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This delicious Instant Pot Ravioli is a simple weeknight dinner that the whole family will love. Packed with flavor and ready in a flash, you’ll find yourself making this pressure cooker pasta every week!
This Instant Pot ravioli is both kid and adult approved.
It is one of those glorious one-pot dishes where you can just push a button, walk away, and dinner is done in a flash. Sounds heavenly, right?
The best-kept secret of this dish is that it is BETTER the next day. So write this at the top of your meal prep list and get ready to crush your weeknight dinner routine.
We have tested this recipe with both fresh/refrigerated and frozen ravioli. While we prefer fresh, frozen is infinitely more affordable (at least half the price!), and still works great.
Frozen ravioli is easy to keep on hand and can be stored in the freezer for months. Just a head’s up that the final texture will be a bit softer, but just as delicious.
For the marinara, you can use prepared or homemade (related: crockpot spaghetti sauceor freezer spaghetti sauce)
Pro Tips/Recipe Notes
- I don’t recommend adjusting the water that is called for in the recipe. Any less and you risk a “burn notice” with your pressure cooker, especially with the newer/more finicky models. If the sauce you use is on the watery-side, you can thicken the dish after it cooks with a bit of tomato paste.
- This recipe has not been tested with gluten-free ravioli, and results cannot be guaranteed.
- Do not defrost frozen ravioli prior to adding it to the Instant Pot.
- If you’d like to add meat to your sauce, it needs to be cooked ahead of time.
- This dish will thicken overnight in the fridge.
Instant Pot Ravioli
Ingredients
- 4 cups ravioli, fresh or frozen {~20 oz}
- 2 cups water {or broth}
- 2 cups prepared marinara
Instructions
- Combine water and ravioli in the Instant Pot insert. Stir.2 cups water, 4 cups ravioli, fresh or frozen
- Add marinara sauce, and stir to combine.2 cups prepared marinara
- Lock the lid into place and set the steam release handle (valve on top) to “Sealing”. Press Manual>High Pressure>1 minute.
- When the Instant Pot has finished cooking, it will beep and switch to ”keep warm". Allow it to sit with the lid on for 1 minute and then do a manual release with the nozzle set to venting.
- Stir and serve.
Notes
- Do not defrost frozen tortellini prior to cooking it.
- If you’d like to add meat to your sauce, it needs to be cooked ahead of time.
- 1 minute cooking time will give you an “al dente” pasta. If you prefer softer ravioli, cook for 2 minutes.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
WHAT TO SERVE WITH INSTANT POT PASTA
This is a carb-forward dish, so I like to pair it with something that is veggie-centered! A side of Kale Chopped Salad, Frozen Roasted Broccoli, Air Fryer Roasted Beets, Roasted Frozen Vegetables, Air Fryer Green Bean Fries, or Cucumber and Onion Salad.
Why have I never thought to try to make frozen ravioli in the IP before?!?! So smart and no draining. And it turned out better than on the stove top. I also threw in a bag of frozen party meatballs (TJs for the win) and it saved me from thinking and working too hard on dinner. Thanks Sarah!
I love the idea of the meatballs too, Jackie! Were they fully cooked with the ravioli, or did they need a bit more time?
Sarah,
Are these recipes above, the same ones in the cookbook above too (Prep Once, Cook Twice)? Karel cz I can’t find a direction book for my quick pot. My husband like to scoop up boxes after unpacking things to garbage bins before checking thru them is my thought as to where that went…😒😖
Hi Karel, that cookbook linked is one that I wrote. It’s not an Instant Pot cookbook. It’s more how to meal prep ingredients and then use them for multiple recipes over the course of a few weeks.
When I need help with appliances, I google the type of appliance and then “instruction manual” and can usually find it. So you could google “Instant Pot model (fill in your details) instruction manual PDF”, I bet there is a digital version out there.
I just went and looked at my Instant Pot and the model number was on a white sticker on the back near where the cord is connected to the base.
Hope this helps!
I did this with Kite Hill Ravioli. 1 minute is definitely not enough time to cook. it, so I did a total of 4 minutes which was better.
Alternative ingredients can definitely impact cooking time. Glad you found a time that worked for you!