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Instant Pot Creamy Tuscan White Bean Soup

Close-up of a white bowl filled with Instant Pot Creamy Tuscan White Bean Soup, featuring white beans, spinach, and sun-dried tomatoes.
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Make a rich and flavorful Tuscan white bean soup quickly using your Instant Pot. This recipe features creamy texture, sun-dried tomatoes, and spinach.

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, drained and chopped
  • 4 cups vegetable broth
  • 2 (15-ounce) cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream (or full-fat coconut milk for dairy-free)
  • 2 cups fresh spinach, roughly chopped
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
  • Salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Set your Instant Pot to Sauté mode. Add olive oil. When hot, add onion and cook until softened, about 4 minutes.
  2. Add garlic, rosemary, thyme, and red pepper flakes. Cook for 1 minute until fragrant. Press Cancel.
  3. Stir in the chopped sun-dried tomatoes, vegetable broth, rinsed cannellini beans, and water.
  4. Secure the lid and set the valve to Sealing. Select Manual/Pressure Cook (High Pressure) for 8 minutes.
  5. When the cooking time finishes, allow a Natural Pressure Release (NPR) for 10 minutes, then carefully perform a Quick Release (QR) for any remaining pressure.
  6. Open the lid. Remove about 1.5 cups of the soup mixture (mostly beans and liquid) and transfer it to a blender. Blend until completely smooth.
  7. Return the pureed mixture to the Instant Pot. Stir in the heavy cream (or coconut milk) and Parmesan cheese, if using.
  8. Set the Instant Pot to Sauté mode (Low). Stir in the chopped spinach until it wilts, about 2 minutes.
  9. Taste the soup and add salt and pepper as needed. Serve hot.

Notes

  • For a thicker soup without blending, mash about one-third of the beans against the side of the pot before adding the cream.
  • If you use dried beans, soak them overnight and adjust the pressure cooking time to 25 minutes with a full NPR.
  • Use vegetable broth for a vegetarian version or chicken broth for a non-vegetarian option.

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