instant pot italian wedding soup

YIELD

8 servings

TYPE

Instant Pot

TIME

35 minutes

LEVEL

Beginner

– 30 meatballs pre-cooked - 1/4 cup olive oil - 1 small onion diced - 1 cup Parmesan cheese - 4 eggs - 1 tsp. garlic minced - 12 oz. chopped spinach - 3 32 oz. chicken broth  - 1 cup orzo pasta - salt and pepper

Ingredients

Saute mode.

1

Set your Instant Pot to saute mode and add 1/4 cup olive oil. Once the oil heats, add 1 small diced onion and cook for 2-3 minutes. When translucent, add 1 tsp. minced garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Chicken broth.

2

Pour in three 32 oz. containers of chicken broth. Cover with the lid, and let the soup come to a boil, 5-10 minutes.

Squeeze spinach.

3

Meanwhile, squeeze the water out from1 thawed 12 oz. package frozen chopped spinach. We do this by pressing it through a colander over a bowl.

Make spinach mixture.

4

Add the drained spinach to a bowl with 4 eggs and mix together thoroughly. Then, add 1 cup Parmesan cheese and stir.

Add spinach mixture.

5

Once boiling, drop forkfuls of the spinach egg mixture into the broth, one at a time, until all of the mixture is mixed in. Give it a gentle stir, then add in 1 cup orzo pasta. Cook on high pressure for 3 minutes.

Add meatballs.

6

Carefully release pressure, then stir and add in 30 cooked meatballs.

Serve, and enjoy.

7

Season with salt and pepper, serve, and enjoy.