Best Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce Recipe! This easy, one-pot pasta dinner is ready, start-to-finish in just 30 minutes total!
Have you tried cooking pasta in your Instant Pot? If not, get ready because it's amazing!
At first, I was nervous that I would end up with soggy, smooshy noodles, but pressure cooked pasta really is fantastic. Not only is it quick and made in one-pot, but the pressure cooker really helps to infuse the flavor into the noodles as they cook.
This Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce recipe makes a flavorful spaghetti dinner. It's great for a quick, weeknight dinner because it only takes 30 minutes total to make this meal.
How to make Instant Pot spaghetti and meat sauce
Here you'll find step-by-step photos showing how to make this recipe. The full recipe is given below.
Step 1: Press sauté. When hot, add Italian sausage, and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned.
Step 2: Drain grease from Italian sausage and return to the inner pot.
Step 3: Add the onion, and cook, stirring regularly, until softened, about 2-3 minutes.
Step 4: Stir in the garlic and cook, stirring regularly, for 30 seconds.
Step 5: Pour in the wine and scrape up any browned bits. Press cancel.
Step 6: Add the spaghetti sauce, noodles, and water. Close and lock the lid. Turn the pressure release valve to sealing.
Step 7: Press manual and adjust pressure to high and time to 5 minutes.
Step 8: When cooking time finishes, carefully turn the pressure release valve to venting to quickly release the pressure.
Step 9: Unlock and remove the lid. Give the spaghetti a good stir.
Top tip >> If the noodles aren't as soft as you would like, cover and let the spaghetti sit for a few minutes.
Tips
- Italian Sausage: I recommend using Italian sausage, hot or mild, because it gives the spaghetti a lot of flavor. You can use ground turkey or ground beef if you prefer.
- Red Wine: The red wine gives the sauce a nice flavor boost. If you don't want to use wine, you can use chicken or beef broth instead.
- Spaghetti Sauce: Use a sauce you like! If the sauce doesn't have good flavor, your spaghetti won't have good flavor.
- Spaghetti: I used regular spaghetti noodles. If you use thin spaghetti or whole wheat spaghetti, you may find that you need to adjust the cooking times.
- Serving: I serve the spaghetti with a little bit of grated Parmesan cheese and fresh parsley.
Storage
Store any leftover spaghetti in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The spaghetti will keep for up to 4 days when properly stored.
Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground Italian sausage
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup diced white or yellow onion
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- ¼ cup red wine
- 25 ounce jar spaghetti sauce
- 8 ounces dry spaghetti noodles broken in half
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Press sauté
- When hot, add Italian sausage, and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned.
- Drain grease from Italian sausage and return to the inner pot. Sprinkle with salt.
- Add the onion, and cook, stirring regularly, until softened, about 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in the garlic and cook, stirring regularly, for 30 seconds.
- Pour in the wine and scrape up any browned bits.
- Press cancel.
- Add the spaghetti sauce, noodles, and water.
- Close and lock the lid.
- Turn the pressure release valve to sealing.
- Press manual high pressure and adjust the cooking time to 5 minutes.
- When cooking time finishes, carefully turn the pressure release valve to venting to quickly release the pressure.
- Unlock and remove the lid.
- Give the spaghetti a good stir. If the noodles aren't as soft as you would like, cover and let the spaghetti sit for a few minutes.
Video
Notes
- Sausage: Hot or mild Italian sausage. You can use ground turkey or ground beef if you prefer.
- Wine: If you don't want to use wine, you can substitute an equal amount of beef or chicken broth.
- I pour the water into the spaghetti sauce jar and shake it to get all of the sauce out of the jar.
- Pick a good sauce with a lot of flavor as this will be where you spaghetti gets its flavor. I like to use a roasted garlic herb spaghetti sauce.
- Nutrition values are estimates.
Ruth Easter
My instapot doesn't have a saute button. What should I do?
Kate
Hi! If you don't have a sauté button, you can do that portion in a skillet on the stove and then transfer it to your Instant Pot.