Instant Pot Baked Ziti

Easy Instant Pot ziti recipe! This Instant Pot pasta recipe turns Italian sausage and a couple of jars of spaghetti sauce in a yummy one-pot dinner in less than 30 minutes total.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 7

Cook Time 10

Time to Pressure 10

Total Time 27

Servings servings

Calories 497kcal

Author Kate at Eating in an Instant

Equipment

Instant Pot/Electric Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

1 pound Italian sausage
4 cloves garlic minced
1 cup diced white or yellow onion
1/4 cup red wine
16 ounces uncooked ziti
2- 24 ounce jars spaghetti sauce
2 cups water
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Optional filling

3/4 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Press sauté.
When the Instant Pot reads "hot", add Italian sausage and cook until browned.
Drain grease, if necessary, and return Italian sausage to the inner pot.
Stir in onion and cook until softened, about 2-3 minutes.
Add garlic and stir in.
Deglaze the inner pot with the red wine and scrape up as many of the browned bits as possible. This will help to avoid a burn message.
Press cancel.
Add the ziti, water, spaghetti sauce, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Do not stir.
Close and lock the lid.
Turn the pressure release valve to sealing.
Press manual high pressure and adjust the time to 4 minutes.
When the cooking time is finished, carefully turn the pressure release valve to venting to quickly release the pressure.
Give the pasta a good stir.
For the filling, add the cottage cheese, mozzarella, and parmesan cheeses.
Stir in to combine.

Notes

Italian Sausage: You can use mild or hot Italian sausage in this recipe. Turkey Italian sausage will also work.
Red Wine: If you don’t want to use red wine, simply substitute an equal amount of beef or chicken broth.
Spaghetti sauce: Choose a good-quality spaghetti sauce that has plenty of flavor.
Filling: The filling is optional, but it is included in the nutritional values.
Cottage Cheese: I don’t recommend fat-free cottage cheese, but low-fat or full-fat work well. If you don’t like cottage cheese, you can use an equal amount of ricotta cheese instead.
Cooking Time: Different brands of noodles can have slight cooking time differences. If you find that the noodles are still too firm after cooking, just cover the pot and let the pasta sit for a few minutes.
Nutrition values are estimates.

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