Instant Pot Meatballs Recipe

Recipe By The Spruce Eats

Not only do these delicious italian-style meatballs take fewer than 15 minutes to cook in the instant pot, cleanup is a breeze because there's no need to brown them first; the meatballs are cooked right in the sauce. If you make the pasta while the meatballs and sauce cook, you'll have a spaghetti dinner on the table in record time. Or skip the pasta entirely and pile them into meatball sandwiches. If you're following a keto or low carb diet, serve the meatballs and sauce with spiralized summer squash, zucchini noodles, or spaghetti squash. While a flavorful seasoned tomato sauce is included, feel free to streamline the recipe with about 4 to 6 cups of purchased sauce or your favorite homemade sauce. If you do use an alternative sauce, it might have to be adjusted for the instant pot. A pressure cooker relies on a certain amount of liquid to create the steam it needs and can have difficulty reaching full pressure when a sauce is a bit thick. For this reason, the sauce is thinned slightly with water or beef stock and the tomato paste is added when the sauce is done. If the finished sauce is thinner than you like, just continue cooking for 5 to 10 minutes with the instant pot on the saut setting until it has reduced and thickened.

4.4
19 Rating -
Rate
Non Vegdiet
34minstotal
20minsPrep
14minsCook
34m.total
20m.Prep
14m.Cook
Instant Pot Meatballs
plan
Bookmark

ingredients serve

Ingredients for Instant Pot Meatballs Recipe

  • As required For The Meatballs
  • 1/4 pound Ground Beef
  • 1/4 Large eggs
  • 0.38 Cloves Garlic
  • 1/25 cup Onion
  • 0.06 cup Plain Breadcrumbs
  • 1/25 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 0.03 cup Milk
  • 0.38 tablespoon Parsley
  • 0.13 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
  • 0.19 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 0.06 teaspoon Ground black pepper
  • As required For The Sauce
  • 0.19 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 1/25 cup Onion
  • 1/2 Cloves Garlic
  • 1/4 can Crushed Tomatoes
  • 0.13 can Tomato Sauce
  • 0.13 cup Water
  • 1/4 tablespoon Basil
  • 0.19 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 0.06 teaspoon Ground black pepper
Nutrition
value
374
calories per serving
22 g Fat30 g Protein14 g Carbs2 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    22g
  • Protein
    30g
  • Carbs
    14g
  • Fiber
    2g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    14g
  • Protein
    30g
  • Fiber
    2g

Fats

  • Fat
    22g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    136mg
  • Iron
    5mg
  • Vitamin A
    243mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    7mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    41mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    < 1mcg
  • Vitamin C
    12mg
  • Vitamin E
    1mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    57mg
  • Manganese
    2mg
  • Phosphorus
    334mg
  • Selenium
    25mcg
  • Zinc
    6mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
show more
Recipe By The Spruce Eats