Instant Pot Pasta with Sausage, Spinach and Tomatoes
A complete pasta dinner made in your Instant Pot! You'll love this Instant Pot pasta with sausage, spinach, and tomatoes. You might have all the ingredients on hand already!
1cupshredded mozzarella cheese, extra for garnishing(see note)
chopped parsley, for garnishing
Instructions
Heat Instant Pot to “Sauté.” Add oil, sausage, and onion. Cook, breaking up sausage into small pieces, until sausage is no longer pink and onions are translucent. Add garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until garlic is fragrant.
Add chicken broth, pasta, diced tomatoes, and oregano. Stir to combine and make sure pasta is submerged in liquid.
Set Instant Pot to Pressure Cook (or Manual, High Pressure, depending on model) for 5 minutes. Turn valve to seal. When the timer goes off, turn valve to Vent to Quick release the pressure.
Keep Instant Pot on Warm and add spinach. Replace cover loosely (don’t turn to latch). Wilt spinach for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring as needed to help it along.
Add 1 cup mozzarella cheese and stir to melt. Let pasta set for 5 to 10 minutes to let the sauce thicken before serving.
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Notes
I like bulk sweet Italian sausage but you can use spicy if you prefer a little heat. If you buy links, squeeze it out of the links. If you prefer, pork sausage can be substituted.
Use low-sodium chicken broth in this recipe. It can get salty quickly because of the sausage and cheese so you want to control it where you can. I usually use no-salt-added canned tomatoes, too.
Buy a block of mozzarella and shred it. Pre-shredded cheese doesn't melt as well.
If you want to amp up the vegetables, add a diced sweet bell pepper, diced carrots, or sliced mushrooms when you sauté the sausage and onions.
To make ahead or turn into a freezer meal, refer to the post for instructions.