Instant Pot Garlic Parmesan Spaghetti Squash
Easy Garlic Parmesan Spaghetti Squash cooks in a flash thanks to the Instant Pot. This delicious low carb vegetarian friendly dish is the perfect accompaniment to your favorite grilled or roasted protein—from tender round steak, to baked lemon chicken or salmon cakes, but can also be served as a main when topped with your favorite marinara sauce or meat sauce.
We especially like this spaghetti squash topped with sausage spaghetti sauce!
Instant Pot low carb garlic parmesan spaghetti squash
How Many Calories and WW Points in this RECIPE?
According to my calculations, each serving has about 158 calories.
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How to Make InstantPot Garlic Parmesan Spaghetti Squash, Step-by-Step
Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients.
Ready to make the spaghetti squash
Step 2: Place trivet inside inner pot and add 1 cup of water to pot.
Step 3: Add cleaned spaghetti squash halves to pot, placing them on the trivet. Put cover on pot in locked position.
Place the squash halves on the trivet in the pot
Step 4: Move steam release valve to “Sealing” position and cook on HIGH pressure for 7 minutes.
Cook for 7 minutes on HIGH pressure
Step 5: As soon as the cooking cycle completes, move the steam release valve to “Venting” position and quickly release the pressure/steam (being careful to not get burned). After the valve drops, unlock and remove the cover.
Step 6: Using oven mitts or tongs, carefully place the squash on a large cutting board. Remove the trivet from the inner pot and carefully dump out the hot water and wipe dry. Return the inner pot to the Instant Pot.
Fresh cooked spaghetti squash
Step 7: Add olive oil to the inner pot and press the Sauté button. Add the garlic and stir for about 30 seconds, then turn OFF to prevent burning.
Sauté the garlic in olive oil
Step 8: Hold the spaghetti squash with tongs or dish towel and scoop squash strands directly into the pot with the oil and garlic. Repeat with the second half. Stir in salt and pepper and Parmesan cheese. Taste and adjust seasonings, if desired.
Add spaghetti squash and stir in the Parmesan, salt and pepper
Step 9: Spoon squash into a serving dish and top with fresh parsley and additional Parmesan, if desired.
Easy garlic parmesan spaghetti squash
Step 10: Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Recipe Notes
Cooking spaghetti squash in an Instant Pot is so much quicker and easier than using the oven. Cutting the spaghetti squash in half (crosswise not lengthwise) will result in longer strands, that look more like spaghetti. And scooping out all the seeds is much easier to do before cooking the squash.
Cut spaghetti squash and remove seeds
While the actually cooking time is only 7 minutes, you’ll see that we’ve put 15 minutes cook time in the recipe card below. This is because each pressure cooker will take several minutes to come up to pressure before the cooking cycle begins—so we added a few extra minutes. Regardless, this simple low carb side dish is still ready in less than 30 minutes!
Serving Suggestions
Enjoy as side dish to your favorite grilled or roasted meat or fish. Or cut out the carby pasta and enjoy a big bowl of garlic parmesan spaghetti squash topped with your favorite pasta sauce!
Ways to Use Leftovers
Store any leftover squash in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Can easily be reheated in microwave!
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Instant Pot Garlic Parmesan Spaghetti Squash
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
While the actually cooking time is only 7 minutes, you’ll see that we’ve put 15 minutes cook time in the recipe card below. This is because each pressure cooker will take several minutes to come up to pressure before the cooking cycle begins—so we added a few extra minutes. Regardless, this simple low carb side dish is still ready in less than 30 minutes!
Serving size: ¼th recipe
Click here to see your WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.
2 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition
Recipe source: The Fresh and Healthy Instant Pot Cookbook: 75 Easy Recipes for Light Meals to Make in Your Electric Pressure Cooker by Megan Gilmore
*PersonalPoints® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan’s ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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