Pressure Cooker Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti

This pressure cooker chicken spaghetti was a real hit for dinner tonight! If you love our easy Ninja Foodi spaghetti and Instant Pot recipes, this is a weeknight dinner you’ll want to make.

Instant Pot Chicken Spaghetti Recipe

This one pot meal is done in less than 20 minutes!!! You can make it in your Crockpot Express or as one of our Ninja foodi recipes too. That means it’s a real winner. The only real prep is to cube chicken breasts and dice your onion up. The rest you can just dump in, pressure cook, lift the lid and stir!

If you love traditional Instant Pot spaghetti we have instructions for that too. It is the ONLY way I make this “old fashioned” dinner because it takes no time at all. This too requires no boiling and is all cooked in one pot. 

That’s my kinda’ easy pressure cooker recipe. I got the idea for our pressure cooker cheesy chicken spaghetti recipe from a viewer actually!

She messaged me on The Typical Mom Facebook page and asked if I had a recipe for easy chicken spaghetti and I didn’t. I said it was a great idea though and I would attempt it the next week.

The beauty of this method is that the cook time for this one pot spaghetti is like cut in thirds. A busy family like us needs all the help we can get y’all. I often forget what time it is and realize around 4pm that oh, everyone is starving I probably need to figure something out. So there’s that…..

Tips

I made my first version which I share at the very bottom of this page. Then on the second go around I switched things around a bit and used Velveeta instead of shredded cheese. That is a substitution you can make too for a much richer flavor. I include both recipes below.

The Velveeta version has more of a kick to it (a bit of heat) because I swapped out some chicken broth for another can of Rotel. You can decide which recipe you’d like to try. They’re both yummy.

No need for cooking the chicken ahead of time. You can just add everything and have it cook together. Use leftover chicken or fresh. Watch the video that’s embedded in this post first. Honestly the longer this sits the better it gets and is amazing the next day as leftovers. And I might even admit that it is better the next day reheated too. 😉

This version uses Velveeta as stated below in the recipe card. I have another version above the printable card that does not use it. Choose either one.

Ingredient Notes

1. Velveeta – half a block, or I found a package with 5 smaller blocks and used 3 of the 5 pieces, about 10 oz.
2. Rotel I like better than diced tomatoes because it has more heat to it
3. Cream of mushroom soup will make it creamy for the sauce
4. Cream of chicken condensed soup, I like 1 can of each but you could use 2 of the same if you prefer. I like this better than cream cheese which others may use.
5. Spaghetti noodles, straight I used here but really any shape or variety will work. Add uncooked
6. Chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, diced are preferred but thighs are another option
7. Diced onions and bell peppers could be added if you’d like

Pressure cooker, if you have an Instant Pot I HIGHLY recommend getting a non stick pot. Great for all recipes & to help prevent burn notice.

Variations

Leave onions and peppers out entirely if you have really picky eaters at home that don’t like any sort of crunchy items. Other version using shredded cheese and very little heat is below this recipe card. After this try our pressure cooker jambalaya too!

without Rotel

This is a picture of the above recipe that has real cheese in it versus velveeta and doesn’t have a kick like the first recipe does. I would say if I had to choose from the 2 I would opt for the velveeta version but honestly I usually use what I have in the house so it depends on the night.

There is a decent amount of sodium in packaged cheese so salt and pepper is not necessary. There will not be a lack of flavor for sure. Looking for more pressure cooker chicken recipes? We have a ton of them on our site but have listed below a couple favorites that pair with this well.

How to Cook Instant Pot Chicken Spaghetti

You could make pressure cooker bread to serve with this if you wanted though I don’t really feel it needs much of anything. If you wanted to make veggies with it I would suggest Instant Pot brussel sprouts is a great side dish with any protein or pasta.

How do you jazz up spaghetti?

Add meat and some heat!! You can first cook up some Instant Pot chicken and then dice or shred it up. Add it into your pot with the noodles, diced tomatoes with chiles like we showed you here and bam!! Gives you a heartier meal with a boost of protein which is great.

Do people eat chicken with spaghetti?

Ummmmm, yes and if you haven’t tried it yet you are in for a real surprise. If you love thighs use that or if white meat is all you consume then go with that too. It is very versatile as long as you use boneless skinless pieces in bite size pieces. It will suck up the creamy sauce just like our Instant Pot butter chicken dish does.

Can you use leftover chicken to make chicken spaghetti?

Absolutely!! It doesn’t matter whether you use precooked or raw chicken into the pot at the beginning. You should use the same cook time just so that the other ingredients cook to al dente and under high pressure it will only get more tender in the cooking process.

Can you cook spaghetti noodles in an Instant Pot?

You can really use your Instant Pot to cook any type of pasta. Just sprinkle it in with liquid or other ingredients like our chicken spaghetti and set to 9 minutes.  This will ensure it will come out just a touch al dente. Nobody likes mushy noodles!  Take note that the Instant Pot will spend about 10-11 minutes heating up before it begins to reach pressure and start to cook

SO, if you set it for 4 minutes, the whole process will take about 15 minutes. You can find many more Instant Pot pasta recipes here as well, enjoy friends!