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A bowl of Instant Pot Sausage Ragu on Spaghetti

Instant Pot Sausage Ragu

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  • Author: Mike Vrobel
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Yield: 6-8 servings 1x

Description

Sausage Ragu in the Instant Pot is a quick and easy pasta sauce, thanks to pressure cooking.

Ingredients

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Soffrito

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 1 celery rib, diced
  • 1 large carrot, peeled and diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning spice blend

Everything Else

  • ½ cup red wine (or water)
  • 2 ½ pounds Italian sausage (bulk sausage or links with casings removed)
  • 1 cup chicken broth, preferably homemade chicken broth, or water
  • 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Fry the soffrito: Heat the oil in an Instant Pot set to sauté mode - high (or use medium-high heat with a stovetop PC). When the oil shimmers, about 3 minutes, add the onion, celery, carrot, and garlic. Sprinkle with the crushed red pepper flakes, ½ teaspoons of salt, and dried Italian seasoning, then saute, stirring occasionally, until the onion softens, about 5 minutes.
  2. Simmer the wine: Pour the wine into the pot and stir, scraping any stuck bits of onion loose from the bottom. Simmer the wine for 1 minute to boil off some of the alcohol.
  3. Add the sausage, then everything in the pot: Stir the sausage into the pot and cook, stirring often and breaking up any clumps of sausage until it loses its pink color, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken broth and crushed tomatoes.
  4. Pressure cook for 20 minutes with a Natural Release: Lock the lid. Pressure cook on high pressure for 20 minutes in an Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker or for 16 minutes if using a stovetop PC. (Use Manual, Pressure Cook, or Pressure Cook—Custom mode in an Instant Pot, set to 20 minutes.) Let the pressure come down naturally, about 20 more minutes. (If you're in a hurry, quick release any remaining pressure after 15 minutes.)
  5. Serve: Unlock the lid, opening it away from you. (The steam is still hot). Stir in the fresh ground black pepper. Serve over a pound of pasta.

Equipment

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Category: weeknight dinner
  • Method: Pressure Cooker
  • Cuisine: Italian

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