Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup Recipe (2024)

Looking for soup filled with Italian flavors married wonderfully? Look no further! In our Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup, you will get those delicious basil and parsley flavors and chunks of meatballs!

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Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup, what an interesting name right?! Is it actually served at weddings? It might be! But for ours, the “wedding” part refers to the Italian flavors being put together perfectly that they all marry together forming the perfect flavor.

You can make this easy family dinner recipe right in the Instant Pot. Our pressure cooker soup recipe is one of our more popular recipes!

This meatball soup in the Instant Pot can be put together in minutes and done in less than an hour! But, don’t worry you will not be missing that wonderful flavor that normally develops during the day while making soup.

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Ingredients Needed For This Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup:

  • Olive oil
  • Sliced carrots
  • Sliced celery
  • Diced red onion
  • Minced garlic
  • Dried parsley
  • Dried basil
  • Salt
  • Ground pepper
  • Dried dill
  • Chicken broth
  • Italian meatballs
  • Acini di pepe pasta, uncooked
  • Fresh baby spinach
  • Shredded Parmesan cheese
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How To Make This Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup:

Begin by turning your Instant Pot on and pressing the SAUTE button.

Add the olive oil into the bottom of the inner pot and allow it to heat up.

Then, add in the sliced carrots, sliced celery, and diced onion and saute them for 4-5 minutes or until the vegetables become tender.

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Once the vegetables are tender, add in the minced garlic and allow it all to saute for another 30 seconds.

Now, add in the dried parsley, dried basil, salt, pepper, dried dill, and chicken broth to the inner pot and mix everything together.

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Next, add the frozen meatballs into the Instant Pot and press the CANCEL button to turn off the saute.

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Place the lid on top of the Instant Pot and press the MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK button and set the timer for 7 minutes. Make sure to turn the valve on top to the SEALING position.

Once the timer goes off, turn the valve to the VENTING position to do a quick release of the pressure inside the Instant Pot.

Now, take the lid off and add the pasta and chopped baby spinach to the pot, and place the lid back on the Instant Pot and turn the valve back to the SEALING position.

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Press the MANUAL or PRESSURE cook button again and set the timer for another 3 minutes.

When the timer goes off this time, do another quick release of the pressure and turn the valve to the VENTING position.

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Once all the pressure is out, remove the lid from the Instant pot and use a ladle to serve the Italian soup, and top it with Parmesan cheese!

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Italian soup recipe with frozen meatballs necessities:

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  3. Ladle
  4. Soup bowls

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Serves: 6

Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup Recipe

Our Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup is the delicious flavors of basil and parsley with chunks of meatballs!

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

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Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 ½ cups carrots sliced
  • 1 cup celery sliced
  • ½ red onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon dried dill
  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 18 ounces frozen meatballs Italian style
  • ½ cup acini de pepe pasta uncooked
  • 6 ounces fresh baby spinach roughly chopped
  • ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  • Turn on Instant Pot and press SAUTE button.

  • Add the olive oil to the bottom of the pot and let it heat up.

  • Add in carrots, celery, and onion. Saute for 4-5 minutes or until tender. Add in garlic and saute for 30 seconds more.

  • Add in parsley, basil, salt, pepper, dill, and broth

  • Add the frozen meatballs to the pot. Place lid on pot and press MANUAL (or PRESSURE COOK) and set timer for 7 minutes. Allow 10-15 minutes to come to pressure before it starts the countdown cook timer.

  • Once it is finished cooking, do a quick release of the pressure. Remove the lid and add in pasta and baby spinach. Place the lid back on and press MANUAL or (PRESSURE COOK) and set timer for 3 minutes. Allow 10-15 minutes to come to pressure before it starts the countdown cook timer.

  • Once it is finished cooking, do a quick release of the pressure.

  • Ladle soup into bowls and serve topped with Parmesan cheese.

Nutrition

Calories: 344 kcal · Carbohydrates: 13 g · Protein: 21 g · Fat: 23 g · Saturated Fat: 8 g · Cholesterol: 67 mg · Sodium: 1294 mg · Potassium: 764 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 3 g · Vitamin A: 8145 IU · Vitamin C: 29 mg · Calcium: 177 mg · Iron: 3 mg

Equipment

  • Instant Pot

Recipe Details

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Author: Camille Beckstrand

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  1. Alli says:

    Is there a way to make it in a regular pot on the stove or a crockpot?

  2. S Kramer says:

    When do you add the pasta?

  3. L Baumann says:

    When do you add the spinach and pasta? Looks delish!!

  4. Hollie says:

    Making this tonight but I’m wondering if I Can use homemade meatballs? And if so, when would I add them?

  5. Lisa says:

    Looking forward to tasting this!need to correct the recipe directions though...not a step to add pasta and spinach.

  6. Julie says:

    Your printable recipe is incorrect. Thankfully I noticed before starting and read correct recipe in longer instructions above. Soup was really good though!

  7. Kayleen Kamikawa says:

    The recipe is missing a bunch of steps in the middle. I tried to make it tonight and am not sure it can be saved :(

  8. Momma Cyd says:

    The full directions are in 2 places on the post. Sorry about that. We have edited the post and fixed the instructions.

  9. Momma Cyd says:

    So sorry about that. The recipe has been edited.

  10. Momma Cyd says:

    Sorry about that. The recipe has been edited and working great!

  11. Momma Cyd says:

    Sorry about that. The recipe has been edited.

  12. Momma Cyd says:

    Sorry about that. We have updated the post and made the necessary edits.

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About The Author:

Camille Beckstrand

Camille Beckstrand is married to Jared and they have 4 kids. She is a certified life coach that loves helping women become "unstuck" in their lives and is the host of the podcast "Moms On The Rise". She also loves a good true crime podcast, a big plate of cheesy loaded nachos, and going on adventures with her family.

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