Instant Pot Filipino-style Spaghetti
Pressure Cooker Filipino Spaghetti is your favorite pasta dish made easy in the Instant Pot in 20 minutes! It's super easy to make and sure to be a crowd favorite with its meaty, perfectly sweet sauce and hearty noodles.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 tablespoon canola or olive oil
- 4 Filipino hot dogs, cut on a bias about 1/4-inch thick
- 1 pound ground beef
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 onion, peeled and chopped
- 1/2 green bell pepper, seeded, cored, and chopped
- 1/2 red bell pepper, seeded, cored, and chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 1 package (12 ounces) uncooked spaghetti
- 1 package (24 ounces) sweet-style Filipino spaghetti sauce
- 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes
- 3 cups water or beef broth
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- shredded quick-melt cheese
Instructions
- 1
Using the SAUTE feature on NORMAL, heat the canola oil.
- 2
Add the hot dogs and cook until lightly browned. Remove from pan and set aside.
- 3
Add ground beef, breaking apart with the back of the spoon. Cook, stirring regularly until no longer pink and begins to render fat.
- 4
Add onions, bell peppers, and garlic and cook until softened. Drain the meat of any excess grease.
- 5
Add Italian seasoning and salt and pepper to taste.
- 6
Return the hot dogs.
- 7
Break the uncooked spaghetti in half and place them in the pot on top of the meat in a crisscross pattern to prevent the noodles from sticking together when cooked.
- 8
Add spaghetti sauce, diced tomatoes, and water. Sprinkle the sugar. Do NOT stir. Push the noodles down gently so they’ll be submerged in the liquid.
- 9
Close the lid of the Instant Pot, setting the valve in the SEALING position.
- 10
Cook on HIGH pressure for 7 minutes.
- 11
When the 7 minutes are up and the pressure cooker beeps, do a QUICK release. Press CANCEL to turn off the Instant Pot and carefully open the lid.
- 12
Let noodles stand for about 1 to 2 minutes and then stir to distribute the sauce.
- 13
Ladle on serving plates and garnish with shredded cheese. Serve hot.