This Instant Pot Whole Spaghetti Squash Recipe is incredibly easy to make! You'll have a delicious low carb alternative to noodles made in a jiffy! Cooking spaghetti squash in the Instant Pot creates perfectly tender spaghetti squash noodles that require little to no effort!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword instant pot spaghetti squash, instant pot whole spaghetti squash
Prep Time 1 minuteminute
Cook Time 16 minutesminutes
time to come to pressure 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 27 minutesminutes
Servings 2
Calories 150kcal
Author Lara Clevenger, Registered Dietitian
Equipment
Trivet
Instant Pot
Ingredients
1spaghetti squashmedium
1cupwater
Instructions
Place the water in the bottom of the instant pot
Next add the trivet
Then place the spaghetti squash on top of the trivet
Place the lid on the instant pot and make sure the knob is set to sealed
Select manual high pressure and set the timer to 16 minutes.
Once the timer goes off preform a quick pressure release.
Once the pressure has all been released carefully remove the lid from the instant pot.
Remove the spaghetti squash from the instant pot and transfer it to a cutting board.
Carefully cut the spaghetti squash in half, this will be very easy.
Next using a spoon scoop out all of the seeds from the spaghetti squash.
Next use a fork to scrap the squash to make “noodles”
Optionally top with salt, pepper, parsley and parmesan cheese.
Notes
If you don’t perform a natural pressure release the squash will be a little water and not have an al dente noodle texture.