Instant Pot Lasagna Soup

It’s hard after a long day of work and then after school activities to have time to spend hours in the kitchen. Let’s be honest, it isn’t happening!

I have been obsessed with pressure cooking lately.  Whether it’s Quick and Easy Beef Stew or Instant Pot Chicken Stew Recipe,  I can have dinner on the table fast

However, if you don’t own a pressure cooker yet, don’t worry…you can make this crock pot lasagna soup recipe. You’ll get all the great delicious flavors of this delicious comfort food made in the crock pot instead of an instant pot.

Why We Love This Recipe

We love making lasagna soup because of the delicious flavors and it is so much easier then making a classic lasagna recipe. Everything cooks easily in the instant pot for an easy weeknight meal.

You can easily change the ingredients to what you prefer. Serve with your favorite Homemade Garlic Bread for a complete meal idea.

Ingredients

• Ground Beef – You can also use ground turkey or a mixture of both. Italian Sausage is also can be added.
• Minced Garlic – If you are using fresh cloves, learn How to Mince Garlic Cloves
• Italian Seasoning – Learn how to make Homemade Italian Seasoning Recipe
• Beef Broth – You can substitute with chicken broth
• Lasagna Noodles – Use any noodles that you prefer

Scroll to the bottom for the full recipe in the recipe card.

Addition Ideas

This is a great recipe to add in veggies to this easy lasagna soup. We recommend adding in spinach, slice mushrooms, or chopped zucchini.

How to Make Lasagna Soup in the Instant Pot

• Step 1 – First, turn on the Instant pot to the sauté setting and brown the ground beef. Once the beef is browned, drain off the excess grease.

Step 2 – Add in red bell pepper, onion and garlic. Then pour in the crushed tomatoes and the diced tomatoes.

Step 3 – Add in seasonings. This will add the delicious flavor of the marinara sauce from a traditional lasagna.

Step 4 – Finally, pour the beef broth (you can use chicken broth as well) into the instant pot on top of the other ingredients.  Then seal the instant pot and cook on the high pressure setting for 5 minutes.

Step 5 – Once all the pressure has been release, break apart the lasagna noodles into bite size pieces. Add these noodles to the pot and stir to combine.

• Step 6 – Make sure that all the noodles are covered in the ingredients.  Add more broth if needed to cover the noodles. (Chicken broth or beef broth both work fine. We have even used marinara sauce with the tomatoes as well.)

• Step 7 – After this cook time, switch the instant pot to the keep warm setting so that you don’t accidentally over cook your noodles.

• Step 8 – Spoon the soup into bowls. Top with a tablespoon with the ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese and fresh basil (option). You can also top with red pepper flakes to add a little spice!

• Step 9 – Serve immediately and enjoy!

Expert Tips

• Cooking Beef – Before adding in the remaining ingredients, we recommend cooking the ground beef in the instant pot on the sauté setting. Drain and remove any grease after cooking the beef.
• Noodles – There is no need to cook the noodles separately if not freezing it. Break the noodles and then place in the pressure cooker. Everything cooks easily in the instant pot. Make sure there is enough broth to cover the noodles.

Serving Suggestions

This lasagna soup Instant pot recipe is so hearty and good! We put a dollop of ricotta cheese on top and it just makes the dish taste amazing.  It’s so creamy.

Usually I serve this great recipe with my 15 Minutes Stuffed Cheesy Bread. It’s quick and simple and oh so yummy with all the cheese.

If you are even shorter on time, learn how to freeze garlic bread. I love being able to just pull this garlic bread out of the freezer and heat it up in less time than it would take to make from scratch.