If you wonder how to cook penne pasta in instant pot with simple ingredients like jar sauce and cheese, try this simple recipe! The instant pot cooked penne pasta is creamy, cheesy and has tomato basil jar sauce added to it! This is perfect, simple yet easy, delicious and quick pasta dinner for any one looking to make pasta quickly in the instant pot for dinner, lunch or any meal. This is a meatless vegetarian pasta recipe using tomato basil sauce but you can substitute with your favorite tomato based sauce as you like.
Jarred pasta sauce is usually store bought bottled pasta sauce you can use easily for convenience and it helps you flavor the pasta quickly without much effort, but you can also make jarred pasta sauce from your own homemade pasta sauce. In this recipe, we use store bought jarred tomato basil sauce the flavors of which goes great with the instant pot cooked penne pasta, cheese and other seasonings! But as I mentioned, you may use your own homemade pasta sauce or any tomato based pasta sauce of your choice!
how long to cook penne pasta in instant pot?
Once the penne noodles, water, salt and seasonings are added to instant pot, we only need to cook the penne pasta for 1 minute in high pressure when you follow this recipe. I have this simple, easy recipe for pasta in instant pot using penne pasta!
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ingredients used to make instant pot penne pasta with jar sauce:
- penne pasta 1 lbs
- salt adjust to taste
- olive oil 2 tablespoons
- garlic 1 teaspoon
- water 4 cups
- italian seasoning 1 teaspoon
- heavy cream 1 cup
- shredded cheese (cheddar, Mexican blend etc) 8 oz
- tomato basil jar sauce 8 oz
So here is how you can easily and quickly make cheesy penne pasta in creamy tomato basil sauce using instant pot pressure cooker.
how to make instant pot penne pasta with tomato basil jar sauce?
To make quick, easy and delicious instant pot penne pasta with jar sauce, we follow the below steps.
step by step instructions to make instant pot penne pasta with jar sauce
Step 1 - Place the penne pasta shells in the instant pot.
Step 2 - Add salt, garlic, water and olive oil, gently mix.
Step 3 - Close the instant pot with lid in sealing position. Cook in high pressure for 1 minute.
Step 4 - Once the cooking is done, press 'cancel' button and wait for a natural pressure for at least 12 to 15 minutes.
Step 5 - Once it's done, you may manually release the remaining pressure carefully and gradually.
Step 6 - Once the pressure is all released, carefully open the instant pot.
Step 7 - Add heavy cream, cheese, seasoning and tomato basil pasta sauce, carefully mix in with the pasta without breaking the shells.
Step 8 - Serve the creamy and cheesy penne pasta in tomato basil sauce for a delicious, easy and quick lunch or dinner!
Below you can get the recipe for creamy and cheesy instant pot penne pasta in sauce in detail.
Penne Pasta In Instant Pot With Jar Sauce (Cheesy & Creamy)
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place the penne pasta shells in the instant pot.
- Add salt, garlic, water and olive oil, gently mix.
- Close the instant pot with lid in sealing position. Cook in high pressure for 1 minute.
- Once the cooking is done, press 'cancel' button and wait for a natural pressure for at least 12 to 15 minutes.
- Once it's done, you may manually release the remaining pressure carefully and gradually.
- Once the pressure is all released, carefully open the instant pot.
- Add heavy cream, cheese, seasoning and tomato basil pasta sauce, carefully mix in with the pasta without breaking the shells.
- Serve the creamy and cheesy penne pasta in tomato basil sauce for a delicious, easy and quick lunch or dinner!
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tips to make perfect creamy penne pasta in jar sauce in instant pot
To make the perfect creamy and cheesy penne pasta in sauce using the instant pot pressure cooker, make sure to follow the recipe instructions! To get al dente penne pasta, you just need to cook the pasta for 1 minute in high pressure followed by a natural pressure release of 12 minutes. If you over cook the pasta, it can get mushy and may not taste good.
Also I recommend using jarred tomato basil pasta sauce in this recipe for best flavors, but you can use your favorite tomato based pasta sauce as well. The kind of cheese you use can affect the taste and texture greatly so make sure to use the best quality cheese for the best results, that way you can make sure to get the perfect cheesy penne pasta in creamy tomato sauce!
Once you open the instant pot after cooking the pasta, you might notice that the pasta shells are sticking to each other a little bit on the top, which is totally fine. As you add other ingredients like heavy cream and tomato sauce and gently mix in to blend with the pasta, the shells will release itself from each other and you will get the delicious and creamy pasta. If necessary, you may also add some extra olive oil which will also help with reducing the stickiness and will make the pasta more tasty.
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