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{Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Spaghetti
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{Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Spaghetti ~ Quick, Easy Homemade Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Made in Your Pressure Cooker!
I have finally fallen in love with my pressure cooker! I was the one that left it in the box and only made a few recipes like this Hamburger Stroganoff and Instant Pot Beef Taco Soup then stuck it away until I made the specific recipe again! That’s until I tried this Pressure Cooker Spaghetti recipe! It’s the BEST spaghetti I’ve ever had!
In fact I often times use whole wheat spaghetti and you know how sometimes whole wheat pasta is a bet “chewier” it totally comes out PERFECT with the pressure cooker! My family has no idea that I use whole wheat noodles most of the time! Win!
At first, I didn’t include the diced tomatoes, but I added them a few times ago and I love tomatoes in my spaghetti and it made me feel like I was eating at an Italian restaurant so I decided they are a must in this recipe. Now, if you’d like you can leave them out. You can also leave the hamburger out if you don’t like hamburger in your sauce.
I love hamburger in my sauce and when you cook the sauce, hamburger and pasta in the pressure cooker the flavor is unbelievable!
Ingredients Needed to make {Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Spaghetti!
- Ground beef
- Yellow onion
- Garlic
- Spaghetti sauce
- Petite Diced Tomatoes
- Water
- Spaghetti noodles
Now, let’s talk about this Instant Pot a bit. Do you have one? Do you love it or do you hate it?
I’ve decided it’s kind of a love/hate relationship with the pressure cooker. Some people swear by them and some people wonder what the hype is about! I was wondering what the hype was about until awhile ago.
Tips for Making {Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Spaghetti
- Use Whole Wheat Spaghetti! I cook this on manual for 8 minutes instead of 6 minutes with regular spaghetti.
- Not a fan of hamburger? Leave it out!
- Not a fan of diced tomatoes? Leave it out!
- Cook for six minutes for an al dente noodle and 8 minutes on manual for a softer noodle.
I preferred my Crock Pot to the Pressure Cooker while I was working full-time outside the home. The fact that dinner was ready when I came home from work was what I wanted. With the pressure cooker I stilled had to make the meal. Not what I was looking for.
Now, looking back I kind of am wondering what the big deal was because the Instant Pot is totally hands off. You just stick all the ingredients in and then you set it to the time you want and LEAVE IT ALONE. Amazing.
Simple.
That’s what I’m looking for. The Easy Button!
When I first started using a pressure cooker I didn’t know why it was any different than a one pot stove top meal, but after using it for a while I did get the difference. First of all the flavors seem to be way better and second of all you don’t have to stir or anything.
You just dump everything in and set the time and walk away. With three littles needing Momma constantly I can truly tell you this is a life saver!
Tools Helpful When Making {Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Spaghetti!
If you are the one that still has their Pressure Cooker in it’s box I urge you to pull it out and try it. Give it a whirl Try this Instant Pot Spaghetti first, then I recommend my incredibly popular Instant Pot Ribs, Hamburger Stroganoff and also these Mashed Potatoes! Or, check out my Goulash, traditional Spaghetti and Meatballs or One Pot Skillet Spaghetti!
{Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Spaghetti
{Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Spaghetti ~ Quick, Easy Homemade Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Made in Your Pressure Cooker!
Print Pin RateServings: 6
Calories: 361kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 24 oz jar spaghetti sauce
- 1 14.5 oz can petite diced tomatoes
- 2 c. water
- 8 oz spaghetti noodles
Instructions
- Turn pressure cooker to saute. Place ground hamburger, onions and garlic in pressure cooker. Saute for 5 minutes or until beef is almost cooked through and onions are translucent.
- Drain grease off of hamburger.
- Break noodles into thirds and place on top of hamburger making sure they are evenly placed. Pour spaghetti sauce, petite diced tomatoes and water on top. Do not stir.
- Turn pressure cooker to manual and set timer for 8 minutes.
- When pressure cooker is done cooking, quick release the pressure. Stir and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 361kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 741mg | Potassium: 916mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 640IU | Vitamin C: 16.1mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 4.2mg
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LEAVE A COMMENT{Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Spaghetti
{Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Spaghetti ~ Quick, Easy Homemade Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Made in Your Pressure Cooker!
Print Pin RateServings: 6
Calories: 409kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 24 oz jar spaghetti sauce
- 1 14.5 oz can petite diced tomatoes
- 2 c. water
- 8 oz spaghetti noodles
Instructions
- Turn pressure cooker to saute. Place ground hamburger, onions and garlic in pressure cooker. Saute for 5 minutes or until beef is almost cooked through and onions are translucent.
- Drain grease off of hamburger.
- Break noodles into thirds and place on top of hamburger making sure they are evenly placed. Pour spaghetti sauce, petite diced tomatoes and water on top. Do not stir.
- Turn pressure cooker to manual and set timer for 8 minutes.
- When pressure cooker is done cooking, quick release the pressure. Stir and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Calories: 409kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 610mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10g
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Just got my Instant Pot for Christmas. It is a learning process. My family loves spaghetti and looking forward to
trying this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
I hope you love it! It’s one of my family’s favorite meals!
I made this tonight, first time using my instant pot. It was a hit! Super easy and only one dirty pot to clean! This will for sure be a staple in our house.
So glad you enjoyed it!
I want to use Organic Bolivian Royal Quinoa Spaghetti. It says to cook for 10 to 14 to 16 minutes in 3 to 4 quarts of water. What is your suggested cooking time in Instan Pot?
I’m not familiar with this product but considering it takes longer to cook than regular pasta I would add a 2-3 minutes to the IP cooking time.
I doubled this one for my large family. We will be keeping it around.
So glad you enjoyed it!
When you doubled it, did you double the amount of water? How long did you cook it under pressure?
This sounds delicious! I lived in Rome as a little girl and loved twirling my spaghetti on the fork. Do you break up the spaghetti in order to make it fit in the pot, or is that personal preference? By the way, I’m excited to make all these recipes since I just got my IP for my birthday. Thank you so much for posting yummy, simple recipes!
Yes they fit better in my opinion! Hope you find some keepers!
When the instant pot says manual for 8 minutes is that height pressure or low? Since I don’t have the instant pot mine is fagor.
It is high pressure.
The time says 28 mins total but the prep plus cooking time is 18 mins. Where does the extra time come from if you vent the pressure right away?
With a recipe like this, given that there’s a fair amount of liquid, my electric pressure cooker can take up to 10 minutes to fully pressurize before the actual “cooking time” of 8 minutes (or whatever) begins.
It takes a while for the IP to come to pressure.
The extra time is for the instant pot to pressurize and release.
Do we need to keep cooking in the sauté mode or change it? If change to what we change it?
AFter you sauté the hamburger you will add the rest of the ingredients to the pressure cooker and then use the manual function and cook it using manual pressure.
Made this tonight and it was soooo good! Used this recipe because it had only 1/2 pound of pasta which I thought was the correct amount for the amount of sauce. Used regular thin spaghetti and pressured for 5 minutes with qr. Thanks for the great recipe.
So glad you enjoyed it and made it work for you Lynne!
WOW! This looks awesome! Like you, I’ve recently fallen in love with cooking ALL the things in the Instant Pot! I’ve yet to try spaghetti, so I’m adding this to my list. Easy dinners for the win!
Ohhhh you haven’t tried spaghetti?? You’ve gotta!
I have been holding off buying an Instant Pot for the same reason! But the idea of throwing everything in a pot and walking away with no stirring……that’s my kind of meal!! Plus, if I can make this spaghetti in it I’m all in!
You totally need one!
I was so scared to use my Instant Pot for the first time, but it ended up being so easy, and the dish I made was SO tasty! I’m excited to give this a try because my pasta-loving family needs this in our lives!
I know! Once you try it you can’t live without it!
If I want to double recipe, how much time do you recommend I add?
I’m not sure as I have never doubled it. I’d add half the time if I had to guess.
My daughter was asking me just last night why we didn’t have a pressure cooker! We wanted to get one at Christmas, but they all sold out before we could get one on sale! Seeing a recipe like this REALLY makes me want to pony up the dough and buy one!
Your daughter would love this!
They are inexpensive at Wal-Mart. I love mine, use it for everything
Nothing beats a good dinner of spaghetti!
Such a staple recipe around here!