Ground beef & pasta cooked in the Instant Pot, ready in just 15 minutes…
My absolute favorite go-to recipe. On a busy day or lazy day or any day, this recipe is a winner. Whenever I have ground beef I tend to make this dish, super easy to make and tastes incredible. This is a perfect one-pot meal, loaded with flavors & extremely aromatic. Everyone will gobble up & will ask for more.
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Instant Pot 15 Minute Easy Ground Beef Pasta | Perfect One Pot Meal Recipe
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Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4 People
Ingredients
- Olive oil- 1 tbsp
- Ground beef or ground chicken- ½ kg or 1 lb
- Garlic, chopped- 1 tbsp
- Ground cumin- 1 tsp
- Paprika- 1 tsp
- Dried Oregano- 1 tsp
- Salt- 1 tsp
- Onions, chopped- 2
- Pickled Jalapenos- 8 slices (or add 1 tsp chili powder or ½ tsp cayenne pepper)
- Tomato Sauce- 1 cup
- Water- 1½ cups
- Spaghetti Pasta, halved- 200 g
- Grated cheddar cheese- 1 cup
- Cilantro, chopped- ¼ cup
Instructions
- Select Saute setting at normal temperature.
- Let the stainless steel pot turn hot, add olive oil.
- Add ground beef or chicken, saute for a minute.
- Liquid will ooze out of the ground beef.
- Add chopped garlic, spices & salt; combine well.
- Do not brown the ground beef & let the pot turn brown.
- Add onions, combine well & cook for a minute.
- Add tomato sauce & water, combine well.
- I've added spaghetti pasta, spaghetti pasta is long so half the pasta and add to the pot.
- Gently immerse the pasta in the liquid.
- Close the pot with the lid.
- Select Pressure Cook, set the time to 5 minutes at high pressure.
- After 5 minutes of pressure cooking, let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes and then do a quick pressure release.
- Open the lid.
- Perfectly cooked pasta and ground beef, there will be some sauce in the pot.
- Add grated cheese & chopped cilantro, combine well.
- The pasta will be cooked al dente, if you prefer soft pasta- cover the pot with the lid & keep it covered in the main pot for a few minutes.
- Serve into a bowl & enjoy delicious ground beef pasta.