Instant Pot Pantry Pasta

This Instant Pot Pantry Pasta recipe is a healthy and irresistible meatless pressure cooker pasta made completely with pantry staple ingredients! Loaded with hearty rigatoni, rich tomatoes, and savory spices. One of the best vegetarian and gluten free dump dinners in the pressure cooker.

5 from 6 votes

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Prep Time 3 mins

Cook Time 5 mins

Total Time 8 mins

Course Dinner, Pasta

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Calories 319 kcal

Equipment

Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
6 cloves garlic
6 ounce No-Salt-Added Tomato Paste
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon Himalayan sea salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground Tellicherry Black Pepper
1/4 teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper Flakes optional
1 14 ounce No-Salt-Added Diced Tomatoes
1 cup textured vegetable protein or 1 lb cooked ground beef or ground turkey
5 cups No-Salt-Added Vegetable Stock
1 lb rigatoni pasta gluten free if GF

Instructions

Add all the ingredients to the Instant Pot. Make sure to stir well.
Set Instant Pot to Pressure Cook for 5 minutes. Once finished, quick release the pressure, taking care not to have your hands or face near the steam vent.
Once float valve has lowered, carefully open the lid. Stir the pasta well to combine all ingredients and allow to sit with the Instant Pot off for 5 minutes for pasta to soak up the last of the sauce before serving. Mangia!

Notes

this recipe does call for Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP!) which a great shelf-stable plant-based protein. I realize not many people would typically have this in their pantry so you can totally use cooked ground beef or ground turkey if you aren't vegetarian or vegan. Just make sure to brown the meat first, and then add it in with the rest of the ingredients. But if you haven't tried TVP, I'd recommend grabbing a bag to try it out - it's a great substitute for meat that everyone will love.

Nutrition

Calories: 319kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 15gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 983mgPotassium: 458mgFiber: 5gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 723IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 82mgIron: 3mg

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