Instant Pot Pizza Pasta Recipe
Last-minute meals are for those hectic days when everyone comes home at six o’clock and wants dinner now. There’s no time to get fancy, so you just whip up something fast and easy, like scrambled eggs or spaghetti. It’s not exciting, but it’s a meal.
Crowd-pleasing meals, on the other hand, are the ones you pull out when you really want to make the whole family happy. They’re meals that you know even the pickiest eaters in your family won’t turn their noses up at. Like, for instance, pizza with pepperoni and sausage.
Of course, what every busy mom would really love is a recipe that does both of these at once: a meal that’s quick to get onto the table, and makes everyone happy when it shows up. But honestly, where are you ever going to find a dish like that?
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In your Instant Pot, that’s where!
With the help of the Instant Pot, you can whip up a dinner that’s got all the crowd-pleasing flavor of pizza, and comes together in – no joke – 15 minutes flat. Brown some sausage right in the pot, add the pasta sauce and noodles, give it five minutes to cook, and top it with cheese and pepperoni.
In the time it takes your kids to set the table (after going back twice because they forgot the salt and the napkins), you can have dinner on it. And not just any dinner, but a dinner they’ll love.
Instant Pot Pizza Pasta
Printable recipe directions and ingredient list at bottom of post.
Directions:
- Set the IP on “sauté”. Melt the butter, add the garlic Italian seasoning and sausage. Sauté until the sausage is no longer pink.
- Add both spaghetti sauce and pizza sauce to the sausage mixture . Next add in pasta.
- Add the water. Give a stir and put on the lid, and be sure to set the toggle switch to “seal”.
- Set on Manual for 5 minutes. Do a Quick Release and open the lid after the silver pin has dropped.
- Add HALF the cheese and HALF the pepperoni – mix it into the pasta/meat mixture.
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese and pepperoni over the top of the mixture. Replace the lid and let the cheese melt and the pepperoni warm through.
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Instant Pot Pizza Pasta
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Ingredients
- 1 lb. sausage Italian, mild,
- 8 oz. pizza sauce
- 16 oz. pasta sauce
- 28 oz. water
- 8 oz. mozzarella
- 20 slices pizza pepperoni
- 1 lb. pasta I used cavatappi
- 2 tsp garlic minced
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- as desired salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp. butter
Instructions
- Set the IP on “sauté”. Melt the butter, add the garlic Italian seasoning and sausage. Sauté until the sausage is no longer pink.
- Add both spaghetti sauce and pizza sauce to the sausage mixture. Next add in pasta.
- Add the water. Give a stir and put on the lid, and be sure to set the toggle switch to “seal”
- Set on Manual for 5 minutes. Do a Quick Release and open the lid after the silver pin has dropped.
- Add HALF the cheese and HALF the pepperoni – mix it into the pasta/meat mixture
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese and pepperoni over the top of the mixture. Replace the lid and let the cheese melt and the pepperoni warm through.
Nutrition
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This was delicious. Our whole family gobbled it up! Has anyone ever frozen after cooking? We have lots of leftovers and a baby coming soon so I thought two birds with one stone. Thank you!!
can i double this recipe in the insta pot?
I depends on what size IP you have.
I have not successfully doubled pasta to 2 lbs in my 8 qt instant pot (not sure on liquid amounts), but today I made a recipe and a half… didn’t double meat; used 48 oz spaghetti sauce and 48 oz water (no pizza sauce) and 1 1/2 lb pasta. Same time, and it turned out perfect.
Do you need to drain the sausage after browning?
Hope this helps someone (may just be coincidence). I got burn notice the last 3xs I tried to make this. Husband pointed out that it was about the same time I read that the seasonings go in w the sausage. So I held off until I add cheese. No burn notice! (I scrap pan, always before I pressure cook)
I need to make it for a gathering..would it still work if I double this up ?
I have only made the recipe as written, so I can’t say for sure.
So, what about draining the grease from the sausage?