{"id":14144,"date":"2019-10-14T01:14:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T06:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thereciperebel.com\/?p=14144"},"modified":"2024-08-06T09:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:17:58","slug":"instant-pot-swedish-meatballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thereciperebel.com\/instant-pot-swedish-meatballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs and Noodles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs and Noodles are an easy one pot meal made in the pressure cooker! Made in 30 minutes or less.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Love this recipe? Try my one pan Swedish Meatballs and Noodles next<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s officially fall and I’m craving all the comfort food!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hearty casseroles, carbs and creamy sauces are all back on the table and no one around here is upset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs are really the perfect fall meal — it’s a complete meal in one with no other pots required, plus we’re skipping the hard part and using store bought meatballs (so that you can still get a good meal on the table in between running the kids from one activity to the next).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do want to make your own meatballs, check out my favorite Homemade Meatball recipe<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is my second one pot Instant Pot meatballs recipe, the first being these Honey Garlic Meatballs and Mashed Potatoes<\/a> <\/strong>which we love, but are a little trickier because they require the pot-in-pot pressure cooker method, even though they both cook for exactly the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meatballs are just one of my favorite meals altogether, regardless of season and sauce and what we’re serving them over.<\/p>\n\n\n

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How to make the best Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs and Noodles:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Choose good ingredients<\/strong> — this seems like a no-brainer, but really, when we’re using just a few ingredients in a recipe, you need to pick ingredients you enjoy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Choose low sodium beef broth<\/strong> — if you use regular broth this recipe will be very salty! Using low sodium sauces lets you control how much salt goes in<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Don’t overcook<\/strong> — pasta in the Instant Pot cooks incredibly fast. Normally, I do short cuts of pasta for 2 minutes but I give this recipe an extra minute to ensure the meatballs are heated through.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Quick release<\/strong> — for al dente pasta, you don’t want to let your pasta cook any longer once the cook time is up. For this reason, pasta in the Instant Pot is always a quick release, which means you open the valve to release the pressure right away. If you tend to prefer your pasta with a softer texture, you can wait 5 minutes before opening the valve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Tips for buying great store-bought frozen meatballs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    I know, I know — go ahead and judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But store bought frozen meatballs can make me feel like a superhero on those days where I had no dinner plan and the fridge was empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They are easily transformed into something amazing like these Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs with just a few ingredients, but you want to make sure you choose good meatballs to begin with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A lot of store bought frozen meatballs are filled with weird ingredients and filler — you want to check the package for ingredients you can mostly pronounce. The shorter ingredient list the better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Generally I’ve found with frozen meatballs that the cheapest bag is not what you want to be eating. You might have to spend a little bit more or watch for them on sale (or try Costco or somewhere you can buy a lot at a lower price).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Many stores also have fresh rolled meatballs, which will still require sauteeing in the pressure cooker but it will save you a step.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Tools you’ll need for these Instant Pot meatballs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n