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Instant Pot Penne in Cajun Mustard Cream Sauce

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Make this Instant Pot Penne in Cajun Mustard Cream Sauce for a quick and easy weeknight meal. With options to prepare it with andouille sausage or meatless you can make everyone happy. 

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Make this Instant Pot Penne in Cajun Mustard Cream Sauce for a quick and easy weeknight meal. With options to make it with andouille sausage or meatless you can make everyone happy. 

Instant Pot Penne in Cajun Mustard Cream Sauce

I love anytime I can eat pasta with some sort of cream sauce. I especially love when I eat penne and can suck the sauce through the tubular pasta into my mouth. I know you do it too. I also love using cream cheese to flavor a pasta dish. It is so perfect to my taste buds.

The sausage is tasty and adds a lot of flavor. However, if you want to make it meatless, you can leave it out. I used a cajun-style andouille sausage but you can also use smoked sausage or kielbasa.

The mustard and lemon juice adds a twist to this cajun pasta. It’s a little different but a good different.

If you want to use a different type of pasta like rigatoni or bowties it’s no problem! Look at the back of the pasta package and it will say boil for x amount of minutes. To find out how long to pressure cook, take that number and divide by 2 and subtract 1. For example if it says boil for 10 minutes you’d divide that by 2 (5 minutes) and subtract 1 (4 minutes).

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Make this Instant Pot Penne in Cajun Mustard Cream Sauce for a quick and easy weeknight meal. With options to make it with andouille sausage or meatless you can make everyone happy. 

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Make this Instant Pot Penne in Cajun Mustard Cream Sauce for a quick and easy weeknight meal. With options to make it with andouille sausage or meatless you can make everyone happy. 

What Pressure Cooker Did You Use?

To make Instant Pot Penne in Cajun Mustard Cream Sauce I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*. I love this Instant Pot because it has the yogurt making function which I use almost weekly.  It has two pressure settings (high and low), and there are also little slots in the handles so that you can rest the lid there instead of putting it down on your counter-top.

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Instant Pot Penne in Cajun Mustard Cream Sauce

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5 from 2 reviews
  • Author: Karen Petersen
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x
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Make this Instant Pot Penne in Cajun Mustard Cream Sauce for a quick and easy weeknight meal. With options to prepare it with andouille sausage or meatless you can make everyone happy. 

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Ingredients

  • 12 ounces penne rigate pasta, uncooked
  • 2 1/2 cups chicken broth (for more flavor) or water
  • 2–3 tsp cajun seasoning
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 1 (14.5 oz) can petite diced tomatoes
  • 1 (13 oz) package cajun-style andouille smoked sausage (optional)
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 tsp dijon mustard

Instructions

  1. Add pasta to the Instant Pot. Pour broth/water over the top, try to cover pasta as much as possible. Sprinkle in 2 tsp of the cajun seasoning and add in the garlic powder. Add in the butter and petite diced tomatoes. If using sausage, slice it into 1/2 inch pieces and add it into the pot.
  2. Cover the pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 5 minutes. When time is up move valve to venting for a quick release (you can also use a natural pressure release).
  3. Turn the pot to the saute setting and stir in the cream cheese, until it is melted. Turn off the saute setting. Stir in the lemon juice and dijon mustard. Taste and if needed add in another teaspoon of cajun seasoning. Salt and pepper to taste as needed.
  4. Serve and enjoy. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Notes

I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*.

To make gluten free: Double check your chicken broth to be sure it does not contain gluten. Substitute noodles for GF noodles and decrease cook time by 1 minute.

Recipe inspired by Closet Cooking.

  • Category: Pasta
  • Method: Instant Pot
  • Cuisine: Cajun

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1/6 of recipe with sausage
  • Calories: 437
  • Sugar: 2 g
  • Sodium: 294 mg
  • Fat: 23 g
  • Carbohydrates: 37 g
  • Protein: 18 g

Keywords: pasta, meatless

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Comments

  3. This was so tasty and easy. We all really loved it.
    I used half of an 8 oz tub of spreadable cream cheese for this and your other “creamy” recipes. I find it easier to store what’s left than when you cut a block of cream cheese in half.

    ★★★★★

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  8. Another great recipe. When I try out a new meal I base my opinion on three areas:
    1. Taste – I took my first bite and was sold. Creamy, great flavors and a little spice. The creme cheese and dijon mustard really make this meal sing.

    2. Ease to make – I bought a box of pasta bigger than the recipe. I used all of the pasta and just added more broth (don’t use water) to almost cover the pasta. I went to butcher and purchased andouille rather than store bought in a package. Great flavor. I used Montreal seasoning because I have a huge jug of it and the taste was good. I had most of the ingredients in my ever expanding pantry.

    3. Clean-up. I am lazy and don’t want to destroy my kitchen with dishes and food all over the place. This recipe was a breeze. I would give it a one dish rating because it felt like I only had one dish to clean. If I an going to spend more time on the clean-up vs. preparing the meal, not worth it to me.

    ken

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  9. Sounds delicious. I am just starting to use the instant pot. Do you think I could sub shrimp for the sausage? If so, how would I need to adjust the recipe?

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    • Shrimp takes just 1-2 minute pressure cook time. So if you end up using it you may just want to cook the recipe without any meat as stated above. Then after it has cooked stir in the shrimp and use the saute setting to cook the shrimp.

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  11. This sounds amazing. I don’t have a instantpot. Any directions for how to make this in a slow cooker? Or is it more of a stove top recipe?

    Thanks!

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    • You could definitely make it on the stove top. I’d cook the penne separately and drain and then stir everything together in a large pan over the heat.

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