Use your Instant Pot to cook this delicious and easy Instant Pot Ground Pork and Pasta. The pasta cooks with the pork and picks us so much more flavor! Post may contain affiliate links.
Instant Pot Ground Pork and Pasta
To say that I love my Instant Pot would be an understatement. I love, love, love my Instant Pot. Whenever I want an easy dinner, a dinner that I don't have to stand over the stove watching it, or peeking into the oven to check doneness, I turn to the Instant Pot. Some weeks, I cook entirely from it. Last week was one of those weeks. So much to do and stress over, that I needed cooking to be easy. What I love about the Instant Pot is that it can do almost anything I ask of it. One dish pasta meals are now my go to. I found this recipe in one of my favorite Instant Pot cookbooks, The Great Big Pressure Cooker Book. I can't say enough good things about that book, with 500 easy recipes, there is something for everyone!
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I don't use a lot of peanut butter in my cooking, but this recipe has me rethinking that! The combination of peanut butter, soy sauce, sambal oelek, Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar and brown sugar is amazing. It all blends together in a completely unique flavor. I also love that everything, including the pasta cooks together. Instead of trying to coat the pasta with sauce, the pasta picks up so much flavor as it cooks in the sauce!
Looking for more Instant Pot Recipes: Instant Pot Red Wine Beef Stew and The Best Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup!
Instant Pot Ground Pork and Pasta
Ingredients
- ¼ cup peanut butter creamy
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sambal oelek (chile paste)
- 1 ½ tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 ½ tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar packed
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 pound ground pork lean
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 2 celery stalks chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger minced
- 2 teaspoons garlic minced
- 8 ounces farfalle pasta dried
- 2 cups chicken broth
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, soy sauce, sambal oelek, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, and brown sugar.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in the Instant Pot set on the saute function. Add the pork and break it up as it browns, for about 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the pork and add to the bowl with the sauce. Drain the fat from the cooker.
- Add 1 tablespoon of oil to pot, still set on Saute. Add the onion and celery and cook for about 4 minutes. Add the ginger and garlic, stirring for a bout a minute.
- Add the pork and sauce to the pot. Stir well. Add the past and stir until coated. Add the broth and stir again, until well mixed.
- Lock the lid into place and set the venting knob to sealing. Turn off saute and using manual, set the machine to cook at high pressure for 8 minutes.
- Use the quick release method to return the pot to normal pressure. Unlock the lid and stir gently before serving.
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Zoe Yellin says
I’ve made this recipe for my family twice. We devoured it ravenously! The flavors are complex, yet familiar. I’ve served it with simple sautéed zucchini squash and it’s special enough for company. Simple yet…special! Wonderful dish to add to my repertoire! Thanks a bunch for sharing it.
Faelith
Pam Greer says
So glad you liked it! We love it too!
Lindsay says
This sauce is everything! I made this tonight with Siracha as a substitute for the sambal oelek, and even with my GF Barilla elbow noodles that fall apart easily, the flavor is amazing! I think you could sub ground beef instead of pork, and even add shredded carrots & cabbage, and this would be phenomenal. Sweet, savory, spicy - hits all of those notes. Loved this dish!
Savannah says
This was a solid 5 star for me! I didn’t have bow tie pasta so I used penne. I will definitely make this again! Delicious!
Lynn says
Wow...a delightful tasty meal, super flavourful. A must try my family loved it. Thank you.
Rachel says
Super easy, delicious and will definitely make it again. Tastes like Chinese Dumplings, which are my son’s favorite! Big thumbs up on this recipe.
Crissy says
I love this recipe and will definitely make it again! It was fast, simple, and great flavors. I mixed in some steamed broccoli too and it was a total hit with my picky family. I like the suggestion in the other comments to increase the pasta and broth. Just depends how you like your meat to pasta ratio. I wonder if ground turkey would work for this? Overall, such a great recipe! Thank you 🙂
Pam Greer says
I bet ground turkey would be great!
Cheid says
Can I make this recipe with a pressure cooker? What is the smallest pressure cooker this recipe will work with? Thanks.
Kim says
Nice dish! As soon as I saw the ingredients, I knew I’d love it! Turned out terrific.
I liked the meat ratio but I think some people may want to add 4oz pasta and 1 more cup of stock. I also used my own scrap stock and added shallots. I’m slow, so the prep time was about 25 minutes and with all the cooking, it took about an hour total, still a pretty quick meal.
The thing about the instant pot is that you have time to do all the clean up, so when the meal is served, your kitchen is clean!
Thank you Pam 😋😋😋
Pam Greer says
So glad you liked it. I love your suggestion of extra pasta and stock!
Rachel says
Can you swap out the noodles for brown rice fettucine noodles?
Pam Greer says
As long as the cook times are similar.
Amy says
Made it exactly as recipe states and it was delicious!! Will definitely be making this again!!
Pam Greer says
So glad you liked it!!
Jennifer says
Is this disaster without the peanut butter, or a seed butter (e.g. sunbutter)? We have nut and peanut allergies in our house 🙁
Pam Greer says
Well the peanut butter adds a lot of flavor, but I still think it would be good even without the peanut better. A seedbutter would probably be good.
Ashley says
Would you recommend doubling the chicken broth as well if I double the amount of pasta but keep everything else the same?
Pam Greer says
I would think that you would need to double the chicken broth if you are doubling the pasta. The pot will be much more full, so there's probably a better chance of the pasta foaming. So, be careful when you do a quick release. Just release the pressure a bit and see if a lot of foam comes out, if it does, you can release it in little bursts or place a kitchen towel lightly over it so it doesn't splatter all over your counter.
Amy Hamilton says
Made this last night and the whole family enjoyed it. Even added the spinach. Definitely will be making it again!!
Pam Greer says
I'm so glad you liked it!! I haven't made it in awhile, thanks for reminding me how good it is!
Jill says
This dish is amazing! The first time I followed the recipe exactly and it was delicious. Tonight I’m going to stir in some spinach leaves at the very end. Can’t wait to eat this again tonight!!
Pam Greer says
So glad you like it!! I love the idea of adding spinach!
Stevo says
Delish but I felt it had too much meat. The second time I doubled the recipe and kept it at 1lb meat and it was perfect.
Pam Greer says
Oh, I'll have to try it with less meat! Thanks for the suggestion.
Mark Mathews says
Great recipe! Incredible flavor.
Pam Greer says
Great! So glad you liked it!
Cindy C says
This recipe was great! So easy and tasty! I was a little worried about it tasting too much like peanut butter, but the end result almost tasted like a nice Hoisin sauce.
Pam Greer says
So glad you liked it!
Miz Helen says
This is a great recipe that we would really enjoy! Happy to see you here at Full Plate Thursday and thanks so much for sharing with us.
Miz Helen
Katie Zeller says
I don't have an instantpot (and I can barely read what I'm typing in the pale gray font so forgive typos) but I really like the flavors. I'm going to try to adapt it to a skillet... I'll let you know if it works.
Ann says
One pot meals are fabulous when you are busy or have had a long day