Instant Pot Bang Bang Pasta

By jiafei

8 Person

14 Minutes

361 Calories

This easy and flavorful bang bang pasta is made in the Instant Pot. No need to drain the water from your pasta! Bang Bang pasta is one of our go-to meals. The bang-bang sauce is creamy, savory, spicy and sweet. Today, I’m sharing an Instant Pot version. The pasta sauce does not need to be cooked. All you need to do is whisk a few ingredients together and then you toss it with the hot pasta.

Ingredients

Bang Bang Sauce

1 1/2 tbsp. Lime juice
1 tbsp. Sriracha sauce
1 tbsp. Honey
1/2 cup Thai sweet chili sauce
3/4 cup Light mayonnaise

Handful of fresh parsley finely chopped
1 pound Precooked shrimp if buying frozen, make sure to completely thaw
3 1/2 cups Water
1 pound Spaghetti noodles

Method

01

Break spaghetti noodles in half and place into the inner pot that comes with your Instant Pot. Try to spread the noodles out as much as possible across the bottom of the pot, so that they are not stuck together and are not stacked too high. Pour water over noodles.
02

Seal your Instant Pot and set to manual mode, 4 minutes, high pressure. When Instant Pot is done, perform a quick release.
03

When it is safe to do so, remove the lid from your Instant Pot. Initially, there will still be some water in your pot. This is normal. Keeping the pot in warm mode, stir your noodles to make sure noodles at the surface are mixed in and fully cooked (sometimes some of the noodles in the top layer are still slightly under-cooked, but they can continue to cook if you quickly mix them in with the other noodles). You should also stir to break up any noodles that may have gotten stuck together during cooking. As you stir, you should notice that the water is evaporating. Continue to stir until all the water is gone from the bottom of the pot and your noodles are mostly dry. (This took me about 2-3 minutes).
04

Add the cooked shrimp into your noodles and stir a few times until shrimp are warmed and evenly mixed in.
05

Pour in the sauce and stir until noodles are evenly coated in sauce. Dish out noodles. Garnish with parsley before serving.

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Instant Pot Bang Bang Pasta

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( By jiafei )

01 Information

Grade easy
Serving 8 servings
Calorie 361 Kcal
Prep Time 10 Mins
Cook Time 4 Mins
Total Time 14 Mins

02 Ingredients

Bang Bang Sauce

1 1/2 tbsp. Lime juice

1 tbsp. Sriracha sauce

1 tbsp. Honey

1/2 cup Thai sweet chili sauce

3/4 cup Light mayonnaise

Handful of fresh parsley finely chopped

1 pound Precooked shrimp if buying frozen, make sure to completely thaw

3 1/2 cups Water

1 pound Spaghetti noodles

03 Method

Step 1

Break spaghetti noodles in half and place into the inner pot that comes with your Instant Pot. Try to spread the noodles out as much as possible across the bottom of the pot, so that they are not stuck together and are not stacked too high. Pour water over noodles.

Step 2

Seal your Instant Pot and set to manual mode, 4 minutes, high pressure. When Instant Pot is done, perform a quick release.

Step 3

When it is safe to do so, remove the lid from your Instant Pot. Initially, there will still be some water in your pot. This is normal. Keeping the pot in warm mode, stir your noodles to make sure noodles at the surface are mixed in and fully cooked (sometimes some of the noodles in the top layer are still slightly under-cooked, but they can continue to cook if you quickly mix them in with the other noodles). You should also stir to break up any noodles that may have gotten stuck together during cooking. As you stir, you should notice that the water is evaporating. Continue to stir until all the water is gone from the bottom of the pot and your noodles are mostly dry. (This took me about 2-3 minutes).

Step 4

Add the cooked shrimp into your noodles and stir a few times until shrimp are warmed and evenly mixed in.

Step 5

Pour in the sauce and stir until noodles are evenly coated in sauce. Dish out noodles. Garnish with parsley before serving.

04 Author