Instant Pot Pasta with Sausage

• porce: 8 servings
• aktivní čas: 15 minutes
• celkový čas: 37 minutes

Ingredience

2 teaspoons olive oil

1 pound Italian chicken sausage (see notes)

1 small onion (chopped)

2 bell peppers (chopped)

3 cups water

1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning

12 ounces whole wheat penne pasta (about 4 ½ cups dry)

25 ounce jar marinara sauce

3 cups fresh spinach (coarsely chopped)

2 ounces (½ cup) mozzarella cheese (shredded)

Pokyny

Turn on the Instant Pot sauté function and add the olive oil to the pot.

If using sausage that is already cooked, slice it and add it to the Instant Pot. If using uncooked sausage, remove it from the casings and add it to the pot.

Add the onion to the pot and sauté the onion and sausage until sausage is browned and onion has softened (for uncooked sausage, break it up into smaller pieces as it cooks). Press cancel to turn off the sauté function.

Add the bell peppers, water, Italian seasoning and 1 cup of the marinara sauce. Stir, scraping up any bits from the bottom of the pot.

Add the penne pasta to the pot and do not stir. Press the pasta down into an even layer. Pour the remaining sauce evenly over the top of the pasta; do not stir.

Close the Instant Pot lid and move the steam release valve to the sealing position. Set the cook time to 2 minutes at high pressure. (This 2 minute cook time is for whole wheat penne pasta with a stovetop package cook time of 9 minutes for al dente. You can adjust your pasta cook time as needed, see my tips in the post above.)

The Instant Pot will take about 20 minutes to reach pressure and then the cook time will begin counting down. As soon as the cook time ends, quick release the pressure by carefully moving the steam release valve to the venting position. When all of the steam has escaped and the pin drops down, carefully open the Instant Pot lid. You may see a little bit of extra liquid in the pasta, but this will be absorbed as the pasta rests.

Stir the pasta and then stir in the spinach, followed by the shredded mozzarella cheese. Serve.

Výživové údaje

• Velikost porce: 1.5 cups
• Kalorie: 325 kcal
• Celkový tuk: 12 g
• Nasycený tuk: 3 g
• Cholesterol: 46 mg
• Sodík: 1104 mg
• Celkový obsah sacharidů: 38 g
• Vláknina: 6 g
• Celkové cukry: 7 g
• Bílkoviny: 17 g