Description
A delicious and easy Instant Pot meal featuring Italian turkey sausage and pasta in a rich tomato sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound Italian turkey sausage (or your favorite sausage/ground beef)
- 3 Tablespoons minced onion flakes
- 4 teaspoons minced garlic
- 28 ounces canned crushed tomatoes
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 1 cup water
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 Tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 Tablespoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- 16 ounces pasta, cooked (gluten-free pasta will work as well)
- Parmesan cheese (optional; for topping)
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to sauté setting and add sausage when pot is hot. Brown sausage and break up as it cooks.
- Add onion flakes, minced garlic, tomatoes, tomato paste, water, sugar, oregano, basil, fennel seed, salt, and pepper to Instant Pot and mix with turkey sausage.
- Place lid on Instant Pot, move valve to ‘sealing’ and press the ‘manual’ button. Set timer for 20 minutes.
- Once the 20 minutes of cook time are over, do a ‘quick release’ by moving the valve on top to vent.
- Once all the pressure has released and the pin has dropped, remove the lid and stir the sauce.
- Serve over cooked pasta and garnish with Parmesan cheese.
Notes
- Feel free to substitute the sausage with ground beef for a different flavor.
- This recipe works well with gluten-free pasta options.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Instant Pot
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 550
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 60g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 80mg