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Pressure Cooker Butternut Squash Pasta
Pressure Cooker Butternut Squash Pasta with Spinach and Bacon is savory, but slightly sweet with complex levels of flavor sure to please.
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
10
minutes
mins
Total Time
20
minutes
mins
Course:
Main
Cuisine:
Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Servings:
6
servings
Calories:
Author:
Jill Selkowitz
Ingredients
6
slices
Bacon
chopped
1
Tablespoon
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2
cup
Yellow/Brown Onion
chopped
2
cloves
Fresh Garlic
chopped
1
Tablespoon
Salted Butter
optional
1
Tablespoon
Bacon Grease
optional
1/2
pound
Butternut Squash
cut into 1 inch pieces
1
pound
Penne Pasta
3.5
cups
Chicken Stock/Broth
or 3.5 cups of water with 1 Tablespoon Better Than Bouillon, Chicken
1
teaspoon
Kosher Salt
to taste
1/4
teaspoon
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
to taste
3
cups
Fresh Spinach
rough chopped
Garnish
1/2
cup
Asiago or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
freshly shredded
Instructions
Select Sauté or Browning button on your Pressure Cooker and allow to fully heat.
Add bacon to the cooking pot and sauté until bacon is crisp. Remove, all but 1 Tablespoon of bacon grease from cooking pot.
Add olive oil, squash and onions to cooking pot and sauté, five minutes, or until onions begin to soften.
Add garlic and sauté one more minute.
Pour in broth and deglaze cooking pot, making sure to scrap up anything stuck to the bottom.
Add bacon, pasta, butter, salt and pepper.
Lock on lid and close Pressure Value. Cook at High Pressure for 2 minutes. When Beep sounds, wait 5 minutes and then release the rest of the pressure
Mix in the fresh spinach to the cooking pot.
Serve and garnish with Parmesan or Asiago cheese.
Notes
If you have leftover cooked bacon, start with cooking the onions.
Butter and bacon grease are optional, but taste wonderful in this dish.
Nutrition
Serving:
0
g
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Carbohydrates:
0
g
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Protein:
0
g
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Fat:
0
g
|
Saturated Fat:
0
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
0
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
0
g
|
Trans Fat:
0
g
|
Cholesterol:
0
mg
|
Sodium:
0
mg
|
Potassium:
0
mg
|
Fiber:
0
g
|
Sugar:
0
g
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Vitamin A:
0
IU
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Vitamin C:
0
mg
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Calcium:
0
mg
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Iron:
0
mg