Jul 25, 2019, Updated Sep 15, 2019 Makes an easy and quick weeknight meal which gets done in 30 minutes or less! If you love all the Instant Pot vegetarian/vegan recipes that I share on the blog, please join me on this Facebook Group – Instant Pot Vegetarian Recipes. The group would feature vegetarian instant pot recipes from all around the web!
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. For more information on my Affiliate and Advertising Policy, please click here. Another day, another easy pasta recipe! Pasta is one thing which I absolutely love making in my Instant Pot. I mean, I do use my Instant Pot every day to make everything from dals to rice to curries. And while all that is great, pasta is definitely my favorite thing to cook in my pressure cooker. You just can’t beat the convenience of making pasta in one-pot. Can you? It’s one of my favorite meals to make on busy days. This summer has been really busy. My in-laws are visiting and with that there’s a never ending blog work and house work. So between all this, I am resorting to easy meals like this Southwestern Pasta. It’s one of those meals which you can make without much prep work and it comes out great every single time.
This Southwestern Pasta
✓ makes an easy weeknight meal for busy days ✓ packed with flavors ✓ loaded with beans, corn, onion, pepper ✓ made with whole wheat pasta ✓ can be made vegan by skipping the cheese at the end or using vegan cheese For this southwestern pasta recipe, I have used whole wheat penne pasta. The whole wheat takes a little more time than the regular pasta to cook in the Instant Pot. For regular flour pasta, I always cook for 4 minutes at high pressure with a quick pressure release. But for whole wheat pasta, I cooked for around 5 to 6 minutes at high pressure and then let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes before manually releasing the pressure.
A lot of the flavor for this pasta comes from the pasta sauce that you use. I absolutely love and recommend Rao’s Homemade Sauce. It’s the absolute best. This is not sponsored, just sharing because it’s so good! Other than the pasta and the sauce, the rest of the ingredients include beans, corn, onion, peppers and jalapeño. I flavored this pasta with taco seasoning. You can very well use cumin, smoked paprika. Even chipotle powder will be good here, ancho chile maybe? This pasta is also great to pack in your lunch box. I often give Sarvesh the leftovers in his lunch. Heats up well and makes a filling meal. I do add little bit of Mexican cheese blend at the end. You can totally skip it if you like. Or you can add lots of it if you love cheese!
How to Make This Pasta Vegan
Super easy, just skip the cheese at the end. Or you can use your favorite vegan cheese. I sometimes also like to sprinkle nutritional yeast on top. Either way, it will turn out great. I like to serve this Instant Pot Southwestern Pasta with diced avocados and cilantro. It’s easy, so flavorful and I think you guys are going to love this one!
Method
1- Press the saute button on the instant pot. And then press the adjust button to set saute to “less”. Once it displays hot, add the olive oil. Then add the garlic, jalapeño, red onion and saute for 4 to 5 minutes until soft and fragrant. 2- Add the black beans, sweet corn, red pepper. 3- Then add the taco seasoning and mix. 4- Stir in 1 cup water.
5- Then add the pasta followed by pasta sauce. Do not stir after adding the pasta sauce. You can spread it though over the pasta using a spatula. Add salt and close the pot. 6- Press the manual or pressure cook button and cook on high pressure for 6 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes and then do a quick pressure release. 7- Open the pot and stir everything together. Add the cilantro and mix. 8- Also add the cheese and stir until it melts. Cover the pasta with a lid for 2 to 3 minutes for all the flavors to mix in together after adding the cheese.
Serve southwestern pasta with more cilantro and avocados!
More Easy Instant Pot Meal Ideas
Instant Pot Tomato Basil Pasta Instant Pot Thai Peanut Noodles Instant Pot Mexican Quinoa If you’ve tried Instant Pot Southwestern Pasta Recipe then don’t forget to rate the recipe! You can also follow me on Facebook and Instagram to see what’s latest in my kitchen!
title: “Instant Pot Southwestern Pasta " ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-04” author: “Dawn Dengler”
Jul 25, 2019, Updated Sep 15, 2019 Makes an easy and quick weeknight meal which gets done in 30 minutes or less! If you love all the Instant Pot vegetarian/vegan recipes that I share on the blog, please join me on this Facebook Group – Instant Pot Vegetarian Recipes. The group would feature vegetarian instant pot recipes from all around the web!
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. For more information on my Affiliate and Advertising Policy, please click here. Another day, another easy pasta recipe! Pasta is one thing which I absolutely love making in my Instant Pot. I mean, I do use my Instant Pot every day to make everything from dals to rice to curries. And while all that is great, pasta is definitely my favorite thing to cook in my pressure cooker. You just can’t beat the convenience of making pasta in one-pot. Can you? It’s one of my favorite meals to make on busy days. This summer has been really busy. My in-laws are visiting and with that there’s a never ending blog work and house work. So between all this, I am resorting to easy meals like this Southwestern Pasta. It’s one of those meals which you can make without much prep work and it comes out great every single time.
This Southwestern Pasta
✓ makes an easy weeknight meal for busy days ✓ packed with flavors ✓ loaded with beans, corn, onion, pepper ✓ made with whole wheat pasta ✓ can be made vegan by skipping the cheese at the end or using vegan cheese For this southwestern pasta recipe, I have used whole wheat penne pasta. The whole wheat takes a little more time than the regular pasta to cook in the Instant Pot. For regular flour pasta, I always cook for 4 minutes at high pressure with a quick pressure release. But for whole wheat pasta, I cooked for around 5 to 6 minutes at high pressure and then let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes before manually releasing the pressure.
A lot of the flavor for this pasta comes from the pasta sauce that you use. I absolutely love and recommend Rao’s Homemade Sauce. It’s the absolute best. This is not sponsored, just sharing because it’s so good! Other than the pasta and the sauce, the rest of the ingredients include beans, corn, onion, peppers and jalapeño. I flavored this pasta with taco seasoning. You can very well use cumin, smoked paprika. Even chipotle powder will be good here, ancho chile maybe? This pasta is also great to pack in your lunch box. I often give Sarvesh the leftovers in his lunch. Heats up well and makes a filling meal. I do add little bit of Mexican cheese blend at the end. You can totally skip it if you like. Or you can add lots of it if you love cheese!
How to Make This Pasta Vegan
Super easy, just skip the cheese at the end. Or you can use your favorite vegan cheese. I sometimes also like to sprinkle nutritional yeast on top. Either way, it will turn out great. I like to serve this Instant Pot Southwestern Pasta with diced avocados and cilantro. It’s easy, so flavorful and I think you guys are going to love this one!
Method
1- Press the saute button on the instant pot. And then press the adjust button to set saute to “less”. Once it displays hot, add the olive oil. Then add the garlic, jalapeño, red onion and saute for 4 to 5 minutes until soft and fragrant. 2- Add the black beans, sweet corn, red pepper. 3- Then add the taco seasoning and mix. 4- Stir in 1 cup water.
5- Then add the pasta followed by pasta sauce. Do not stir after adding the pasta sauce. You can spread it though over the pasta using a spatula. Add salt and close the pot. 6- Press the manual or pressure cook button and cook on high pressure for 6 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes and then do a quick pressure release. 7- Open the pot and stir everything together. Add the cilantro and mix. 8- Also add the cheese and stir until it melts. Cover the pasta with a lid for 2 to 3 minutes for all the flavors to mix in together after adding the cheese.
Serve southwestern pasta with more cilantro and avocados!
More Easy Instant Pot Meal Ideas
Instant Pot Tomato Basil Pasta Instant Pot Thai Peanut Noodles Instant Pot Mexican Quinoa If you’ve tried Instant Pot Southwestern Pasta Recipe then don’t forget to rate the recipe! You can also follow me on Facebook and Instagram to see what’s latest in my kitchen!
