Instant Pot lasagna soup with jar sauce is amazing and healthy!! You can make it in just 8 minutes too! If you loved this classic pasta dinner, this is how to make it deconstructed for dinner.
Oh my goodness!! I just got an Instant Pot and this is my second recipe. I seriously cannot believe how quickly this lazy Instant Pot lasagna soup took to make! It’s now one of our favorite Instant Pot recipes. (participant in the Amazon program, affiliate links present)
Instant Pot Lasagna Soup with Jar Sauce
Ok so it’s lasagna but you’re pressure cooking with different noodles and meats. We love this classic Italian dish. You can make it as an easy Ninja Foodi or Crockpot Express recipe too. As long as it is electric with the saute and high pressure function you are good to go!
With kids, and those wide traditional noodles, they always had a hard time eating it. I also hated precooking them and trying to pick them up to layer them when they were entirely too hot. Lazy lasagna soup is the way to go y’all! You just brown the meat, throw everything else in and let it go.
Ninja Foodi Option
I will use bow tie pasta noodles in this Ninja Foodi recipe too if I find that on sale. They would be a bit smaller than these when it’s done, but totally your choice because of the “cuteness”. 😉 In order to make this lasagna soup recipe in just 8 minutes you need a pot like this one. If you don’t have a pressure cooker I highly recommend getting one.
Ours you see here below was bought when they first came out and there were no recipes online for it at all. Since that is what I do for a living I got to work. This and our Instant Pot spaghetti were the first two ever created and added on to the blog to share. We still make them both today……many many years later.
One of my favorite parts of this 7 in 1 multi cooker pressure cooker is that you can brown your meat right in it. Then add everything else on top, snap the lid on and let it cook. Before I had to dirty a pan on the stovetop to do this part, makes it so much easier!
Ingredients and Notes
Spicy ground Italian sausage or ground beef is used in this case. As for the meat you just want something ground. Sausage is our fave, then beef, but for lower fat chicken and turkey could be substituted. The latter won’t lend nearly as much flavor to the dish but that is up to you.
I like to add some finely diced Onions into the mix but this isn’t entirely necessary. Yellow or white is what I typically choose to use.
I like petite Diced tomatoes for this so that you can get little bits of chunks in every single bite along the way.
You will need some liquid to make it soupy and cook the noodles. Chicken broth or beef broth are your best choices vs. water that won’t add any flavor into the mix. The spaghetti sauce, meat or marinara sauce, too will add flavor though.
Noodles are added into the mix uncooked, you can use any style you like, shells or penne work great so they are bite sized. And to make it authentic I add some Mozzarella cheese, Italian seasonings and occasionally a dollop of ricotta to the top when done.
Variations
I’ve used larger noodles you see here but prefer smaller ones like you see above. You can use any brand too. With any pressure cooker use the high pressure function with a quick release. With the foodi, at the end you could use air crisp mode with some extra cheese on top!
with Frozen Ground Beef
If your meat is still rock hard you can still make this. I explain how to thaw Instant Pot frozen ground beef in case you need it here. Once done, drain the liquid in that pot, and start with the steps below browning that meat until there is no pink left.
Dairy Free Option
If you need a version for those with a sensitive stomach to dairy it is totally easy. I have done this for my husband and will say you can find lactose free dairy products at almost any grocery store nowadays. It is surprisingly good and many times my kids can not even tell the difference.
I highly recommend getting a non stick pot for this and all other pressure cooker recipes so when sauteeing it doesn’t stick and you don’t have to deglaze as often.
Instant Pot Lasagna Soup Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 poun ground beef, or spicy Jimmy Dean is best, or ground turkey
- 1/2 medium onion, diced
- 1 cup diced tomatoes, used canned
- 40 oz beef broth, or chicken broth, less if you want it thicker
- 1 jar spaghetti sauce, (24 oz)
- 1.5 – 2 cup noodles, uncooked , could use bowtie or other type
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch oregano
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, for topping
- 1 cup ricotta cheese, could omit, it’s just as good without it
Instructions
- Set Instant Pot to saute, add olive oil, ground sausage or beef and diced onions. Cook until ground beef is no longer pink. Turn OFF/Cancel button.
- Pour in all ingredients except noodles and cheeses. Stir. Pour noodles on the top and gently submerge into liquid. Do not stir.
- Press manual (if you have that button), pressure, high for 3 minutes.
- Do a quick release and remove lid.
- Top with small spoonful of ricotta and a pinch of mozzarella cheese on top.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
on the Stove
If you wanted to make One Pot Lasagna Soup on the stovetop we have directions for that here too. Takes just a bit longer this way but not much. If you wanted to double this for a large crowd I might go this way since it will fit more.
Using slow cooker function
Pre cook your meat first on saute. Add all ingredients other than noodles and cheeses and cook on low all day (6 hrs or so). About 30 minutes before you’re going to eat put your noodles in. Submerge them into the liquid. Put on high. Top with cheeses and serve!
It is similar to our Crockpot lasagna but with more broth so we call it a soup, but similar ingredients. You can make it layered and thicker or break the noodles with the same ingredients to make a thinner base.
Other easy one pot meals you’ll love
Instant Pot chili is healthy and low carb for dinner. We have a lot of other pressure cooker pasta recipes you will enjoy here Another tweak we love is this Crockpot lasagna casserole. It has similar ingredients but is thicker and a bit heartier as you see here.
Sure, but I will say loudly that spicy ground sausage, like Jimmy Dean brand, is the BEST. There is tons of flavor right inside the meat so you could literally not add any other seasonings. It adds a bit of spicy heat to it too and is always a favorite meal.
Of course it depends on your serving size but the nutritional information is below at about 300 in a 4 ounce serving. If you alter the ingredients of course that will change a bit. If you are comparing the traditional method to this, soup will always have fewer calories overall with the increase of liquid.
What a creative recipe! I’d never thought to create a deconstructed lasagna soup before. It looks so rich and hearty – I can’t wait to give this recipe a try!
This was delicious! We really enjoyed both making and eating it!
Lasagna soup is one of my family’s favorites! 🙂 Love that this version is made in the instant pot.
This was easy to make and so tasty!
This soup is everything we love about lasagna turned into an easy-to-make soup. It’s perfect for busy weeknights!
I just wanted to tell you that this was an absolute hit with my family. However I did tweak the recipe a little. I added minced garlic to the onions. I ended up using a whole can of diced tomatoes and the whole jar of sauce, then added basil, i also added just a little bit of brown sugar to cut the acid from the tomatoes. I pressure cooked everything but the noodles and cheese for 8 minutes and then added wavy egg noodles for 3 more minutes. We don’t like ricotta so i used a block of cream cheese with mozzarella, shredded Parmesan,a dollop of sour cream and garlic powder. I mixed this up and we just added it to our bowls. It is a phenomenal substitute for those that don’t like ricotta or cottage cheese. This is definitely going into our recipe rotation. I would give this 10 stars if i could because it was fantastic. Thank you Darlin for an excellent recipe!
Thanks for this, glad it was a hit
@Sherry Stone,
Tweaked it a little? Sounds like you changed the whole recipe.
I’m so excited to try my new insta pot. It is a three quart. I believe I have to use the same amount of liquid and cooking time as a 6 quart. Do I half the meat, tomatoes, tomato sauce?
Thanks
@Shirley, hopefully you figured it out and didn’t starve to death in the meantime
We love this recipe. We add more broken up lasagna noodles than called for. My granddaughters ask for this every time they visit. They help make it. We use more onion than it calls for and always add fresh garlic. We’ve used chicken and beef broth. We’ve used ground beef, ground chicken/turkey as well as Italian sausage. Or a combination. It turns out great It’s a good recipe to play around with. We usually make our own ricotta cheese and mozzarella cheese when the granddaughters come. So, this is a Recipe they are always proud of and eat very well. I’ve added it to my FAVORITES.
My family loves lasagna soup and making it in the IP just made it even better on my end. They loved it!