Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs

These Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs are one of those shortcut recipes that maybe even shouldn’t be called a “recipe”.

It’s a matter of taking pantry/freezer ingredients and combining them to have a meal ready in under 30 minutes!  Oh – and it’s a winner with the whole family!

Just to clarify before we get too far into things… I did not cook the spaghetti noodles in the Instant Pot. I have two Instant Pots so I could have, but I figured the average family doesn’t, so I tried to keep it real for the average family.

And yes, there are recipes where the pasta is cooked in the sauce in the Instant Pot. But I haven’t tried that for this particular recipe, so I’m sharing what I did.

Frozen meatballs. Jarred spaghetti sauce. And noodles cooked the traditional way (in a pot of boiling water).  We’re pretty loyal to Barilla for our pasta sauce (when I don’t make it homemade) and noodles.

This is one of the recipes that was a g0-to during our kitchen renovation. We had no stove, no oven, no dishwasher, no sink… bleh. It was challenging. But I had a table set up with an electric countertop burner and my Instant Pot and that’s how we cooked for almost 2 months.  Oh and a microwave… thank goodness.

Anyway, here’s what you’ll need:

Except probably half of what I used (remember – I have 6 kids ?). So where you see giant bag of meatballs and two boxes of pasta and two jars of sauce… I’m writing the recipe using half that.

• (24 oz.) jar of spaghetti sauce
• 1 cup water
• (32 oz.) bag of frozen meatballs
• 16 oz. spaghetti noodles
• water and salt to cook the noodles according to package directions

Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs

So here’s what you do…

1. Pour the spaghetti sauce and 1 cup of water into your Instant Pot. Stir.  Pour in the meatballs and stir again until they’re all coated.
2. Then you’ll lock the lid and set the vent to “Sealed”.
3. Set to manual pressure for 10 minutes.*
4. After it beeps, you can quick release and the sauce and meatballs are ready to eat!
5. While the Instant Pot is doing it’s thing, cook the noodles according to package directions.  I use a big pot, lots of water and a generous palm-ful of salt.
6. Last, serve the sauce and meatballs over noodles and enjoy!!

Note… we always add some fresh shaved parmesan… oh-so-good!

Do you love pasta in your Instant Pot? Check out these other pasta recipes I’ve shared:

• Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo
• Pressure Cooker Chicken Spaghetti Recipe
• Instant Pot Cheesy Pasta Casserole

You can click below to print the Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs recipe/instructions if you like:

Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs

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• Author: Rose Atwater
• Total Time: 30 minutes
• Yield: 6 1x

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These Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meatballs are one of those shortcut recipes that maybe even shouldn’t be called a “recipe”.  With a handful of pantry/freezer ingredients, you can have a meal ready in under 30 minutes!  

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Ingredients

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• 1 (24 oz.) jar of spaghetti sauce
• 1 cup water
• 1 (32 oz.) bag of frozen meatballs
• 16 oz. spaghetti noodles
• water and salt to cook the noodles according to package directions

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Instructions

1. Pour the spaghetti sauce and 1 cup of water into your Instant Pot. Stir.  Pour in the meatballs and stir again until they’re all coated.
2. Lock the lid and set the vent to “Sealed”.
3. Set to manual pressure for 10 minutes.*
4. After it beeps, you can quick release and the sauce and meatballs are ready to eat!
5. While the Instant Pot is doing it’s thing, cook the noodles according to package directions.  I use a big pot, lots of water and a generous palm-ful of salt.
6. Serve the sauce and meatballs over noodles and enjoy!!

• Prep Time: 5
• Cook Time: 25
• Category: Pasta
• Method: pressure cooker
• Cuisine: Italian

Keywords: instant pot, pressure cooker, spaghetti, sauce, meatballs, spaghetti & meatballs, pasta