Instant Pot Spaghetti

Instant Pot Beef Spaghetti. Spaghetti pasta noodles cook in 7 minutes in the pressure cooker with ground beef and spaghetti sauce.

A quick 7-minute Instant Pot Spaghetti recipe made with beef meat sauce and Italian flavors. An easy one pot pressure cooker pasta recipe with incredible flavors. Options include frozen meatballs, frozen ground beef, uncooked raw ground beef, or no meat at all.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword Beef, Instant Pot, Italian, One Pot, Pasta Salad, Pressure Cooker

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 7

Total Time 22

Servings servings

Calories 586kcal

Author Jessica (swankyrecipes.com)

Ingredients

2 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 white onion, diced
5 cloves garlic, minced
3 cups water, divided
2 teaspoons olive oil
12 ounces spaghetti pasta noodles
48 ounces marinara sauce, divided
15 ounces diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
grated parmesan cheese, to serve

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Instructions

In an Instant Pot insert, cook ground beef, onions, and garlic. Turn the pressure cooker on and select SAUTEE. Break it up with a spoon and cook until no longer pink. Drain beef fat; return beef to Instant Pot.
Evenly spread cooked beef/onion mixture across the bottom.
Pour in 1 cup water.
Break spaghetti pasta noodles in half. Layer the noodles like pick-up-sticks. Alternate layers and directions so that the noodles are not sticking together - See post for a photo of this step.
Add 2 teaspoons olive oil to 2 cups water. Pour mixture evenly over the noodles.
In the CENTER of the noodles, pour in canned diced tomatoes. Pour 24 oz. marinara sauce on top in the CENTER. Do NOT STIR (if you stir, you'll get a burn notice) Do not get any tomato ingredients on the sides of the pot either.
Secure lid. Set the pressure valve to SEALING. Select MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK; cook on high-pressure 7 minutes. The pressure cooker will beep and indicate “ON” while it comes to pressure. It took mine about 15 minutes to come to pressure then it started to count down from 7 minutes.
Once done, select CANCEL. Do a QR or QUICK-RELEASE by turning steam release handle to release steam immediately. Once pressure pin drops, open lid and turn off the device.
Stir in 1 teaspoon salt, 1.5 teaspoons Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon onion powder, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper.
Serve with parmesan cheese. I like to use the extra 24 ounces marinara sauce to add to each bowl. If you stir the sauce in, the noodles will absorb it so I like to stir in when serving.

Notes

Troubleshooting

Be sure to follow my recipe the first time. For more information, read my blog post for tips and tricks, including troubleshooting issues.

FROZEN MEATBALLS / FROZEN GROUND BEEF - recipe notes shared in blog post, be sure to read the section for full directions.

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