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instant pot bolognes sauce served over spaghetti.

Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce (With Frozen Ground Beef)

Ajoke
Instant pot Bolognese sauce recipe made with frozen ground beef! This easy homemade pasta sauce you would find yourself making over and over again. It is quick, easy, meaty, delicious, not bland and the best. Not only is this pressure cooker spaghetti sauce easy to put together, you can also serve the delicious sauce with other dishes, and it stores well too.
5 from 14 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
natural pressure release 5 minutes
Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine British, Italian
Servings 6
Calories 217 kcal

Equipment

  • Instant Pot

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g Fresh or frozen lean ground beef and pork
  • 2 tablespoons Olive oil: use any flavourless cooking oil you have on hand
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 2 celery stalks chopped
  • 2 carrots grated about 1 cup
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce: substitute with 1 tablespoon brown sugar to balance the acidity from the tomato
  • 500 ml Passata: substitute with canned chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • ½ tablespoon garlic granules
  • ½ tablespoon basil
  • 1 tablespoon dried parsley
  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes: this is optional but use it if you want some heat in the food
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 Beef bouillon cube
  • Parmesan cheese to serve

Instructions
 

  • Turn on your instant pot to the saute function. Add olive oil to the inner pot and heat until IP displays ‘hot’, carefully add chopped onions, chopped celery, grated carrots and saute until soft and fragrant. This shouldn’t me more than 5 minutes. Do not skip this process as it helps build the overall flavour of the dish.
  • Add Worcestershire sauce, passata, tomato paste, garlic granules, parsley, red pepper flakes, basil, salt, black pepper, bay leaf and lastly crumble the beef bouillon over the sauce and stir to combine. Make sure you deglaze the bottom of the pot properly to avoid getting a BURN notice.
  • Carefully add the frozen ground beef to avoid splatter and add ½ cup of water.
  • Lock the instant pot to safety, turning the valve to the seal position. Select manual or pressure cook and cook on high pressure for 20 minutes. After the cooking cycle is completed, allow 5 minutes natural pressure and carefully do a quick pressure release.
  • Open the lid, break up the ground beef and mix to combine with the sauce. If sauce has much liquid in it, using the sauté function, simmer the sauce until reduced to desired consistency. Chesk for salt and seasoning and adjust accordingly. Serve the Bolognese sauce over cooked spaghetti or add it to the sauce and combine then top with grated parmesan cheese.

Notes

How to cook instant pot Bolognese sauce with fresh ground beef
Start by sautéing the chopped onions, grated carrots and chopped celery in hot olive oil until onions is soft and translucent.
Add the ground beef and pork, salt and pepper and cook with the aromatic until browned. Pour the passata over the browned beef then add parsley, red pepper flakes, basil, Worcestershire sauce, garlic granules, tomato paste, bay leaf, beef stock and mix to combine.
Cook on high pressure for 10 minutes, then do 5 minutes NPR and quick release the remaining pressure.
Serve over pasta, spaghetti or use as desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 217kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 20gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 359mgPotassium: 869mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 4011IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 4mg

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