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Instant Pot Sausage Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

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Oh my goodness, I’m back at it with my Instant Pot, which makes the best ever sausage sweet potato soup in such a short amount of time! You’re going to love this flavorful soup and love how easy it is to make in an Instant pot (or slow cooker).

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Lately I’m all about my Instant Pot. Just this week I made a batch of the best loaded baked potato soup and over the weekend I made an entire turkey meatloaf dinner (with potatoes and green beans) in the Instant Pot.

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I also made spaghetti and meat sauce in the Instant Pot, a recipe I definitely need to share with you guys asap! Oh oh, I also put 4 frozen chicken breasts with 3 cups of chicken broth in the instant pot and cooked it for 45 minutes and then shredded it to make into chicken salad. From the freezer, into the instant pot! You guys! The Instant Pot is amazing!

So…my love for the instant pot is every evident.

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One of my absolute favorite things to make in the Instant Pot is soup, because it pressure cooks, all the flavors meld together and the soup tastes like it has been cooking for hours, but really only takes minutes!

This Instant Pot sausage sweet potato soup with kale and orzo is so yummy and perfect for fall and winter.

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It’s a hearty soup that is so easy to make!! All you do is use the saute setting on your instant pot and saute some hot Italian sausage (or you could use turkey sausage) with some yellow onion, then add in the rest of the ingredients (kale, sweet potato and whole wheat orzo and let the instant pot do it’s job.

Less than 1/2 an hour later, you have the most amazing sausage sweet potato soup you’ve ever had! My son Ben loves this soup, he had two servings for lunch the other day!

If you’re gluten free, you could use wild rice or a gluten free orzo in place of the whole wheat orzo I have listed in the recipe.

And if you don’t have an Instant Pot, you could make this soup via a slow cooker by cooking the soup on low for 8 hours. If you’d like to win an Instant Pot, be sure to sign up for my newsletter! I’m doing an email-subscriber-only giveaway for an Instant Pot, details announced in the October 2018 weekly newsletters (which get sent out every Friday!)

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I’d love to hear from you in the comments section: what is your favorite soup?

Yield: 4-6

Instant Pot Sausage Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

Instant Pot Sausage Sweet Potato Soup Recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Additional Time 5 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 cup yellow onion, chopped (I usually use about a 1/2 of an onion)
  • 8 oz. hot Italian sausage (no casings)
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • dash of freshly ground pepper
  • 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 1 bunch curly kale, stems removed and chopped
  • 4 oz whole wheat orzo
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 oz. Parmesan cheese, shredded or grated for topping

Instructions

  1. Peel, chop and prep all the veggies.
  2. Select the Saute setting on a 6 quart Instant Pot for 5 minutes and pour in the olive oil, then add in the onion and cook for 2 minutes, then add in the garlic and hot Italian sausage, sprinkle in salt and pepper and saute for an additional 3 minutes.
  3. Add in the sweet potato cubes, curly kale, whole wheat orzo, chicken broth and water. Stir to combine.
  4. Secure the lid and set the pressure release to Sealing. Press the Cancel button to reset the cooking program, then select the Soup or Stew setting and set the cooking time for 12 minutes at high pressure.
  5. When the timer goes off, turn the valve from Sealing to Venting to release the pressure. This will make a hissing sound and the steam will come out which takes a few minutes (mine usually takes about 5 minutes). When it is done releasing steam, open the lid and stir, then ladle into 4 bowls, top each bowl with 1/4 of the parmesan cheese (1/4 oz.) and enjoy!

For slow cooker instructions:

  1. Peel, chop and prep all the veggies.
  2. In a medium pan/skillet pour in the olive oil, then add in the onion and saute for 2 minutes on high, then add in the garlic and hot Italian sausage, sprinkle in salt and pepper and saute for an additional 3 minutes.
  3. Transfer contents of the pan/skillet into a crockpot/slow cooker. Add in sweet potato cubes, curly kale, whole wheat orzo, chicken broth and water. Stir to combine.
  4. Put the lid on, and cook for 8 hours on low.
  5. When done cooking ladle into 4 bowls, top each bowl with 1/4 of the parmesan cheese (1/4 oz.) and enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1 bowl of soup
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 358
© Sweetphi
Cuisine: American / Category: Recipes
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Comments

  1. Sheera DeGroot says

    I love broccoli cheese soup! And I can’t wait to try the recipe I saw on here for the chicken and wild rice soup! That looks delicious!

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  2. Rachael says

    My favorite soup is a chicken tortilla soup. For garnish I add a spoonful of sour cream, a few avocado slices and for crunch some baked tortilla strips. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

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  3. L Darlene Nichols says

    Love home made German potato soup which is my favorite. Love a good lentil soup also with carrots, potatoes and tomatoes….. makes me want to go make some soup….

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  4. Tricia Johns says

    Yum! I love a good sweet potato anything! My fave soup is a potato soup. Especially when it’s cold outside. But it’s so versatile that you can make a hot, chunky soup our blend it up creamy and chill it too

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  5. Wendy says

    Ok, so the soup I make most often is a sliced sausage/cannellini bean (soaked overnight)/kale/pasta soup, but my secret favorite soup that no one will eat but me is really spicy red chili Chinese-style soup-it’s like a broth-FOR BREAKFAST!

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  6. Beth Jokinen says

    My favorite is also a potato soup. It’s a spicy potato soup with very simple ingredients that include Yukon (or dutch) potatoes, ground beef, tomato sauce, hot sauce, beef broth and onions. For an added kick, I will add chorizo! I’m making it this weekend in fact!

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  7. carol clark says

    i like clam chowder soup but i know its not a soup but i love love love gouloush its so good and its like a soup just with noodles

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    • Sweetphi says

      YUM! I love a good goulash too (you know, I totally need to make that in the instant pot, my older sister made an amazing one and my mom used to make us this all the time!)

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  8. Steve B. says

    Hi. Thanks for the emails and site! Don’t have an InstantPot, but do have a T-fal/Emeril Pressure Cooker. I can’t tolerate sausage so will prolly try some other meat or protein. Not sure about the kale, either, wondering if it gets “gooey” (slimey?) when cooked in the IP. Love the sweet potatoes, though so I may try this when it gets a bit cooler here in NJ. Happy cooking!

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  9. Tina Vo says

    This looks awesome! I love sweet potato! Will have to try. My favorite is of course chicken noodle soup. Nothing beats this!

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  10. Annette says

    Oh how I love soup! I could eat it for every meal. Currently, my favorite soup (to make) is spinach artichoke, but for the longest time my favorite was Tuscan Vegetable Soup.

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  12. Liz says

    Our family favorite soup is super thick Cream of Turkey with rice 🙂 yum! Getting hungry just thinking about it lol

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  13. Rebecca S. says

    I LOVE Vichyssoise (and need to make some soon) and Tom Yum and New England Clam Chowder (which is my husband’s favorite) and tomato-basil and tomato-roasted red pepper and… Really, there are very few soups I don’t like!

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  14. ANGELA PRINGLE says

    MY FAVORITE WOULD BE OX TAILS SOUP, THAT YOU CAN EAT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR,WITH ALL THE VEGETABLES , JUST MIX AND MATCH WHAT EVER YOU HAVE AT HOME ARE WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO GO IN IT,THE BONE BROTH IS JUST GREAT!!!!

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  18. VICTORIA HARRAH says

    OOOhhhh I’m a sucker for a really really (EXTRA) hot bowl of soup with an adult grilled cheese!! YUM! My favorite has to be Tomato Basil!! You know that grilled cheese is really good when you dip it in the soup…Oh man! I think we’ll have soup this weekend!! Toodles!

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