I have to say that this Instant Pot ground beef lazy lasagna recipe is easily a favorite family dinner recipe. If pasta had no calories we would have this multiple times a week.
Plus it might be hard to come by some delicious ground beef Instant Pot recipes, this one is truly delicious. It is the perfect Instant Pot lazy lasagna recipe!
You kids will love this recipe, they can even help you might this easy lasagna recipe. Or if you have older kids, they can make this for you, it is that simple!
Lasagna is a great entrée! Turn it into a full blown meal with our Sheet Pan Garlic Breadsticks, Instant Pot Green Beans, and finish dinner off with our tasty Layered Brownie Pudding Dessert recipe!
Ingredients Needed For This Instant Pot Ground Beef Lazy Lasagna Recipe:
- Ground beef
- Garlic powder
- Italian seasoning
- Bow tie pasta
- Beef broth
- Spaghetti sauce
- Sour cream
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How To Make Instant Pot Ground Beef Lazy Lasagna Recipe:
- Press the SAUTE button and when it has heated up, add ground beef, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning. Cook until ground beef is no longer pink
- Drain grease if desired.
- Dump uncooked bow tie pasta on top of meat and spread evenly.
- Pour beef broth on top of the pasta, covering as much (if not all) of the pasta as possible.
- Pour the spaghetti sauce on top of the pasta. Do not mix – just leave as is.
- Place lid on top of Instant Pot and turn valve to SEALING (not venting).
- Press MANUAL (or PRESSURE COOK) and set timer for 4 minutes.
- Once it’s done cooking, do a QUICK RELEASE of the pressure (if foam and bubbles start spewing out, move the valve back to venting and wait a minute or two for some of the pressure to die down before opening the valve back up).
- Remove the lid
- Stir in the sour cream and mozzarella cheese and mix until sour cream and cheese are completely melted and smooth.
- Dish and serve topped with Parmesan cheese and fresh basil.
PRO TIP: By not mixing the spaghetti sauce into everything else will help avoid getting the burn notice.
Sour Cream Substitutes
I know not everyone loves sour cream, or if you are looking for a way to make a recipe a little healthier, you can find a healthy alternative to sour cream.
If you aren’t sure what you can use to replace sour cream, take a look at The Pioneer Woman’s list of the 10 Best Sour Cream Substitutes for Any Recipe.
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If you have not taken the leap into the world of Instant Pots (even though you totally should!) then take a look at our 20 Minute Skillet Lasagna, it was the inspiration for this delectable Instant Pot recipe.
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Instant Pot Ground Beef Lazy Lasagna Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef, (can also use Italian sausage)
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 12 ounces bow tie pasta
- 2 cups beef broth
- 26 ounces spaghetti sauce
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¾ cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese, optional topping
- Fresh Chopped basil, optional topping
Instructions
- Press the SAUTE button and when it has heated up, add ground beef, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning. Cook until ground beef is no longer pink
- Drain grease if desired.
- Dump uncooked bow tie pasta on top of meat and spread evenly.
- Pour beef broth on top of the pasta, covering as much (if not all) of the pasta as possible.
- Pour the spaghetti sauce on top of the pasta. Do not mix – just leave as is.
- Place lid on top of Instant Pot and turn valve to SEALING (not venting).
- Press MANUAL (or PRESSURE COOK) and set timer for 4 minutes.
- Once it's done cooking, do a QUICK RELEASE of the pressure (if foam and bubbles start spewing out, move the valve back to venting and wait a minute or two for some of the pressure to die down before opening the valve back up).
- Remove the lid
- Stir in the sour cream and mozzarella cheese and mix until sour cream and cheese are completely melted and smooth.
- Dish and serve topped with Parmesan cheese and fresh basil.
Notes
Nutrition
Did You Make This Recipe?We’d love to hear your thoughts! Leave a review or a question in the comment section below the post.
was so simple but the taste YUMMY. added a little more italian stuff, a little more garlic powder,sour cream. but my family loved it so much its in my home made cookbook.
Could I substitute Ricotta cheese for the sour cream?
Thanks
I’m sure it will work. The texture and flavor are definitely nothing similar.
I will never cook a regular lasagne again! This has saved me during our kitchen renos ❤️ Even though I had to convert the amounts to grams (in Australia) this is a real winner thanks so much for making this mums life a little easier.
You are welcome Bethany! We are so glad you like this easy lasagna recipe.
Hi if I used frozen already cooked ground beef how would I cook in my Instant pot? Still the 4 minutes or longer?
This is my go to recipe if I’m short on time. My husband and daughter love it!
This is a winner! It’s something easy I can make during the work/school week and something my two kids (Ages 5 and 3) will actually eat!!
What would happen if I substituted the spaghetti sauce with Alfredo sauce (I like that one better)?
It should be just fine!
This recipe was easy and it was so good!!
Ricotta works so well instead of sour cream here, tastes more like lasagna. Cottage cheese works too. Also recipe says to set on manual or pressure cook for four min but does not say to set on High or Low?
When we push our pressure cook button it defaults to high.
This Lazy Lasagna was great! So fast and easy. I used 1/4 c sour cream and 1/4 cup cottage cheese. Hubs requested it be out in the monthly rotation.
I absolutely LOVE the cookbook above. I use it at least once a week. It is worth EVERY penny!
Yay! It’s a win when they ask for it to be in the rotation.
Can you use penne pasta instead of bow ties?
Yes, Penne pasta should work just fine.
Just have to say we love this recipe, so good and easy! I use ricotta and fresh mozzarella, so yummy!
As always, I first made this exactly to the recipe and it was DELICIOUS! So so good, plenty of flavour, good texture, easy peasy to make.
Also as always, the next time I made it I tweaked it to my family’s preferences; 500g beef mince, 500g pork mince, tripled the garlic powder and herbs, 6 cups of beef stock instead of two, doubled the sour cream and cheese to make lasagne soup, which is how we like it. This also makes more servings so we have leftovers for lunches, to freeze, etc.
One of the best things about SSS is that their recipes really don’t need tweaking at all, they are always so delicious and full of flavour, but they’re also very easy to tweak if that’s what you want. Thanks, Camilla!
This sound amazing!! Thanks for sharing and for your sweet comment!!!
Making this right now as I re-read this for accuracy! 🙂
Today, I cooked this Lasagna and it was amazing! I added cottage cheese instead of sour cream, a little salt and pepper, and an extra cup of beef broth. It was much better than at the restaurant. It was so quick and easy. I bought enough ingredients to cook this twice. I bought pasta sauce with basil and garlic in it. I can’t wait to try more recipes!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!
Today, I cooked this Lasagna and it was amazing! I added cottage cheese instead of sour cream, a little salt and pepper, and an extra cup of beef broth. It was much better than at the restaurant. It was so quick and easy. I bought enough ingredients to cook this twice. I bought pasta sauce with basil and garlic in it. Also, I added 1-1/2 cups of frozen onion medley which has onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, celery, and parsley flakes in it. Thank you so very much!!!!!! Can’t wait to try more recipes!!!!!
Sounds delicious!! Thanks for sharing.
How many servings does this make. Would it feed six adults or should I double it ?
It will feed 6 adults unless they are huge eaters.
This was delicious! I have been trying to teach my husband how to cook, and he was able to follow the directions on this. I have shared it with my daughter with a five-star review!
I made this tonight for my husband and I…we loved it!!! It will definitely be on my weekly menu!
We love to hear this!! It’s a family favorite for us too!
I saw the recipe feeds 6. If I double the recipe do I need to adjust the cook time?
Cook time should stay the same, but it could take more time to come to pressure.
To make it a freezer meal, would you just freeze it after it is cooked?
Not all of our recipes can be made into freezer meals while prepping them. With this recipe, you can freeze the leftovers and heat for another day.
Could you substitute frozen ravioli instead of the bowtie?
We have not made this recipe with that substitution. So we aren’t sure how it would turn out.
Lazy lasagna is really the best, so delicious, so tasty !! I am so grateful because of six sisters great You Tube vids I learned to finally open up my box after procrastinating so long. This is the recipe that got me started. Many thanks Camille and family for giving me the confidence to use the IP and initially I was actually afraid to learn how to operate it. Thanks again for all your help and amazing and easy recipes I have yet to try. Love all you do, appreciate your hard work and GOD BLESS YOU ! Guys, Six sisters are the best in the universe and spread the word. Love ya ;o)
Thank you so much Jada! We are happy to hear that you are loving your Instant Pot. We love cooking with ours. There are a lot more Instant Pot recipes on our You Tube Channel that I think you will like. Thanks again!!
Can u make this with gluten free pasta and jt still turn out good
We have not tried it with Gluten Free pasta yet, but you could try it. You may want to adjust the cooking time as certain types of gluten free pasta take less time to cook.