Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Instant Pot Lasagna
Instant Pot Lasagna brings together onion, ground beef, and italian seasoning. The pressure-release step belongs in your plan for the meal. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 85 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 10 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Beef
- Cuisine
- Italian
- Cooking method
- Pressure cooker
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 16–30 minutes · Total: over 60 minutes
- Dish type
- Casseroles · Pasta
A few quick notes
1. Leave room for the pressure release
The pressure-release step belongs in your plan for the meal. Follow the release sequence in the method rather than treating the end of the cooking timer as the moment to open the cooker.
2. Keep the resting step
Leave the resting or standing step in place when planning the finish. Use that moment to get the serving things ready, and follow the method before cutting, stirring or serving.
3. Keep the lid step in mind
Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. Follow the covered and uncovered parts of the method in their own order, especially when the finish changes partway through.
Get to know the ingredients
Onion
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Brown meat, onion, garlic and Italian seasoning in a frying pan until no pink remains.
Ground beef
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Place lasagna noodles in a bowl or pan and cover with very hot water while you prepare the meat sauce, about 15-20 minutes.
Italian seasoning
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Brown meat, onion, garlic and Italian seasoning in a frying pan until no pink remains.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
Check ingredients as you prepare them. These checks stay on this page.
How to make it
0 of 11 steps completeMake room for Instant Pot Lasagna
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Slice and enjoy. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
Keep an eye on the broiler finish
The broiler is a separate finishing job. Read that part before serving, get the dish ready as directed, and stay with the finish instead of treating it as another long oven step.
Match the preparation in the method
Take a look at the chopping, slicing or shaving step before bringing the parts together. Use the preparation described there so the food goes into the next stage in the form the recipe expects.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the instant pot. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Place lasagna noodles in a bowl or pan and cover with very hot water while you prepare the meat sauce, about 15-20 minutes.
Which little step is worth remembering?
The pressure-release step belongs in your plan for the meal. Follow the release sequence in the method rather than treating the end of the cooking timer as the moment to open the cooker.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: Slice and enjoy.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Spend With Pennies. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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