Instant Pot spaghetti bolognese
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Yield 4 servings
650 calories I hear you cry for Instant Pot spaghetti bolognese and of course you're right that seems like a lot but does it really? For a massive bowl of pasta and wine and meat and the ease of cooking it all in one dish? Plus, to be fair, this probably serves six - we're just greedy fat pigs. If you have leftovers, you can turn that into another meal, see below the recipe for that!
All calories are approximate and worked out via the NHS calculator. So shut yer gob.
Ingredients
- 400g lean beef mince
- 400g spaghetti
- 40g diced chorizo
- 1 onion, diced
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 tins of chopped tomatoes
- 500ml passata
- 125ml red wine
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp oregano
Instructions
- set the instant pot to saute and add a splash of oil
- add the onion and cook for a few minutes until softened
- add the garlic, stir and then add the mince and chorizo cook until browned
- add the chopped tomatoes, passata, red wine, salt, pepper and oregano to the pan and give a good stir
- break the spaghetti in half and add to the pan along with 850ml water - make sure the spaghetti is covered as much as possible (push it down with a wooden spoon if not)
- cook under high pressure for ten minutes, then quick release
- give a good stir and leave to cool for a few minutes - don't worry if it looks a bit watery, it'll soon thicken up
Notes
Recipe
- huge apologies to the entire nation of Italy for this one, which is probably illegal there. Still good though.
- add whatever you like into this - bacon, mushrooms, spinach - whatever you have lying about, chuck it in
- the wine won't get your kids pissed but if you'd still rather avoid it just add the same amount in extra water instead
Not got an Instant Pot? You can cook it pretty much as is on a hob, but add the spaghetti straight into the hob rather than doing it on its own - the spaghetti cooks in the sauce and it's just laaaahverley
Books
- twochubbycubs: Dinner Time is our new book and it's out in May and it's so good I could bubble - genuinely our best work yet - you can pre-order here!
- of course if you like your meals fast and filling, book two will scratch that itch: order yours here!
- perhaps you want to go back to where it all began - our first cookbook which is a joy untold: click here to order
- our diet planner will keep you on track and there's twenty six recipes in there for good measure: here
Tools
- we have an Instant Pot Pro because of course we do - you can find it here but other variants of the Instant Pot are cheaper still and they're all marvellous bits of kit
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Courses evening meal
Cuisine twochubbycubs
Recipe by twochubbycubs at https://twochubbycubs.com/2022/02/22/instant-pot-spaghetti-bolognese-2/