Greek Pasta Salad in Instant pot (Video Recipe)

Greek pasta salad is colorful and light, packed with crisp veggies, olive and feta cheese. A crowd pleasing side dish perfect for summer gatherings.

The best thing is you could make this Greek pasta salad with just the instant pot(not sponsored) My point is you don”t need too many pots or even a real stove to cook pasta how cool is that.. do you hear college kid living in dorm or a bachelor too lazy to cook 🙂

Let us take the guessing game away from perfectly cooked pasta and instant pot does it for me perfectly every time just the way I want it. I would like to add “How well cooked pasta you need is your personal choice” I like mine well cooked else I wont be able to swallow it.

Other pasta salads I loved this summer :

Lobster Mac and Cheese

Kale Cellentani Salad

Crab Peas Fettuccine

Greek Pasta salad is one of the bestsellers in cafeteria during summers. People flock to the deli to buy this salad before they sell out. Why not make your own and avoid the disappointment of not having any or ending up with a not so satisfying soggy ones.

Be adventurous and add grilled chicken cubes or grilled shrimp. Adding strawberry chopped also makes it a great salad.

Here is my first attempt to make an ASMR video with Summer sounds if you would like to see what happens in my kitchen.

Greek pasta salad – tricks to get it right.

1. Add the vinaigrette to really warm pasta this helps to absorb flavors and liquids better. This will keep the pasta from turning dry.
2. Add lime juice to onion instead of vinaigrette because heat may turn the lime juice bitter. Lime juice helps to break down the sharp pungent taste of onion.
3. If you plan to serve the pasta salad after a few hours then keep the pasta with vinaigrette ready separately and add the veggies just before serving, this way the tomato and cucumber will not turn the salad soggy.
4. Cook pasta in the right amount of water so it doesn’t overflow from the pot and less water means the pasta is not cooked evenly.
5. Reduce pasta cooking time from 5 minutes to 3 minutes if you like the pasta to be really firm after making salad.

Money saving tips :

1. Buy feta cheese in a cube it is half the price of crumbled feta sold in pretty containers.
2. I make my own mustard paste fresh every time by powdering yellow mustard and just enough vinegar to make a paste. (Fresh mustard paste is always the best)

Hope you will give Greek pasta salad a try and let me know if you liked it.

Meena