If you are looking for a great first recipe for your instant pot, this Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce recipe with the homemade meat sauce is an easy and balanced meal that your family will love! All you need to make Instant Pot Spaghetti is ground beef, mushrooms, broth, crushed tomatoes, spices and pasta!
Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce recipe has to be the easiest, most delicious thing I’ve made recently. So easy and tasty! And the best part about it is that in this Instant Pot recipe everything is made from scratch, including the tastiest spaghetti meat sauce. It’s unbelievably easy to make your own spaghetti sauce – much easier than you think.
To make this Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Recipe you will need:
Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker
Wooden spoon
Spaghetti
Mushrooms and shallots
Can of crushed tomatoes and a can of diced tomatoes
Spices (salt, pepper, onion and garlic powders, Italian seasoning)
Chicken stock
How to use Instant Pot for this Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Recipe:
Below are the step by step instructions for the pressure cooking part of the recipe. Refer to the recipe box “Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce” for the entire recipe that includes the order of ingredients, quantities, etc. This part covers the “technical stuff” only.
Click “Pressure Cook”/”Manual” button. Set it on High (this will show on the digital display, which has 2 option low or high). Set time to 8 minutes: 00:08. Turn the vent on top of the lid all the way to the back to “Sealing”. At this time the pressure will start building (this is called preheat mode). This process will take a while, about 10-15 minutes due to so much liquid in the pot. Once the instant pot is getting close to reaching its optimal temperature, you will see steam coming out of the float valve The screen will show “On” for the duration of the preheat mode. It’s not cooking at this point yet.
You will know when the preheat mode is over when the float valve pops up ant seals itself. The steam will stop coming out. At this time you will hear the beep, “On” reading on the screen will be replaced by “00:08”, which is the number of minutes. This will start the countdown from 8 minutes until 0.
Once the countdown is over, the Instant Pot will beep several times and the digital display will show “L0:00”. Push “Cancel” button to turn off heat warm mode.
How depressurize IP using Natural Pressure Release
Last step is to make sure the Instant Pot is depressurized before opening the pot. We will be using NPR – Natural Pressure Release method. After the cooking cycle of the Instant Pot Spaghetti is finished, there are a couple of things that need to be done prior to opening the lid.
First, wait until the Floating Valve (metal pin) completely drops before opening the lid (about 10 minutes).
Second, turn the Venting Knob from “Sealing” to “Venting” to ensure all the pressure is released before opening the lid (about 5-10 minutes).
Third, open the lid. Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce is ready!
Instant Pot Tip: If you are frequently using your Instant Pot for a variety of recipes, it’s a good idea to have 2 different rings: one for savory recipes and the other for sweet recipes in order to avoid odor exchange. I use this Genuine Instant Pot Ring as my second ring – it is made by Instant Pot manufacturer and has over 1,000 positive reviews on Amazon.
Instant Pot Tempered Glass Lid is a good way to help keep the food warm without having to put the pressure lid on.
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If you are looking for a great first recipe for your instant pot, this Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce recipe is an easy and balanced meal that your family will love!
- 2 tbsp olive oil divided
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 1/2 onion (or 1 large shallot) chopped
- 8 oz mushrooms sliced
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 tsp salt divided
- 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
- 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 2 cups unsalted chicken stock (reduce salt if not sodium free)
- 8 oz. Spaghetti
Push "Sauté" button and "Normal" speed on the Instant Pot. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, garlic, onion (or shallot) and mushrooms. Sauté on Normal for 5-7 minutes with no lid on, stirring with a wooden spoon. If, during sautéing process, your instant pot signals "Burn', just add as splash of water
- Add second tablespoon of olive oil and ground beef. Salt with 1/2 tsp salt. Sauté on high for 5-8 minutes, breaking down beef with a wooden spoon.
Add 1 can crushed tomatoes, 1 can diced tomatoes, remaining 1/2 tsp salt, 2 cups of chicken stock, onion powder, garlic powder, pepper and Italian seasoning. Combine everything with mushrooms and shallots by mixing with a wooden spoon.
Add 8 oz spaghetti, breaking them by half (make sure to break them to prevent pasta from clumping during pressure cooking). Place spaghetti in layers,crosswise, alternating directions - this will prevent clumping as well.
Time to pressure cook! Click "Pressure Cook"/"Manual" button. Set it on High (this will show on the digital display, which has 2 option low or high). Set time to 8 minutes: 00:08. Turn the vent on top of the lid all the way to the back to "Sealing". At this time the pressure will start building (this is called preheat mode). This process will take a while, about 10-15 minutes due to so much liquid in the pot. Once the instant pot is getting close to reaching its optimal temperature, you will see steam coming out of the float valve The screen will show "On" for the duration of the preheat mode. It's not cooking at this point yet.
You will know when the preheat mode is over when the float valve pops up ant seals itself. The steam will stop coming out. At this time you will hear the beep, "On" reading on the screen will be replaced by "00:08", which is the number of minutes. This will start the countdown from 8 minutes until 0.
Once the countdown is over, the Instant Pot will beep several times and the digital display will show "L0:00". Push "Cancel" button to turn off heat warm mode.
Last step is to make sure the Instant Pot is depressurized before opening the pot. We will be using NPR - Natural Pressure Release method. After the cooking cycle of the Instant Pot Spaghetti is finished, there are a couple of things that need to be done prior to opening the lid.
First, wait until the Floating Valve (metal pin) completely drops before opening the lid (about 10 minutes).
Second, turn the Venting Knob from "Sealing" to "Venting" to ensure all the pressure is released before opening the lid (about 5-10 minutes).
Third, open the lid.
Note: If you see steam coming out during pressure cooking, don't panic. This is perfectly normal.
How come you use chicken broth instead of beef? Just seems to me with ground beef, you would use beef broth Can’t wait to try this, looks like so much less sodium than jarred sauce.
It’s just a personal preference – I like the flavor of the chicken stock better as well as the smell:). Beef stock’s smell is too strong for me. I’m glad you noticed that it’s much less sodium! Since I started cooking all the food I eat at home, I notice how much saltier food tastes when eating out.
Sounds great! I am going to try it. You should add a video of it on your YouTube channel.
Olya, I am going to try this tonight. We have Cori’s kids today and will be going back-and-forth,…me for a while, Cline for a while, etc. This looks like it would work perfectly!
Yes, it’s perfect for on the go. We made it in a hotel room and ate it all weekend.
I had to make it tonight! I’ve made spaghetti in the Instant Pot before, but with the jarred sauce. This was much better than that. Thank you!