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Spaghetti with olives and meatballs shaped like eyeballs.
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Spaghetti and Eyeballs

Combine spooky and scrumptious with this creepy Spaghetti and Eyeballs dish! It's the perfect dinner for Halloween night!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American, Italian
Keyword: Halloween Dinner, Halloween Spaghetti, Spaghetti and Eyeballs
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 411kcal
Author: Erica Walker

Equipment

  • Instant Pot Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds ground beef lean
  • 1/2 cup onion grated
  • 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt or to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 4 cups spaghetti sauce
  • 8 green olives with pimento
  • mozzarella cheese slices
  • black olives
  • spaghetti noodles

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients (except spaghetti sauce) until well mixed. Mixing together with your hands works great.
    Hand mixing ground beef meatball mixture in a bowl.
  • Form into balls using hands or small ice cream scoop. You want them to be slightly smaller than a golf ball.
    Ice cream scoop with meatball mixture in a bowl.
  • Spray bottom of Instant Pot with cooking spray and add spaghetti sauce.
    Sauce in an instant pot.
  • Place meatballs over the sauce, layering them if necessary. It's OK if they touch, just don't squish them too much.
    Meatballs in instant pot sauce.
  • Place lid on Instant Pot and switch valve to "sealing". Press "Manual" and set to high pressure for 7 minutes. After you hear the timer go off, allow to slow release for another 5 minutes and then do the quick release (you do this by carefully switching the tab to "venting"). Remove lid from Instant Pot, stir.
    Cooked meatballs in an instant pot with a wooden spoon.
  • Cook noodles and drain according to package directions.
    Colander with cooked spaghetti noodles.
  • Combine noodles and sauce. Mix until well combined.
    Bowl with mixed spaghetti and meatballs.
  • Form "nests" of noodles by twirling noodles in a serving ladle with a fork and then placing in a serving bowl.
    Hand twirling spaghetti noodles in ladle to make nests.
  • After meatballs have cooled slightly, cut out circles of mozzarella cheese and place one circle on each meatball. Place one black olive slice over the cheese circle.
    Cut black olives and circle cutter cutting out circle mozzarella cheese.
  • Gently place meatballs randomly over the spaghetti. Add green olives over the top, to taste.
    Spaghetti and Eyeball shaped meatballs with green olives.

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Notes

Instant Pot Note: We use a 6-quart Instant Pot brand pressure cooker that we bought in 2016. Different or newer versions may be more sensitive to the "BURN" notice. If you are concerned about the burn notice, please refer to this article: "What Does 'Burn' Mean on My Instant Pot?"

Nutrition

Calories: 411kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 141mg | Sodium: 1513mg | Potassium: 911mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 850IU | Vitamin C: 12.7mg | Calcium: 171mg | Iron: 4.5mg