Pressure Cooker Pasta

Pressure cooker pasta with homemade pesto topped with can chicken

It's been hot.  Almost too hot to cook.  A nice pasta salad works well.  But then again, the pasta requires cooking.  Luckily I have mastered 5 min pressure cooker pasta.  YES, 5 minutes under pressure is all it takes for perfect pasta!  The pressure cooker uses less energy because the cooking time is substantially cut down.  Additionally the locked lid means the galley isn't heated up nearly as much as boiling up a full pot of water for pasta the old fashion way.

1/2 box pasta
water to cover

I poured the dry pasta into the bottom of the pressure cooker and put in enough water to just cover the pasta.  Put the lid on, bring to pressure and cook at pressure for 5 mins.  After 5 mins, removed from heat and place in sink and run cold water over the pot to release the pressure and stop the cooking.  Drain any excess water off and dress with sauce or toppings as desired.

You can do plain pasta and water or you can add can dices tomatoes or tomato sauce as the cooking liquid.