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. This recipe is not only a quick one but simply yum. I could say this instant pot pasta can be your saviour on busy weekdays.
First,
Hello from the other side of the world. A lot of you might know that I was in the process of moving so I took a little break from blogging. Well, I am trying to settling down and learning to survive in Canadian Winter 
Ohh yessss! We finally moved to Canada 
. So, Priyas Curry Nation is now a Canada base food blog.
Well, There are a lot of things I want to share and I will be sharing a detailed post about my moving journey in the next Curry Nation Talks episode.
It feels like, I have officially joined the Instant Pot camp as Instant Pot is my only goto Kitchen Gadget these days and I am excited about it too. So, Let me get back to the recipe.
Those who are new to cooking and dont know about Instant pot, Let me tell you that An Instant Pot is an electronic multicooker. It has multiple functionalities and there are different models available in the market. The model I have is Instant pot Duo mini.
Ingredients to make instant pot pasta
For the sauce:
We need tomatoes, garlic, salt, your favourite herbs like oregano, black pepper and olive oil. In fact, I have already shared my favourite tomato sauce recipe here. This time I just made everything in instant pot.
Other Ingredients:
Once you are done with your sauce, You will need your favourite pasta, water to boil, salt and a little bit of oil.
Preparation of pasta
- First, Cook your pasta.
- Now, you need to make a sauce for the pasta which takes 10 mins roughly. I am using canned tomato puree here but you can use your freshly blended tomato paste as well.
- Assemble your cooked pasta with sauce
- and you are good to go
Reasons to love this recipe,
- Very very easy to prepare
- Comparatively quick recipe as your pasta boiling process requires 4 minutes only.
- very tasty
- minimal ingredients are required
- Ingredients are easily available.
How to make Instant pot Pasta?
Cooking pasta in Instant pot
Add the pasta, water, olive oil, and salt to the inner pot of the IP. 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. (Time might vary depending upon the pasta and the variety.
When it beeps after four minutes, press the cancel button and then carefully move the vent to the open position and release all the pressure.
When the pressure is released, carefully open the lid. Drain the pasta and if required then reserve some starchy water.
Making sauce for pasta
Set the Instant Pot to Saute mode and add the olive oil. When the oil is hot 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 you instant pot on sate 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.
Skip the cheese, if you want to keep it vegan.
Serve it hot.
Other recipes you may like to check,
- Garlic penne with roasted cauliflower my all-time favourite recipe.
- Stovetop tomato sauce pasta This is a stove-top version of my simple tomato sauce pasta.
- Spaghetti agilo-e-oilo Classic Italian spaghetti pasta recipe
- Creamy Spaghetti with toasted beans It has a crunch of roasted beans and the freshness of lemon zest.
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Instant pot pasta recipe
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
To cook pasta
- 2 cups penne pasta
- 3 cups water
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp Cooking Oil/ Olive oil
other
- 1 cup tomato puree
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil/olive oil
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- tsp oregano
- tsp basil
- black pepper powder to your taste
- chilli flakes to your taste optional
- cheese optional
Instructions
COOKING PASTA IN INSTANT POT
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Add the pasta, water, olive oil, and salt to the inner pot of the IP. Mix them thoroughly.
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Close the lid and make sure the vent is in the sealing position.
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Select the Pressure Cook or Manual setting and set the cooking time to 4 minutes at high pressure. (Time might vary depending upon the pasta and the variety.
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When it beeps after four minutes, press the cancel button and then carefully move the vent to the open position and release all the pressure.
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When the pressure is released, carefully open the lid. Drain the pasta and if required then reserve some starchy water.
MAKING SAUCE FOR PASTA
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Set the Instant Pot to Saute mode and add the olive oil. When the oil is hot 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.
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Keep your instant pot on sate mode for 1 min and 30 seconds and keep mixing the sauce.
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Now add cooked pasta and mix it well. keep on saute mode for 2 to 3 mins.
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Now press the cancel button and set the IP in the Keep Warm mode.
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Add cheese if you like or Skip the cheese, if you want to keep it vegan.
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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
hope you will like it 
. Have a great day ahead!