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Easy Homemade Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

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Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce in a black bowl and wood background; napkin with bread on the side - Paint the Kitchen Red

This Easy Homemade Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce is a one-pot pressure cooker recipe and does NOT use jar spaghetti sauce.  The sauce is made from scratch and the spaghetti and sauce are cooked together to make a quick and easy, kid-friendly, delicious meal! If you've been following my blog, you'll probably notice that this recipe is a departure from the usual, which tends to be international and/or spicy.  That doesn't mean we don't eat Mac and Cheese or Spaghetti; it's just ...

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Instant Pot Thai Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang)

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Instant Pot Thai Grilled Chicken Thighs on dark background with sprinkled cilantro and green onions

Instant Pot Thai Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang) is a pressure cooker adaptation of the popular Thai street food.  The recipe uses chicken thighs, which are meaty and perfect for cooking in the Instant Pot, because they stay moist.  Finishing on the grill and glazing with Thai sweet chili sauce gives the chicken a spicy sweet barbecue flavor that's irresistible! Like most folks who live through snowy and cold winters, we love spending as much time outdoors as we can in the summertime!  And that ...

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Easy Chinese-style Instant Pot Fried Rice

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Instant Pot Fried Rice - bowl of rice with vegetables garnished with green onions in blue bowl on blue napkin with chopsticks

If you're looking for that last-minute accompaniment to complete your dinner menu and you don't have a lot of time, this Instant Pot Fried Rice is perfect for you.  This pressure cooker rice recipe calls for frozen vegetables and ingredients you probably have on hand and requires minimal prep work.  Add some sriracha sauce to give it that extra zing! This recipe should be called Instant Pot 'Unfried' Rice because it's actually not fried at all. But although it may not be fried, it is ...

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Quick and Easy Instant Pot Carne Asada

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Instant Pot Carne Asada - three tacos with purple cabbage, tomatoes, cheese, cilantro on a blue background with salsa, red chilis and cut lime

Now you can make delicious Instant Pot Carne Asada at home using this quick and easy recipe!  The marinade gives the beef wonderful flavor and the Instant Pot cooks the beef perfectly tender and juicy.  Instant Pot Carne Asada can be used in tacos, nachos, burritos, or a Mexican rice bowl with your choice of toppings. If you love ordering Carne Asada street tacos from your favorite food truck or Mexican restaurant, you're going to love this recipe.  The recipe is super easy and the ...

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Easy Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala

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Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala in bowl on bright blue plate, with yellow rice, red onions and green chilis and yogurt (raita) in bowls in background - Paint the Kitchen Red

This Easy Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala recipe makes a restaurant-quality Indian curry that has succulent pieces of boneless chicken in a flavorful creamy sauce.  Ginger, garlic and Indian spices combine to give the curry a heavenly aroma and taste!  Now there's no reason to go for takeout; cooking this recipe at home in the Instant Pot allows you to get the dish on the table in less than 30 minutes, with fresh and healthy ingredients! Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala is the recipe most ...

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