High Protein Instant Pot Spaghetti
- Yield 4
- Prep 5 minutes
- Cook 20 minutes
- Total 25 minutes
High Protein Instant Pot Spaghetti is a beef recipe on Avoteb. The yield on the card is 4. Plan on 25 minutes from start to plate. The amounts and the method are both on this page.
Ingredients
Yield: 4 servings
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 teaspoon each: fine sea salt, garlic powder, onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 cups chicken broth or water, divided*
- 1 (24-ounce) jar marinara or favorite pasta sauce
- 8 ounces uncooked high-protein spaghetti* (noodles broken in half)
- 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- chopped fresh basil, for serving (optional)
Method
Sauté beef.Turn the Instant Pot to Sauté. Tip in olive oil and ground beef. Leave crumbling the beef as you go, until browned and cooked through, about 5–6 minutes. Stir in salt, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, and onion powder.
Deglaze. Turn off Sauté. Tip in 1/2 cup of the water and scrape the bottom of the pot well with a wooden spoon to remove any browned bits.
Layer pasta and sauce. Break spaghetti in half and scatter it in crisscross layers over the beef. Tip the marinara sauce evenly on top, then pour in the remaining 1 1/2 cups water. Do not stir.
Pressure cook. Lock the lid and set the Instant Pot to Manual (or Pressure Cook) on high pressure for 7 minutes. (*See note below for different cooking times for different brands of high-protein pastas.*) Once cooking ends, quick-release the pressure.
Puree the cottage cheese. While the pasta is pressure cooking, blend the cottage cheese in a blender (or you can use an immersion blender) until completely smooth.
Tip in cheeses. Lift the lid and gently stir the pasta. Stir in the blended cottage cheese until creamy, then mix in the Parmesan. Let rest for 2–3 minutes — the sauce will thicken as it sits.
Plate Check the seasoning and adjust seasoning as needed. Plate warm, topped with fresh basil and extra Parmesan if you’d like, and enjoy!
