Instant Pot Recipes | Skip To My Lou (2024)

Have you ever heard of a instant pot? This new craze isn’t really new at all. It has been around for years really. But new technology has improved the instant pot, also known as the pressure cooker. It is now quicker and much easier to use. It is also safer. Instant pot recipes are being shared everywhere. Have you tried them? Cooking in your instant pot can be done in just minutes, things that take hours to cook can be done in much less time. Who does not want easy and fast way to cook for their family I ask? Instant pot cooking is a whole new way of cooking, better way of cooking. If you think you love your crock pot, then the instant pot is for you. You can even make dessert. Here I have gathered some of my favorite instant pot recipes, so try them and pin them and use them over and over, as the pressure cooker becomes one of your most loved and well used kitchen appliances.

Pressure Cooker Chicken Recipes

Pressure Cooker Hawaiian Chicken

If you like sweet and savory meals this pressure cooker Hawaiian chicken is for you. It goes together in minutes, so in less time than you can order take out this meal will be ready.

Pressure Cooker Chicken Tacos

Easy pressure cooker chicken tacos make for a delicious dinner. It is another gluten free, dairy free, soy free pressure cooker recipe.

Instant Pot Chicken Curry

Change up your normal dinner routine with this delicious Instant Pot Chicken Curry. No need for take out because this is quick easy and good!

Instant Pot Honey Bourbon Chicken

Instant Pot Honey Bourbon Chicken actually doesn’t have any bourbon. The original Bourbon Chicken recipe was created by a chef on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

Instant Pot Chicken and Brown Rice

If you’re looking for a great first recipe for your new Instant Pot, this is the one. All-in-one instant pot chicken and brown rice is an easy, balanced one-pot meal the whole family will love. We love how care-free cooking in the Instant Pot is!

Cooking a whole chickenin your instant potis very quick, simple and easy to do!

Pressure Cooker Recipes Beef

Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

Your family will love this delicious Instant Potpressure cooker spaghetti sauce! You will love what an easy pressure cooker recipe it is!

Cubed Steak with Pepper and Olives Pressure Cooker

Braised Cubed Steak with Peppers, Onions and Olives is a flavorful, budget-friendly and family friendly dish you can make in the Instant Pot, Slow Cooker or in a pot on the stove.

Instant Pot Beef Pot Roast

Make this hearty Pressure Cooker Pot Roast Recipe (Instant Pot Pot Roast) in less than 2 hrs. Your family will LOVEthe tender & juicy beef soakedina deliciously richgravy!

Instant Pot Beef Stew

Tenderized & moist pressure cooker chuck roast immersed in a rich, hearty saucepacked with earthy flavors.

Pressure Cooker Sloppy Joes

These are an easy and quick weeknight meal your kids are sure to love. A slightly sweet and tangy sauce mixes with some veggies and hamburger for a yummy sloppy joe.

Pressure Cooker Taco Soup

This recipe is just that, delicious and easy! I have adapted my original taco soup recipe to accommodate using a electric pressure cooker.

Pressure Cooker Soup Recipes

Easy Pressure Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup

Pressure Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup is another allergy friendly pressure cooker recipe. Depending on the toppings you choose this soup is dairy free, gluten free and soy free.

Pressure Cooker Red Lentil Soup

It doesn’t look red, but this pressure cooker red lentil soup is amazing and really does use red lentils.

Pressure Cooker Taco Soup

Who doesn’tlove a delicious and easy soup?Pressure Cooker Taco Soup is just that, delicious and easy! I have adapted my original taco soup recipe to accommodate common allergies.

Easy Pressure Cooker Chili

Ready for a quick and delicious meal? Try my easy Pressure Cooker Chili! The pressure cooker can make your meal time a snap! Doesn’t making chili in about 10 minutes sound great?

Instant Pot Cheddar Broccoli & Potato Soup

Cheddar Broccoli and Potato Soup is an easy crowd pleasing meal in my family. Who would possibly complain about cheese, bacon, potatoes, and broccoli all served up in a creamy soup?

Pressure Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

This Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup took 7 minutes to cook. Yes, you read that correctly. 7 minutes for homemade chicken noodle soup.

Pressure Cooker Pasta Recipes

Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

I have made this spaghetti sauce with both ground beef, sausage and a mixture of both. We liked them all, so use what your family and friends like best.

Gluten Free Pressure Cooker Pasta with Meat Sauce

This is delicious and nobody would ever guessit is gluten and dairy free. If you can have dairy, parmesan is a great topping!

Creamy Chicken Marsala Pasta

This perfectly al dente pasta dish has a creamy marsala and mushroom sauce with seasoned chicken scattered throughout. Heavenly, I tell you…

Loaded Mac and Cheese Recipe

You may not be able to make this everyday, but you musttry this at least once in your lifetime!!

Enjoy life’s simple indulgence with thisLoaded Instant Pot Mac and Cheese.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta

Creamy, Spicy, and cheesy who could ask for more?

Instant Pot Ramen Soup

TheInstant Pot really excels in creating a rich and delicious chicken broth from scratch in less than an hour, and it makes the most delicioushomemade ramen soup!

Instant Pot Dessert Recipes

Instant Pot Almond Pound Cake

This is dense, yet moist and has the most delicious almond flavor.

Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake

This amazing pumpkin chocolate chip cake can be made in your pressure cooker. Can you believe it? It totally amazes me.

Instant Pot Key Lime Pie

This pie comes out with the perfect texture, smooth and silky yet firm. So full of flavor.

Instant Pot Apple Crisp

Wholesome and simple ingredients, just the right amount of sweetness, but just save the vanilla ice cream for dessert.

Pressure Cooker Chocolate Cheesecake

This cheesecake is absolutely delicious. So rich! I can’t believe you can make achocolate cheesecake in ainstant.

Instant Pot Tapioca Pudding Recipe

This tapioca is a wonderful make ahead recipe perfect for company. It will be one thing you don’t need to do on the day of your dinner party.

Pressure Cooker Side Dishes

Pressure Cooker Stick Of Butter Rice

This rice is totally delicious. People will flock to it and be asking you for the recipe.

Pressure Cooker Mexican Beans and Rice

This delicious pressure cooker Mexican Rice & Beans is the perfect side dish for tacos, nachos and enchiladas.

Perfect Eggs in the Instant Pot

Did you know you can make eggs in the instant pot? Neither did I. But it is genius.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Making mashed potatoes in minutes will become a new reality with these easy and delicious recipe.

Pressure Cooker French Fries

Use your pressure cooker (and a secret ingredient) to make quick, delicious french fries that are crispy on the outside, hot and tender on the inside!

Instant Pot Herb Roasted Potatoes

Instant Pot Herb Roasted Potatoes made easy in a pressure cooker. All you need is 15 minutes to turn baby potatoes into crisp, fluffy, and flavorful side dish the whole family will love!

Vegetarian Pressure Cooker Recipes

Vegan Shepherd’s Pie

There are two steps to this Shepherd’s Pie recipe, but it is well worth it. Not only do they look beautiful the taste is what will really win you over.

Lentil Tacos in the Pressure Cooker

These lentil tacos have a lot of flavor and are simple to make.

Instant Pot Mexican Casserole

The Instant Pot Mexican Casserole comes out perfect every time

This Easy Mushroom Risotto is made in the pressure cooker so it’s ready in no time! Only requires a few ingredients to make this creamy and tasty vegetarian dish

Fast Prep Instant Pot Vegetable Lo Mein

All of the Asian flavors you love, in less than 10 minutes of time! This healthy Asian Lo Mein is weeknight fast and nourishing at the same time!

Coconut Quinoa Curry

This healthy coconut quinoa curry is one of the easiest meals you’ll ever make. Just toss all the ingredients in the pressure cooker and let it cook for 20-30minutes!

Paleo Pressure Cooker Recipes

You might know and love thisPaleo Butter Chicken: it’s easy, it’s paleo-ized, and it’s DARN GOOD.

Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon

If you make this a aroma will start to fill the house, luckily it only takes 30 minutes to make.

Braised Beef Short Ribs

This recipe will hit the spot.It’s pure happiness to have a pile of tender, flavorful roast, ready for a couple of days of quick tacos, stir-fries, soups, salads, hashes, or sandwiches.

Instant Pot Pineapple Chicken

Pineapple Chicken is the perfect tropics-inspired combo of salty, sweet and smokey + the recipe is affordable and makes a ton for leftovers! Family and kid-friendly for sure!

Salmon with Asian veggies

Simple steamed seafood comes together beautifully in the Instant Pot, and it goes without saying that it’s done in a flash

Instant Pot Pressure-Steamed Artichokes

Cooking artichokes in the pressure cooker makes a somewhat fussy prep totally easy.

For more recipes check out these instant pot dessert recipes.

Instant Pot Recipes | Skip To My Lou (2024)

FAQs

What happens if you put too much in an Instant Pot? ›

Overfilling your Instant Pot can affect the pressure that builds up inside, so you might end up with a mushy meal, or one that doesn't cook properly. Also, an overly-full Instant Pot can lead to a clogged pressure release knob, because food and liquid can get sucked up inside.

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Why not to use Instant Pot as slow cooker? ›

If you are interested primarily in slow cooking, you should buy a dedicated slow cooker. They're more reliable with a range of slow-cooker recipes than an Instant Pot. We found Instant Pot multicookers specifically could not successfully slow-cook dense, high-volume recipes such as beef stew or pot roast.

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What should I make first in my new Instant Pot? ›

When it comes to breaking your Instant Pot in, it's a good idea to start with some basic foods and simple meals you're already familiar with, then slowly expand your Instant Pot repertoire from there. Try making staples like eggs, sweet potatoes, rice, or lentils using just the pressure cooker function.

Why do Instant Pot recipes say do not stir? ›

As explained by Kitchn, stirring the pasta with the liquid before locking the appliance and setting it to pressure cook will cause the dish to go sticky and gummy as it cooks, due to the way pasta releases starch under pressure.

What happens if a pressure cooker is too full? ›

Despite its size, your pressure cooker isn't meant to be filled all the way. Packing in ingredients too tight and loading the cooker with too much can result in uneven cooking. It can take significantly longer for it to come to pressure, or if it's too full, it might not come to pressure at all.

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What happens if you don't put water in a pressure cooker? ›

It cannot cook your food properly without water, and the pressure will build to such an extent that the lid, pressure valve, plugs, and hot food could be thrown all over the kitchen. This can seriously harm you, your kids, and your pets, not to mention property damage that comes from flying projectiles.

Do Instapots also slow cook? ›

Touted as the do-it-all appliance for good reason, an Instant Pot is a multi-function pressure cooker that easily doubles as a slow cooker. The difference between pressure cooking and slow cooking is substantial, so we love that one appliance can do both, along with a slew of other cooking methods.

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Do you need to stir food in a pressure cooker? ›

There is no need to stir. High pressure means your food won't have cold spots. Yes! Sometimes with cooking doing the extra work pays off, but other times it's just a lot of extra energy for the same result.

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Do you stir when slow cooking? ›

Due to the nature of a slow cooker, there is no need to stir the food unless it specifically says to in your recipe. In fact, taking the lid off to stir food causes the slow cooker to lose a significant amount of heat, extending the cooking time required. Therefore, it is best not to remove the lid for stirring.

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Why does Instapot say burn food? ›

Lai says the most common cause for a burn notification is not adding enough liquid to the pot or using thick ingredients like a thick tomato sauce. "If you sauté prior to pressure cooking and you do not properly deglaze the bottom of the pot, food stuck to the bottom can cause the burn notification," says Lai.

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