Description
An easy Instant Pot pasta dinner with seasoned ground beef, tender pasta shells, creamy cheese and pizza sauce for a meal that’s ready in about 30 minutes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz lean ground beef
- 1/2 cup finely diced onion
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 2 cups beef broth
- 8 oz medium pasta shells
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 (14 oz) jar pizza sauce
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to sauté setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onion. Brown for 5 minutes. Drain off excess grease. Stir in the salt, pepper, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and parsley.
- Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Sprinkle in the pasta and gently press to submerge in the broth.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set manual/pressure to 4 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 5 minutes. Move valve to venting and remove the lid.
- Stir in the sour cream, cottage cheese and mozzarella until incorporated and melted.
- Scoop into bowls and top each serving with a scoop of pizza sauce. Alternately, you can stir the pizza sauce straight into the pasta in the Instant Pot.
- Category: Beef, Pasta
- Method: Instant Pot