The boys do not like when Hubby makes pasta dishes because he doesn’t always drain the pasta. He’ll rather use a slotted spoon to get out the pasta. Needless to say, it becomes very mushy.
So whenever we do have any pasta dishes, I’m the only one who cooks or if he cooks the pasta, he needs to be reminded to drain the pasta. I know us bugging him drives him crazy.
Making the spaghetti in the pressure cooker eliminates the need to drain the pasta because all of it is made in one pot.
Youngest is not always the best eater. He doesn’t always eat a lot of food at meals. When he ate 2 servings of the spaghetti, I knew this recipe was a keeper.
Hubby doesn’t always want to eat leftovers even though I plan for them during the week. He actually volunteered to eat the leftovers the next day. This also told me that this recipe was a keeper.
What you need for the recipe
- spaghetti noodles
- ground beef
- jar of spaghetti sauce
- water
- Italian seasoning
- optional: diced onions
Pressure Cooker Spaghetti
Pressure Cooker Spaghetti
Ingredients
- 0.5 pound of spaghetti noodles
- 0.5 pound of ground beef
- 1 (26 oz.) jar of spaghetti sauce
- 1 (26 oz.) jar full of water plus about 2 to 3 Tbsp. more of water
- 1 small or 1/2 large onion, diced – optional
- 1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil – optional
Directions
- Set your electric pressure cooker to saute.
- If you are going to add onions to your spaghetti, add the oil and then the onions. Cook the onions for 4 to 5 minutes or until translucent. Remove from the pot.
- Add the ground beef to the pot. Cook until no longer pink. Make sure you break up the ground beef so the pieces are equal pieces. (About 5 minutes) Drain the fat from the ground beef.
- Add the spaghetti sauce, water, Italian seasoning, and onions, if using them. Stir.
- Add the spaghetti noddles. (Break them in half.) Make sure the noodles are covered with sauce and water. Add a little more water, if needed.
- Set the pressure cooker to manual 8 minutes. Put the lid on the pressure cooker making sure the valve is set to seal.
- When it’s done cooking, quick release the valve.
- Stir the spaghetti.
- Enjoy with Parmesan cheese, if desired.
Notes:
- You can use ground turkey instead of ground beef.
- If you want to make it vegetarian, you can use the beefless beef from Trader Joe’s. Just start with step 4 unless you are adding the onions.
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