Instant Pot Pasta Carbonara Recipe - Crunchy Creamy Sweet (2024)

Instant Pot Pasta Carbonara Recipe - the easiest pasta dish you can make in your pressure cooker! Spaghetti noodles tossed with bacon, grease and egg and Parmesan mixture to make the sauce, make this pasta dish a huge favorite!

If you want to serve it with sauce, try my Homemade Alfredo Sauce and serve it all with a simple salad with my Italian Dressing.

I took the concept of one-pot pasta and made one of my Hubby's favorite pasta dishes, Pasta Carbonara, in my Instant Pot pressure cooker. It's unbelievablyeasy to make and you will have only the IP insert to clean. Win-win!

INSTANT POT PASTA CARBONARA

This Instant Pot Pasta Carbonara is one of the easiest meals you can make in your Instant Pot. It's creamy, flavorful and satisfying. Toss cooked spaghetti noodles in crispy bacon, add the mixture of Parmesan cheese and egg and stir until creamy. Garnish with chopped parsley and devour!

HOW TO MAKE PASTA CARBONARA IN INSTANT POT?

• Start by chopping bacon and garlic. Set aside.
• Place pasta, water and butter in Instant Pot, close lid, set valve to sealing position, press "manual" or "pressure cook" setting and set timer to 7 minutes. The IP will take about 10 to come to pressure. Once the timer is done, wait 1 minute, then switch the valve to ventingto release pressure. Carefully open the lid away from your face. Spoon out ½ cup of pasta water into a measuring cup. Set aside. Drain pasta and discard rest of the pasta water. Keep spaghetti in the colander.
• Place IP insert back in the IP and press "saute" setting. Wait 1 minute, then add olive oil. Add chopped bacon and cook until crispy. Add garlic to IP and stir. Add one tablespoon of butter and let melt. Press "cancel/off" button. Add spaghetti back to the Instant Pot. Stir well, coating with bacon and grease.
• Slowly add egg and cheese mixture, stirring constantly, to prevent the egg from scrambling. It should turn into a creamy sauce with the spaghetti. Add reserved pasta water, a little bit at a time, and stir well.
• Serve garnished with more shredded Parmesan, chopped parsley. For a little bit of spice, sprinkle crushed red pepper flakes over each serving.

HOW LONG DO YOU COOK SPAGHETTI IN THE INSTANT POT?

That's my favorite part of this easy dish! You cook the spaghetti noodles right in your Instant Pot in just 7 minutes! Arraning it in a criss-cross pattern and adding 1 tablespoon of butter on top prevents the noodles from sticking to each other. Reserve ½ cup of the pasta water after cooking, drain the rest. When the bacon is nice and crispy, you add the pasta back to the IP and toss with bacon and the grease. Talk about flavor!

INSTANT POT PASTA CARBONARA VARIATIONS:

• add more meat: add cubed chicken, ham or Italian sausage and cook with bacon, before tossing in the pasta.
• add veggies: spinach, sweet peas, sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, even broccoli and cauliflower.
• use different noodles: angel hair, fettuccine, linguine or even bow tie pasta can be used to make this dish. The rule is to cook it for half the time mentioned in instructions on the box.

WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS INSTANT POT PASTA CARBONARA:

Instant Pot pressure cooker (I have the DUO60 6qt and Ultra 6qt <<--- affiliate links)

wooden spoon

cutting board and knife

colander

measuring cup

MORE INSTANT POT PASTA RECIPES:

Instant Pot Spaghetti

Instant Pot Baked Ziti

Instant Pot Mac and Cheese

Instant Pot Tuscan Chicken Pasta

For more IP recipe, feel free to browse our Instant Pot category.

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