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Bag of frozen meatballs, with onion and seasoning - ready to cook!
Anne Murphy

Meatballs in Tomato Sauce – Pressure Cooker Freezer Meal

5 from 7 votes
Freezer meals for the pressure cooker! Toss frozen Meatballs in Tomato Sauce into the pressure cooker, set and forget for an easy dinner.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 2 meals of 4 servings each
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For the Freezer
  • one large onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • olive oil for pan
  • 1 t crushed red pepper
  • 2 t dried basil
  • 2 t dried oregano
  • 2 pounds frozen meatballs or any you prefer
to prepare, for each one pound bag
  • 1 28 oz can diced tomatoes per meal - 2 cans altogether

Method
 

For the freezer
  1. Chop onion and mince garlic. Heat oil in pan, saute onion and garlic until soft and golden. Do not cook completely. Turn off heat, and let cool.
  2. Add seasoning to pan, and mix well.
  3. Place one pound of still frozen meatballs into each of two quart freezer bags. Divide onion mixture in half, and place half in each bag. Return bags to freezer.
To serve
  1. Open a 28 ounce can of diced tomatoes, and pour it into a pressure cooker. Take one bag of the prepared meatballs, and empty it into the pressure cooker, on top of the tomato sauce.
  2. Close pressure cooker and seal valve. Set for 10 minutes on High. Turn on and let cook.
  3. When it finishes cooking, allow a natural pressure release for at least 10 minutes.If it takes longer, you can release manually.
  4. Serve

Notes

Serve with microwaved polenta, to keep things fast and easy.
I list all the time in the pressure cooker under Cooking Time - it only takes 10 minutes of actual cooking under pressure. The rest is coming up to and down from pressure.
Directions for 4 meals of 2 servings each are in the body of the post.