Instant Pot Spaghetti – The easiest spaghetti recipe ever! A quick recipe for spaghetti made right in the instant pot. Get a family favorite meal on the table even faster on busy nights!
Ok, you guys. I resisted as long as I could.
It was definitely time for me to get myself an Instant Pot, and see what all the fuss is about!
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll already know I bought one.
You may have been waiting and wondering what kind of dinner concoction was going to come out first.
Well, spaghetti it is!
It might SEEM boring, and unoriginal, but….c’mon, spaghetti is a total crowd pleasing, family favorite, classic.
Why not start there?
I was sitting around reading the manual for said Instant Pot and contemplating what to try first, when my son suggested spaghetti.
He loves spaghetti. Could eat it for breakfast, brunch, lunch, snack, and dinner. Not kidding. If you’re craving more pasta, try out our Stuffed Shells too!
Do any of you have an Instant Pot already? Thinking about getting one? I’d love to hear what you think!
For now, here are my first impressions.
Before I even used the thing my initial reaction was that this thing is BIG. Way bigger than my crockpot, and much heavier.
I got the 8 quart, which I’m happy about. Just saying, if you’re going to get one, make sure you have the room for it!
Definitely read the manual. If you don’t, you’ll probably feel stressed out and confused at all of the different buttons and parts.
My impression during and after making the spaghetti (which I did a few times to make sure cooking time would be accurate for you).
It was strange at first not being able to peek in the top like you can with a slow cooker. Ummmm, is this thing on?
But, you can definitely hear that there is some boiling going on inside.
It really did cook the spaghetti just perfectly!
The noodles weren’t “gummy” being cooked all together with the meat/sauce/water, which was something I was worried about.
I may actually like spaghetti cooked in the Instant Pot now, more than the typical boiling the noodles and putting it all together after!
My last but not least favorite thing is that this is a true one pot recipe. Spaghetti is always easy to make, but it also usually requires a pan for the meat, a pot for noodles, a pot for sauce, and a colander for draining.
One pot, and no colander needed here.
The meat cooks (I get super lean meat so I don’t even need to drain grease) then you toss in your pasta, sauce, water, and seasonings.
Dinner served in about 8 minutes!
How cool is that?!
Enjoy! Check out our video for this recipe below!
~Nichole
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Instant Pot Spaghetti
Ingredients
- 1 Pound Lean Ground Beef, OR ITALIAN SAUSAGE
- 1/2 Teaspoon EACH Salt, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Italian Seasoning, OR MORE TO TASTE
- 1 Pound Spaghetti Noodles
- 1 (24 Ounce) Jar Spaghetti Sauce
- 36 Ounces Water, 1 1/2 Jars
- 1 (14.5 Ounce) Can Diced Tomatoes, OR TOMATO SAUCE
Instructions
- Set the Instant Pot to saute' and add the ground beef. Add the salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and Italian seasonings. Cook the meat and seasonings, breaking the meat up until it's completely browned. Turn the Instant Pot off. Drain any excess grease from meat if necessary.
- Break the spaghetti in half and place on top of meat in the Instant Pot. Pour over the spaghetti sauce, diced tomato, and water. Push the spaghetti down with a spoon if necessary to make sure it is completely covered in liquid.
- Seal the instant pot and set it to manual mode, high pressure, 8 minutes cooking time. When the time is up, use manual quick release to open the Instant Pot. Stir the spaghetti well. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Note: I use the 8 quart Instant Pot which you can find by clicking the link (affiliate) below.
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I made this in the Ninja Foodi exactly as the recipe calls for. Sautés the meat on Med High til browned, added a whole box of linguine broken in half as mentioned. Then 1 can of diced tomatoes, the spaghetti sauce, and the water, gave it a good stir and locked in the pressure lid. I set it on Hi for 8 minutes. When it was done,, did a quick release, save it a good stir. Perfect.
This fed 6 hungry adults along with a salad and garlic bread. I would absolutely recommend this recipe and will be making it again. Only 1 pot to clean up. Bonus….
3rd time and doubled the recipe using two lbs of ground turkey and two cans of sauce add enough water to cover the spaghetti. Love it!!! I need the salty marshmallow recipe now!!!
Did you do it in an Instant Pot? Will an 8 quart hold a double recipe of this? I’m going to try it tomorrow but I’m worried 6 servings won’t be enough.
Also, did you double the amount of spaghetti you used or did you just double the sauce?
I just doubled the recipe and my 8 quart instant pot and it fit perfectly I doubled every ingredient with the exception of only using one can of diced tomatoes. I also added two small cans of mushrooms. Everything fit perfectly. ?? A six quart IP would have definitely been too small though.
I have the lower end instapot LOL. My pot doesn’t have the pressure cooker setting. I set it to manual and after it built up pressure cooked for eight minutes. Tasted ok definitely can tell the noodles were cooked without salt. That was my only complaint.
Do you think this would work well with different kinds of noodles? Shells, bowtie, or penne? I have little kids and they love spaghetti sauce, but don’t do so well with spaghetti noodles…
Yes it works great
Yes! I usually use rotini or penne and they both turn out well!
That was incredibly easy and turned out great. I used 2 lbs turkey and 2 jars of sauce with same amount of water and pasta and still turned out wonderful. Thank you for posting and making this mom’s job easier!!
I am making this tonight for the 5th time since I found your recipe! I’ve adjusted the spices a few times but found it is the best when I follow the recipe exactly. Thanks for an easy great spaghetti recipe!
This is such a wonderful recipe so easy to make and the sauce cooks into the noodles for so much more flavor then just adding the noodles to the sauce. I have used spaghetti noodles as the recipe calls for tonight though I wanted to make this and I have no spaghetti noodles. I am wanting to use penne rigate noodles would there be a change in cook time?
You should be fine with the same cooking time 🙂
This was so good and easy.
Looks real tasty. I will make it tomorrow. I’m like your son, I could eat spaghetti for every meal. But unfortunately I have to watch my carb intake.
I made for the second time tonighy, and it was soupy, and the noodles were mushy 🙁 didn’t have that issue before. Maybeess water next time?
OMG. Easiest thing ever and was sooooo fast.