Aunt Fannie’s Dinner

Instant Pot Aunt Fannie’s Dinner–a ground beef and pasta recipe with cheese, tomatoes and corn. An easy one pot meal.

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Instant Pot Aunt Fannie’s Dinner

Today’s recipe is an adaptation of a recipe from All Recipes. Aunt Fannie’s dinner reminds me a bit of what many call American Goulash. By using your Instant Pot this recipe comes together quicker than the traditional method and you only have one pot to clean at the end of the night. This is an easy recipe with ground beef, pasta, tomatoes and corn. It hit the spot on a Sunday evening!

This recipe makes a lot but if you’re only serving a few people you can easily halve the recipe. We like leftovers (for the hungry teenage boy) so I made the recipe as stated below which makes about 8-10 servings.

Ingredients/Substitution Ideas

• Lean ground beef–or ground turkey
• Onion–fresh or frozen diced onion
• Garlic powder
• Kosher salt
• Black pepper
• Italian seasoning
• Chicken broth–or 4 cups water and 4 teaspoons Better than Bouillon chicken base
• Medium shell pasta–or elbow macaroni
• Crushed tomatoes
• Canned corn–of frozen corn
• Balsamic vinegar
• Sugar
• Mozzarella cheese

Steps

Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onions. Brown for about 5 minutes. If there is excess grease, drain it off. 

Stir in the garlic powder, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.

Sprinkle in the pasta evenly.

Dump in the tomatoes, corn, vinegar and sugar. 

Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 3 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 5 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid. 

Stir in the cheese.

Serve and enjoy!

Notes/Tips

• We ate this with a green salad and a cup of fresh fruit. It also goes well with garlic bread.
• This recipe makes about 8-10 servings. You can easily cut the recipe in half. Just halve all the ingredients and keep the same cooking time. If you like a more meaty version then use the full one pound of beef even if you halve the recipe.
• This recipe can be dairy free if you forego the mozzarella cheese.
• Other types of pasta can be used such as elbow macaroni, cavatappi, rotini, penne, ziti, etc. To figure out pressure cooking time take the time on the back of the box and divide by two and then subtract 1 minute. For example if it says to boil 10 minutes then you’d divide by 2 (5) and then subtract 1 (4 minutes of pressure cooking time).
• Try adding in some diced green bell peppers with the corn.
• Kick up the flavor with a bit of cayenne pepper or some smoked paprika.
• I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in an 8 quart pot. If you cut the recipe in half you can make it in the 3 quart pot.
• Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
• Other recipes you can make with mozzarella cheese are Instant Pot Caprese Chicken and Instant Pot Spinach And Ravioli Lasagna.

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