Soak the Italian bread in the ¼ cup of water for 3 minutes. After soaking, break the bread into small pieces.
2 slices Italian Bread thick slices, ¼ cup water
Beat the egg in a large bowl. Add in the bread crumbs, soaked Italian bread pieces, chopped onion, parmesan cheese, 2 tbsp. water, olive oil, parsley, garlic, black pepper, red pepper, and Italian seasoning. Stir well.
1 egg, ¼ cup Panko bread crumbs, ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese, 2 Tablespoon fresh flat-leaf parsley, 2 teaspoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning crushed, ¼ teaspoon black pepper, ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Mix in the ground beef and ground pork. You can use your hands, a mixer or a hand potato masher .
1 pound ground beef, 1/2 pound ground pork
Shape meat into balls, about the size of a golf ball.
Add 2 Tablespoons of olive oil to your Instant pot. Set to saute and brown the meatballs on each side. You will need to work in batches to avoid smushing the meatballs.
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
Take all the meatballs out of the Instant Pot and wipe grease out of the bottom of the pot.
Pour 1/3 of the jar of spaghetti sauce into the pot. Lay meatballs on top of sauce.
1 32 oz jar pasta sauce or homemade if you have it
Break the spaghetti noodles in half. Lay them on top of the meatballs in different directions. This helps to prevent sticking.
8 oz spaghetti noodles
Pour remaining spaghetti sauce over top of noodles.
Fill the sauce jar with the 2 cups of water. Shake to mix in any sauce that is left in jar. Add this water to the top of noodles.
2 c water
Seal Instant Pot on Manual, high pressure for 7 minutes. It will take about 10 minutes for it to reach pressure.
When it is done cooking do a manual fast release. Remove lid, stir carefully to avoid breaking up meatballs and ready to serve.