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Instant Pot Mini Turkey Pasta for Beginners (No Stress Recipe)

Cooking and Calm

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Today I'm sharing a super soothing and easy 2 portion creamy pasta dish made with ground turkey in the Instant Pot Mini 4Qt 3.8L. This is one of new favourite quick recipes and it's perfect for beginners too. In the video I go through all the steps for making this dish in detail so if you are new to the Instant Pot, you can learn some key techniques like how to avoid the burn notice and how to adapt the steam release for some dishes so it is somewhere in between Quick Release and Natural Pressure Release. All the ingredients are below. I hope you like it!

CHAPTER MARKERS
0:00 Intro
1:04 Ingredients
1:24 Saute the base vegetables and browning the turkey
5:20 Adding the rest of the Ingredients
9:08 Pressure Cooker settings for this recipe
9:33 The secret ingredient
10:40 Hybrid method of pressure release
11:35 Quick Pressure Release
12:17 Finishing the dish
13:46 Serving up

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📋 Recipe Ingredients (serves 2-3 )
1-2 tbsp Olive Oil
1 small to medium onion, chopped
1-2 carrots,diced small
1/2 to 1 celery stick , chopped
200 - 250g (7-9oz)ground turkey mince
180g (6.25 oz) small dried pasta shapes like macaroni (I used De Cecco Chifferi Rigati)
500 mls (2 cups) of good quality stock
1-2 Tbsp tablespoon of balsamic and sun dried tomato puree (or any tomato paste with some flavour)
1/2 a wheel of Boursin or another herby/garlic creamy cheese (a mature sharp cheddar also works well)

Timing and Tips
Pressure Cook: 4 mins High Pressure then wait 1 minute Natural Release then Quick Release until pink pin drops. Stir well to release starch from the pasta , adding the cheese.
Tip:
*If too runny: use saute to evaporate out any excess water
*If too dry, add some extra stock or milk/cream to your taste.
Optional: fresh herbs like basil always perk up these simple dishes if you have any. Extra parmesan is a delicious cheesy optional too!

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20 Comments

@CookingandCalm Creator 7 months ago Pinned

Here's my latest recipe for that lovely little Mini ..a little note if you're new to the Instant Pot Mini…
Some of the key steps in this recipe are:
• Deglazing well before pressure cooking
• Not stirring after adding the tomato paste
• Waiting for 1 minute before Quick Release
If it looks slightly loose when you open the lid — that’s normal. It thickens as it sits (or pop onto saute to bubble off any extra liquid)
If you try this, I’d love to know:
Did you use Boursin, Cheddar or something else?

@gingernut9189 7 months ago

Thank you Susan again, as a woman who lost passion for cooking a pressure cooker is a saviour of my sanity, time and water- quick, no smells of cooking around (I hate a slow cooker for that reason), not much to clean, little water to use comparing with boiling pasta in a pot on the stove. And at this stage of my life I don't care for al dente anymore :-) your dish looks tasty and nutritious and great for left overs, so I don't have to over think planning another meal. Only job left is to label containers for later. Thank you 😊

@thegrowthclinic 7 months ago

Looks like a proper cooking show with the new background lighting etc. - well done

@regina8010 4 months ago

Thank you! More and more often I come to your channel not only for your recipes but also your lovely and calm voice!

@lucyrowell6576 6 months ago

Hi Susan, I’m a single mum of 1 who works full time. I love watching to get ideas of how to use my instant pot. Lots of instant pot recipes are American.

@MartinHetto 5 months ago

This reciepe is great. The meal is delicious. Instead of cheese, I added homemade Greek yogurt and fresh garlic. Thank you for this recipe.

@Kellysher 1 month ago

Susan, I’ve just bought this mini as my first ever instapot, inspired by your channel. Although I am a decent cook, I’ve been a bit intimidated by the instapot! Please keep the recipes coming for this mini model. I eat pretty healthy, and am hoping to be able to find recipes that fit this lifestyle. I’m especially interested in cooking dried beans. Thank you!

@Finchy67 8 days ago

I have not made any of your recipes until today. Let me also say, that I am not overly fond of pasta, but as I am a fairly new Instant Pot user, I thought I would give this a try. I would say that it is the best Pasta dish I have tasted so my thanks to you. I was using the Instant Pot Mini Duo, but these quantities were fine. The only difference that I made was to add some sliced bacon as I had some I needed to use up. I sautéd it first. Everything else the same, although I did use Cheddar. I must have enjoyed it, because it was my meal last night, and I had some for lunch today; cold and equally nice. Thank you.

@labrador1965 12 days ago

I love this.
Just added mushrooms to the dish.

@MsPoodlelove 7 months ago

Absolutely love your channel. I’ve just made this dish with minced quorn & it was delicious. I’m in the UK & I have the old style mini however the new one gives more surface area for frying all the ingredients so may be investing in the new style. Please keep quick & easy recipes for the mini coming as I need to use my instant pot more & know I can rely on your recipes & clear instructions. For me you are the Delia Smith of the Instant Pot world! Kind regards Dianne 😀

@nrusso967 7 months ago

I love your recipes for the Instant Pot Mini, Susan!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

Nancy

@gypsywindadventures 1 month ago

I just made this and it is delicious!! I followed the recipe exactly as I normally do the first time I make a dish except I couldn’t find any of the balsamic sun dried tomato paste, so I used regular tomato paste with 1/2 tsp balsamic glaze on top. This dish is great and I can see adding other veggies next time; Maybe some sautéed mushrooms when adding the cheese. The cheese takes it to another level and I look forward to trying the different Boursin cheeses in this. Thanks again for the recipe!!

@MsPoodlelove 7 months ago

I’ve cooked this twice in my old style mini & it comes out faultless. Thank you so much for this great recipe & wonderfully clear video.

@gordonkerr2172 7 months ago

Thank you so much for this recipe We've just had it for our tea with some green veg just gorgeous It's a keeper

@laurabloemker3789 7 months ago

Looks delicious and easy!

@Mike_Greentea 7 months ago

Looks good 👍

@tinahairston6383 7 months ago

This looks fabulous, Susan!! I still have to get my IP mini.

@NorthcoastPatty 7 months ago

I wanted to dip a cracker in that cheese. Thanks for showing the process and that delightful balsamic sun dried tomatoes. That's a very helpful tip on how to incorporate it. Thank you Susan.

@nassora85 4 months ago

Lovely video, great information, thanks for sharing. It is calm cooking indeed. Will get ingredients and try this one out and let you know how we find it.