Instant Pot Creole Pasta
This dish will be ready and on the table in less than 30 minutes. The noodle cook in the pressure cooker in a total of 7 minutes. They can be removed to cook the pasta sauce in the same pot or you can use a second instant pot insert, like I have. I have a stainless steel insert and a non-stick insert.
If you don’t want to turn on your stove or if you live in a dorm or stoneless situation, this is the dish for you.
Ingredients
- 4 mini peppers minced 
- 2 celery stalks, minced 
- 1 large onion, minced 
- 4 garlic cloves, minced 
- 2 TBSP dried parsley 
- 3 roma tomatoes, minced 
- 4 cups fresh spinach, roughly chopped 
- 3 TBSP hot sauce (optional) 
- 4 ounces vegan cheese (optional) 
- 1 bag of seafood mushrooms or 8 ounces of sliced white button mushrooms 
- 1 ½ cup cashew cream 
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 
- 3 TBSP creole seasoning 
- 3 TBSP mushroom seasoning 
- 3 TBSP olive oil 1 pound box of penne pasta 
Directions
- Set Instant Pot/Electric Pressure Cooker to high 
- Sauté in olive oil onions, garlic, pepper, celery, mushrooms and seasonings for about 10 minutes until softened. 
- Boil the noodles in pressure cooker according to pasta cooking method video (set on pressure cook on high for 4 mins, let pressure release for 3 mins). Set Aside. 
- Add tomatoes, spinach, cashew cream into sauté in the pressure cooker. 
- Continue to sauté for another 5 mins, until spinach cooks down. 
- Turn sauté setting off and switch to pressure cook high for 3 mins. 
- Allow the pressure cooker to naturally release. Once the pin drops, remove lid. 
- Add cooked pasta the pot to mix thoroughly with cream sauce. 
- Serves 5. 


 
          