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Easy Spaghetti Instant Pot Meal
Cookingspaghettiin theInstantPotmay seem kind of like overkill. After all,spaghettiwith meat sauce is a pretty quick and easy meal already. You can brown some ground beef in the time it takes your water to boil, then simmer the sauce while the noodles are cooking, and have everything ready to goin 20 minutes.
But while the prep for aspaghettidinner is easy, the cleanup is a bit more work. First, you have to put away the leftoverspaghettiand sauce in separate containers. And then you’ve got to clean the pastapot, the colander, the saucepan, and the serving bowls, along with all your other dishes.
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TheInstantPotmakes cookingandcleanup a breeze. You can brown the beef, simmer the sauce, and cook the noodles all in onepot. And after the meal, that onepotis all you have to clean.
With myInstantPotSpaghetti Dinner, you can have dinner on the tablewithin 20 minutes, and have the whole meal cleaned up in even less than that. And it’s got the same hearty flavor as if you’d cooked it the old-fashioned way.
Can I use frozen beef to make Instant Pot spaghetti?
Yes, but your need to do a quick thaw in the Instant Pot first.
Oh Great! How do I thaw frozen beef in the instant pot?
Start by place 1.5 cups of water into your Instant pot. Then set frozen beef on a trivet. Set for 7 minutes on HIGH pressure. Once done, do a quickly release the pressure. At this point, the meat will not be completely cooked through, but it will now be ready for you to brown. Discard the liquid left in the instant pot, and start to brown meat (in step 1 of this recipe)
How to Make Instant Pot Spaghetti Dinner
Ingredients you will need:
lean ground beef
onion
garlic
dry spaghetti noodles
diced tomatoes
dried basil
dried parsley
salt and pepper to taste
pasta sauce
water
parmesan cheese for topping
- Press saute on Instant Pot. Once pot has become hot add the ground beef. Break apart while cooking. Cook until beef is browned, about 3-5 minutes. Next add in onions and garlic and cook an additional 3 minutes until onions are translucent. Press the cancel button.
- Break spaghetti in half and place in layers on top of ground beef mixture.
- Add in diced tomatoes, basil, parsly, salt, and pepper. Next, add pasta sauce and 24 oz of water into the Instant Pot, making sure that all the noodles are covered by liquid.
- Lock lid, seal valve, and press the manual button and adjust the time to 8 minutes. When pressure cooker is done cooking do a quick release by carefully opening the steam valve.
- Stir and serve topped with parmesan cheese.
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Instant Pot Spaghetti Dinner
Author Corey Valley
With myInstantPotSpaghetti Dinner, you can have dinner on the tablewithin 20 minutes, and have the whole meal cleaned up in even less than that.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
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Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1/2 onion finely chopped
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 lb dryspaghettinoodles
- 14 oz can diced tomatoes undrained
- 1 tbsp dried basil
- 1 tbsp dried parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
- 24 oz jar your favorite pasta sauce
- 24 oz water
- parmesan cheese for topping
Instructions
Directions:
Press saute onInstantPot. Once pot has becomehot add the ground beef. Break apart while cooking. Cook until beef is browned, about 3-5 minutes. Next add in onions and garlic and cook an additional 3 minutes until onions are translucent. Press the cancel button.
Breakspaghettiin half and place in layers on top of ground beef mixture.
Add in diced tomatoes, basil, parsly, salt, and pepper. Next, add pasta sauce and 24 oz of water into theInstantPot,making sure that all the noodles are covered by liquid.
Lock lid, seal valve, and press the manual button and adjust the time to 8 minutes. When pressure cooker is done cooking do a quick release by carefully opening the steam valve.
Stir and serve topped with parmesan cheese.
Nutrition
Calories: 573kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 42g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 1126mg | Potassium: 1439mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 855IU | Vitamin C: 23.1mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 7.4mg
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Post updated December 12, 2019
