Instant Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Italian Soup

Instant Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Italian Soup is better then the restaurant and on your table in less than 30 minutes. Use Radishes instead of Potatoes to make it Low Carb and Keto!

Instant Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Italian Soup

Instant Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Italian Soup

The original Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Italian Soup uses mild sausage and red pepper flakes, but you can get the same effect using hot sausage only.

This Instant Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Italian Soup can be on your table in less than 30 minutes!

If you love soup and need a very simple recipe for a delicious soup, check out my Pressure Cooker Nordstrom Tomato Basil Soup recipe.

My Pressure Cooker Seafood Corn Chowder {Shrimp Gumbo} is a meal in itself, with spices you probably already have in your pantry.

Cast of Ingredients for Pressure Cooker Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Italian Soup

In 1990, I taught aerobics at Slimmons, Richard Simmons studio in Beverly Hills.

Every Sunday, some of the instructors and I would go to lunch and a movie or shopping. At least once a month, The Olive Garden was chosen for soup and breadsticks. Some of us got the Minestrone and some got the Zuppa Toscana.

This recipe is like the Olive Garden Garden Zuppa Toscana on steroids!

If you don’t like kale and many people don’t, just use spinach instead. You will still get that nice and spicy yummy taste from the soup. I think I like the Zuppa a bit better with Russet Potatoes, rather than red potatoes, but use whatever you like or have in the house.

Cut the Kale into a Chiffonade

After removing the veins from the kale, I like to use a cutting technique called, Chiffonade.

Chiffonade is a fancy French word that means made of rags. You roll up the leaves tightly and then and slice them lengthwise into strips.

Sausage Cooks with Onions

Rough chop the bacon and fry it up in the Pressure Cooker and then remove it from the pot and set aside

I usually drain most of the grease and sauté the onions in the bacon grease and then add the sausage and sauté them both together.

Add UNpeeled Potatoes

Drain off any residual grease and add the liquids and the potatoes.

Pretend the potatoes are not peeled. Just close your eyes for a second and try to get this photo out of your mind.

My husband was trying to be helpful and peeled the potatoes when I wasn’t looking. The peels give good flavor, so don’t peel them.

Low carb option. Use Radishes instead of Potatoes.

Add Fresh Kale after cooking

There is only a five minute cook time, but this Instant Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana tastes like you have been cooking all day.

If you keep the ingredients in your freezer, you can whip up a batch on a moments notice.

Add Cream and Simmer until Hot

You can use full cream to make a very rich soup, or save a few calories and go with Half & Half.

It won’t be as satisfying, so I suggest using the full fat and having a smaller portion.

You can save even more calories using turkey sausage, rather than pork sausage. Oh, the possibilities. Turkey bacon would work as well.

Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana

Don’t forget to serve with Breadsticks or a Crusty Loaf of Bread or with some Nordstrom Parmesan Garlic Crostini.

Another soup you may like is my Pressure Cooker Nordstrom Tomato Basil Soup.

Instant Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Italian Soup

Dorinda, one of the members of my This Old Gal Facebook Group, purchased my This Old Gal Pressure Cooker Cookbook and made the soup from the book.

It is slightly different. Dorinda is a much better photographer than me. Plus, don’t you love the chicken hot pad?

More Instant Pot Soup Recipes to Make.

• Pressure Cooker Chicken Marsala Mushroom Soup
• Pressure Cooker Armenian Lentil Soup
• Pressure Cooker Low Carb Manhattan Clam Chowder Soup
• Pressure Cooker Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup Low Carb
• Pressure Cooker Broccoli Cheddar Soup ~Low Carb Keto

Equipment Equipment and Essentials

• Instant Pot DUO Plus, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker
• J.A. Henckels Classic 7-inch Hollow Edge Santoku Knife
• Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
• Culina Stackable (Dry) Stainless Steel Measuring Cups
• Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
• Cilio Olivewood Spatula
• OXO Good Grips Cutting Board
• Reditainer Extreme Freezer Containers
• Freezer Labels

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Here is your handy printable recipe:

Instant Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana (Italian Soup)

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Course: Soup

Cuisine: Italian

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Pressure Release: 10 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 390kcal

Author: Jill Selkowitz

Ingredients

• 4 slices Bacon rough chopped
• 1 medium Yellow/Brown Onion chopped
• 1 pound Hot Italian Sausage casing removed
• 4 cloves Fresh Garlic minced
• 6.25 cups Chicken Stock/Broth
• 3 Large Potatoes UNpeeled and sliced 1/4" thick
• 2 cups Fresh Kale (Chiffonade)
• 1 cup Heavy Cream

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

• Select the Sauté or Browning function on your Pressure Cooker and allow to heat.
• Add bacon to the Pressure Cooker cooking pot and cook until crisp. Remove bacon to paper towel lined plate and drain most of the grease. Set aside
• Add onions to the cooking pot and sauté in bacon grease for about 3 minutes. Add sausage, breaking up into pieces and sauté until browned, about 5 minutes. Add garlic to cooking pot and sauté 1 more minute.
• Turn off Pressure Cooker and drain grease, if necessary.  Add Chicken Broth, and potatoes.
• Lock on lid and close Pressure Valve.  Cook at High Pressure for 5 minutes.  When Beep sounds, wait 10 minutes and then release the rest of the pressure.
• Add kale chiffonade to the cooking pot and stir until wilted. Add cream and combine.
• Place in serving bowls and top with bacon.

Notes

Mild Sausage can be substituted for the Hot Sausage and add Hot Pepper Flakes to get the heat.

You can make this a lower calorie soup by using turkey sausage and Half & Half instead, but it won't be as satisfying. I suggest making it full fat and just having a smaller portion.

Low Carb and Keto Option

• Use radishes instead of potatoes.
• No one will know!

Photos courtesy of Dorinda Slaney.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Instant Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana (Italian Soup)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 390 Calories from Fat 306

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 34g 52%

Saturated Fat 15g 75%

Cholesterol 91mg 30%

Sodium 561mg 23%

Potassium 454mg 13%

Total Carbohydrates 6g 2%

Dietary Fiber 0g 0%

Sugars 0g

Protein 14g 28%

Vitamin A 42.2%

Vitamin C 27.8%

Calcium 6.8%

Iron 7.8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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