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.

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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

1. Set Instant Pot/Electric Pressure Cooker to high

2. Sauté in olive oil onions, garlic, pepper, celery, mushrooms and seasonings for about 10 minutes until softened.

3. 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.

4. Add tomatoes, spinach, cashew cream into sauté in the pressure cooker.

5. Continue to sauté for another 5 mins, until spinach cooks down.

6. Turn sauté setting off and switch to pressure cook high for 3 mins.

7. Allow the pressure cooker to naturally release. Once the pin drops, remove lid.

8. Add cooked pasta the pot to mix thoroughly with cream sauce.

9. Serves 5.