Instant Pot Spaghetti – The easiest spaghetti recipe ever! Â A quick recipe for spaghetti made right in the instant pot. Â Get a family favorite meal on the table even faster on busy nights!
Ok, you guys. Â 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? Â Thinking about getting one? Â 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. Â Way bigger than my crockpot, and much heavier.
I got the 8 quart, which I’m happy about. Â Just saying, if you’re going to get one, make sure you have the room for it!
Definitely read the manual. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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: Â I use the 8 quart Instant Pot which you can find by clicking the link (affiliate) below.
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Very, very pleased with this recipe! I did use frozen turkey meatballs and gluten free spaghetti noodles though. I also put in some torn fresh basil leaves before closing the lid. I just want to say thank you so much for your video and the detail… being my very first dish in my Duo 8 qt, it was a HUGE help. You are now officially “bookmarked.” 🙂
My family of eight loves this recipe (that includes five teenagers!). I have used ground beef or ground turkey, but I usually just use a pound of bulk Italian sausage and omit the spices. I have doubled the recipe, used penne or linguini, skipped the tomatoes when I haven’t had them. Very forgiving and versatile recipe – my go to when the fridge is bare. Thanks for sharing!
I doubled the meat and increased the spices to 3/4 teaspoon each.
Used 20 ounces of beef stock and 16 ounces of water.
Added a large can of mushroom caps and stems.
Wife just goes crazy over this. Whenever I ask her what she want me to make, the answer is always this spaghetti.
By the way, made your beef stew tonight – another keeper.
Delicious! Super easy and super tasty! I’ve made it twice. First time I used the amount of water per the recipe and I found it too watery (still delicious). Second time I only used 1 jar full of water and it came out the perfect consistency. Really great weekday meal
Is there enough room to double this recipe ? I have an 8 qt. But don’t want to over fill. Any suggestions on changes to the recipe to do it if possible ?
Yes in the 8 quart you can but when I did I used the rotini pasta. Two pounds of beef two of rotini my wife’s seasoning and same rest of instructions just doubled except cooking time is identical and it turned out very well.
What is the serving size? 1 cup?
Biggest hit in our household! Only thing differently that I do is add 1/2 cup of Brown Sugar because we like ours a little on the sweet side & to help with it possibly being too runny/liquidy in the end, just add a small 6 oz can of Tomato Paste to balance it all out! Love, Love, LOVE this recipe!
The bottom of my instant pot burnt. Any suggestions? It keeps happening with meatballs and now this dish.
You need to add more liquid to prevent burning
Also if you “saute” or brown meat before you cook this or any recipe, you ABSOLUTELY MUST deglaze the pan. The Burn Warning sucks balls and ruins your cook time.
Avoiding instant pot burn is the trickiest thing about using one. There’s a number of tips you can google, but as pertains to a starchy dish like this, you’re going to want to drain the fat, try to keep the bottom of the pot relatively deglased, and try to keep most of the liquid on the bottom. A frequent suggestion with pasta is to just push the noodles down enough that it is below the surface of the liquid.
I like to sneak vegetables jn my spaghetti so can I still do this using this recipe? I normally add carrots and peppers and onions to my spaetthi
I added a whole diced onion and a diced Bell pepper and it came out great.
As always on your site, this was delicious, super easy and have already been asked when I plan to make it again before they finished their first helping! Woot woot
This is my go to spaghetti recipe. I have made it like 5 Or 6 times and every time it is perfect. Thank you!!!