Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce That Is Just As Good As Grandma’s [Recipe]

This instant pot spaghetti sauce is just as good as my family’s recipe, but it takes half the time to prepare. It is so good, that I often save it for later and use it when I feel like cooking something last minute. I even use this as a base for more complex dishes, adding ingredients as I go. Try making this sauce and see for yourself the wonders of using your instant pot.

Enjoy This Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce In Just A Few Minutes!

My ingredient list for this dish includes bacon, onions, ground beef, tomato paste, tomato juice, salt, pepper, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, dry parsley, sugar, celery seed, cloves, cinnamon, and garlic powder.

You can use other ingredients, however, such as onion powder, ground turkey or chicken, tomato sauce, chili powder, dry oregano, honey, celery salt, cumin, and minced garlic. For the serving aspect, I always use my favorite kind of spaghetti, but you can use any pasta you enjoy the most.

All you have left to do is add everything to your instant pot, lock the lid, and cook at high pressure for 15 minutes. You can save time by cooking the spaghetti while the instant pot is doing the hard work.

After you release the pressure on the instant pot, serve your tasty sauce over the spaghetti and top with Parmesan cheese.

Freezing and Unfreezing the Spaghetti Sauce

If you need to save this meal for a later time, you can always freeze it. To do so, divide all your ingredients into freezer bags or containers, label, and freeze them. When you are ready to prepare this spaghetti sauce, simply place the frozen ingredients in the pot, and cook as directed above.

Remember that your cooking times may vary depending on the amount and type of meat you use and whether it is frozen or not.

Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce

Course: General RecipesCuisine: Freezer-Friendly, Instant Pot

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

5

minutes

Make It Now

45

minutes

Total time

50

minutes

Ingredients

• 32 fl oz (950 ml) tomato juice

• 8 oz (200 g) spaghetti

• 6 oz (150 g) tomato paste

• 1 1/2 cups (192 g) cooked ground beef

• 1 1/4 cup (160 g) diced onion

• 3/4 cups (96 g) cooked and diced bacon

• 1/4 tsp black pepper

• 2 tsp salt

• 1/2 tsp paprika

• 1 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

• 2 tbsp dried parsley

• 2 tsp sugar

• 2 tsp celery seed

• 1/4 tsp ground cloves

• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

• 1/8 tsp garlic powder

Directions

• Directions for Cooking
• Add all ingredients to your Instant pot.
• Secure lid in place and seal steam nozzle.
• Pressure cook on high for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti.
• Quick release pressure on sauce.
• Pour sauce over spaghetti.
• Serve and enjoy!
• Directions for Cooking from Frozen
• Put all the frozen contents into your Instant pot.
• Secure lid in place and seal steam nozzle.
• Pressure cook on high setting or 15 minutes.
• Meantime, cook the spaghetti.
• Quick release pressure.
• Pour sauce over spaghetti.
• Serve and enjoy!

Looking to try another tasty Instant Pot dish? Check out this Instant Pot Tamales recipe!