# Instant Pot Butter Chicken Mac n Cheese

This Instant Pot butter chicken mac and cheese is an incredibly easy and delicious dish.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 box pasta shape of your choice
- 1 chicken breast cut into small cubes
- 1 can tomato paste
- Neutral oil
- 0.5 cup heavy cream
- 8 oz cheddar cheese
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese
- 3 tsp Fadwa Masala Butter Chicken masala
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 0.25 tsp red chili powder or flakes
- 1.5 tbsp packet butter chicken masala (do not add extra salt or red chili)
- 1.5 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 0.5 tsp turmeric
- 0.5 tsp garam masala
- 0.5 tsp ginger powder
- 0.5 tsp garlic powder
- 0.25 tsp cinnamon
- 0.25 tsp black pepper

## Instructions

1. Put your Instant Pot on high sauté mode.
2. Add a little bit of oil and your cut up chicken breast.
3. Add one can of tomato paste and sauté that down just to get rid of the raw taste.
4. Add your spices (Fadwa Masala butter chicken masala, salt, red chili, and optionally red chili flakes).
5. Sauté the spices down.
6. Add one box of cavatappi pasta (or your preferred pasta shape).
7. Add enough water to barely cover the pasta, making sure it is evenly distributed and under the water.
8. Add the lid to the Instant Pot.
9. Pressure cook on high for 3 minutes (adjust time based on pasta shape, reference caption instructions).
10. Release the pressure once cooking is done.
11. Add some heavy cream.
12. Add a generous amount of cheese, using a blend of cheddar and mozzarella.
13. Mix it all up.

## Equipment

- Instant Pot

## Tips

- Mozzarella gives that cheese pull that everybody loves.
- The mac and cheese will thicken as it cools and as the cheese melts in.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThWcnquL/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a4cb7333-30b4-44d1-b65c-9a06fdbf892d
- Extracted: 2026-03-02

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