Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs
These Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs are one of those shortcut recipes that maybe even shouldn’t be called a “recipe”.
It’s a matter of taking pantry/freezer ingredients and combining them to have a meal ready in under 30 minutes! Oh – and it’s a winner with the whole family!
Just to clarify before we get too far into things… I did not cook the spaghetti noodles in the Instant Pot. I have two Instant Pots so I could have, but I figured the average family doesn’t, so I tried to keep it real for the average family.
And yes, there are recipes where the pasta is cooked in the sauce in the Instant Pot. But I haven’t tried that for this particular recipe, so I’m sharing what I did.
Frozen meatballs. Jarred spaghetti sauce. And noodles cooked the traditional way (in a pot of boiling water). We’re pretty loyal to Barilla for our pasta sauce (when I don’t make it homemade) and noodles.
This is one of the recipes that was a g0-to during our kitchen renovation. We had no stove, no oven, no dishwasher, no sink… bleh. It was challenging. But I had a table set up with an electric countertop burner and my Instant Pot and that’s how we cooked for almost 2 months. Oh and a microwave… thank goodness.
Anyway, here’s what you’ll need:
Except probably half of what I used (remember – I have 6 kids ?). So where you see giant bag of meatballs and two boxes of pasta and two jars of sauce… I’m writing the recipe using half that.
- (24 oz.) jar of spaghetti sauce
- 1 cup water
- (32 oz.) bag of frozen meatballs
- 16 oz. spaghetti noodles
- water and salt to cook the noodles according to package directions
Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs
So here’s what you do…
- Pour the spaghetti sauce and 1 cup of water into your Instant Pot. Stir. Pour in the meatballs and stir again until they’re all coated.
- Then you’ll lock the lid and set the vent to “Sealed”.
- Set to manual pressure for 10 minutes.*
- After it beeps, you can quick release and the sauce and meatballs are ready to eat!
- While the Instant Pot is doing it’s thing, cook the noodles according to package directions. I use a big pot, lots of water and a generous palm-ful of salt.
- Last, serve the sauce and meatballs over noodles and enjoy!!
Note… we always add some fresh shaved parmesan… oh-so-good!
Do you love pasta in your Instant Pot? Check out these other pasta recipes I’ve shared:
- Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo
- Pressure Cooker Chicken Spaghetti Recipe
- Instant Pot Cheesy Pasta Casserole
You can click below to print the Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs recipe/instructions if you like:
Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
These Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs are one of those shortcut recipes that maybe even shouldn’t be called a “recipe”. With a handful of pantry/freezer ingredients, you can have a meal ready in under 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 (24 oz.) jar of spaghetti sauce
- 1 cup water
- 1 (32 oz.) bag of frozen meatballs
- 16 oz. spaghetti noodles
- water and salt to cook the noodles according to package directions
Instructions
- Pour the spaghetti sauce and 1 cup of water into your Instant Pot. Stir. Pour in the meatballs and stir again until they’re all coated.
- Lock the lid and set the vent to “Sealed”.
- Set to manual pressure for 10 minutes.*
- After it beeps, you can quick release and the sauce and meatballs are ready to eat!
- While the Instant Pot is doing it’s thing, cook the noodles according to package directions. I use a big pot, lots of water and a generous palm-ful of salt.
- Serve the sauce and meatballs over noodles and enjoy!!
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 25
- Category: Pasta
- Method: pressure cooker
- Cuisine: Italian
