Instant Pot Spaghetti

Instant pot spaghetti recipe so easy, simple and delicious. This quick pressure cooker spaghetti is ready in less than 30 minutes, make use of less than 10 ingredients and makes perfect dinner for busy nights. This post covers how to make instant pot spaghetti without meat or with meat.

This instant pot spaghetti recipe is so good and so simple to make! Like i mentioned in my spaghetti and meatballs recipe, my family loves spaghetti. It's one dish they can eat consecutively with no complaints. Fried spaghetti, instant pot noodles, are some of the spaghetti recipes i've shared on this blog.

Today, let me show you how to make the best instant pot spaghetti.

INSTANT POT SPAGHETTI RECIPE

With this recipe you get perfectly cooked, delicious spaghetti. No mushyness or sticking together and all parts are cooked. This easy pressure cooker spaghetti recipe is made with minced beef but you can make without (I have included recipe for both), it's flavorful and well seasoned. I like spaghetti noodles in instant pot because it's

• Easy, quick and delicious.
• a one pot recipe, no draining, no colander needed and thus less tools to clean after cooking.
• can be cooked with or without meat.
• Easier than stovetop method
• My family loves eating it.

I tested and make this in my instant pot duo 6 quart but you can use the 3qt , 8 qt or any other brand of pressure cooker. If you do use another brand of electric pressure cooker, note that cooking time may vary and to adjust accordingly.

INGREDIENTS

Detailed recipe in printable including instant pot spaghetti video in recipe card at the bottom of the page.

Spaghetti

Ground beef / minced meat - check out how to make minced meat at home. 

Pasta sauce

Onion

Garlic

Paprika

Black pepper

Italian seasoning

Oil - Vegetable, sunflower or coconut oil.

Chicken broth

HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT SPAGHETTI

1) Prep the ingredients. Put on instant pot and set to saute mode.

2) Add oil in the pot then add in onions and garlic. Saute for few minutes then add the minced meat /ground beef.

3) Brown the beef (this takes about 5 minutes) then add in paprika, cayenne pepper, Italian seasoning and salt then stir.

4) Add 1 cup broth in the pot and deglaze the instant pot by scraping any brown bits off the bottom of the pot. This is to avoid getting burn error during pressure cooking.

5) Switch off saute mode then arrange spaghetti flat in the IP on top of the minced meat.

6) Add the remaining broth (the broth should be at the same level with spaghetti) then pour in the spaghetti sauce on top of spaghetti. Don't stir.

7) Cover the instant pot with it's lid and turn the knob into sealing. Set IP to manual pressure cook on high for 8 minutes. After it's completed the course of pressure cooking, do a quick release.

8) Open the instant pot and stir till spaghetti, sauce and ground beef are well mixed.

9) Serve and enjoy.

INSTANT POT SPAGHETTI WITHOUT MEAT

To cook instant pot spaghetti without meat, follow the below instructions.

1)Break spaghetti into two and lie flat in the IP.

2) Add the paprika, cayenne pepper, Italian seasoning and salt in the broth then mix before adding the broth in the pot.

3) Pour in the spaghetti sauce. Don't stir!

4) Cover the instant pot with it's lid and turn the knob into sealing. Set IP to manual pressure cook on high for 8 minutes. After it's completed the course of pressure cooking, switch off the instant pot and do a quick release.

5) Open the instant pot and stir till spaghetti and sauce are well mixed.

6) Serve and enjoy.

INSTANT POT SPAGHETTI BURN MESSAGE

Burn message can appear if you do not follow the instructions as detailed in this recipe. For example, the pasta sauce if stirred in can cause burn error as the instant pot needs thin liquid at the bottom to come to pressure. When sauce is stirred in, there's no thin liquid for the IP to work with.

In the incident that you do get burn message, If the instant pot has come to pressure, turn it off and leave as it is (don't depressurise pot) for 10 minutes. The retained pressure will cook the food. After 10 minutes you can then depressurise and open the pot.

If pot hasn't come to pressure before burn message, turn off the IP, quick release pressure, open the lid and scrape any stuck bits off the bottom of the pot. Finish off cooking with the saute or slow cook button.

WHY IS MY SPAGHETTI STUCK TOGETHER

This happen when there is not enough liquid in the pot to cook spaghetti or when the noodles is not properly spread out in the instant pot. To avoid this is why this recipe states to put water at the same level as the spag noodles and to break and spread out the spaghetti noodles.

The oil added in the recipe also help prevent spaghetti sticking together.

HOW LONG TO COOK SPAGHETTI IN INSTANT POT

For this recipe, I do 8 minutes manual pressure cook on high then quick release. With the water ratio, no foaming or spewing when you quick release and you get firm, delicious instant pot spaghetti bolognese.

HOW TO STORE

To store leftover, put in airtight container or freezer bags, label and store

In the fridge– Store in the fridge for up to 4 days.

In the freezer– Store in the freezer for up to 3 months.

To reheat– Put in the fridge overnight to defrost and heat up on the stove or microwave when ready to eat. Frozen spaghetti can also be heated in the microwave from frozen.

MORE INSTANT POT RECIPES YOU'LL LOVE

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Instant pot chicken thighs

Instant pot noodles

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