Our healthy Instant Pot sausage soup with beans recipe is packed with flavor using ground sausage, dry Great Northern beans, tomatoes and kale. Made from scratch (with a canned beans option) you'll love this homemade meal for dinner.

A bowl of hearty pressure cooker sausage soup with beans, kale, ground meat, tomato broth, and grated cheese on top.

Today we made this pressure cooker sausage soup with kale and it was good! Are you ready for some more easy Instant Pot recipes to cook this week? It's the winter months now so we are focused on soup for dinner, eating healthier, and meals with a ton of flavor!

If you're new to this you're in for a surprise as it cooks dry beans in no time and pasta in 10 minutes. Want it done faster, you could use canned Great Northern beans instead which would cut the cook time to ten minutes too but we prefer to start from scratch whenever possible.

You can use your Crockpot Express, IP or make as a Ninja Foodi recipe too. All electric machines like this basically work the same. Choose dried beans or canned for this one, only difference is the cook time but both are fast.

We used dry beans that were cooked to tender perfection in an hour. Grabbed some fresh kale from the produce department and we was ready. It was a bite of comfort food that we'll make over and over again. This is how we make Instant Pot soup recipes in a fraction of the time.

Ingredient notes

You are going to want to pick up a bag dry Great Northern Beans which is the type we used and the cook time below will reflect that type. White beans would be the same. We wouldn't go with kidney as they take longer and feel too firm.

Can you use canned beans?

Yes, you could start with canned beans instead but we personally think it's pretty cool to go from hard as a rock to tender perfectly cooked bites in no time at all. If you decided to start with cans you would start at step 2 instead.

Chicken broth or stock is the best liquid to use to add lots of flavor. Don't use water or it won't be as flavorful.

Ground spicy Italian ground sausage is best. Kielbasa cut into dials work or slices of venison sausage is great too, or use half mild and half spicy

You will want a bit of Olive oil or avocado oil is needed to saute the meat in the first step.

You want to add some Crushed tomatoescanned are easy to find at the store. It creates a bit of texture with a rich sauce

Your Onions should be diced fine, either white or yellow are best. This can be omitted if you are against them of course.

The fresh kale We will submerge at the end to soften a bit to add a lot of texture and nutrition to the dish, this is optional. We like to add Oregano and Garlic to add flavor too.

How Long to Cook Sausage Soup in Instant Pot

If you want to make with canned beans We suggest that you use the same type but in cans and that you drain them before adding. This way you can instead make this same meal in 10 minutes flat. You would instead start at step 2 instead of 1 in this case.

When using dry beans you'll do the same steps we did when making Chili With Dried Beans. You will start by rinsing them to remove debris, then add to the pot with 6 cups of water. Push bean setting for 60 minutes followed by a quick release. Drain tender beans and set aside, then move to step 2 where you add olive oil into pot and set to saute.

How long does it take to cook dry beans in Instant Pot?

If you haven't yet used your pressure cooker to turn dry beans into tender beans in about an hour you are going to be amazed (with NO soaking required)!! Until we got this “magic pot” we had never bought a bag like this because it intimidated us, not anymore. Instant Pot Cooking Times for Beans needs water and less than 60 minutes to get done.

A pot of pressure cooker sausage soup with beans, leafy greens, and tomato broth is being stirred with a wooden spoon.

When do you add the kale?

If you want to add kale add it to the top and gently submerge into the liquid once the beans are done and tender. We suggest that the pieces are large bite size pieces, and the same size so they cook evenly and are easy to eat. Pressure cook on step 6 at high function for 10 minutes. Do a quick release when done, stir, and serve with parmesan cheese on top.

How to Serve

Ok so if you ask us this is a complete meal where you have protein, legumes and vegetables all in one. We serve this as is (with parmesan cheese on top) most of the time but occasionally if we are craving a bit of bread with it we will make some quick sour cream biscuits to serve on the side and call it a day.

A ladle scooping hearty sausage and white bean stew with greens from a pressure cooker.

Instant Pot Sausage Soup Recipe

By This homemade Instant Pot sausage soup is packed with flavor and can be made with or without kale. Using dry Great Northern beans it's the solid dinner. Prep: 15 minutes minsCook: 10 minutes minsTotal: 25 minutes minsServings: 6 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

1 lb sausage, roll, spicy variety is great
1/2 small onion, diced
16 oz Northern beans, dry or canned can be used
6 cup water, if using dry beans this is necessary
4 cup chicken broth
28 oz crushed tomatoes, we used canned
1 tbsp garlic, we used minced, jarred
1 tsp oregano, dried
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, for topping, optional
3 cup kale, fresh, cut into chunks

Instructions

If using dry Northern beans put them in your Instant Pot with 6 c. water and set to the bean setting for 60 minutes, do a quick release, drain and set aside. If you're using canned beans refer to notes below and skip this step.
Set your pressure cooker to saute and add a bit of olive oil, your sausage and diced onion. Cook until sausage is no longer pink. Turn pot OFF/Cancel.
Add spices and mix with meat and onions.
Pour in can of crushed tomatoes, beans either canned or dry (that you “cooked” earlier and drained), and chicken broth. Stir.
Cut stem off fresh kale and cut into chunks (2×2″ or so).
Put into pressure cooker and push down into the liquid, gently mix a bit so they are submerged. Close lid and steam valve.
Set Instant Pot to high pressure for 10 minutes (8 minutes if you want your kale to have a bit of “bite” to it and not be super soft).
Do a quick release and can serve with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese on top if desired.

Notes

If using canned beans

If you want to use canned beans you will still want 16 oz. Drain the cans first and then skip step 1 above. Start with step 2 instead and follow along from there with the same cook time as listed above in step 7.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Appetizer, Entree, Main Course, SoupCuisine: American, Italian Tried this recipe?Mention @thetypical_mom or tag #thetypicalmom!

A side of rolls or pull apart bread is a great addition too. If you decide to use canned beans, drain them and start at step 3. Now we even have a Crockpot tortellini soup that is similar if you want to give that one a whirl too! We do love our slow cooker and some nights it is a necessity.

Other dry bean pressure cooker recipes you'll love

Here are a few others we've made so far, this one is yet another: They are all easy Instant Pot dinner recipes everyone loves. We love our healthy Instant Pot split pea soup for dinner but our kids love Instant Pot beans and franks even more.

Make our tasty instant pot ham and beans which uses the same Signature Select beans you see here. You can use the same to make our NO soak Instant Pot baked beans