{"id":31914,"date":"2018-10-13T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T22:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/?p=31914"},"modified":"2019-09-14T21:02:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T03:02:11","slug":"pressure-cooker-pepperoni-pizza-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/pressure-cooker-pepperoni-pizza-pasta\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Pepperoni Pizza Pasta"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Pepperoni Pizza Pasta is a perfect family meal. It’s hearty and filling with an irresistible golden, cheesy top. If you don’t have the new Ninja Foodi, you can also make this in your Instant Pot or other brand of electric pressure cooker. <\/em><\/p>\n

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The Ninja Foodi is a pressure cooker air fryer combo appliance that let’s you pressure cook and then crisp up \/ brown what you’ve pressure cooked right in the same pot. It’s a fun new appliance that I reviewed a couple of weeks ago: Ninja Foodi Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Pepperoni Pizza Pasta is from the cookbook that came with the Foodi. It’s similar to a Pepperoni Pizza Pasta recipe in my cookbook, The Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook<\/a>, so I wanted to give their version a try. <\/p>\n

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Making Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Pepperoni Pizza Pasta<\/h2>\n

The Foodi recipe used an 8 inch pepperoni sausage cut into pieces in the sauce. I decided to try using Italian sausage so I could test out the Foodi’s saute function.<\/p>\n

I was curious if the nonstick ceramic pot would brown as well as a stainless steel pot. As you can see from the photos above, the Ninja Foodi did a great browning the sausage.<\/p>\n

My local grocery stores sells a ground country-style chicken sausage that my family loves, so I used their spicy Italian chicken sausage. Chicken sausage doesn’t always brown well, so you have to preheat your pot before you start to brown.<\/p>\n

After you’ve browned and drained the sausage, you’ll add the remaining sauce ingredients and noodles and pressure cook the pasta right in the sauce.<\/p>\n

Once you’ve finished the pressure cooking steps, then you add the pepperoni cheese layer on top and brown it right in the Foodi.<\/p>\n

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Instead of using full-size pepperoni slices, I switched it up and used pepperoni minis. I like to use the mini pepperoni because they spread more evenly and you get more pepperoni in every bite.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have enough mozzarella cheese for both layers of cheese, so I used a Colby Jack shredded cheese blend for the first layer. Then, I layered on the mini pepperoni and finished with the mozzarella cheese.<\/p>\n

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Making Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker) Pepperoni Pizza Pasta<\/h2>\n

If you don’t have a Foodi, which most of you won’t because it’s so new, you can top the pressure cooker pasta with the cheese and pepperoni. Then put the pressure cooker lid back on and let the heat from the pasta melt the cheese.<\/p>\n

Or, if you don’t mind washing another pan, put the pasta in a 9\u00d713 pan after pressure cooking. Add the cheese and pepperoni layers and bake it in a 400\u00b0F oven for a few minutes until the cheese is melted and browned.<\/p>\n

This recipe was a big hit with my family. If your family loves pasta and pizza, they’re going to love this recipe as well.<\/p>\n