boiling, let the soup rest, uncovered until it is no longer boiling. Add spinach and heavy whipping cream and stir to combine.
• Serve topped with Parmesan cheese.

Notes

*If using raw bacon, cut it into 1" pieces and add it to the pot with the sausage to cook.

Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.

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Whatever you choose to serve this delicious kid-friendly Zuppa Toscana soup in, know that everyone is going to love it.  You are going to love how much time you saved by using your Instant Pot!

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