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Instant Pot Taco Pasta
Instant Pot taco pasta is a quick and delicious dinner that's packed with flavor. This easy dinner recipe can be made in less than 30 minutes.
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
5
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
8
minutes
minutes
Time to Pressure
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time
23
minutes
minutes
Servings
8
servings
Calories
408
kcal
Author
Kate at Eating in an Instant
Equipment
Instant Pot/Electric Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
1
pound
lean ground beef
1
cup
diced white or yellow onion
3
cloves
garlic minced
1
tablespoon
taco seasoning
salt and ground black pepper to taste
8
ounce
can tomato sauce
1
cup
mild tomato salsa
4
cups
reduced-sodium beef broth
16
ounces
dry medium shell pasta
1 ½
cups
shredded cheddar cheese
2
tablespoons
fresh cilantro leaves
chopped
Instructions
Press the sauté button.
When hot, add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink, about 3-4 minutes.
Add the diced onion and garlic and cook, stirring the entire time, for 1-2 minutes.
Pour in the broth. Scrape up all of the browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
Press cancel.
Add the dry pasta.
Top the pasta with the taco seasoning, salt, pepper, tomato sauce, salsa.
Close and lock the lid.
Turn the pressure release valve to sealing.
Press manual high pressure and adjust the time to 3 minutes.
Once the cooking has finished, do a controlled quick release.
Stir the pasta.
Add 1 cup of shredded cheese, and stir in.
Top with remaining ½ cup cheese.
Serve topped with fresh cilantro.
Notes
Ground beef: I use 88% lean ground beef. There's no need to drain the beef, but it isn't so lean that it dries out as it cooks.
Taco seasoning:
You can use reduced-sodium taco seasoning, hot taco seasoning, or make your own
homemade taco seasoning
.
Tomato salsa
: Feel free to use medium or hot salsa if you prefer.
Beef broth
: I like to use reduced-sodium beef broth to better control the sodium level.
Nutrition values are estimates.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
serving
|
Calories:
408
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
49
g
|
Protein:
28
g
|
Fat:
11
g
|
Saturated Fat:
6
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
3
g
|
Trans Fat:
0.2
g
|
Cholesterol:
56
mg
|
Sodium:
773
mg
|
Potassium:
781
mg
|
Fiber:
3
g
|
Sugar:
5
g
|
Vitamin A:
528
IU
|
Vitamin C:
5
mg
|
Calcium:
187
mg
|
Iron:
3
mg