Easy Instant Pot Ravioli (2024)

This delicious Instant Pot Ravioli is a simple weeknight dinner that the whole family will love. Packed with flavor and ready in a flash, you’ll find yourself making this pressure cooker pasta every week!

This Instant Pot ravioli is both kid and adult approved. It is one of those glorious one-pot dishes where you can just push a button, walk away, and dinner is done in a flash. Sounds heavenly, right?

The best-kept secret of this dish is that it is BETTER the next day. So write this at the top ofyour meal prep list and get ready to crush your weeknight dinner routine.

If you are new to pressure cooking and theInstant Pot, check outthis post on recipes for Instant Pot beginners.

WHAT’S IN THIS INSTANT POT PASTA?

• Ravioli – either refrigerated or frozen works
• Water or broth (related:how to make chicken bone broth)
• Marinara – you can use prepared or homemade (related:Crockpot Spaghetti SauceandInstant Pot Pasta Sauce)

We have tested this recipe with both fresh/refrigerated and frozen ravioli. While we prefer fresh, frozen is infinitely more affordable (at least half the price!), and still works great. Frozen ravioli is easy to keep on hand and is a low-cost freezer essential. Just a head’s up that the final texture will be a bit softer, but just as delicious.

Pro Tips/Recipe Notes

• I do not recommend that you adjust the water that is called for in the recipe. Any less and you risk a “burn notice” with your pressure cooker, especially with the newer/more finicky models. If the sauce you use is on the watery-side, you can thicken the dish after it cooks with a bit of tomato paste.
• This recipe has not been tested with gluten-free ravioli and results cannot be guaranteed.
• Do not defrost frozen ravioli prior to adding it to the Instant Pot.
• If you’d like to add meat to your sauce, it needs to be cooked ahead of time (we use thisWhole30 Breakfast Sausagerecipe). You can cook in theInstant poton saute until cooked through. Just make sure to deglaze (aka scrape) any stuck-on food from the insert prior to cooking. The cooking time for the rest of the dish remains the same.
• This dish will thicken overnight in the fridge.

MORE ONE-POT DISHES YOU’LL LOVE

• Easy Ravioli Bake
• Instant Pot Tortellini
• Instant Pot Asparagus Risotto
• Fried Gnocchi and Veggies
• Instant Pot Chicken Pot Pie
• Green Beans in Tomato Sauce
• Whole30 Bruschetta Chicken
• Asian Pork Meatballs
• Instant Pot Teriyaki Beef
• Paleo Salmon Cakes
• Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies
• Whole30 Pot Roast
• Air Fryer Pretzel Dogs
• Instant Pot Orange Chicken

WHAT TO SERVE WITH INSTANT POT PASTA

This is a carb-forward dish, so I like to pair it with something that is veggie-centered! A side ofKale Chopped Salad,Frozen Roasted Broccoli,Air Fryer Roasted Beets,Roasted Frozen Vegetables,Air Fryer Green Bean Fries, orCucumber and Onion Salad.