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Instant Pot American Goulash

This Easy Instant Pot Goulash is a one pot meal. Ground beef, spaghetti sauce, diced tomatoes, onion, garlic, macaroni and melted cheese!

A CLASSIC MACARONI DISH

This Easy Instant Pot Goulash is a one pot meal. Ground beef, spaghetti sauce, diced tomatoes, onion, garlic and macaroni noodles. All topped with cheese! Also called Slumgullion, American Chop Suey or Johnny Marzetti (depending on where you’re from.) 🙂

Instant Pot American Goulash with ground beef in a serving bowl with garlic bread.

WHAT SIZE PRESSURE COOKER DO I NEED?

For this recipe, I am using an 6.5-quart pressure cooker. It makes a lot! You can freeze any leftovers. Don’t have an electric pressure cooker? No problem! Check out my Stovetop American Goulash recipe.

fully cooked goulash inside an instant pot.

CAN I MAKE GOULASH ALL IN ONE POT?

My favorite thing about this recipe is it is made all in one pot! Who doesn’t love a good, filling, comforting one pot meal? I am all about reducing the dirty dish pile! A couple of tips: use lean ground beef. Most lean ground beef doesn’t need to be drained of excess grease and will keep you from dirtying up a strainer. Use fresh garlic. There are so few ingredients in this dish that fresh garlic really deepens that homemade taste! 

a spoon scooping up American Goulash out of an instant pot.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)

  • lean ground beef
  • small onion
  • green pepper
  • garlic cloves
  • can diced tomatoes (with Italian seasoning)
  • spaghetti sauce
  • water
  • macaroni noodles
  • Italian seasoning
  • shredded cheddar cheese
lean ground beef, small onion, green pepper, garlic cloves, can diced tomatoes (with Italian seasoning), spaghetti sauce, water, macaroni noodles, Italian seasoning, shredded cheddar cheese.

HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT AMERICAN GOULASH:

In an 6.5-quart electric pressure cooker, press the sauté option and put on high. Brown and crumble the ground beef along with the diced onion and green pepper.

browning ground beef, onion, green pepper in an 8-quart pressure cooker.

If the beef produces a lot of grease, then drain. If not, then there is no need. Stir in minced garlic. Turn off sauté setting.

fresh pressed garlic.

Pour in diced tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, water and Italian seasoning. Finally, stir in macaroni noodles.

all Instant Pot Goulash ingredients in an 8-quart electric pressure cooker.

Seal the lid, then turn the pressure release valve to “SEAL”

Instant Pot electric pressure cook.er lid showing the "sealing" setting

Set pressure cooker on high for 5 minutes. Once finished, do a quick pressure release (carefully turn the pressure release valve to “VENT”.)

Ninja Foodi XL pressure cooker.

Open lid and stir mixture. Want to take it over the top? Add some shredded cheese on top. Close lid for a couple of minutes to allow the cheese some time to melt.

melted Colby jack cheese on top of finished Instant Pot American Goulash.

Serve in a bowl topped with more shredded cheddar cheese or grated Parmesan cheese.

Instant Pot Goulash served in a bowl with garlic bread.

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Instant Pot American Goulash

Instant Pot American Goulash

This Easy Instant Pot Goulash is a one pot meal. Ground beef, spaghetti sauce, diced tomatoes, onion, garlic and macaroni noodles. All topped with cheese!
4.93 from 41 votes
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Pressure build: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 small yellow onion, finely diced
  • 1 green pepper, diced (optional)
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes (with basil, garlic, oregano) (do not drain)
  • 24 ounce jar spaghetti sauce
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 16 ounce box macaroni noodles (uncooked) (3 cups)
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • shredded cheddar cheese and/ or grated Parmesan cheese (for topping)

Instructions

  • In a 6.5-quart electric pressure cooker, press the sauté option and put on high.
  • Brown and crumble 1 pound lean ground beef along with 1 small yellow onion, finely diced and 1 green pepper, diced.
  • If the beef produces a lot of grease, then drain. If not, then there is no need. 
  • Stir in 3 cloves garlic, minced. Turn off sauté setting. 
  • Pour in 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes (with basil, garlic, oregano), 24 ounce jar spaghetti sauce, 3 cups water and 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • Finally, stir in 16 ounce box macaroni noodles (uncooked). Seal the lid, then turn the pressure release valve to "Sealing"
  • Set pressure cooker on high for 5 minutes. Once finished, do a quick pressure release (carefully turn the pressure release valve to venting)
  • Open lid and stir mixture. Taste and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve in a bowl and top with shredded cheddar cheese and/ or grated Parmesan cheese

Notes

  • Serve with a salad and garlic bread.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Nutrition

Calories: 320kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 8g | Sodium: 652mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g

Nutritional Disclaimer

“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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53 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Loved the simplicity of this recipe and how delicious it was. I used homemade spaghetti sauce along with a small can of Italian spice tomato sauce. I used ground chicken along with dried garlic and onions as I didn’t have fresh. I added it to my “tried and liked” board.

  2. 5 stars
    No complaints here. As far as preference goes, I would double the Italian seasoning, add a pinch of cayenne for a little zing and reduce cooking time by one minute to make noodles a bit more al dente. Very solid recipe with lots of opportunity to adjust for personal taste.

  3. Making this right now. So far…super easy to just dump everything in the IP. It smalls amazing. Glad I don’t have to wash two separate pans and a colander. It will probably be done by the time I finish this post. We have goulash pretty regularly and if this tastes as great as it smells,. We’ll be making it all the time!! Oh wait! The bell just went off. I willtry it now!! Yummm. It’s a winner!! Yeah!!!

  4. New to instant pot and this may sound elementary, but when you use the sauté option, do you put the cover on the pot and seal it? Timing? I like canned kidney beans in our goulash. What would be the recommendation on adding/cooking these in the recipe? Thank you.

    1. Think of sautéing in the instant pot just the same as cooking on your stove. All the same rules apply. So no lid and no sealing. I would add the kidney beans in the end. They may burst during the pressure cooking process.