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March 13, 2018

Instant Pot Pepper Noodles

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Instant Pot Pepper Noodles–thin spaghetti is tossed with tamari, pepper, ground sausage and shredded cabbage for an easy one pot meal with a lot of flare. To give it some extra kick drizzle sriracha on top of the noodles.  

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Instant Pot Pepper Noodles--thin spaghetti is tossed with tamari, pepper, ground sausage and shredded cabbage for an easy one pot meal with a lot of flare. To give it some extra kick drizzle sriracha on top of the noodles.  

Instant Pot Pepper Noodles

We’ve been making variations of this dish for many years now. My husband absolutely loves it! The inspiration from my Instant Pot Pepper Noodles comes from Rachael Ray’s Tingly Szechuan Pepper Beef Noodles. I loved figuring out how to make this dish all in one pot, the Instant Pot. I was nervous on how the noodles would turn out but it worked perfectly. No more will I bring the water to boil on the stove for the pasta while I brown the meat in another pan. One pot meals are the best!

Some recipes notes:

Is it spicy? Yes, it can be. If you’re adverse to spiciness then for sure don’t drizzle sriracha on your noodles! And if you want to make them bland enough for young children then you can cut the amount of black pepper in half and leave out the jalapeno.

Cabbage: I love using an entire head of cabbage in this recipe. It gives the meal a little crunch. You’ll probably think an entire head of cabbage is too much but once you add it in, it shrinks down a lot.

Chinese 5 Spice Powder*: You can find this next to all the other spices at the grocery store. It’s just a blend of cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, star anise and szechuan peppercorns.

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Instant Pot Pepper Noodles--thin spaghetti is tossed with tamari, pepper, ground sausage and shredded cabbage for an easy one pot meal with a lot of flare. To give it some extra kick drizzle sriracha on top of the noodles.  

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Instant Pot Pepper Noodles--thin spaghetti is tossed with tamari, pepper, ground sausage and shredded cabbage for an easy one pot meal with a lot of flare. To give it some extra kick drizzle sriracha on top of the noodles.  

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To make Instant Pot Pepper Noodles 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 Pepper Noodles


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  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 2 minutes
  • Total Time: 22 minutes
  • Yield: 8 servings 1x
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Thin spaghetti is tossed with tamari, pepper, ground sausage and shredded cabbage for an easy one pot meal with a lot of flare. To give it some extra kick drizzle sriracha on top of the noodles.  


Ingredients

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  • 1 lb ground sausage (you can use pork or chicken sausage)
  • 1 medium yellow onion, diced
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 jalapeno, seeds and pith removed, minced
  • 1 (1 inch) piece of ginger, minced
  • 2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp Chinese 5 spice powder
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 (16 oz) package thin whole wheat spaghetti
  • 1/3 cup tamari or low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 head of cabbage, shredded
  • Sriracha, for serving (optional)

Instructions

  1. Turn your Instant Pot to the saute setting (more). When the display says HOT add in the ground sausage. Break it up with a wooden spoon and brown it for about 3 minutes. Add in the onion and saute it with the meat for about 3 more minutes. Add in garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Don’t drain off excess grease.
  2. Stir in jalapeno, ginger, pepper and Chinese 5 spice. Pour in the water.
  3. Break the noodles in half and spread them evenly on top of the water. Press them down to submerge (as much as possible).
  4. Cover the pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is on sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 2 minutes. When the timer beeps after the 2 minutes is up perform a quick release by moving the valve to venting.
  5. Remove the lid and stir the contents of the pot. Stir in the tamari to coat the noodles.  Remove the inner pot from the Instant Pot base. Toss the cabbage in and stir.
  6. Use tongs to serve the noodles. If you like extra heat you can drizzle with sriracha. Enjoy!

Notes

This can get a little spicy with the jalapeno, 2 full teaspoons of pepper and the sriracha. If you want to make it bland enough for young children leave out the jalapeno and cut the pepper in half. And obviously don’t drizzle their plates with sriracha.

To make gluten free: Use gluten-free noodles (decrease cooking time by 1 minute) and be sure to use the Tamari sauce as opposed to the soy sauce.

I used whole wheat spaghetti noodles. If you’re using white noodles they will probably only need a 1 minute pressure cook time.

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

  • Category: Pasta
  • Method: Instant Pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: 387
  • Sugar: 6
  • Sodium: 767
  • Fat: 12
  • Carbohydrates: 49
  • Protein: 20

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58 Comments Filed Under: All Recipes, Can Be Gluten Free, Pork, Sausage, Instant Pot, Pasta, Summer Tagged With: instant pot, 5 stars, 0-2 hours

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  1. Dianna says

    April 15, 2022 at 9:47 pm

    Karen this recipe is awesome! Thank you 💜 My husband and I made it together. Was fast and easy and soooo delicious! We even added the sriracha. He requested regular thin spaghetti (not whole wheat). I added grated carrot and half a red pepper. Used half of a small head of cabbage. I would add all of it but he preferred half. Italian mild sausage. First time to make the recipe. Makes a lot! Sharing leftovers with our daughter and son-in-law. Looking forward to having it again tomorrow. (Was not possible to push all that spaghetti down. Cooked 1 minute but noodles were not done so cooked it a second 1 minute.) 5 star recipe!!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      April 20, 2022 at 10:50 am

      So glad you enjoyed it Dianna! It does make a lot!

      Reply
  2. Karen says

    July 1, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    This recipe sounds wonderful! My question is about the size of the cabbage head you used. Cabbage heads can run from small to really large! Can you tell me what size head you used? Or how much it weighed? I ask because I once had a problem with using a whole head of cabbage in a recipe in my instant pot. It was too much and didn’t completely cook down.
    Thank you. Really enjoy your recipes!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      July 1, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      Oops! Just reread this recipe and see that the shredded cabbage is added at the end of the cooking time. That helps answer my question.

      Thank you!

      Reply
    • Karen says

      July 2, 2021 at 7:30 pm

      I usually use a small head or half of a large head

      Reply
  3. Regan says

    May 16, 2020 at 12:56 pm

    Hi! I just realized I bought regular whole wheat spaghetti instead of thin? Can I still use this? Do I cook it for longer? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      May 18, 2020 at 3:08 pm

      Should be totally fine. Use the same time!

      Reply
  4. Kathy says

    April 6, 2020 at 5:09 pm

    I have this in the instant pot as we speak …. However I dumped the cabbage in there in the pressure cooker with the spaghetti . Am I going to have a mess on my hands ?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      April 6, 2020 at 5:33 pm

      I bet it will be okay. The cabbage will be very soft. Let me know how it goes!

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        April 19, 2022 at 4:09 pm

        Yum!! Made this tonight. Cut the recipe in half (but used the recommended amount of sausage). The noodles were a bit too al dente so I used the saute function for a few minutes so they could absorb the liquid. Used a bag of shredded coke slaw mix. Will definitely make this again!

        Reply
        • Karen says

          April 20, 2022 at 10:03 am

          So glad you enjoyed this one Nancy! Thanks!

          Reply
  5. Julie says

    January 23, 2020 at 6:45 pm

    Anyone try to freeze it? Way more then we needed but was really good. We did pad Thai noodles cooking at 4 minutes in the instapot.

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    • Karen says

      January 24, 2020 at 1:53 pm

      I haven’t tried freezing yet. I’m not sure how the pasta would do. I know lasagna freezer well but with thinner noodles I’m not sure.

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        February 20, 2020 at 8:49 pm

        ~Can this be doubled? Would the cook time change?
        ~ How long would you cook this in the crock pot? I could cook the noodles separately.
        Thanks!! It looks so perfect for my family (that eats a TON).

        Reply
        • Karen says

          February 24, 2020 at 8:58 pm

          Here is the slow cooker version: https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/slow-cooker-peppery-beef-noodles/
          And keep the same time for doubled: https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/how-to-double-instant-pot-recipes/

          Reply
  6. Sharon says

    January 14, 2020 at 6:24 pm

    It has good flavor. I used only half a head of cabbage since that’s all I had, and it was plenty. I’m going to add a shredded carrot along with the cabbage next time. Good with the sriracha.

    ★★★★★

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    • Karen says

      January 14, 2020 at 8:49 pm

      Good idea about the carrots!

      Reply
    • Sharon says

      July 17, 2020 at 8:39 am

      Addition of the shredded carrot made it more eye appealing. Also added a diced red mini pepper.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
  7. Sophie says

    January 14, 2020 at 3:40 pm

    Can I sub beef chuck instead?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      January 14, 2020 at 8:51 pm

      You could but it would need to be cooked before you add in the noodles because they don’t take very long to cook. Beef chuck takes much longer to cook. Does that make sense?

      Reply
  8. Candy says

    December 28, 2019 at 4:42 pm

    Did you use plain cabbage, or Napa/Chinese cabbage? I’m going to add this to next weeks meal plan.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      December 30, 2019 at 9:02 pm

      I just used plain cabbage.

      Reply
  9. Mike says

    December 17, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    This is crack! I made this Sunday and it was so good I made it again Wed. Gotta be the easiest recipe to make too. Good thing the cabbage offsets the starchy pasta 😉

    ★★★★★

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    • Karen says

      December 18, 2019 at 10:29 am

      Totally haha!!

      Reply
  10. Jeff Winett says

    September 13, 2019 at 2:01 pm

    I am psyched to give this one a try. I’ve never made anything from your site that is less than exceptional! My one question has to do with sauteing the meat. Is there any reason why I could not drain off the grease? Looking forward to your response.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 13, 2019 at 5:00 pm

      Sure drain it off! Totally up to you.

      Reply
  11. Caryl Iracleanos says

    September 13, 2019 at 12:50 pm

    Can I make a half recipe in my 6 quart Insta Pot?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 13, 2019 at 4:58 pm

      Yes you can. Please read this article: https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/how-to-halve-instant-pot-recipes/

      Reply
  12. Tiffany says

    September 6, 2019 at 1:50 pm

    Would plain ground chicken work?

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    • Karen says

      September 7, 2019 at 11:39 am

      Yes but you will probably want to add some seasonings to it.

      Reply
  13. Penni says

    September 3, 2019 at 5:00 am

    When you say sausage is it sausage meat? Mince meat or sausages cut up I am English/Australian and sometimes I get recepie a wrong with the teanslation

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 3, 2019 at 1:07 pm

      I use ground breakfast sausage or ground italian sausage for this one. It is not the kind of sausage in casings. It looks like ground beef sort of.

      Reply
      • Heather says

        April 5, 2020 at 5:29 pm

        Could you use sausage in casing but remove the ground meat from casing instead?

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        • Karen says

          April 6, 2020 at 12:37 pm

          Yes you could!

          Reply
  14. Joyce says

    June 26, 2019 at 3:52 pm

    Are you adding just cold raw cabbage?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      June 27, 2019 at 11:38 am

      Yes that’s right.

      Reply
  15. Annette says

    June 22, 2019 at 6:01 am

    Where do you get Chinese 5 spice?

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    • Karen says

      June 24, 2019 at 7:06 am

      In the spice section of the grocery store.

      Reply
    • Janet says

      July 17, 2019 at 5:53 pm

      If I am using gluten free quinoa noodles, which need to be boiled for 16 minutes when using stovetop method, how long would it take under pressure? Thanks.

      Reply
      • Karen says

        July 20, 2019 at 7:58 pm

        I’m not sure on this at all. You might need to experiment a bit to get it just right. I would try 5 minutes to begin.

        Reply
  16. Lynn H says

    May 1, 2019 at 6:07 pm

    My husband loved it! It was easy to make too. Didn’t change a thing:)

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      May 4, 2019 at 9:39 pm

      so happy to hear this Lynn!

      Reply
  17. Allene Alexander says

    April 15, 2019 at 5:49 pm

    Has anyone made this in the 3 quart IP?

    Reply
  18. Kathy Maeck says

    April 12, 2019 at 9:19 pm

    Woud Italian ground sausage work? I seriously don’t know what plain ground sausage is.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      April 15, 2019 at 11:21 am

      yes that will work just fine

      Reply
  19. Hillary says

    April 9, 2019 at 6:17 am

    How do you cut your time to one minute when the lowest mine will go is 5? Just stop it at one?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      April 9, 2019 at 8:02 am

      Are you using an Instant Pot? and the manual setting? Mine goes all the way down to zero. So you could set the timer to 5 minutes and then just watch for the timer to say 4 minutes and turn it off.

      Reply
  20. Christy says

    February 24, 2019 at 8:02 am

    I received this recipe as part of a ground beef recipe collection, but I see sausage is the meat listed in the recipe. Can a pound of ground beef be substituted with good results?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      February 25, 2019 at 10:05 am

      Yes, I’ve done both.

      Reply
  21. Sue Marie says

    August 30, 2018 at 6:49 pm

    Posted this around 3pm and it never showed up, so re-posting. I made this the other night and it’s now on my fav list. Leftovers are even better. I used white noodles and reduced the time to 1 minute (as the recipe notes stated). I usually shred my own cabbage but bagged coleslaw was on sale so used 2 bags, which is far less than a head of cabbage. I didn’t think I’d like the cabbage just thrown in at the end but it works for this recipe. I mixed in the first bag and it was hard to do so with the 2nd bag because the liner was full. I forgot how much I loved Chinese 5 spice. Thanks for sharing!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      August 30, 2018 at 8:42 pm

      So glad you loved it!!!

      Reply
  22. Anne Kyle says

    March 15, 2018 at 4:50 pm

    I really wanted to like this so much… I did leave out the sausage because I’m a vegetarian, so I didn’t follow the recipe exactly, but I added a bit of extra water. The IP gave me its “overheat” warning and I ended up having to rescue the dish. The taste is lovely though. Anyone else have trouble?

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    • Karen says

      March 15, 2018 at 6:13 pm

      Oh bummer! Not sure what happened???

      Reply
  23. roxanne dauer says

    March 14, 2018 at 9:24 pm

    Loved it so much that we made it a 2nd time and tried to turn it into our fave Thai dish, Pad See Ew. Worked pretty well, although my spices were off a bit. We subbed in sliced chicken tenderloin, 4 cloves garlic, added 2c grated carrots, 1lb flat rice noodles (broken in 1/2), 6c water, 3/4c soy sauce, 2T sugar and kept your spices the same. The family LOVED IT! Thank you for all your deliciousness!! I’m a changed cooker-woman now.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      March 15, 2018 at 6:16 pm

      Sounds fantastic!

      Reply
  24. Vicky Rafn says

    March 13, 2018 at 4:50 pm

    Could angel hair pasta be used if I cut the time down to 1 minute? This sounds yummy!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      March 15, 2018 at 6:20 pm

      Yep totally.

      Reply
    • Shannon says

      July 6, 2020 at 10:56 am

      Did you try this? I have regular spaghetti noodles and angel hair pasta. Wondering how the angel hair pasta worked out?

      Reply

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