What Makes This Recipe So Good
If you’ve ever had spaghetti sauce that’s simmered on the stove for hours, you know just how rich and deep and incredible those flavors are. No matter how good that sauce is, though, you don’t always have hours to wait on spaghetti sauce to cook. The Instant Pot solves the problem, giving you a sauce that tastes like it’s been on the stove all day, but that actually came together in about 30 minutes.Instant Pot spaghetti sauce is a great option for stocking your freezer! If stored properly, it’ll keep up to 4 months. Just let the sauce cool completely, then transfer it to airtight glass jars, freezer-safe sealable plastic bags, or freezer-safe airtight containers. If you store it in bags, press out as much air as possible, seal the bag completely, and lay the bag flat in the freezer until the sauce is frozen. After that you can stand it up how you need to and save a ton of space.
Chef’s Tips
Do you typically keep your pasta and pasta sauce separate until everything’s plated? Try this instead. Cook the pasta at the same time as you cook the sauce. Try to time it so the pasta is just slightly underdone when the sauce is done cooking. Take the cooked pasta out of the water without draining it and drop it straight into the Instant Pot with your spaghetti sauce. Toss the pasta in the sauce and then let them cook together for a minute or two. The pasta will absorb some of the sauce as it finishes cooking, giving you a richer, more flavorful spaghetti with an amazing texture.If your sauce is thinner than you prefer, add in a little of the water you used to cook the pasta. The pasta starch left behind in that water will help thicken your sauce, plus it’ll make the sauce creamier.You can make a meatless version of this Instant Pot spaghetti sauce SUPER easily. Just leave out the ground beef and Italian sausage! Sauté the onion and green bell pepper in avocado oil in the Instant Pot, then continue with the recipe as written. No need to adjust the cook time.
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