Instant Pot Beef, Tomato and Acini di Pepe Soup

By gbvampy1

Ingredients

• 1 lb 90% lean ground beef
• 1- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup diced carrot
• 28 oz can diced tomatoes
• 32 oz beef stock*
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 oz small pasta such as Acini di pepei*
• grated parmesan cheese, optional

Details

Servings 6
Cooking time 50mins

Preparation

Step 1

Press the saute button, when it’s very hot add the ground beef and salt and cook until browned breaking the meat up into small pieces as it cooks. When browned, add the onion, celery and carrots and saute 3 to 4 minutes.
Add the tomatoes, beef stock and bay leaves, close and using pressure cooker press soup (35 minutes).
After that use the quick release, once the pressure is out open, add the pasta and stir, cover and press manual pressure 6 minutes (I did half the time directed on package of pasta). Remove bay leaves and serve.