Instant pot pasta recipe
Instant Pot Red Sauce Pasta is a Penne Pasta that is pressured cooked in Instant post and combined with some simple yet delicious tomato-based red sauce.
Servings 2 people
Calories 550kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
To cook pasta
- 2 cups penne pasta
- 3 cups water
- salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon Cooking Oil/ Olive oil
other
- 1 cup tomato puree
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon Cooking oil/olive oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon basil
- black pepper powder to your taste
- chilli flakes to your taste optional
- cheese optional
Instructions
- Add the pasta, water, oil, and salt to the inner pot of the Instant Pot. Mix them thoroughly.
- Close the lid and make sure the vent is in the sealing position. Select the “Pressure Cook” or “Manual” setting and set the cooking time to 4 minutes at high pressure.
- When it beeps, press the cancel button and then carefully move the vent to the open position and release the pressure.
- When the pressure is released completely, carefully open the lid. Drain the pasta.
Making sauce for pasta
- Set the Instant Pot to Saute mode and add oil. When the oil is hot enough, add the garlic, black pepper powder, tomato puree and seasonings like oregano and basil. You can add a pinch of chilli flakes too to make it spicy. Mix it well.
- Keep your instant pot on saute mode for 1 min and 30 seconds and keep mixing the sauce. Now add cooked pasta and mix it well. keep on “saute mode” for 2 to 3 mins.
- Now press the cancel button and set the IP in the Keep Warm mode.
- Add some cheese on the top. Skip the cheese, if you want to make it vegan.
- Serve it hot.
Notes
- You can use your choice of seasonings for the sauce. Even Ready made Italian seasoning tastes best in this recipe.
- Adding chili flakes in the recipe is completely optional.
- You can add parmesan or cheddar cheese in this recipe. I want to keep it simple so I skipped the cheese in this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 550kcal | Carbohydrates: 97g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Sodium: 62mg | Potassium: 838mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 678IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 4mg
