This Instant Pot spaghetti recipe is made with real ingredients, hidden veggies for those picky eaters, and taste wonderful! This recipe is simple and comes quickly! 1. I choose extra lean ground beef but ground turkey would work just as well. 2.I grabbed the vegetables I use in my stove top spaghetti recipe, but you can use any that you wish. 3. Always use a low sodium broth 4. I look for whole grain or white plus fiber pasta 5.I always read the back of tomato sauce or pasta jars. Be aware of sauces with added sugar. Read ingredients before purchasing.
Ingredients
1lb. lean ground
1 onion finely chopped
½ cup finely chopped yellow bell pepper
½ cup finely chopped orange bell pepper
1 cup finely chopped zucchini noodles
1 cup sliced mushrooms (optional)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
pinch of red chili flakes
1 regular size bag of spaghetti noodles (around 340g)
1 jar tomato based past sauce (around 650ml)
Instructions
Turn the instant pot to saute, add the ground beef and onion. Cook the ground beef stirring regularly until browned.
Add garlic and other spice, toasting them in a hot, dry pan helps bring a kick of flavor.
Add chicken broth and scrap the bottom of pan will hard spoon or spatula to prevent and burning.
Add all the vegetable you have chosen to use.
Turn off your Instant Pot
Break spaghetti in half and place a thin, even layer across meat mixture, do not stir. Place another thin, even layer of noodles on top of the first layer but in the opposite direction. Repeat until noodles are all used and alternating directions each time. This is to prevent a clumping of the noodles.
Gently press down noodles, without breaking, to submerge as much a possible into broth mixture. Don't worry if noodles are still exposed, they will be covered by your sauce.
Take past sauce a spread evenly across the top layer of noodles. Spread as evenly as possible trying to cover every noodle.
Place instant pot lid back on the instant pot and turn it to pressure cook (high pressure) and select a cook time of 2 minutes. It will take 10-15 minutes to reach desired pressure and will begin counting down once started.
When the cook time is over, turn the instant pot off and let the pressure release naturally ( maybe 3-5 minutes.) You can also do a controlled release, by holding the valve open slightly to gradually release the pressure.