Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce for Pasta [Homemade]

Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce for Pasta (Bolognese) cooks up in under 30 minutes in the pressure cooker. Homemade sauced tastes like you have been simmering all day.

Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce for Pasta

We all love homemade spaghetti sauce that cooks all day on the stove.

With the Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker, you can have that same taste with just a 10 minute cook time.

Meat lovers, use some Italian Sausage and/or any other ground meat you would like in your sauce. I prefer a vegetarian sauce and this recipe is my favorite.

My husband loves this Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce for Pasta with whole sausage and meatballs. I’ve never been a huge fan of meat sauce. I do, however, like to brown the sausage and meatballs and then remove them from the pot. Then continue with the rest of the ingredients.

Ingredients for Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce for Pasta

• Sausage or Beef
• Onions
• Diced Tomatoes
• Tomato Sauce
• Tomato Paste
• Garlic
• Red Wine
• Parmesan Rind

When we are ready to eat, I usually put the sausage and meatballs back into the pot to warm. The husband can take the meat with his meal and I grab some sauce. We both win.

However, sometimes I do just crumble up the sausage and/or ground beef/turkey and make this sauce.

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Break up the Meat, if Using

For cooking on the stove top, the sauce would simmer all day, but using an Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker, your sauce is done in under 30 minutes.

 I’d have to stay home and stir and check on the sauce. It’s so great to get an all day pasta sauce in less than 30 minutes.

If you want to cook your noodles or macaroni at the same time as your sauce, try my Pressure Cooker Quick Spaghetti Dinner or my Pressure Cooker Beef and Macaroni for an easy one pot meal.

Turn on your Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker and allow the pot to get completely hot. Adding a fat to a hot pot, will make the stainless steel pot non stick. If you add fat to a cold pot, your food will stick.

After the pot is hot, add your oil and start to brown the meat.

Break up the meat really well and add in your ground fennel. If you have whole fennel seeds, just take the back of a spoon and smush them.

Be careful so they don’t go flying across your kitchen.

You might want to get my Low Carb Brussels Sprouts Alfredo Sauce [Video] ready too, as it makes a great side dish.

Roughly chop the onions and toss them into the pot. Continue to sauté for a few minutes.

Garlic is best when you only sauté for a very short time. So, add the garlic and sauté just one more minute.

Another very easy recipe to make is my Instant Pot Italian Chicken Marsala. It’s rich and is a great Italian entree. 

Carefully add in the rest of the ingredients. Make sure you use a good wine. One that you would like to drink with your meal.

Never buy wine that is labeled for cooking. It is cheap and pretty nasty.

The wine adds a terrific depth of flavor and I suggest not skipping the wine.

Lock on the lid and you are ready to cook!

This makes a lot, so we freeze what we are not going to use for dinner and save for next time.

I love these Reditainer Extreme Freezer Containers and Freezer Labels, so that I always know what is in my freezer.

Makes a Great Freezer Meal

We like to use the leftover Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce for in my Instant Pot Rojo Fiesta Chicken recipe in place of the fiesta sauce and turn it into another Italian meal.

Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce for Pasta

Easy, right? Home made pasta sauce in not much more time than it takes to open a jar of premade sauce.

If you want to have a one pot spaghetti dinner, try my Pressure Cooker Quick Spaghetti Dinner or my Pressure Cooker Beef and Macaroni (Bolognese), for a one pot meal.

More Instant Pot Italian Meals to Make:

• Pressure Cooker Low Carb Margherita Pizza Meatballs
• Instant Pot Italian Chicken Marsala {Pressure Cooker}
• Pressure Cooker Creamy Baked Ziti
• Pressure Cooker Bruschetta Chicken with Zoodles

What is your favorite way to each Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce?

Kitchen Equipment and Essentials

• Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker
• J.A. Henckels Classic 7-inch Hollow Edge Santoku Knife
• Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
• Culina Stackable (Dry) Stainless Steel Measuring Cups
• Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
• Cilio Olivewood Spatula
• Rachael Ray Stoneware EVOO Oil Dispensing Bottle
• Alpha Armour Salt Box with Spoon
• Bellemain Porcelain Ramekins
• OXO Good Grips Cutting Board
• Reditainer Extreme Freezer Containers
• Freezer Labels

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Here is the handy printable recipe:

Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce for Pasta

5 from 14 votes

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Course: Sauce

Cuisine: Italian

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Pressure Release: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 10 servings

Calories: 405kcal

Author: Jill Selkowitz

Ingredients

• 2 pounds Italian sausage mild or hot, Optional, casings removed
• 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 Yellow/Brown Onion optional, chopped
• 3 - 4 cloves Fresh Garlic minced
• 28 ounces Diced Tomatoes
• 6 ounces Tomato Paste
• 30 ounces Tomato Sauce
• 3 teaspoons Dried Basil
• 2 teaspoons Dried Parsley Flakes
• 2 teaspoons Light Brown Sugar or sugar substitute
• 2 teaspoons Sea Salt
• 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper Flakes crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
• 1/2 cup Red Wine/Cabernet a good Cabernet!
• 1/2 cup Fresh Water
• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds crushed
• Parmesan Rind chunk optional

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Instructions

• Turn your Pressure Cooker to Sauté or Browning mode and allow it to heat.
• Add a Tablespoon of olive oil to the Pressure Cooker cooking pot and then dump in the sausage/ground beef.
• Brown the sausage, breaking it up as you stir.
• (If not using meat start here) Add the rest of the ingredients.
• Lock on Lid and Close Pressure Valve
• Cook on high pressure for 10 minutes.  When Beep sounds, allow a 15 minute natural release, then carefully do a quick release.

Notes

What to Eat with Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce for Pasta

• Pressure Cooker Southern Style Green Beans
• Low Carb Avocado Chicken Salad [Instant Pot]
• Instant Pot Broccoli Cheddar Soup Low Carb Keto
• Instant Pot Italian Chicken Olive Garden

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce for Pasta

Amount Per Serving

Calories 405 Calories from Fat 270

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 30g 46%

Saturated Fat 10g 50%

Cholesterol 68mg 23%

Sodium 1401mg 58%

Potassium 955mg 27%

Total Carbohydrates 17g 6%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 9g

Protein 15g 30%

Vitamin A 15.7%

Vitamin C 27.7%

Calcium 7.6%

Iron 23.5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Post updated May 5, 2019. Originally published January 16, 2016.

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