Easy Vegan Instant Pot Pasta With Plant-Based Meatballs

Vegan Instant Pot Pasta with Meatballs Served in a White Bowl

Easy Vegan Instant Pot Pasta With Plant-Based Meatballs

This easy vegan instant pot pasta with plant-based meatballs takes just 5 minutes of active prep to pull together. The Instant Pot does the rest! Just dump in a box of pasta, a jar of pasta sauce, a package of vegan meatballs, water, and your favorite veggies and you'll soon have a perfectly cooked delicious plant based dinner to serve your whole family. This is the easiest Instant Pot recipe ever!

Course dinner, Lunch

Cuisine Italian

Keyword instant pot pasta recipe, plant-based meatballs, vegan instant pot recipe, vegan meatballs, vegan pasta recipe

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 11kcal

Author Gina House

Ingredients

1 16-ounce box pasta we used medium shell pasta, but it also works well with rice and bean pastas like brown rice, chickpea, red lentil, and black bean pasta
1 25-ounce jar pasta sauce or 24-ounce jar
24 ounces water
1 package frozen vegan meatballs about 8-12, depending on size
2 cups frozen sliced bell peppers or your favorite frozen veggies
¼ cup finely chopped parsley for garnish (optional)

Instructions

Add dry pasta to your Instant Pot or other pressure cooker.
Add the entire jar of pasta sauce.
Fill the pasta sauce jar with water and add to the mixture.
Add in your veggie meatballs and frozen veggies and stir well.
Place the lid on the Instant Pot, making sure that the lever is in the sealed position, and lock in place.
Press MANUAL and adjust time (using the down-arrow) to 4 minutes. When the Instant Pot is starting to cook, you will hear a “beep.” You can now let the Instant Pot do its thing for the next 25 minutes or so.
When you hear the “beeping” indicator that the Instant Pot is done cooking, allow the pot to sit for 5 minutes or wait until the screen reads “L005.”
Move the lever to release and allow the remaining steam to exit the Instant Pot.
Press the “Keep Warm/Cancel” button and carefully remove the lid. The food inside will be hot and still steaming.
Stir your pasta and serve!
*Works best with all pasta except linguine and spaghetti shapes.

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