I came on looking for Instant Pot and someone using Tri colored Rotini pasta...and there you ARE....it's just the best ever Nili...you're the answer to EVERYTHIING ~ thank you sooo much for all you do...you do SOOO much...it's awesome. I'll make this later today for sure... Hugs !
You inspired me I just made dinner it’s sooo soo good. I thawed 4 hamburger patties in the microwave sautéed onions and garlic in my Instant pot in some avocado oil /and a little olive oil Added about 1/4 cup of beef broth to help clean the bottom of the pot then added 2 1/2 cups of water, 32 ounces of traditional Prego, added penne pasta , a little salt a little Italian seasoning , cooked for 5 minutes , quick released and stirred it up it was perfectly cooked a little al-dente and then added some cheddar cheese stirred it in.. I’m on my second bowl lol Thank you!
Thank you thank you. I make instant pot pasta all the time now, this is a really helpful video!!! Recipes online and other videos don’t lay it out as simply.
I love making pasta in my instant pot, turns out great. I like to add a cup of mixed veggies in it and I add about a half of teaspoon of Italian seasonings and garlic powder in it too. 🤗
I keep coming back to this video to make pasta dishes in my electric pressure cooker. Your method is fantastic, and I have now become a subscriber to your channel. Thank you Nili :)
As a single person, I bought the 3 qt Instant Pot. Having found your wonderful channel, I ordered the 6 at, arriving today, along with colder weather. Soup or pasta will be on tonight. Thank you, and God bless your family.
Hey, Nili! That was me who shared this video on Instagram! I do the store's Instagram account and we just started selling the Instant Pot so of course I thought of you. ( I've been a fan of your channel for a while! :)) Your videos are perfect for the beginner and your healthy cooking is just what our customers love. In a word, you're awesome!!
I just purchased my instant pot. I love your videos! I started with your video on unboxing my instant pot and have watched many others since then. Your videos are easy to follow and inspiring. Thank you!
Hello, I just wanted to thank you for your videos. I have been learning to cook for years and I can never get the hang of it. I recently purchased an instapot and out of all the videos on the subject I think yours have been best. Thank you!!!
Thank you for posting this and many other recipes. I've had my instapot for over a year and intimidated to use. This will help me out a lot. Thanks again. 😊
Thanks a bunch, just the info I was looking for! I almost passed it by because I am whole food plant based and didn't want the meat, but in this case, not a problem to just omit it!
Char Covelesky....that's just what we did..and now it's a staple & we add diff't veggies, etc... this was just the best intro to pasta making in the Instant Pot for us...it has gone a longggg way to bringing lots of enjoyment to those we love! :)
Hey Indigo Nili...thanks for the post. I've watched several of your videos (just got my Instant Pot three months ago and I love it) and you have been very helpful....Keep the good work flowing!
thank you so much for putting these how to videos up. this is a complicated machine and since i got mine before Christmas of 2018, i have yet to even plug the thing in to figure out how its supposed to work. Thanks to you, I now have a reference guide to look at while messing with this piece of equipment.
Half the boil time for pasta is all the time u need to cook it in an IP, incl for whole grain pasta Use ur sauce jar for a measure for ur extra water for pasta added (so I use 29-32oz crushed tomatoes w/added spices n the grease from my meat instead of spaghetti sauce, so 29-32oz is what goes in my pot) Adding extra salt for the pasta water is a good tip! Also WHOLE GRAIN PASTA (we don’t buy refined, white pasta, only whole grain or lentil/chickpea pasta (sometimes rice for a wheatfree kid, which ISNT wholegrain): **Only use 1/2-2/3 the pasta called for if u use whole grain**. It’s just too much pasta in there otherwise. It drinks up all the sauce! For anyone interested, making ur own spaghetti sauce is simple, 30oz can crushed tomatoes, 15oz can diced tomatoes, herbs n spices u like, plus brown ur meat w/onion, garlic & green pepper in the pot first and don’t drain grease. No EVO needed now. I usually add raw sliced mushrooms in with the sauce ingredients. U don’t need sugar either. I’ve heard a carrot, shredded will take acidity away but we like it just fine w/o it so I rarely do it. Go price a jar of sauce compared to crushed tomatoes! The jars are only 2.5 cups now too!
Another super helpful Instant Pot video! Thanks and please keep them coming. I love mine so much, but I'm still new with it and appreciate what you are teaching us.
Hi NilI: Made this tonight for dinner and it was great. My husband loved it said it was one of the best meals I have made. It's great and will be keeping recipe. Thank you!
After yesterday’s ‘water test’, today I cooked cauliflower and cabbage, glass bowl, 1 cup of water, three minutes. You should have seen the fear in my husband’s eyes when I vented.🤣
Thank you for this video. I'm trying several foods I'm my mini I P, that is new. I haven't been able to get the proportions for plain pasta (to add to a salad). It always get with lots of water, or too much dente... I'll try your suggestions. Great to have found you, I've watched some of your videos, and are great. Concise and very useful 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you. Yours and six sisters stuff is really good. I just wanted the goddamn facts and now I have them. I’m just doing a simple macaroni thing tonight and I wanted to just be able to do this quick.
OOPS!!! I should have read the comments before making mine. I see that you did cook the meat first. Love, love, love your videos. I have been binge watching them.
Linda Friend don’t feel bad. I bought my instapot on Black Friday 2015. I haven’t cooked anything in it. I was really afraid of it which is weird because I used a stovetop pressure cooker in my younger days!! I am just discovering the TH-cam videos. This channel really does explain everything so well. I am going to introduce myself to my instapot. Wish me luck.
Thank you SO much for this video!!!! I have been wanting to try pasta in my instant pot but I have been a bit intimidated lol. I love using my IP in the hot summer since I can give my husband a good hot meal when he gets home, but I didn't have to heat up the kitchen to do it. :) Btw, random weird comment but you have such beautiful eyes!
I love making pasta in my IP. Tonight I'm adapting a recipe from a book. I'm going to cook the pasta plain, strain it and then cook it with all the cheeses asked sauce ingredients on Saute. I'll cook the pasta 1 min less originally so it doesn't overcook on saute.
Thanks. I just bought my instant pot and am looking for "the basics" to start out with. I think this sets me up for the pasta end of things. Pretty blue eyes too...
*I love the instant pot so much! I have made quinoa, chicken, chili, asparagus **MyBest.Kitchen** and yogurt in it so far. The only thing that didn't work great was the asparagus. I cooked it for 1 minute and it was still overdone. It is a timesaver and uses much less energy than my gas stove.*
Just made this with veggie burger and corn. Wish I'd known about this long ago. Yum and so easy. Actually, the Instant Pot probably wasn't invented yet.
Hi! 😊 Now that you have an 8 quart I’m interested in hearing if your pasta cook time switches to 4 minutes. I’ve found that 5 min in a 6 qt works best and 4 min in 8 qt works best. Maybe it’s elevation - don’t know. Egg cook times are much less as well. I do 24 eggs in 8 qt for 3 minutes for “hard boil”. Love your channel! Thanks for all the tips!
I haven't done pasta in my 8qt yet but I did notice a cook time change with eggs! I tried to do my soft boiled eggs fro 3 minutes like I did in my 6qt and they came out almost hard! I now do 2 minutes and they're great.
So three cups of water per one pound of pasta right? So what I'm I'm only doing eight ounces of pasta? Do I cut the water in half? I don't know because that doesn't seem like it'll be enough water.
@@IndigoNili Thanks for the speedy response. I just bought an IP and my first attempt at dried beans with rice was a complete flop. I'm hoping I'll have better luck with pasta which is one of my favorite foods. I plan on using one pound of ground beef along with your suggestion. I'll assume five minutes cooking time is still needed even though I'm splitting my serving by half?
Nili! I can't get my new IP Duo to cook pasta for the life of me. I have tried a few times and I keep getting the Food Burn error/the IP won't pressurise. I'm following the recipe approximately (as I'm Australian), using 500g of beef, 1kg of sauce, and 3 - 4 cups of water. What am I doing wrong?
Awesome tip Ms. White. If you’re short on time, want to avoid extra dishes, or just want convenience, you can definitely cook the meat first and then cook the pasta over it. Meat is much more robust than pasta, so it should hold up through the second “cook”.
Another video says cook the pasta for half the time printed on the pkg. If for 10 min then cook it for 5 min. I made vermicelli and threw everything in it, fresh garlic, chopped onions, marinera sauce, some garlic powder, italian seasoning, mushrooms and bay leaf. My mistake was not really knowing how much spaghetti to put in it. I eyeballed it. Came out tasting great but too much spaghetti for that amt of sauce.
That looks yummy! Thank you for the simple explanation. Whenever I cook pasta in my IP I have issues with water spewing everywhere when I QR. It only happens with pasta, so it's not a stuck valve or anything like that. Do you know why that could be happening?
+peggyil That's strange! Are you cooking more than a pound of pasta at a time? Or using more that 3 cups of water? That's all I can think of that could cause the problem!
Hmmm, the last recipe I did was instant pot macaroni and cheese. The recipe calls for 16 oz. of pasta and 4 cups of water. So could it be too much water? It all absorbs after the pressure is released, and I add the other ingredients.
Peggy, the package for pasta usually says more water than you need as you pour the water off. In Indigo Nili's version, there is no water to pour off. It is all absorbed by the pasta. That is why she says to use 3 cups of water with 32 oz. of sauce, instead of 4 cups of water (same as a quart).
The meat was already cooked. If you're starting with raw meat you can brown it up in the pot using the saute setting before adding the rest of the ingredients
I'm a new Instant Pot user and I love your recipes but I've been reading that higher altitudes affect cooking time in the Instant Pot just like normal cooking. I'm at 4200'. What altitude are you so I know how much to adjust (if any). Thanks for your time ; )
It depends on the thickness of the pasta. I used pasta that was thin at one end and wider at the top. The wide part was perfect al dente. You may have to reduce the time by a minute. Then you have the option of cooking it for 0 or 1 minute if it is still hard. I would try 0 minutes if it just needs a little more cooking and 1 minute if it is noticeably hard.
Oh it works! I used the rigatoni and threw in some frozen meatballs! My pressure cooker is older, but in. Just 10 minutes we had a delicious meal with minimal mess
I have an 8 qt IP Duo and would like to make a larger batch of spaghetti than you show here. Would it be possible to double the ingredients in the 8 qt and what would the cooking time be? If not able to double how much more do you think I could use? Also, are regular spaghetti noodles ok to use or do they get to soft because of being thin? I just started using my Instant Pot and I’m trying to get more experience and success under my belt. I find your videos some of the easiest to follow and i like you tips you give along the way. Thanks.
+Bill Paul I haven't tried a double batch but I see no reason why it wouldn't work as long as all the ingredients were doubled including the water. As far as spaghetti noodles... As long as they aren't angel hair spaghetti I think cook time would be the same as in this video (I haven't tried though so this is just a guess!) Just make sure that the noodles are separated when you put them in and not in a big clump. I would probably break them in half to make that easier. If you do try it please let me know how it turns out!
I love the way you pack so much info into a short time. One other very nice lady takes about 30 minutes to say what you say in two.
Elaine Root very diplomatic!
Plus all of the extra tips. With clear simple instructions. Plus she has the recipe info in the description box below. So helpful.
Indigo Nili rules!!!!!
the pastabilities are endless
I just want to thank you for sharing this. I've done this countless times after watching your video and it has been a game changer!
I came on looking for Instant Pot and someone using Tri colored Rotini pasta...and there you ARE....it's just the best ever Nili...you're the answer to EVERYTHIING ~ thank you sooo much for all you do...you do SOOO much...it's awesome. I'll make this later today for sure... Hugs !
Your limiting yourself - just use "pressure cooker ______________" because that's all that the Insta Pot is. You can find much more info out there :)
You inspired me I just made dinner it’s sooo soo good. I thawed 4 hamburger patties in the microwave sautéed onions and garlic in my
Instant pot in some avocado oil /and a little olive oil Added about 1/4 cup of beef broth to help clean the bottom of the pot then added 2 1/2 cups of water, 32 ounces of traditional Prego, added penne pasta , a little salt a little Italian seasoning , cooked for 5 minutes , quick released and stirred it up it was perfectly cooked a little al-dente and then added some cheddar cheese stirred it in.. I’m on my second bowl lol
Thank you!
Thank you thank you. I make instant pot pasta all the time now, this is a really helpful video!!! Recipes online and other videos don’t lay it out as simply.
I'll so glad to help!
I love making pasta in my instant pot, turns out great. I like to add a cup of mixed veggies in it and I add about a half of teaspoon of Italian seasonings and garlic powder in it too. 🤗
I keep coming back to this video to make pasta dishes in my electric pressure cooker. Your method is fantastic, and I have now become a subscriber to your channel. Thank you Nili :)
Thank you so much, as a new owner of an IP it's been difficult finding measurements. Could have saved myself hours if I found this video first.
As a single person, I bought the 3 qt Instant Pot. Having found your wonderful channel, I ordered the 6 at, arriving today, along with colder weather. Soup or pasta will be on tonight. Thank you, and God bless your family.
Why did you decide to try the 6 qt? Curious. I love the 3 qt
Hey, Nili! That was me who shared this video on Instagram! I do the store's Instagram account and we just started selling the Instant Pot so of course I thought of you. ( I've been a fan of your channel for a while! :)) Your videos are perfect for the beginner and your healthy cooking is just what our customers love. In a word, you're awesome!!
Your eyes are amazingly hypnotic and thks for the info on the pasta dishes. Look forward to trying some of your ideas.
My husband bought me a instant pot for Xmas can't wait to try this out
I looked at several instant pot pasta videos and I'm choosing to make yours. Nice job, thank you!
4:26 is my favorite time of day, and that is when your were making this video according to the clock on your range.
That saved me so much time, specially with 3 little ones at home. Thank you!
I just purchased my instant pot. I love your videos! I started with your video on unboxing my instant pot and have watched many others since then. Your videos are easy to follow and inspiring. Thank you!
That's great! Thanks for watching! Glad I could help get you going! ☺️❤️
This was great. I just needed an extra 2 minutes for the rigatoni I love.
Thank you!
Hello, I just wanted to thank you for your videos. I have been learning to cook for years and I can never get the hang of it. I recently purchased an instapot and out of all the videos on the subject I think yours have been best. Thank you!!!
I'm so glad I could help! :)
The “pasta”bilities are endless. 😂
Thank you for posting this and many other recipes. I've had my instapot for over a year and intimidated to use. This will help me out a lot. Thanks again. 😊
Don't be intimidated! So worth it
Thanks a bunch, just the info I was looking for! I almost passed it by because I am whole food plant based and didn't want the meat, but in this case, not a problem to just omit it!
+Char Covelesky Yes! This is a totally customizable technique!
Char Covelesky....that's just what we did..and now it's a staple & we add diff't veggies, etc... this was just the best intro to pasta making in the Instant Pot for us...it has gone a longggg way to bringing lots of enjoyment to those we love! :)
Thank you for showing how to cook so many things in the instant pot!!
You're welcome! ☺️
I love your videos. I’m new to the instant pot and you are so helpful.
+judy kay Slowey-Sly I'm so glad too help! 🙂
Made it tonight for dinner! Hubby loved it!
I can say that this video made dinner delicious thank you Indigo and thanks for taking the time to make this video!!!
Hey Indigo Nili...thanks for the post. I've watched several of your videos (just got my Instant Pot three months ago and I love it) and you have been very helpful....Keep the good work flowing!
I'm going to try to cook just pasta first then I'm going to put everything together wish me luck thanks for sharing your videos I learned a lot
Wow that was super easy and fast, and i can understand specially when you have hungry children like you do. Thank you for the recipe ☺
thank you so much for putting these how to videos up. this is a complicated machine and since i got mine before Christmas of 2018, i have yet to even plug the thing in to figure out how its supposed to work. Thanks to you, I now have a reference guide to look at while messing with this piece of equipment.
I'm so glad to help!
Aha! 5 min + QR sounds much more reasonable for pasta than 10 min I just saw on another channel. Thank you! :-)
Half the boil time for pasta is all the time u need to cook it in an IP, incl for whole grain pasta
Use ur sauce jar for a measure for ur extra water for pasta added (so I use 29-32oz crushed tomatoes w/added spices n the grease from my meat instead of spaghetti sauce, so 29-32oz is what goes in my pot)
Adding extra salt for the pasta water is a good tip!
Also WHOLE GRAIN PASTA (we don’t buy refined, white pasta, only whole grain or lentil/chickpea pasta (sometimes rice for a wheatfree kid, which ISNT wholegrain):
**Only use 1/2-2/3 the pasta called for if u use whole grain**. It’s just too much pasta in there otherwise. It drinks up all the sauce!
For anyone interested, making ur own spaghetti sauce is simple, 30oz can crushed tomatoes, 15oz can diced tomatoes, herbs n spices u like, plus brown ur meat w/onion, garlic & green pepper in the pot first and don’t drain grease. No EVO needed now. I usually add raw sliced mushrooms in with the sauce ingredients. U don’t need sugar either. I’ve heard a carrot, shredded will take acidity away but we like it just fine w/o it so I rarely do it.
Go price a jar of sauce compared to crushed tomatoes! The jars are only 2.5 cups now too!
Love this ❤️. Penne Pasta works well too! Instant Pot rocks!
Is the cook time still the same with Penne (5min)?
Thank you! I have been so nervous trying pasta. This was brief and informative. I am gonna try this.
Another super helpful Instant Pot video! Thanks and please keep them coming. I love mine so much, but I'm still new with it and appreciate what you are teaching us.
Hi NilI: Made this tonight for dinner and it was great. My husband loved it said it was one of the best meals I have made. It's great and will be keeping recipe. Thank you!
After yesterday’s ‘water test’, today I cooked cauliflower and cabbage, glass bowl, 1 cup of water, three minutes. You should have seen the fear in my husband’s eyes when I vented.🤣
+Linda Friend Lol! Glad everyone made it out alive!
This is amazing! You're the best! Can't wait to get home and try this tonight!
Finally, an Instant Pot pasta recipe that gives me perfect al dente pasta!!! TY Nili, video liked, channel subscribed to. 🙂
You have one more subscriber .. Thank you for your recipes.🙂👍
solid insight. Thanks for putting it out there.
Just what I was looking for, thanks Nili ;)
Great video, great tips! Thank you.
Thank you for this video. I'm trying several foods I'm my mini I P, that is new. I haven't been able to get the proportions for plain pasta (to add to a salad). It always get with lots of water, or too much dente... I'll try your suggestions. Great to have found you, I've watched some of your videos, and are great. Concise and very useful 🙏🙏🙏
Awesome video and very informative. Thank you for the effort, much appreciated!
Great video. Very informative. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Nili, just did it perfect.
I just made it with Spam....so yumiiiiii! Thanks for this video! ❤️
Thank you this was so helpful and I like the different ideas you throw out
Thank you. Yours and six sisters stuff is really good. I just wanted the goddamn facts and now I have them. I’m just doing a simple macaroni thing tonight and I wanted to just be able to do this quick.
Thanks for instructions on making pasta in instant pot!
Straight to the point, and easy to follow!new subscriber! Thank you xxx
OOPS!!! I should have read the comments before making mine. I see that you did cook the meat first. Love, love, love your videos. I have been binge watching them.
Bought an IP recently, but am a bit overwhelmed and haven’t used it yet. I think could do this👍
Linda Friend don’t feel bad. I bought my instapot on Black Friday 2015. I haven’t cooked anything in it. I was really afraid of it which is weird because I used a stovetop pressure cooker in my younger days!! I am just discovering the TH-cam videos. This channel really does explain everything so well. I am going to introduce myself to my instapot. Wish me luck.
Corinne Brown I did the water test thing yesterday. It’s official, I can cook water in the Instant Pot!
I did the same...didnt use the Instant Pot, watched YT videos, got inspired, still inspired and now have two Instant Pots!
This is extremely helpful. Thanks for posting.
Thank you SO much for this video!!!! I have been wanting to try pasta in my instant pot but I have been a bit intimidated lol. I love using my IP in the hot summer since I can give my husband a good hot meal when he gets home, but I didn't have to heat up the kitchen to do it. :) Btw, random weird comment but you have such beautiful eyes!
I love making pasta in my IP. Tonight I'm adapting a recipe from a book. I'm going to cook the pasta plain, strain it and then cook it with all the cheeses asked sauce ingredients on Saute. I'll cook the pasta 1 min less originally so it doesn't overcook on saute.
Thanks. I just bought my instant pot and am looking for "the basics" to start out with. I think this sets me up for the pasta end of things. Pretty blue eyes too...
*I love the instant pot so much! I have made quinoa, chicken, chili, asparagus **MyBest.Kitchen** and yogurt in it so far. The only thing that didn't work great was the asparagus. I cooked it for 1 minute and it was still overdone. It is a timesaver and uses much less energy than my gas stove.*
Thanks! That was fast and informative :)
thanks just what i needed....
from a klutz in the kitchen
Great info! Thanks
Just made this with veggie burger and corn. Wish I'd known about this long ago. Yum and so easy. Actually, the Instant Pot probably wasn't invented yet.
Do you use 3 cups water for plain pasta in a 3 quart mini ip?
Thank you so much for posting this!! I’ll use it for sure!
Hi! 😊 Now that you have an 8 quart I’m interested in hearing if your pasta cook time switches to 4 minutes. I’ve found that 5 min in a 6 qt works best and 4 min in 8 qt works best. Maybe it’s elevation - don’t know. Egg cook times are much less as well. I do 24 eggs in 8 qt for 3 minutes for “hard boil”. Love your channel! Thanks for all the tips!
I haven't done pasta in my 8qt yet but I did notice a cook time change with eggs! I tried to do my soft boiled eggs fro 3 minutes like I did in my 6qt and they came out almost hard! I now do 2 minutes and they're great.
@@IndigoNili Any change in time for the 3 quart?
I cook in an 8-qt and have not changed times on any of the pasta recipes I've made
Thank you 😊
Thanks for sharing! Great videos!!
Omg thank you! Exactly what I needed
Great tips !!!!
Love your posts
Tried this with a small pasta and came out great. Would this work for spaghetti? Thanks for great tip!
A lot of crock pot type meals say to add olive oil to rice, beans etc. and just wondering if you have to do the same with pasta.
Thanks for your reply!
Can't wait for my pot to arrive.
I prefer to use egg pasta. It does not overcook easily..
That was straightforward and simple. Appreciated it, going to try this out!
Wow you got some amazing natural beauty
Great video. Thanks SO much ❣️
So three cups of water per one pound of pasta right? So what I'm I'm only doing eight ounces of pasta? Do I cut the water in half? I don't know because that doesn't seem like it'll be enough water.
Yes, halve the water and sauce for 8oz of pasta
@@IndigoNili Thanks for the speedy response. I just bought an IP and my first attempt at dried beans with rice was a complete flop. I'm hoping I'll have better luck with pasta which is one of my favorite foods. I plan on using one pound of ground beef along with your suggestion. I'll assume five minutes cooking time is still needed even though I'm splitting my serving by half?
Yes, same 5 minute cook time!
how many people does your rceipe feed? going on a camping trip with 8 people. would that be enough for this group or should i double everything?
A general rule is 1lb of pasta will feed 4 people. So, yes, double everything 🙂
Nili! I can't get my new IP Duo to cook pasta for the life of me. I have tried a few times and I keep getting the Food Burn error/the IP won't pressurise. I'm following the recipe approximately (as I'm Australian), using 500g of beef, 1kg of sauce, and 3 - 4 cups of water. What am I doing wrong?
THe meat can be cooked in the instant pot on saute then add the other stuff to it. It says it is the one pot for the whole meal
Awesome tip Ms. White. If you’re short on time, want to avoid extra dishes, or just want convenience, you can definitely cook the meat first and then cook the pasta over it. Meat is much more robust than pasta, so it should hold up through the second “cook”.
Do you make any vermicelli in the instant pot and how long please thank you for this recipe
Another video says cook the pasta for half the time printed on the pkg. If for 10 min then cook it for 5 min. I made vermicelli and threw everything in it, fresh garlic, chopped onions, marinera sauce, some garlic powder, italian seasoning, mushrooms and bay leaf. My mistake was not really knowing how much spaghetti to put in it. I eyeballed it. Came out tasting great but too much spaghetti for that amt of sauce.
Maybe a silly question, but did you cook the meat before adding it to the pot?
Yes, meat is cooked first
Thanks for the video! 🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼
That looks yummy! Thank you for the simple explanation. Whenever I cook pasta in my IP I have issues with water spewing everywhere when I QR. It only happens with pasta, so it's not a stuck valve or anything like that. Do you know why that could be happening?
+peggyil That's strange! Are you cooking more than a pound of pasta at a time? Or using more that 3 cups of water? That's all I can think of that could cause the problem!
Hmmm, the last recipe I did was instant pot macaroni and cheese. The recipe calls for 16 oz. of pasta and 4 cups of water. So could it be too much water? It all absorbs after the pressure is released, and I add the other ingredients.
peggyil try releasing in short burst until pressure is almost gone. It works for me 😊
I put a dish towel over the vent to prevent water from spraying all over.
Peggy, the package for pasta usually says more water than you need as you pour the water off. In Indigo Nili's version, there is no water to pour off. It is all absorbed by the pasta. That is why she says to use 3 cups of water with 32 oz. of sauce, instead of 4 cups of water (same as a quart).
So helpful!
💕 Thank you !! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Alfredo is something you tried? I thought you couldn't do a cream sauce, under pressure?
Was the meat used already or slightly cooked before tossed into the Instant Pot?
The meat was already cooked. If you're starting with raw meat you can brown it up in the pot using the saute setting before adding the rest of the ingredients
so do not let it do natural release of pressure? release pressure right away?
Yes, releases it right away or the pasta will overcook
Thank you.
Thank you I'm new to all this
I'm a new Instant Pot user and I love your recipes but I've been reading that higher altitudes affect cooking time in the Instant Pot just like normal cooking. I'm at 4200'. What altitude are you so I know how much to adjust (if any). Thanks for your time ; )
Try adding +10% according to Pressure Cooker google search I did. it would be 30 seconds acc to math. Try 6 min for rounding up.
Great video thank you!!!!
Does 5 minutes make the pasta al dente? Should I reduce the time if it’s not?
It depends on the thickness of the pasta. I used pasta that was thin at one end and wider at the top. The wide part was perfect al dente. You may have to reduce the time by a minute. Then you have the option of cooking it for 0 or 1 minute if it is still hard. I would try 0 minutes if it just needs a little more cooking and 1 minute if it is noticeably hard.
Pound of ground meat for pasta sold as is?
Oh it works! I used the rigatoni and threw in some frozen meatballs! My pressure cooker is older, but in. Just 10 minutes we had a delicious meal with minimal mess
Bonita Costello were ? your frozen meatballs cooked previously
I have an 8 qt IP Duo and would like to make a larger batch of spaghetti than you show here. Would it be possible to double the ingredients in the 8 qt and what would the cooking time be? If not able to double how much more do you think I could use? Also, are regular spaghetti noodles ok to use or do they get to soft because of being thin? I just started using my Instant Pot and I’m trying to get more experience and success under my belt. I find your videos some of the easiest to follow and i like you tips you give along the way. Thanks.
+Bill Paul I haven't tried a double batch but I see no reason why it wouldn't work as long as all the ingredients were doubled including the water. As far as spaghetti noodles... As long as they aren't angel hair spaghetti I think cook time would be the same as in this video (I haven't tried though so this is just a guess!) Just make sure that the noodles are separated when you put them in and not in a big clump. I would probably break them in half to make that easier.
If you do try it please let me know how it turns out!
I have a question for you.
I like my pasta tender would you suggest six minutes?
I don’t like it al dente
Yes, 6 minutes would probably work great!