Instant Pot Fettuccini Alfredo is a creamy and delicious pasta dish made with cooked fettuccini pasta tossed in a creamy Alfredo sauce and steamed broccoli.A comforting meal for a weekday dinner.
I have used store brought Alfredo sauce in this recipe, but you can easily prepare the sauce at home.
WHAT TO SERVE WITH CREAMY FETTUCCINI ALFREDO
You or your kid can enjoy a big bowl of Creamy Fettuccini Alfredo and call it a meal or enjoy with crusty bread and salad.
HOW TO MAKE FETTUCCINI ALFREDO IN INSTANT POT STEP BY STEP
Firstly gather all the ingredients required to make the pasta.
- Fettuccine noodles – can substitute linguine pasta or spaghetti pasta
- Alfredo sauce – I have used store brought classic creamy alfredo sauce from Traders Joe.You can prepare the sauce at home as well.
- Broccoli – I have steamed broccoli before adding to the pasta.You can find how to steam broccoli in INSTANT POT here.
Add water, salt to the Instant pot.Mix well.Then add the dry fettuccini noodles, most of the pasta should be covered in the water. If it is not, add some more water.
Close the lid on the pot, and turn pressure valve to SEALING position.Set the pot to MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK (High Pressure) and set timer to 4 minutes.
Using fettuccini noodles in this recipe which has 10 minutes for cooking on stove top. So to cook on Instant Pot – Divide the cook time by half and minus one for al dente pasta.So its 4 minutes.For softer pasta do 5 minutes.
When the instant pot beeps, Wait 2-3 minutes and then Quick Release the remaining pressure manually.Open the lid, drain if there is any extra water.
Turn on Sauté mode.Stir in the alfredo sauce, black pepper ,salt and steamed broccoli and mix everything well.Add more alfredo sauce if you want more creamy texture.Cook for about 3-4 minutes stirring in between.
When done garnish with dried or fresh parsley and serve immediately.
STOVE TOP METHOD WITH HOMEMADE ALFREDO SAUCE:
Homemade Alfredo Sauce can be made with following ingredients —
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese or more
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt & pepper to taste
- parsley for garnish
- 8 oz fettuccini noodles
- Prepare pasta according to package. Drain and set aside.Reserve some pasta water.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add heavy cream and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- Next add garlic powder and cheese and whisk until all the cheese melts.
- Add some steamed broccoli ,cooked fettuccine pasta, pepper, salt and toss pasta in the sauce.
- If sauce is too thick, then add the reserved pasta water gradually and finally sprinkle some parsley.
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Instant Pot Fettuccini Alfredo
Ingredients
Measuring cup used ,1 cup = 250ml
- 8 oz dry fettuccine noodles, broken into pieces
- 15 oz alfredo sauce (around 1.5 cups)
- 2 cups water ,to cook pasta
- salt and black pepper powder to taste
- 1 cup steamed (cooked) broccoli florets
- 1 tablespoon fresh or dried parsley
Instructions
INSTANT POT METHOD:
- Add water, salt to the Instant pot.Mix well.Then add the dry fettuccini noodles, most of the pasta should be covered in the water. If it is not, add some more water.
- Close the lid on the pot, and turn pressure valve to SEALING position.Set the pot to MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK (High Pressure) and set timer to 4 minutes.
- Using fettuccini noodles in this recipe which has 10 minutes for cooking on stove top. So to cook on Instant Pot – Divide the cook time by half and minus one for al dente pasta.So its 4 minutes.For softer pasta do 5 minutes.
- When the instant pot beeps, Wait 2-3 minutes and then Quick Release the remaining pressure manually.Open the lid, drain if there is any extra water.
- Turn on Sauté mode.Stir in the alfredo sauce, black pepper ,salt and steamed broccoli and mix everything well.Add more alfredo sauce if you want more creamy texture.Cook for about 3-4 minutes stirring in between
- When done garnish with dried or fresh parsley and serve immediately.
STOVE TOP METHOD WITH HOMEMADE ALFREDO SAUCE:
- Prepare pasta according to package. Drain and set aside.Reserve some pasta water.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add heavy cream and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- Next add garlic powder and cheese and whisk until all the cheese melts.
- Add some steamed broccoli ,cooked fettuccine pasta, pepper, salt and toss pasta in the sauce.
- If sauce is too thick, then add the reserved pasta water gradually and finally sprinkle some parsley.
Notes
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