Recipe: Perfect Instant Pot Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce

Instant Pot Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce. Heat the Instapot by pressing the Sautee button. When the display reads "HOT", add your meat to brown. Add your sauce and water to your browned meat.

Add tomato sauce, stock and tomato paste. Turn pot OFF by pressing CANCEL. Add the penne, mix to cover well with the liquid. You can have Instant Pot Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Instant Pot Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce

1. You need 1 Tbsp of olive oil.
2. You need 1/2 of medium onion, chopped.
3. It's 3-4 cloves of garlic, chopped (about 1 Tbsp).
4. Prepare 3/4 pound of ground meat (veal, beef, turkey, chicken, or a mix of any).
5. It's 3/4 tsp of salt.
6. Prepare 1-1/2 tsp of Italian seasoning.
7. It's 1/4 tsp of red pepper flakes.
8. You need 1 (15 oz) of can tomato sauce or diced tomatoes *.
9. It's 1 Tbsp of tomato paste.
10. It's 1 cup of chicken stock (or beef, or vegetable).
11. Prepare 6 oz of dried penne (about 4 cups).
12. You need of Grated parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes for serving.
13. It's of To me, tomatoes from a can have a tinny taste... ugh. My preference is Italian crushed tomatoes in small cartons... find online by the case. Each carton is 13.76 ounces (used in this recipe.).

Add garlic, onions, peppers and meat and cook until no longer pink. (optional - use ladle to remove some of the grease). Add pasta, pasta sauce and water and stir well. Saute by breaking up evenly making sure it is cooked all the way through. Instant Pot Penne Pasta Ingredients: To make this simple penne pasta recipe, you will need dried penne pasta, Sweet Italian sausage, onion, garlic, diced tomatoes, dried basil, Italian seasoning, chicken broth, heavy cream, and parmesan cheese.

Instant Pot Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce instructions

1. Use the SAUTE button to heat the inner pot. Add onion and sauté for about 1 minute, then add garlic. Mix well..
2. Add the ground meat, breaking it up as it browns. Season with salt, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes..
3. Add tomato sauce, stock and tomato paste. Mix well..
4. Turn pot OFF by pressing CANCEL..
5. Add the penne, mix to cover well with the liquid..
6. Pressure cook on HIGH for 6 minutes. When cooking is complete, do a QUICK RELEASE, taking care to cover the vent with a tea towel..
7. Remove lid, stir pasta gently... adjust salt/pepper if needed. Serve with grated parmesan cheese. Enjoy!.

These are staples ingredients that many people can easily find in their pantry. Do not stir from this point on. And we doctor up some store-bought marinara sauce for the best meat sauce ever. Not to mention, the easiest meat sauce. The pasta cooks right in the Instant Pot with the rest of your ingredients, soaking up all that meaty-goodness.