Name: Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana (Olive Garden Copycat Recipe)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon olive oil; 1 onion (diced); 1 pound Italian sausage (casings removed); 2 cloves garlic (minced); ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes (add more for additional heat); 6 cups chicken broth (divided); 3 large russet potatoes (halved and cut into 1/4" slices); salt and pepper (to taste); 1 cup heavy cream; 2 cups kale (stems removed and roughly chopped); 6 slices bacon (cooked and crumbled)

Make your favorite soup recipe at home with this amazing Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana (Olive Garden Copycat) recipe. It will make you feel like you are eating in a restaurant rather than your own kitchen.

This Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Olive Garden Copycat soup recipe is one of my favorite soups to make. It has so much flavor and is easy to make in the Instant Pot.

Shows the Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana in bowls ready to serve with a side of breadsticks

While it is nice to go out to eat, it’s also great to make a tasty home cooked meal, not to mention it is easier on the wallet too. This Zuppa Toscana recipe is one of our favorite Olive Garden copycat recipes, everyone in our family loves it.

To round out this soup, you can always pair it with your favorite salad and breadsticks and you’ll definitely feel like you are at Olive Garden. We have a few breadstick recipes to try like our Easy Garlic Breadsticks, Sheet Pan Garlic Breadsticks, or why not another copycat recipe, such as our Olive Garden Breadsticks Copycat Recipe. All the recipes are perfectly dippable for this soup recipe.

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Ingredients needed to make Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Recipe:

Raw ingredients for Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana: chicken broth, kale, onion, garlic, potatoes, sausage, bacon, and cream.

Olive oil
Onion
Italian Sausage casings removed
Cloves garlic minced
Red Pepper Flakes
Chicken Stock
Russet Potatoes
Salt and Pepper
Heavy Cream
Kale Stems
Crispy Bacon

How to make Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup:

Recipe ingredients (sausage and diced onions) in front of the Instant Pot, ready to be cooked.

Press the SAUTE button on the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. Add the oil to the inner cooking pot. When the pot is hot, add the onion and sausage and sauté for 5 minutes, breaking up the sausage. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and mix.

A shot inside the instant pot with the sausage, onions, garlic, potatoes, red pepper flakes, broth, salt and pepper - ready to be cooked.

Add in 2 cups of chicken broth and stir to release any onion pieces that may have stuck to the bottom. Stir in the potatoes. Add in remaining chicken broth. Season with salt and pepper.

Place the lid on top and lock into place. Turn the valve to SEALING. Select MANUAL (or High Pressure Cook). Set the cook time for 15 minutes.

When cooking ends, carefully turn the valve to VENTING for a quick pressure release of the pressure.

Chopped kale ready to go in the Instant Pot

Unlock and remove the lid, then stir in the cream. Heat through, then stir in the kale and the bacon.

Adding the bacon and chopped kale to the instant pot

How to turn this great recipe into a freezer meal:

Cook the sausage and onion and place in a resealable gallon-sized freezer bag or other freezer-safe container. Let the bag cool down (if still hot from the cooked ground sausage).
Add in the garlic, red pepper, potatoes, salt and pepper, kale, and cooked bacon into the bag. Place freezer bag into freezer and it will last up to 90 days.
When ready to use, dump ingredients from bag into Instant Pot (if it won’t come out, run the bag under hot water so that you can remove/peel off the frozen bag). Add 6 cups of chicken broth in with the frozen food. Place the lid on top, move the valve to SEALING, and press the MANUAL button. Set timer for 30 minutes. Do a QUICK RELEASE when the timer is done. Remove the lid and stir in the heavy cream. Serve and enjoy.

Helpful Kitchen Items for this Olive Garden Recipe Copycat:

Instant Pot
Wooden spoon (THIS is a great one)
Liquid measuring cup
Knife
Cutting board (THESE are nice)

Make this Hearty Soup your own:

To make this soup your own you can use your favorite type of sausage!

Turkey Sausage
Spicy Sausage
Hot Italian Sausage
Mild Italian Sausage
Pork Sausage
Spicy Italian Sausage

For a short cut you can use bacon bits. If you want to change up the seasoning we suggest adding Italian seasoning to this recipe.

The heavy cream will give you a creamy broth, but you can switch that out for coconut cream. Don’t forget to top your tuscan soup with parmesan cheese!

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Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Recipe with a spoon ready to serve

Serves: 6