Instant Pot Spaghetti
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Love Spaghetti? It just got easier with this easy Instant Pot Spaghetti recipe. It’s made in one pot and is completely hands off. Tender spaghetti noodles in a meat sauce. Pair with a tossed salad and garlic bread for a complete meal.
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
- Ground beef
- Yellow onion
- Garlic
- Spaghetti sauce
- Petite Diced Tomatoes
- Water
- Spaghetti noodles
Steps to Prepare
This is prepared in a 6 quart pressure cooker and has not been tested in any other size.
- 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.
Expert Tips
- Sneak in whole wheat pasta. When you use your pressure cooker to cook it your family will never know.
- Not a fan of hamburger? Leave it out!
- You could also use ground turkey or ground chicken instead of beef.
- 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.
- Make sure to arrange the noodles in alternating directions to prevent them from sticking together.
- Get a good quality marinara sauce to provide it plenty of flavor.
- To thicken the sauce after it cooks turn on the saute function and simmer for a few minutes.
Helpful Tools
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!
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Instant Pot Spaghetti
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 24 oz spaghetti sauce
- 14.5 oz 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.
Tips
- Sneak in whole wheat pasta. When you use your pressure cooker to cook it your family will never know.
- Not a fan of hamburger? Leave it out!
- You could also use ground turkey or ground chicken instead of beef.
- 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.
- Make sure to arrange the noodles in alternating directions to prevent them from sticking together.
- Get a good quality marinara sauce to provide it plenty of flavor.
- To thicken the sauce after it cooks turn on the saute function and simmer for a few minutes.
Janette Minjares says
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!
Julie Evink says
I hope you love it! It’s one of my family’s favorite meals!
Kaitlin Van Horn says
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.
Julie Evink says
So glad you enjoyed it!
STANLEY UNRUH says
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?
Julie Evink says
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.
Carrie Beth says
I doubled this one for my large family. We will be keeping it around.
Julie Evink says
So glad you enjoyed it!
Julie says
When you doubled it, did you double the amount of water? How long did you cook it under pressure?
Barbara says
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!
Julie Evink says
Yes they fit better in my opinion! Hope you find some keepers!
Carol Sue says
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.
Julie Evink says
It is high pressure.
Sara Ratelle says
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?
Valerie says
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.
Julie Evink says
It takes a while for the IP to come to pressure.
Angel says
The extra time is for the instant pot to pressurize and release.
Nydia Baez says
Do we need to keep cooking in the sauté mode or change it? If change to what we change it?
Julie Evink says
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.
Lynne Golson says
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.
Julie Evink says
So glad you enjoyed it and made it work for you Lynne!
Erin @ The Speckled Palate says
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!
Julie Evink says
Ohhhh you haven’t tried spaghetti?? You’ve gotta!
Malinda says
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!
Julie Evink says
You totally need one!
Erin @ The Speckled Palate says
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!
Julie Evink says
I know! Once you try it you can’t live without it!
Jim Harper says
If I want to double recipe, how much time do you recommend I add?
Julie Evink says
I’m not sure as I have never doubled it. I’d add half the time if I had to guess.
Melissa Howell says
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!
Julie Evink says
Your daughter would love this!
Liz w says
They are inexpensive at Wal-Mart. I love mine, use it for everything
Danielle Green says
Nothing beats a good dinner of spaghetti!
Julie Evink says
Such a staple recipe around here!