Instant Pot Cream Cheese Spaghetti

4.50 from 14 votes

Instant Pot Cream Cheese Spaghetti with ground beef is fabulously creamy and rich. The pasta cooks right in the Instant Pot and it cooks perfectly. Tastes just like baked spaghetti but quicker and easier to make. This is a meal you will want seconds of. Best part is this family meal can be made in under 30 minutes for a quick and easy weeknight meal.

Prep Time15

Cook Time6

Total Time21

Course: Main Dish

Servings:

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
12 ounces uncooked thin spaghetti
2 1/2 cups water
1 (24-ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
1 (8-ounce) block cream cheese, cut into pieces and softened
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Lightly grease the insert to your Instant Pot. This is the Instant Pot I use. Turn to "Saute" mode and add ground beef. Cook until browned on bottom, flip over and break it apart to crumble it. Cook until no longer pink. Drain any excess grease.
Turn Instant Pot off. Add garlic powder, salt, Italian seasoning, pepper, crushed red pepper and tomato paste. Stir to mix into ground beef.
Break spaghetti in half and add to Instant Pot.
Pour in water and spaghetti sauce. Make sure all spaghetti is submerged. Place lid on and set to Pressure Cook for 6 minutes.
Do a quick pressure release. Remove the lid. Add the cream cheese and Parmesan cheese. Stir it in. Place lid back on and let sit for a few minutes to completely melt the cream cheese. Stir again and serve.

Notes

Note: If using regular spaghetti, pressure cook for 8 minutes.

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