Instant pot pasta recipe ! This easy pressure cooker pasta cooks in one pot, is family friendly, delicious and cooks in less than 15 minutes. In this post you will learn how to make plain short pasta in the instant pot pressure cooker and how to cook pasta in tomato sauce.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time5 minutesmins
natural pressure release3 minutesmins
Total Time13 minutesmins
Course: Pasta, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, British, Italian
Keyword: instant pot pasta, instant pot pasta in sauce, instant pot pasta with ground beef, plain pasta in instant pot, pressure cooker pasta
2tablespoonOilvegetable, sunflower, olive or coconut oil
1jar 500gPasta sauce
1lbGround beeffor pasta with ground beef
Instructions
INSTANT POT PASTA (IN TOMATO SAUCE)
Add oil in the pot of the instant pot then add onion and garlic. Sautee for few minutes then add in a cup of broth.
Deglaze instant pot then add in pasta in the pot.
Add paprika, black or cayenne pepper, Italian seasoning and salt in the pot then and in chicken broth.Broth should be at the same level in the pot as pasta.
Pour the pasta sauce on top. Don’t stir!
Cover the instant pot with it’s lid and turn the knob into sealing. Set to manual pressure cook on high for 5 minutes. When the instant pot completes the course of pressure cooking, switch it off and do 3 minutes natural pressure release.
Open the instant pot and stir the sauce in till pasta and sauce well mixed.
Serve and enjoy with sides of choice.
PLAIN PASTA IN INSTANT POT
Add pasta in the pot of the instant pot pressure cooker.
Add salt, water and oil.Water should be at the same level in the pot as pasta.
Cover the instant pot with it’s lid and turn the knob into sealing. Set to manual pressure cook on high for 5 minutes. When the instant pot completes the course of pressure cooking, switch it off and do 3 minutes natural pressure release.
4Open instant pot and serve.
INSTANT POT PASTA WITH GROUND BEEF
Prep the ingredients. Put on instant pot and set to saute mode.
Add oil in the pot then add in onions and garlic. Saute for few minutes then add the minced meat /ground beef.
Brown the beef (this takes about 5 minutes) then add in paprika, cayenne pepper, Italian seasoning and salt then stir.
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.
Switch off saute mode then pour pasta in the pot on top of the minced meat.
Add the remaining broth then pasta sauce. Don’t stir.Broth should be at the same level in the pot as pasta.
Cover the instant pot with it’s lid and turn the knob into sealing. Set to manual pressure cook on high for 5 minutes. After the 5 minutes of pressure cooking, do a quick release.
Open the instant pot and stir till fusili, sauce and ground beef are well mixed.
Serve and enjoy.
Notes
Don't forget to add salt to the pasta before pressuring cooking so it absorbs evenly.
The oil help keeps pasta from sticking together
Dried pasta doubles in size when cooked.
Calories calculated in this post is for instant pot pasta with ground beef and are estimated calories only.Add enough water to be atleast at the same level with pasta. This works out well all the time. No burn message and pasta is well cooked and not mushy.