How to Make Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often less expensive.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated cheese blend

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor, while a cheese blend can be more budget-friendly.

In a large bowl combine the ingredients for the meatballs, using your hands or a wooden spoon to combine. Form into about 24 meatballs about 1 – 1 ½ inches in diameter. Place on a plate until ready to use.

Set the Instant Pot to the saute setting. Add olive oil to the pot. When it’s hot place the meatballs in Instant Pot, you may need to work in batches, and cook until all sides are brown, rotating as they cook. Remove meatballs from Instant Pot when they are browned and set aside.

Stir in beef broth while IP is still on saute setting, deglazing the bottom of the pot to loosen about bits of meatballs to prevent burn warning.

Then place meatballs back in the pot, add spaghetti making sure it’s spread evenly out and not in clumps to prevent them from sticking together. Then pour the pasta sauce and diced tomatoes on top.

Put the lid on the pot and set the steam release knob to the sealing position.

Press the manual button and adjust to 8 minutes on high pressure.

After the cook time has finished, turn off the pot and do a quick release of steam.

Serve immediately.

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