Instant Pot Cowboy Spaghetti

Instant Pot Cowboy Spaghetti–an easy spaghetti recipe with bacon, ground beef, Rotel, barbecue sauce and cheese. A hearty pasta dish that comes together quickly with the help of your Instant Pot.

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Instant Pot Cowboy Spaghetti

Cowboy spaghetti might just become your family’s favorite way to make spaghetti! It’s a fun change of pace from normal spaghetti with marinara sauce. This version of spaghetti adds in a little barbecue sauce and bacon for a fun cowboy twist. Oh and don’t forget the mozzarella and the cheddar cheeses at the end!

This makes 4 large servings or 6 medium servings. If you do have leftovers they taste really good the next day for lunch! Lots of flavor and the spaghetti rewarms great in the microwave or in the Instant Pot.

This recipe can easily be doubled in the the 6 or 8 quart pot if you’re serving a crowd. I would use the same cooking time of 3 minutes with a 5 minute natural pressure cook time. You can also cut this recipe in half to serve 2-3 people.

Ingredients/Substitution Ideas

• Ground beef–or ground turkey. I used lean ground beef.
• Onions–or 2 Tbsp minced dehydrated onions
• Kosher salt
• Black pepper
• Garlic powder
• Beef broth–or water and Better than Bouillon
• Spaghetti–you can also make this with rotini pasta, penne, macaroni, etc.
• Tomato sauce–or spaghetti sauce
• Rotel diced tomatoes and green chiles–I use mild
• BBQ sauce
• Bacon crumbles–or cooked and crumbled bacon. I buy the big bag of bacon crumbles at Costco and then keep it in my freezer. It comes in handy for many recipes.
• Mozzarella–I grate mine off the block
• Cheddar–I grate mine off the block

The Basic Steps

1. Brown the ground beef using the saute setting.
   
2. Deglaze the pot.  
3. Scatter the spaghetti into the pot in a criss cross pattern. This will help the pasta cook evenly and not get stuck together in clumps.
   
4. Add in other ingredients. Don’t stir. This will help prevent the burn error message.
   
5. Pressure cook.
6. Stir in the bacon and cheeses. 
   
7. Scoop onto plates and enjoy!

Notes/Tips

• Serve with a green salad and a side of garlic toast.
• I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in a 3 or 8 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 bacon crumbles are Instant Pot Man Lovin Potatoes and Instant Pot Cheesy Cowboy Soup.
• How I drain grease off of ground beef: Tilt the Instant Pot to one side while holding the ground meat against the other side with a wooden spoon. This should make most of the grease pool on the tilted side. Lower the Instant Pot down, the meat should stay to its side and the grease on the other. Place a couple paper towels into the grease and use the spoon to sop up the grease. Discard the paper towels.

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