Instant Pot Spaghetti

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This Instant Pot Spaghetti is a quick, easy, tasty dinner that is perfect for a busy weeknight meal! Post also has lots of tips and tricks for cooking spaghetti in your pressure cooker.

Prep Time10

Cook Time8

Pressure Build Up Time10

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: Instant Pot Spaghetti

Servings: servings

Calories: 539kcal

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
1 red pepper diced
1 medium onion diced
4 cloves fresh minced garlic
15 ounce can diced tomatoes not drained
1 tbsp Italian seasoning
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
1/2 tbsp dried parsley
2 25 ounce jars Emeril's Home Style Marinara Pasta Sauce I have also used Raos Marinara and Classico Traditional with good success
12 ounces dried thin spaghetti noodles
1/2 recipe Italian Meatballs or you can use ~20 ounce bag pre-packaged frozen Italian meatballs

Instructions

Heat olive oil in inner pot on saute mode, or in a skillet over medium-high heat on stove top (see notes at end of post above). Add pepper and onion. Saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute for another minute. Remove from heat and set aside.
If you have two inner pots, use a different pot than you used to saute for the next steps. If you do not have two pots, wash out the bottom of the pot you used to saute, and let it cool for at least 20 minutes.
Spray the inside of your cool, inner pot with cooking spray. Pour 1/2 cup water into bottom of pot. Place meatballs on top of water (meatballs can be frozen or fresh, this does not impact cooking time).
In a large bowl, stir together cooked vegetables, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, cayenne pepper, thyme, parsley, and marinara sauce.
Break noodles into halves or thirds. Spread 1/2 of the noodles over the top of the meatballs (criss cross the noodles as much as possible, you do not want them clumping). Spread 1/2 of the marinara over the noodles. Repeat with the remaining noodles and sauce.
Cook on high pressure for 8 minutes. Quick release at end of cooking time.

Notes

If you're in a time crunch and can't make the Italian Meatballs, you can also use a 24 ounce bag of frozen meatballs. I recommend the homemade though!

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