Instant Pot Pizza Pasta

Easy Instant Pot Pizza recipe! This quick dinner combines the flavors of pizza in a delicious pasta recipe. Check out the tips and step-by-step photos above the recipe.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Instant Pot Pizza Pasta, Instant Pot Pizza Pasta Recipe, pressure cooker pizza pasta

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Time to Pressure: 10

Total Time: 30

Servings: servings

Calories: 481kcal

Author: Cook Dinner Tonight

Equipment

Instant Pot/Electric Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

1 pound ground Italian sausage
1 medium yellow or white onion chopped
2 green bell peppers seeded and chopped
4 cloves garlic minced
Salt and pepper
16 ounces dry rotini pasta
2-14.5 ounce cans crushed tomatoes
8 ounce can tomato sauce
6 ounce can tomato paste
4 ounces sliced cooked pepperoni divided
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese divided
Fresh basil

Instructions

Press SAUTE.
When hot, add the Italian sausage, and cook until browned.
Drain grease, and return Italian sauce to the inner pot.
Stir in the onion, peppers, garlic, and salt and pepper.
Cook, stirring, regularly, for about 2-3 minutes, until vegetables begin to soften.
Remove to a plate.
Add the pasta to the now empty inner pot.
Cover pasta with enough water to cover by 1 inch.
Close and lock the lid.
Turn the pressure release valve to SEALING.
Press MANUAL high pressure and adjust the time to 4 minutes.
When the cooking time has finished, carefully turn the pressure release valve to VENTING.
Drain the pasta.
Stir together the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and seasonings in the inner pot.
Add half of the pepperoni and the cooked vegetables in the inner pot. Stir in.
Add the drained, cooked pasta, and stir in to combine.
Stir in half of the mozzarella cheese.
Top with remaining half pepperoni and half shredded cheese.
To help the cheese melt, you can place the lid back on the pot (don't lock).
Serve topped with fresh basil.

Notes

Italian sausage: You can use mild or hot ground Italian sausage, ground turkey Italian sausage, or ground beef in this recipe.
Bell peppers: I use 2 green bell peppers because they're usually cheaper than the other colors of bell peppers. Feel free to use red, orange, or yellow bell peppers.
Mushrooms: I haven't included mushrooms, but you can use 8 ounces of sliced button mushrooms along with the other vegetables.
Olives: Sliced green or black olives can be stirred into the pasta along with the cheese.
Cheese: For a little more flavor, feel free to stir in ¼ cup parmesan cheese into the pasta.
Nutrition values are estimates.

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