The starches the pasta releases as it cooks help create a rich, silky sauce.

Everything cooks in one pot for easy cleanup.

(And if you don’t think that is possible, you clearly haven’t tried the Ultimate Creamy Mac and Cheese in The Well Plated Cookbook yet, but I digress.)Īs Instant Pot Spaghetti demonstrates, making pasta in a pressure cooker has distinct advantages over the stove-top method. In Well Plated style, I was determined to come up with a healthy Instant Pot mac and cheese that didn’t skimp on flavor and comfort.

Part of what made this mac and cheese recipe tricky to get right is that I couldn’t let it be just any mac and cheese you can make in a pressure cooker. Water, noodles, four minutes of pressure cook time, add the cheese. Or rather, you haven’t tried this Instant Pot mac and cheese.Īfter having multiple recipe fails on a dish that the internet assured me was foolproof, I can now attest this is the best, creamiest, most (actually) foolproof recipe of them all. Pin this recipe on Pinterest to save for later Pin It!

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