Instant Pot Creamy Sausage Tortellini pasta is an easy dinner recipe made in the pressure cooker with chicken sausage and tortellini in a tomato cream sauce. Just dump in the ingredients, press start, cook and eat!
11-pound packagecooked Italian chicken sausage, sliced thin (Aidell's)
120-ounce package refrigerated tortellini
1cupmarinara sauce
2cupswater
¼cupheavy cream
¼cupgrated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
Add the olive oil to the inner instant pot, and spread evenly around bottom of pot
Arrange the sausage slices evenly in pot, then layer tortellini on top
Pour water around and over tortellini, then add marinara sauce over tortellini. DO NOT STIR
Cover with lid, and turn vent to sealing position. Hit PRESSURE COOK for 3 minutes. Pot may take 10 minutes to reach pressure.
After 3 minutes cook time, do a quick release when pot beeps. When pin drops, carefully remove lid, stir, then stir in cream and Parmesan cheese until blended. Sauce will thicken as it stands.
Notes
Recipe was made in 6-quart Instant Pot electric pressure cooker using pre-cooked Aidell's Italian Chicken sausage, Buitoni tortellini and Barilla marinara sauce. Taste may vary if using different brands.Recipe can also be made in 8-quart Instant Pot.