Instant Pot Sausage and Peppers

5 from 1 vote

Instant Pot Sausage and Peppers

This Instant Pot Sausage and Peppers dish is a tasty all-in-one meal. Everything cooks together in the instant pot! Enjoy as a low carb dinner or serve with mashed potatoes or rice.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Dinner, Instant Pot, low-carb

Keyword: Instant Pot Sausage and Peppers

Cooking Method: Instant Pot

Servings: servings

Calories: 535kcal

Author: MelanieCooks.com

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

1/2 cup water
1 onion
3 bell peppers
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
5 Italian sausages
1 cup tomato sauce

Instructions

Start by adding a 1/2 cup of water to the instant pot.
Peel and slice the onion. Next, separate out the slices and add them to the instant pot.
Wash as many bell peppers as you would like in the final dish. Core the bell peppers and slice them. Add them to the instant pot.
Sprinkle in a 1/2 tsp each of garlic powder and Italian seasoning.
Add sausages and finally, the tomato sauce on top.
Cover the instant pot with lid and set the valve to the sealing position. Cook on high pressure for 20 minutes, then quick release the steam.
Once the pin has dropped, you can open the instant pot and pour the contents into a heat-proof serving dish.

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Notes

This recipe calls for garlic powder and Italian seasoning, but you can use any seasoning you like on sausage and peppers. You probably do not need salt, as the sausage comes pre-seasoned, but you can always check at the end of cooking time and add salt to taste
Placing the tomato sauce at the top of the instant pot prevents the "burn" notification that some instant pots show if the sauce cooks at the bottom of the pot
If the sauce seems too liquidy after cooking, remove the sausage and peppers from the sauce and serving alongside, so people can use as much sauce as they would like. This tomato-based sauce is also delicious over mashed potatoes or rice.

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