Instant Pot Chicken Pot Pie Pasta is another delicious pasta meal that you can make entirely using your Instant Pot. This one-pot dish has all the amazing chicken pot pie flavors, without all the hard work. The pasta replaces the pie crust and it’s coated in the most amazing, creamy sauce.
The chicken is tender and juicy, while the veggies are crunchy and chewy. This dish is so easy to make in the Instant Pot, way easier than the skillet version and I am not even talking about the baked pie version.
I absolutely love making one-pot Instant Pot pasta dishes in my pressure cooker!
Can you make this pasta dish using a couple pots on the stove in perhaps about the same amount of time considering the time the Instant Pot pressure cooker takes to come to pressure? Probably. But, will you have a clean stove top, no splattering, less dishes and you only have to do about 5 minutes of work versus standing on the stove for 25 straight.
I have a newborn. No… no I don’t. My son is almost 11 months now — where did my teeny newborn baby go?! Time is of the essence, as it is for us all. Anything that can help me have more time with my son, or some time to do household chores I don’t always have time for otherwise, or something that can help me have less clean up and less hands on effort… YES, please.
Pasta in the Instant Pot is not something everyone would think you could or should do, but I clearly do.
Instant Pot Sausage & Tomato Pasta
Ingredients 2 T olive oil 1- 1 1/2 pounds sausage cut in rounds or ground (I used Aidell’s chicken apple sausage simply because that’s what I had! Any sausage, chicken or otherwise, will work!) 1 medium onion, diced roughly 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes, plain or any flavor you prefer 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes (optional, but delicious) 1 t salt 1/2 t pepper 1 t Italian seasoning 1/2 t garlic powder 1/2 t onion powder 1/4 t red pepper flakes (optional) 3 1/4 cups chicken stock (can sub water, but perhaps add an additional 1/2 t salt) I box tri color rotini (1 pound, can definitely sub cavatappi or any larger similar noodle)
Instructions Sauté sausage, onion, garlic til lightly browned in olive oil, about 3-4 minutes. Drain grease, as needed.
Add can tomatoes with juice and scrape bottom of pan (deglaze). Add sun-dried tomatoes, stock (or water), seasonings. Stir. Add pasta, stir lightly.
Close lid and seal. Cook on high pressure 4 minutes. Carefully quickly release pressure as soon as done.
Stir. Let stand 2-3 minutes. You’ll notice a lot of the residual water will have absorbed.
Serve with Parmesan cheese and crushed red pepper (and wine!), if desired.
Oh… and throw that Instant Pot inner pot & it’s sealing right in your dishwasher. Rinse out your lid, give a quick wipe to the rim on the Instant Pot, and that’ll do ya.
I was craving a good, but fast pasta dish earlier this week – Instant Pot Chicken Artichoke Pasta with Tomatoes is what came to be! Thankfully, it was so DELICIOUS!
Additional thanks goes to the fact that its a total ONE POT MEAL thanks to my Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker – who doesn’t love less dishes?!
Recently, I had to nix dairy from my diet (nursing a dairy intolerant infant problems…). One of my first thoughts: “Oh my Gosh, how will I live without pizza and pasta”, because naturally you put cheese on both of those, right?!
Well, of course you can make pasta without cheese (sigh), but pizza and I are still separated at the moment.
Anyhow, you can definitely create some tasty pasta dishes without cheese, including this Instant Pot Chicken Artichoke Pasta with Tomatoes.
This pasta dish is FAST & EASY – and my favorite part, it is a total ONE POT MEAL!
The less dishes, the better, right?
Instant Pot Chicken Artichoke Pasta with Tomatoes
Video by Food Under Pressure
Pasta made in your pressure cooker takes minimal effort & is done in minutes! This is an easy, one pot meal perfect for a busy weeknight or lazy Sunday!
Servings: 6servings
Author: Jessica Miller
Ingredients
2tbspolive oil
1.5lbschickendiced in 1-2 inch cubes
2-3freshgarlic clovesminced
1tspItalian seasoning
1tspsalt
1/2-1tspblack pepper
1/4tspcrushed red pepperoptional for spice
1candiced tomatoes14.5 ounce
2 1/2cupswater
2tbspolive oil
1boxpasta (I prefer rotini)
1/4cupsun-dried tomatoes
2-3tbspsun-dried tomatoes, dicedadditional as garnish, optional
parmesan cheeseoptional as garnish
1canquartered artichoke hearts14.5 ounce, drained
Instructions
Prepare all ingredients and turn on pressure cooker to sauté or browning mode.
Once heated, add 2 tbsp olive oil to pot. Add chicken, garlic and seasonings and sauté 3-4 minutes.
Add water, tomatoes including their juice, sun-dried tomatoes, artichokes and olive oil. Stir well, scraping any bits off the bottom of the pot (deglaze).
Add pasta. Press into liquid and stir very lightly.
Close lid and close vent knob (turn to sealing setting).
Press Cancel, the manual (high pressure) and adjust cook time to 4 minutes.
When cook time is complete, quickly release pressure (QPR) by carefully opening vent knob (turn to venting setting).
Open lid and stir gently, but well.
Serve immediately. Garnish with additional sun-dried tomatoes and/or parmesan cheese, if desired. Sprinkle on some crushed red pepper if you like the spice — YUM!
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This one pot dish is a SERIOUS Instant Pot win! It is PERFECT for a busy weeknight!
This is definitely Mom approved, and, kid approved by my seriously picky 7 year old. Hubby loved it. We all loved it. It took well under 30 minutes to make, and the best part is it’s only about 6 minutes hands on cook time.
If I made this on the stove, it would not only take longer, but I would have to dirty at least 2 pots, a couple spoons, a couple lids, and my totally-annoying-to-clean glass stove top. Anyone else HATE cleaning their glass stove top? I am always thankful for my Instant Pot. But, tonight, my love grew. It makes relatively easy meals THAT much more EASY. It makes my life easier. And, it delivers deliciousness. I mean, how could you go wrong here guys?
Did I mentioned this meal is delicious? In all seriousness, this One Pot Tortellini with Meat Sauce is BETTER than any time I have made it on the stove. The tortellini is cooked JUST RIGHT! Seriously. Instant Pot – we love you.
This is a semi-homemade version in that I use jarred marinara sauce and packaged tortellini, but you could definitely make homemade sauce if you have time for that. And if you have time to make homemade tortellini, well… don’t talk to me. LOL – just kidding ? Mail me some to Florida though! You could totally substitute another pasta in this dish… increase cook time to 4-5 minutes depending on what kind of pasta (typically half the time it says on the box – if a cook time range on the box, go with the least amount of time and cut in half. Example: Spaghetti box says cook 8-10 mins, go with 8 cut in half, so 4 minutes cook time in pressure cooker)
One Pot Tortellini with Meat Sauce
Ingredients
1 T olive oil
1 lb. sausage, mild or spicy – your preference (can sub ground beef if desired)
2 jars marinara or traditional tomato sauce
2 cups water
2 9 oz packages pre-made Tortellini, any flavor or variety
Plug in Instant Pot, press “Sauté” button (if other pressure cooker, browning mode).
Pour Olive Oil in Instant Pot insert. Allow to heat for 15-20 seconds, then add sausage and brown for 3-4 minutes using wooden spoon and Pampered Chef Mix n Chop to break up sausage.
Once browned, use towel or Silicone Mitts to lift insert slightly to the side, pressing sausage against one side of pot, and drain as much grease as possible using a spoon (you could also use a strainer!)
Add tomato sauce and water. Stir and allow to heat for 1-2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Before adding tortellini, stir sauce one last time.
Add tortellini. DO NOT STIR. If you stir, the tortellini may stick to the bottom of your Instant Pot.
DO NOT STIR.
After adding tortellini, gently push them down into the sauce with your spoon.
DO NOT STIR.
Close lid. Turn Vent Knob to “Sealing”. Press “Manual” button, and adjust cook time using “+/-“ buttons to 3 minutes. If other pressure cooker, use high pressure setting for 3 minutes cook time.
Your pressure cooker will take about 10 minutes or so to come to pressure. Once it comes to pressure, cook time countdown will begin.
When cook time is complete, Instant Pot will beep and automatically change to “Keep Warm” setting and begin Natural Pressure Release (NPR). Allow NPR for 5 minutes. Then quickly release remaining pressure (QPR) by turning Vent Knob to “Venting”. Before QPR, I always place a hand towel over the vent knob.
Behold, your one pot Instant Pot wonder.
Serve with a side of garlic bread (and maybe some broccoli if you’re a better Mom than I) ?
Top with parmesan cheese, maybe some crushed red pepper.
