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Instant Pot Spaghetti

Ingredients

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes (not including pressure build up and release)

Total Time: 30 minutes

Serving Size: 4

  • 1 1/2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 - 24 ounce cans of pasta sauce spaghetti sauces Or use my homemade recipe linked below
  • 1 - 14.5 ounce can of diced or crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce
  • 2 cups of water
  • 16 ounces of spaghetti noodles 1 lb
  • Optional Garnish: parmesan cheese

Instructions

  • Pour spaghetti sauce, crushed tomatoes, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper and sugar into a large bowl and combine. Set this mixture aside.
  • Add the olive oil to your instant pot and set the function to saute. Break up the ground beef and add it to the oil. As it browns, use a hard spatula or wooden spoon to stir and break up the meat so that you don’t have any large chunks. Cook the beef completely through. Turn off the saute function.
  • Drain excess fat from the pot.
  • Make sure that you scrape the bottom of the instant pot well with the wooden spoon. We don’t want any bits stuck there when we pressure cook later.
  • Pour the 2 cups of water over the cooked ground beef.
  • Break handfuls of the spaghetti in half and place it on top of the water. Criss-cross and spread out the handfuls so that the spaghetti is not in a big clump.
  • Then, spoon the spaghetti sauce mixture over the noodles until they are completely covered. We want liquid above and below the spaghetti. Press the spaghetti down a little under the sauce if there is still some uncovered after adding the sauce.
  • Do not stir. The sugar from the sauce needs to stay above the bottom of the post while cooking, otherwise it will crystallize and begin to burn.
  • Seal the pressure cooker and set the time for 8 minutes on HIGH
  • When the cook time is done, use the quick release.
  • When the pressure is released, give the spaghetti a thorough stir to mix together all the ingredients. Leave the lid off and allow it to sit for a few minutes before serving so the sauce can thicken.
  • Top with grated parmesan cheese of desired
  • ENJOY!