Instant Pot Spaghetti is a fast one pot weeknight meal. This is the easiest spaghetti recipe out there, perfect for busy families!
Making spaghetti with a pressure cooker is the absolute easiest recipe out there! This is my go to recipe for those busy nights when I don't know what to make for dinner because I usually already have everything on hand. It also makes for easy cleanup because there is only one pot to clean!
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With this easy spaghetti
If you want to add more meat, consider adding in some homemade meatballs after cooking!
Ingredients
- olive oil
- ground sausage
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- beef broth
- spaghetti sauce
- spaghetti
Step by step
- Prepare the meat on Sauté mode.
- Add the sauce and seasonings.
- Add the spaghetti over the sauce.
- Add broth to cover the pasta.
- Pressure cook then release the steam!
- Serve with homemade Texas toast or homemade garlic bread
Tips for best results
- Be sure to thoroughly scrape and deglaze the bottom. Not doing so could result in a Burn warning while cooking under pressure.
- If spaghetti seems thin after cooking, allow to sit a few moments for the sauce to thicken.
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Instant Pot Spaghetti
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: dinner
- Method: pressure cooker
- Cuisine: italian
Description
Instant Pot Spaghetti is a fast one-pot weeknight meal. This easy spaghetti recipe out there, perfect for busy families! Perfect pressure cooker spaghetti in just twenty minutes start to finish!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pound ground sausage
- 2 cups beef broth
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 24 ounce jar spaghetti sauce
- 12 ounce spaghetti
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to Sauté mode. Add olive oil and sausage and cook, stirring often, until brown.
- Add a splash of beef broth and thoroughly scrape the bottom to deglaze. (See note below)
- Add spaghetti sauce, onion powder, and garlic powder and stir to mix.
- Break spaghetti noodles in half and layer over the spaghetti sauce.
- Pour remaining beef broth over the noodles. Tap noodles into the sauce to ensure they are totally covered with broth.
- Set on high pressure for 9 minutes.
- Release manually after cooking is finished. Open the lid, stir, and allow to sit for five minutes to continue cooking.
- Top with parmesan and basil if desired.
Notes
Be sure to thoroughly scrape and deglaze the bottom of the Instant Pot. Not doing so could result in a Burn warning while cooking under pressure.
Keywords: spaghetti, instant pot
Maria says
Great recipe. The instruction to "pour remaining beef" should say "pour remaining beef broth..." Slightly soupy when I opened the pot, but it thickened up after sitting a few minutes.
Melissa Riker says
thank you, I've fixed that error!
That Sassy Life coach says
Fantastic! Sounds good x
★★★★★
Kristen says
My kids loved this, so easy too!!!
★★★★★