This easy Ninja Foodi spaghetti recipe is a great quick meal for those busy weeknights. Ready in under 30 minutes and packed full of flavor. If you have a pressure cooker like an instant pot, this pasta can easily be made in it!
This post has been updated from it’s original publish date of November 25, 2019 to provide better photos, step by step instructions, and information.
Easy Ninja Foodi Spaghetti
I love how easy this Ninja Foodi recipe is to make! Who doesn’t love a quick and easy dinner? As a busy mama of 4, I definitely love quick, easy meals for my family. But I also don’t want to sacrifice on flavor.
Not only is this pasta recipe super easy, it is healthier than the store bough spaghetti sauce. There’s no ingredients that we want to avoid like added sugars, bad oils, or other hidden ingredients in this pasta sauce!
When pressure cooking this pasta dish, it takes only the time to cook the sausage, and the time for the cooker to come to pressure, plus a natural release of 10 minutes.
So, you’ll have a delicious spaghetti dinner on the table in under 30 minutes. And most of that time is hands off while the pressure cooker does its thing.
And you can easily turn it into an instant pot spaghetti dinner because it is super versatile!
One thing that I absolutely love about using my Ninja Foodi, it makes one pot cooking simple. I cooked the sausage using the Sear/ Sauté function. And then pressure cooked the remaining ingredients.
There’s no need for multiple pots/pans or even the use of a strainer to drain the pasta water.
I use this 8qt Ninja Foodi and it works well for our family of six. It has become one of our favorite small appliances for quick and easy meals!
Ingredients
All you’ll need for this delicious pasta dish is a handful of basic ingredients.
Here’s what you’ll need…
- ground Italian sausage – you could substitute with ground beef if you’d like, but it will not have the same delicious flavor.
- garlic cloves
- onion
- salt
- Italian seasoning
- olive oil
- chicken broth – homemade chicken bone broth is a great option, but also can be substituted with veggie broth if desired.
- fresh grape tomatoes – cherry tomatoes can be substituted
- crushed tomatoes
- 1 pound spaghetti noodles
- fresh basil for garnish
- shredded pecorino or parmesan cheese
Instructions
Begin making this sauce using the sear / saute function on the Ninja Foodi to sauté the garlic and onions with the olive oil in the bowl or cooking pot of the Foodi.
Next, add the ground sausage and sauté until cooked through and break up the sausage into desired size. Stir in the salt & Italian seasonings.
Layer in the ingredients – pour in the chicken broth, stir and scrape up any pieces of meat off of the bottom of the cook pan.
Add the fresh tomatoes and the jar of crushed tomatoes to the top of the cooked sausage mixture.
Gently pour in the water to the foodi cook pot and over the other ingredients.
Break up the spaghetti noodles in half and loosely layer in criss cross pattern. It is important to loosely layer the pasta to avoid it clumping together and to properly cook during pressure cooking.
Add the pressure cooking lid and set the valve to the seal position. Set the pressure cook time to zero and press start. The time to come to pressure will be about 10 minutes or so.
Once the pressure has been reached, set a timer for 10 minutes and allow for natural pressure release.
After the 10 minutes of natural pressure release, switch the vent to release any remaining pressure. Then carefully remove the lid.
Gently stir the pasta. Allow for a few minutes of rest time for any extra liquid to absorb.
Serve with fresh basil and freshly shredded pecorino or parmesan cheese if desired.
How to store and reheat leftover pasta
If you have leftovers, they can be stored in the refrigerator for a few days in an airtight container. To reheat, heat on medium low until warmed through.
More favorite pasta & Ninja Foodi recipes
These are some of our favorites and I’m sure you’ll love them too!
Ninja Foodi Chicken Soup Recipe
Cheesy Ninja Foodi Mashed Potatoes
FAQ (frequently asked questions)
Yes, it’s super simple to cook pasta in the Foodi as an easy one pot meal! If cooking spaghetti in a pressure cooker, you’ll need to ensure you have the proper amount of liquid to pasta ratio. And ensuring that the spaghetti is in a criss cross pattern when layering helps to avoid the pasta from clumping together during the pressure/cook time.
Yes, I prefer a homemade bone broth, but basic chicken broth is also a favorite in this dish. You could also use a beef broth or veggie broth if preferred. It will alter the flavor slightly in the finished recipe, but only mildly.
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Quick & Easy Ninja Foodi Spaghetti
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground Italian sausage
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons Primal Palate Amore seasoning or Italian Seasoning of choice
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup fresh grape tomatoes
- 18.3 oz jar crushed tomatoes
- 1 lb spaghetti noodles
- fresh basil as garnish optional
- fresh shredded pecorino parmesan cheese as garnish optional
Instructions
- Use the sear/sauté function on the Ninja Foodi to sauté the garlic and onions with the olive oil.
- Add the ground sausage. Brown the meat until cooked through and break up the sausage into desired size. Stir in the salt & Italian seasonings.
- Once meat is cooked, turn off the sear function and add the broth. Stir and scrape up any pieces of meat off of the bottom of the cook pan.
- Add the grape tomatoes and crushed tomatoes. There is no need to stir the ingredients. Gently add the water to the pan.
- Break up the spaghetti noodles in half and loosely layer in criss cross pattern. It is important to loosely layer the pasta to avoid it clumping together and to properly cook during pressure cooking.
- Add the pressure cooking lid and set the vent to the seal position.
- Set the pressure cook time to zero and press start. The time to come to pressure will be about 10 minutes or so. Once the pressure has been reached, set a timer for 10 minutes and allow for natural pressure release.
- After the 10 minutes of natural pressure release, switch the vent to release any remaining pressure. Then carefully remove the lid.
- Gently stir the pasta. Allow for a few minutes of rest time for any extra liquid to absorb.
- Serve with basil and freshly shredded pecorino or parmesan cheese if desired.
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