Cozy Instant Pot Black Bean Soup

This Instant Pot Black Bean Soup is perfect for weeknight dinners on busy evenings or for cozy, effortless weekend meals … and it even freezes beautifully so you can make it ahead, too.

With all those veggies and healthier sausage, this soup delivers its scrumptious flavors like a gift … with plenty of nutrition hidden inside!

- olive oil - onion - sausage - green pepper - garlic - vegetable broth

Begin by setting your instant pot to the saute setting. Heat a little olive oil and then add your chopped onions, sausage, green pepper and garlic.

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Once your onions have started to soften, turn off your Instant Pot, and then add 1 can of veggie broth. Stir everything around, scraping the bottom of the Pot’s.

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Add tomato paste, bay leaf, salt, oregano, cumin, and black pepper. Stir everything to combine, and then add black beans and stir again.

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Close Instant Pot lid (making sure the "venting" steam release knob is set to sealing, not venting). Set Instant Pot to SOUP (high) setting for 4 minutes.

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When cook time is completed, CAREFULLY manually vent the steam via the steam release knob.

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If you want more of a Spicy Black Bean Soup, be sure to look for a spicy sausage.

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