24 Savory Instant Pot Pasta Recipes for Effortless Weeknight Dinners
Weeknight dinners do not have to mean a sink full of dirty dishes or hours spent hovering over a hot stove. These 24 Instant Pot pasta recipes bring maximum comfort and flavor to your table with minimal cleanup. From rich, velvety cream sauces to bold fusion dishes, there is a fast one-pot meal here to satisfy every craving. Simply toss your ingredients into the pressure cooker, press start, and enjoy a delicious dinner in no time.
Instant Pot Taco Pasta
This Instant Pot Taco Pasta is the kind of easy weeknight dinner you’ll find yourself making again and again. Your family will love the combination of bow-tie pasta with seasoned ground beef, a creamy, cheesy sauce, and taco toppings!
Slumgullion
Slumgullion is the perfect pasta dish for the whole family made using basic ingredients like elbow macaroni, a can of tomato sauce, ground beef, and cheddar cheese. Try out this homemade version of your favorite hamburger helper!
30 Minute Thai Peanut Noodles
This Thai Peanut Noodles recipe is fantastic for a quick and delicious better-than-takeout meal. The noodles are cooked in a rich and delicious Peanut Sauce. The recipe comes together, start to finish, in under 30 minutes.
Shrimp Scampi in the Instant Pot
The ever elegant restaurant entree that you love to order just became so much easier to make at home! This recipe for Instant Pot Shrimp Scampi cooks in– get this– 3 minutes! This is a one pot meal that you’ll love to serve up, either for a quick meal for yourself or to impress at a dinner party!
Instant Pot Creamy Penne Alfredo
Instant Pot Creamy Penne Alfredo is a recipe that you’re going to want to keep close by for a quick and easy dinner. Dump it, press start, and enjoy this rich, creamy, classic comfort food in under thirty minutes!
Chili Mac Recipe
Chili Mac and Cheese combines your favorite beef chili with the richness of mac and cheese, all in one pot! This hearty Chili Mac recipe is ready in 30 minutes! Stove top and Instant Pot directions included. Timing for IP cooking is about 12 minutes total, not including the time the pot needs to get to pressure.
Italian Pasta Salad
This Italian Pasta Salad Recipe is delightful! It has so much built-in flavor from the rotini being cooked in Italian Dressing. The pasta salad is then stocked full of salami, feta cheese, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Did someone say lunch?!
Creamy Pesto Pasta (Instant Pot or Stovetop)
This Instant Pot Pesto Pasta is a quick and easy way to cook your noodles and add even more flavor to your dinner! The pesto cooks with cream to make a Creamy Pesto Pasta that is delightful! Keep reading for instructions on how to make it.
Dump and Start Instant Pot Creamy Ziti
Dump and Start Instant Pot Creamy Ziti is saucy, cheesy and delicious. 20 minutes is all you need to make this creamy red sauce pasta dish!
Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe in the Instant Pot
A beautiful, Roman classic, Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe is the fastest, easiest, and certainly the most delicious recipe that you can make in your Instant Pot. You’ll love this cheesy pasta dish and all of the flavor it brings to dinnertime!
Easy Instant Pot Baked Ziti with Meat
This quick and easy dinner is packed with Italian flavor and can be made right in your pressure cooker. Enjoy Instant Pot Baked Ziti With Meat as a weeknight meal or for a Sunday feast!
Easy Instant Pot Fettuccine Alfredo
Instant Pot Fettuccine Alfredo is a quick and delicious way to make your favorite restaurant dish at home. It comes out creamy, cheesy, & delicious every time!
The Best Vodka Sauce Recipe in the Instant Pot
This recipe is the Best Vodka Sauce out there! This recipe is made in the Instant Pot, so it takes only a few minutes and zero effort to throw together. And it is 100% delicious. You can make this recipe with Pappardelle Noodles or penne!
Instant pot spicy rigatoni
This Spicy Rigatoni is ready in under 25 minutes. Cooked in the Instant Pot with spicy sausage, a tomato cream sauce, and red chili flakes, this flavorful pasta will leave you wanting more!
Instant Pot Pho Recipe
Making traditional Vietnamese Pho can be a day-long affair, this Instant Pot Pho recipe is made in a fraction of the time without sacrificing flavor. This version of classic Vietnamese Pho Ga (chicken pho) features tender chicken, rice noodles and lots of fresh herbs in the most flavorful, rich broth.
Instant Pot Ramen Noodles
These Ramen Noodles in the Instant Pot are served with peppers, bok choy, and shrimp, and the hoisin sauce and soy sauce give the perfect amount of unique flavor blends. With just a one minute cook time, it’s going to be on your table faster than you know it.
Instant Pot Pizza Pasta Bake
Pizza + Pasta = The Ultimate Dinner Heaven! This Pizza Pasta Bake can be made in your Instant Pot and will be ready to enjoy in under 15 minutes!
Homemade Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
This homemade macaroni and cheese recipe is the ultimate comfort food. The cheese sauce is thick and creamy, and perfect for transporting you to a cheesy bliss. Plus it comes together in about 25-30 minutes from start to finish on the stovetop, and under 10 minutes in the Instant Pot!
Bang Bang Shrimp Pasta in the Instant Pot
If you want a 20 minute meal complete with pasta, shrimp, and a delicious (slightly spicy) sauce, this is the recipe for you! Bang Bang Shrimp is a popular appetizer at a classic chain restaurant. This meal takes the best flavors of that dish, but brings it up a notch by adding pasta and cooking it quickly in the Instant Pot.
Instant Pot Goulash
This Instant Pot Goulash is a delightful blend of meat, pasta, tomato sauce, and cheese. It has a cook time of 6 minutes in the Instant Pot, and will satisfy your family’s cravings without needing to slave away over the stove!
Easy Stuffed Shells in the Instant Pot
Stuffed Shells are a family favorite in our house, and it’s no secret why! Creamy ricotta, sauteed spinach, gooey mozzarella… all stuffed into pasta. Plus, it’s made in the Instant Pot! This recipe for Easy Stuffed Shells will make your next dinner so much easier.
Instant Pot Lasagna with Victoria Pasta Sauce
Looking for a quick and satisfying dinner? With layers of lasagne pasta, Victoria Pasta Marinara Sauce, and a creamy ricotta cheese mixture, this easy Instant Pot lasagna is a perfect weeknight dinner!
Instant Pot Pasta (3 ingredients!)
This Instant Pot Pasta is so simple to make with just 3 ingredients!
Instant Pot BBQ Chicken Mac and Cheese
Try something different at your next cookout with BBQ Chicken Mac and Cheese made in your Instant Pot! This one pot side dish combines everything you love about creamy, cheesy pasta and leftover grilled chicken in a uniquely yummy 30-minute recipe!
