Instapot Vegan Minestrone - 壓力鍋純素意大利蔬菜湯

Vegan Minestrone with incredibly flavorful broth from all the vegetables cooked together

Prep time: 5 minute
Cook time: 25 minutes
Serves: 8-10 servings
Ingredients:

Cooked Vegetable salad ingredients:

• 1 cup of navy / cannellini beans, soaked overnight (or use a can of drained beans)

• 2.5 cups of diced carrots (about 3 medium / large carrots)

• 2.5 cups of diced celery (about 5 large stalks, or 8-10 smaller stalks)

• 1 shallot, diced

• 3 small or 1 diced large zucchini

• 1 jar / can of diced tomatoes (preferably Italian, about 15-19 oz, or 4-5 fresh tomatoes diced)

• 1 bunch of chopped kale (you can substitute collard greens or spinach too)

• 1 tsp of dried thyme

• 1.5 tsp of salt

• 6 cups of water

• Optional: 2-3 diced fresh tomatoes

• Optional: 1 cup of cooked GF pasta (I used Tolerant chickpea pasta)

• Optional : Extra virgin olive oil to serve

Cooking Tools:

• Instapot

Directions :

Beans preparation:

1. Add the beans into the instapot with 5 cups of water.

2. (Optional) if you have kombu seaweed, add a small piece or a few shreds in to help breakdown the beans for easier digestion.

3. Set to cook on manual high for 20 minutes (15 if these are small navy beans). Release the pressure after another 15 minutes and drain.

Cooking the Minestrone:

1. Add the beans, carrots, water, shallots, celery, zucchini, jar/can of diced tomato, water, salt, and thyme into the instapot.

2. Set on high and manual cook for 0 minutes, then let it sit to naturally release the pressure for 20 minutes.

3. Open the lid, set the Instapot on saute and add in the kale. Let it cook for 2-5 minutes (depending on how crispy / soft you like your kale)

4. Serve with pasta and top with (optional) olive oil. Enjoy!

Cooking Tip:

If you order “rescued” produce delivery boxes (aka Imperfect foods, misfits, etc.) - this is the perfect dish to make when you receive your box each week and there’s (almost always) damaged vegetables and over ripen items. (and too many celery / carrots to use up)

Stay healthy with Annie:

A variety of colorful vegetables will make this dish visually appealing and give it more flavor/texture profile. Each color will also give your body a set different micronutrients it needs to stay healthy.