Recipe: Instant pot meatballs and spaghetti

Delicious Instant Pot Meatballs and Spaghetti on the table in 20 minutes?! This isn’t a drill. Up your weeknight dinner game with this delicious crowd pleasing favourite.

Around here, dinner prep time is at a premium. I love making recipes that taste like they’ve been simmering for hours but are on the table in less than 30 minutes.

The Instant Pot is the perfect appliance for quick delicious with loads of flavours.

Ingredients

• 1 jar (plain, basil added, or garlic added) passata (2 cups; about 500 ml.)
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 2 garlic cloves; minced
• 1/2 tsp chili flakes
• 10 good sized fresh basil leaves; chiffonade cut
• 1 cup grape or cherry tomatoes; sliced in halves
• salt and pepper
• 1 lb minced beef
• 1/4 onion; very finely diced
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 clove garlic; minced
• 1/4 cup dried bread crumbs
• 1 egg
• salt and pepper
• spaghetti prepared as per package directions

Instructions

1. Add first seven ingredients to an Instant Pot.
2. Add next seven ingredients in a mixing bowl and combine well using a spoon.
3. Form a large tablespoon full into a meatball and drop it into the sauce. Repeat with the rest of the mixture.
4. Using the manual feature on the Instant Pot, add 15 minutes to the timer and make sure the pressure is set to high.
5. Cook spaghetti in salted boiling water according to package directions.

Enjoy!

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