Zuppa Toscana Delight


(Prep + Cooking Time: 40 minutes | Servings: 8)
Ingredients:

1 lb. chicken sausage, ground.

6 bacon slices; chopped

12 oz. evaporated milk

1 cup parmesan, shredded.

2 cup spinach; chopped

3 potatoes, cubed

3 tbsp. cornstarch

3 garlic cloves; minced.

1 cup yellow onion; chopped.

1 tbsp. butter

40 oz. chicken stock

Salt and black pepper to the taste

A pinch of red pepper flakes
Directions:

Set your instant pot on Sauté mode; add bacon; then stir well. cook until it’s crispy and transfer to а plate

Add sausage to the pot; then stir well. cook until it browns on all sides and also transfer to a plate

Add butter to the pot and melt it

Add onion, stir and cook for 5 minutes

Add garlic, stir and cook for 1 minute

Add 1/3 of the stock, salt, pepper and pepper flakes and stir.

Place potatoes in the steamer basket of the pot, seal the instant pot lid and cook at High for 4 minutes.

Release the pressure naturally for 15 minutes, then release remaining pressure by turning the valve to ‘Venting’, carefully open the lid and transfer potatoes to а bowl.

Add the rest of the stock to the pot, cornstarch mixed with some evaporated milk and the milk, stir and set the pot on Simmer mode.

Add parmesan, sausage, bacon, potatoes, spinach, more salt and pepper if needed; then stir well. divide into bowls and serve

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