Light, packed with flavor, this heartwarming pasta soup is topped with delicious grilled shrimp with a spicy twist. Cook the soup base in the Instant Pot with tomato, garlic, and baby spinach, then top with grilled shrimp to make it the perfect healthy and warming meal!
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Why You’ll Love this Shrimp Pasta Soup
- It’s simple and easy: Dump everything in the Instant Pot, grill the shrimp on the side, assemble, BAM!
- Cooking shrimp on the side keeps them crunchy and juicy. Feel free to switch protein: Rotisserie chicken strips will work great as well.
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Key Ingredients in the Instant Pot Shrimp Pasta Soup
- Shrimp: Peeled and deveined – You can use frozen shrimp that you thaw in a large bowl with lukewarm water.
- Tortellini pasta: They hold the sauce very well. Other chunky pasta shapes will work too, like penne or rigatoni.
- Olive oil
- Veggies and aromatics: tomatoes, spinach, basil, garlic, tomato paste
- Vegetable broth: low-sodium is better for controlling the total amount of salt in the recipe.
- Spices and seasoning: Red pepper flakes, smoked paprika, Kosher salt, Black pepper, Italian seasoning.
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How to make the Instant Pot pasta shrimp soup
- Cook pasta base – In the Instant Pot, combine tortellini, tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, garlic, and broth/water. Pressure cook, then release steam and stir in spinach until wilted.
- Cook shrimp – In a skillet, sauté shrimp with olive oil, red pepper flakes, paprika, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper until cooked through; set aside.
- Assemble & serve – Divide pasta soup into bowls, top with shrimp, and garnish with fresh basil if desired.
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Pro-tips
- We prefer baby spinach for this recipe becasue it taste milder than regular spinach. Add the spinach after the soup base is cooked; it will wilt into the broth without overpowering the flavors.
- Finding the good balance for cooking pasta in the Instant Pot can be tricky, depending on the size and brand of your appliance. For best results with this recipe, it’s better to have slightly undercooked pasta. If you know the heating time on your Instant Pot is longer, you can cut one minute from the cooking time. If pasta ends up a bit undercooked, you can let it sit in the broth for a couple of minutes before adding the spinach.
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Instant Pot Pasta Soup with Shrimp
by eatwell101
Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Light, packed with flavor — This Instant Pot soup is the perfect healthy and warming meal
Ingredients
- 8 oz (220g) raw medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 oz (220g) tortellini
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 handful cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 6 cups (1 1/2 l) water or 6 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
- 6 oz fresh baby spinach
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika or more, to taste
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
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Instructions
- In the insert of the Instant Pot, add pasta, halved tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, garlic, and water (or vegetable broth). Close the lid and valve, set up to quick mode for 4 minutes. The pressure cooker will warm up for 10 minutes then start the cooking for 4 minutes.
- In the meantime, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to a large skillet, on medium-low heat. Add shrimp, red pepper flakes, paprika, Italian seasoning, and salt and cook shrimp on both sides on medium heat until cooked through about 5 minutes. Remove shrimp from the skillet and set aside.
- When pasta soup is done push "cancel" to stop the warming mode and release the pressure valve. Once the steam is released carefully lift the lid and open. Add baby spinach and give a good stir until spinach is slightly wilted.
- Divide the soup into bowls and top with grilled shrimps and additional basil, if you want. Enjoy!
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