Ninja Foodi Mostaccioli

Step 1

Turn Ninja Foodi on Saute- Hi

Step 2

Add Olive Oil

Step 3

Add onions, ground beef and garlic. Continue to sauté until beef is evenly browned. If you use lean ground beef, you do NOT need to drain the grease from the pot. If you use a high fat content ground beef you will need to drain the grease. You can do so by either using a ladle to scoop the grease out or you can CAREFULLY remove the inner pot and pour the grease out. I HIGHLY recommend using a low fat ground beef to avoid this step all together.

Step 4

Turn off the Ninja Foodi. You no longer need to sauté anything in the pot.

Step 5

Add sugar, Italian seasoning an red pepper flakes

Step 6

Pour in pasta sauce

Step 7

Pour 1 cup of water into pasta sauce jar- shake- pour water mixture into Ninja Foodi pot. This will help you get all of the sauce goodness out of the jar! No waste!

Step 8

Pour 2 cans of beef broth into Ninja Foodi pot.

Step 9

Stir beef and liquid until well combined

Step 10

Pour in mostaccioli pasta

Step 11

DO NOT STIR! If you stir, you are likely to get a burn or error message.

Step 12

Make sure that all pasta is covered by liquid (or as much as possible). I just pushed down on the noodles with a spatula until they were covered with liquid.

Step 13

Close the pressure cooker lid, turn Ninja Foodi back on and cook on high for 3 minutes.

Step 14

Once the timer goes off, natural release pressure for 3 minutes. Quick release remaining pressure. Turn off Ninja Foodi.

Step 15

Open the pressure cooker lid and stir pasta together. Be sure to stir well and ensure no pasta is clumped together.

Step 16

Add in 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese and stir.

Step 17

Sprinkle remaining 1 cup of mozzarella cheese on top.

Step 18

Using the broiler lid, close lid and broil on high for 5 minutes or just until cheese is melted and golden brown.