This hearty, Italian Instant Pot pork stew with beans and tomatoes is an absolute family favourite. Made with ground pork meat, juicy tomatoes and legumes of your choice, this dish is nutritious and affordable.
If you love Italian minestrone or a good Bolognese sauce, you will love this gorgeous, Tuscan Instant Pot pork stew. It can be made with any ground meat of your choice – pork, turkey, chicken or beef – and is incredibly easy and quick to prepare.
And while it's made with pork, the dish is more plant-based than meat-heavy as we’re only using half a pound of ground pork for 4 servings, and it is full of fibre-rich legumes and nutritious veggies. You can modify this into a vegetarian dish by replacing the meat with diced mushrooms instead.
HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT PORK STEW
It’s one of our favourite one-pot dishes the whole family will love. Once you sautee a few ingredients, you simply dump everything in and set the Instant Pot to do the work. This Italian pork stew freezes well and is delicious the day after, too. Here are some step-by-step pics to follow along with the recipe below.
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Instant Pot Pork Stew With Beans & Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion finely diced
- 2 celery sticks diced
- 1 large carrot peeled and diced into cubes
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 0.5 lb. ground pork meat (250-280 g)
- 3.5 oz. diced smoked bacon such as lardons or speck (100 g)
- 3-4 fresh thyme sprigs or about 1 teaspoon of dried thyme
- ½ red chili diced (or ½ teaspoon dried chili flakes)
- 3 large cloves of garlic diced
- 2 cups cooked mixed beans of choice cannellini, navy beans, borlotti beans, etc. canned are fine
- 500 g diced tinned tomatoes or cherry tomatoes tomato passata/purée can also be used, we love Mutti brand of canned tomatoes (2.5 cups)
- 1 cup water
- 2 bay leaves optional
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- Juice of ½ lemon
- To serve: grated Parmesan cheese or other cheese of choice
Instructions
- Prepare all the ingredients and turn on the Instant Pot. Press the Sauté function key and let the pot to heat up slightly. Add the olive oil, onion, celery and carrot with 1 teaspoon of salt and cook for 5 minutes, stirring a few times.
- Add the pork and diced bacon and cook together with the vegetables for about for 2-3 minutes, stirring through and breaking the meat apart with a spatula. Then, add the rest of the ingredients except for fresh parsley and lemon juice, and stir through. Press Cancel/Keep Warm to stop the Sauté function.
- Place and lock the lid, making sure the steam valve is set to Sealing. Press Manual function, HIGH pressure and adjust the time to 6 minutes. After 3 beeps, the Instant Pot will start to build up the pressure, which will take about 5-7 minutes, and the cooking will begin. Once the timer goes off, allow 10 minutes for natural pressure release; then, use a quick pressure release method by carefully moving the valve to Venting.
- To finish the stew, stir in the lemon juice and parsley and serve with grated cheese on the side (if you wish).
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Heather R.
So easy and delicious! I doubled the recipe and added a bit more water and broth (and garlic, because tmwe ALWAYS need more garlic) We also added some eggplant that needed to be used up. The kids loved it. I will definitely make this again!
Anna R
Can I leave out the chili? I can't eat spicy food.
Ann Fabrizio
Yes 🙂