Description
A quick and easy spaghetti recipe made in the Instant Pot, perfect for a weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound ground meat of choice (optional)
- 1 small yellow onion (minced)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 4 cups vegetable broth or chicken stock (divided)
- 16 ounces spaghetti noodles (regular or whole wheat)
- 24 ounces spaghetti sauce (homemade or jarred)
- Parmesan Cheese (for serving)
Instructions
- Hit the sauté function on the Instant Pot. Add in a bit of oil and let heat for 30-60 seconds.
- Once heated, add in the ground beef and minced onion. Sauté the beef and onion together, breaking up the meat into small pieces as it browns.
- Once almost fully browned, add in the minced garlic and continue to cook for 1 minute to finish cooking the beef and lightly toast the garlic.
- Once the meat is browned, turn the Instant Pot off by hitting cancel. Remove meat from the inner pot, drain off any grease, and reserve the meat for later.
- Return the inner pot back to the Instant Pot. Add in ½ cup of broth to the inner pot and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the inner pot to prevent a burn warning.
- Break the spaghetti noodles in half and layer them inside the inner pot in a criss-crossing fashion, to prevent the noodles from clumping together.
- Pour the remaining 3 ½ cups of broth over the noodles. Gently submerge the noodles into the liquid using a spoon as best you can. It is okay if they are not fully submerged.
- Top the noodles with the browned meat mixture and the prepared spaghetti sauce.
- Place the lid on the pressure cooker and be sure the vent knob is pointed to sealed.
- Set to cook on High Pressure for 5 minutes by hitting pressure cook or manual and then using the +/- buttons to adjust until the timing reads 5.
- Once the cooking time has elapsed, let pressure release for EXACTLY 5 minutes naturally.
- Then release any remaining pressure by using a wooden spoon to knock the vent knob from sealing to venting, being careful to stand away from any steam that may be released.
- Open the Instant Pot and gently toss the noodles and sauce together.
- Serve with Parmesan Cheese if desired.
Notes
- For a vegetarian version, omit the ground meat and add more vegetables.
- Ensure to scrape the bottom of the pot well to avoid burning the sauce.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Pressure Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 plate
- Calories: 500
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 1000mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 70g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 70mg