Encouraging Moms at Home

Tips, Tricks and Tools for the #MomWin

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Brand Inquiries
    • Full Disclosure
    • Our Writing Team
  • Homemaking
    • Cleaning
    • Essential Oils
    • Recipes
      • Instant Pot
      • Gluten Free Dairy Free
      • Using Produce
      • Cooking with Pumpkin
    • Nutrition
    • Food Preservation
  • Homeschooling
    • Homeschool Encouragement
    • Homeschool High School
    • Special Needs
    • Homeschooling Art
    • Homeschool STEM
    • Homeschool Technology
    • Teen and Tween Writers
  • Teaching Ideas
    • Free Printables
    • MInecraft
    • LEGO
    • Fine Motor Skills
  • Family Life
    • Gift Guides
    • Kid’s Activities
    • Summer Fun
    • Hiking
    • Moving
    • Christian Life
      • Christian Family Activities
      • Scripture Memory
      • Poetry
      • Creation
      • Advent and Christmas
      • Thanksgiving
  • Moms
    • Encouragement
    • Budget And Finances
    • Mom Fashion
    • Date Your Spouse
    • Work At Home
  • Shop
    • My Account

Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash with Chorizo Sauce

by Amy Blevins 1 Comment

Posts contain affiliate links. This means, if you choose to make a purchase, I will make a commission at no extra cost to you. For more information please see our full disclosure.
132shares
  • Pinterest115
  • Facebook16
  • Twitter

I’ve been wanting to share this recipe forever, and I’ve made it several times just to try and get the pictures to show just how good it is. I think my pictures have finally arrived enough to showcase this fabulous recipe for Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash with Chorizo Sauce. My daughter and I are the only ones who will eat spaghetti squash but the boys will take whatever chorizo sauce we leave and make tacos or burritos with the mixture.

Spaghetti squash could be a pain to cook but it’s an absolute breeze to cook in the Instant Pot! While the spaghetti squash is in the Instant Pot, you can make this delicious chorizo sauce and finish it up just in time. Both steps of the recipe are super easy and the entire dish can be made in thirty minutes or less, depending on how long it takes for your Instant Pot to come up to pressure. To speed that process up, go ahead and plug in your Instant Pot right now, add two cups of water, and set it on sauté. That will get the steam going while you gather the remaining ingredients and start getting ready.

To make your Spaghetti Squash with Chorizo you will need a large skillet, a cooking spoon or turner, a small amount of olive oil just to get the sauté started, and the recipe ingredients below. Print the recipe for easy reference! Just click on the handy little printer icon.

Although I do not make this dish as often as I make this Instant Pot Chicken, I’ll have to be honest with you and tell you that Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash with Chorizo Sauce is close to my favorite way to use the Instant Pot. The flavors in this dish are divine, and I love knowing that it is a low carb/healthy carb meal. The spaghetti squash has a slightly crunchy texture, feels like al dente pasta on my tongue, brings a great flavor profile to the dish, and works beautifully in place of rice, taco shells, or other high carb options.

I’ve included basic instructions for cooking the spaghetti squash in the recipe below, but if you need visuals and more detail, here are step-by-step instructions on how to cook spaghetti squash in an instant pot.

 

Print

Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash with Chorizo Sauce

  • Author: Amy Blevins
  • Prep Time: 5 Minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 Minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 5-6 People 1x
  • Category: Main Dish
Scale

Ingredients

Spaghetti Squash in the Instant Pot

  • 1 Spaghetti Squash
  • 1–2 Cups Water

Chorizo Sauce

  • 1 Pound Chorizo Sausage
  • 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 10 Ounces Frozen Corn (thawed)
  • 1 Can Diced Tomatoes
  • 1 Onion (diced)
  • 1 Can Black Beans (drained)
  • 1 Tablespoon Chili Pepper
  • 1 Dash Ancho Chili Pepper
  • 1 Teaspooon Cumin
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Dried Oregano
  • 1 Teaspoon Coarse Kosher Salt
  • 1 Teaspoon Coarse Black Pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon Cheese and Sour Cream (optional topping)

Instructions

Spaghetti Squash in the Instant Pot

  1. Place 1 -2 cups of water in the Instant Pot and turn it on to sauté mode while you gather ingredients.
  2. Add the trivet to the Instant Pot.
  3. Place your spaghetti squash inside.
  4. Make sure the seal is fully in place, and add the lid.
  5. Turn the vent knob to seal the pot.
  6. Turn off sauté mode and set the pot to manual, high pressure for 20 minutes — less if you have a small squash.
  7. Use the quick release method to remove pressure from the pot. That means turn the knob as soon as the pot beeps to signal it is finished.
  8. Carefully remove the spaghetti squash from the Instant Pot to a cutting board. Use a potholder or lifting tool as it will be very hot.
  9. Slice open the spaghetti squash and remove the seeds.
  10. Use a fork to gently scrape out the strings of spaghetti squash and arrange them on your plates.

Chorizo Sausage Sauce Mixture

  1. In the meantime, add one tablespoon of oil to a skillet and heat.
  2. Remove the casings from the chorizo sausage and break it up with a cooking spoon or turner.
  3. Add the remaining ingredients and cook, stirring frequently, until the meat is cooked through.

Putting it all together

  1. Top the spaghetti squash strings with the chorizo sausage mixture and serve as is or top with cheese and sour cream for a nice finish.

Did you make this recipe?

Share a photo and tag us — we can't wait to see what you've made!


132shares
  • Pinterest115
  • Facebook16
  • Twitter

Disclosure

1 Comment
Homemaking, Instant Pot, Recipes

About Amy Blevins

Amy lives with her husband and six beautiful children in Northern Virginia. Besides blogging, Amy enjoys homeschooling, hiking, reading, singing, teaching, and serving Jesus above all. Welcome.

Comments

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  1. Judith Martinez says

    February 3, 2018 at 10:49 PM

    I never thought about replacing the tortilla with spaghetti squash! I might have to try that as an alternative to salad.

    Reply

Search

Our Favorite Essential Oils

Essential Oil blend for Concentration and Focus

Keep In Touch

  • Shop
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • About Encouraging Moms at Home
  • Brand Inquiries
  • Full Disclosure with Privacy Policy
  • Our Writing Team

Kids Can Learn with LEGO Bricks

Our Latest Shenanigans

See these pretty little plants playing peekaboo? I See these pretty little plants playing peekaboo? I thought they were goners. See, my sister gave us the bulbs for Asiatic Lillies for Christmas last year, down in a bag full of dirt and told us to take them home and plant them in the cold so they would rest and come back next year. Or freeze them. I did neither. I knew we weren’t in our own home yet, and we were hoping to move into our forever home this summer, so I threw them in the closet and waited. They stayed dormant, and started to develop roots in the Spring, still in the bag in my closet. Come June 5, we moved into our new house, and I pulled out the bag around June 15 to plant them and found that the roots were turning to mush. The bulbs were starting to rot. I planted them anyway, but to make matters worse, I accidentally planted them upside down because I thought the roots were actually sprouts. Oops. Then, I hired my boys and their friends to weed the bed where these are planted and forgot to tell them to leave these alone. The “sprouts” disappeared. I thought they were gone forever. Here it is the middle of August, and a week or so ago, I found these baby Asiatic Lillies coming up. I texted a pic to my sis to ask if this was what they look like. Sure enough after all that trauma, this gift survived. I won’t have blooms this year, but I’m told they will come back next year and survive to bloom. What a sweet blessing that will be, God willing. And a sweet reminder to persevere under trials and hardship. God is doing something bigger, something hidden, something better than we can ever imagine. Hang in there! #momlife #momfierce #momforthewin #firmlyplanted
Today I’ve been sorting through some heavy stuff Today I’ve been sorting through some heavy stuff, especially the unmasking of pedophilia and it’s prominence in the US and in our backyards. This horrifies and frightens me. I am so grateful to know that God will prevail. In the end, He wins. Everything seems so dark here in the US and it’s because of the spiritual forces of evil — but I know God will prevail. His love never fails. I’m putting my hope in this truth. #loveneverfails #godwins #godisgreater #momlife #momfierce
I’m grateful to have prayer in my life. Worry st I’m grateful to have prayer in my life. Worry steals so much joy. 
I’ve also been grateful for the Pray Fierce Summit summit. You can listen free each day by looking for the preview buttons. 
#prayfierce
Join us in prayer? The link is in my profile. List Join us in prayer? The link is in my profile. Listen free each day by looking for the highlighted “preview” buttons. #praynow #prayfortheworld  #prayerchangesthings
⁣ ⁣I love this. In the ESV it says be Faithful ⁣
⁣I love this. In the ESV it says be Faithful in Prayer. That’s one of my goals in life! ⁣
⁣
⁣
⁣It’s also one of the goals of the Pray Fierce Summit - to help moms be faithful in prayer. ⁣
⁣
⁣
⁣It’s free to listen each day — I hope you will join us! ⁣
⁣
⁣
⁣You can listen free by clicking the preview buttons on the sessions labeled “watch free!” - find the clickable link in my bio!⁣
⁣
⁣
⁣https://mom-fierce.teachable.com/p/moms-pray-fierce-summit⁣
⁣
⁣
⁣
⁣
⁣
#prayfierce #prayformoms #prayerrocks #prayer #pray #momfierce #momwins #momlife
Guess what showed up on my doorstep this morning? Guess what showed up on my doorstep this morning? Chicken for my freezer! I’ve been struggling to find meat at reasonable prices, so I was very glad to find this. If you want chicken Use code Farmer10 to get 10% off too. Use my #linkinprofile to support my #ladyboss business! #homelife #familylife #momlife #chicken #linkinbio
This is such a tough time for so many. Our hearts This is such a tough time for so many. Our hearts and prayers are with you if you are struggling today. Reach out if you have a need. You are loved. 💕
There are so many things I need to tell you about There are so many things I need to tell you about this picture. First #sheisloved campaign with @mercyhouseglobal and sheispriceless.org - check that out it’s important. Second - that cute bracelet came from @mercyhouseglobal about a month ago and *didn’t fit*. Today it’s loose enough to twist. I haven’t lost a lot of pounds according to the scale — I kinda stalled out three or four weeks ago at 17 pounds lost — but apparently I’m losing fat. That’s a victory. Third, my hands look like my moms and will some day look like my grandmas. I consider that a blessing.  Finally, it’s been a beautiful day😍 but I’m kinda sad it took me this long to find a red marker and share the love. If you have one handy, it’s not too late to jump on board with @wearethatfamily and be a world-changer! #worldchanger #momfierce #prayformoms #especiallyteenmomsinkenya #mymomrocks
How was Mother’s Day for you. It can be an incre How was Mother’s Day for you. It can be an incredible blessing or bring incredible pain. In whatever your circumstance, I will pray that you rest in God’s presence today. #mom #momlife #momwins #momfierce #momsofinstagram #2020mom
Follow on Instagram
Copyright ©2021, Encouraging Moms at Home. All Rights Reserved. Custom design by Pixel Me Designs