32 Best Instant Pot Recipes
The best Instant Pot recipes for easy weeknight dinners! Meal prep recipes, breakfasts, soups, chicken, beef, dinner ideas and more! With these easy Instant Pot recipes you’ll be making delicious meals that the whole family will enjoy.
Instant Pot recipes can help you to get wholesome meals on your table without a lot of effort. I use my Instant Pot many times per week, to cook dinner, to make Instant Pot oatmeal for breakfast, or to cook perfect hard boiled eggs.
When I shared this list of healthy Instant Pot recipes, I never imagined how popular it would become. Today I’m sharing even more of the best Instant Pot recipes to give you plenty of cooking inspiration!
What is an Instant Pot?
An Instant Pot is an electric pressure cooker. It’s a multi-cooker, which means that it has many cooking functions. You can use your Instant Pot as a slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, yogurt maker or sauté pot. I use the Pressure Cook/Manual and Sauté buttons on my Instant Pot most often.
If you are new Instant Pot user, I’ve written a simple guide to get you started: How to use an Instant Pot. If you don’t have an Instant Pot yet and are wondering which one to buy, read about the best Instant Pots. My top 10 Instant Pot accessories can help you to do things such as cook pot in pot rice and chicken at the same time.
Why Instant Pot Recipes?
- The number one reason why I love to cook with an Instant Pot is FLAVOR. Something magical happens with pressure cooking: the best flavors develop and meats become incredibly tender. If you need more convincing, try my recipes for Instant Pot chili or cook a rotisserie chicken in your Instant Pot. Both are unbelievably tasty.
- Another huge benefit of Instant Pot cooking is that most of the cook time is hands-off. Once you get your ingredients in the pot and set it to pressure cook, you won’t have to do anything else until the cook time has finished. There’s no stirring a pot on the stove or checking on food in the oven.
- One of the best things about Instant Pot recipes is that they help to take the guesswork out of cooking. When you follow a good recipe, with tested cook times and methods, it should produce foolproof results. My advice is to experiment with different recipes until you find your favorites. With pressure cooking, your meals can turn out perfect every time.
Now, the recipes! Whether you’re new to using an Instant Pot or are looking for new ideas, there’s something for everyone in the list below.
Best Instant Pot Recipes
Instant Pot Pot Roast is perfect for Sunday dinner. The Instant Pot makes the best pot roast, with tender meat, vegetables and gravy!
Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup is warm and comforting, perfect for enjoying at the end of a long day.
This Instant Pot Spaghetti is easy to make and perfect for weeknight dinners. The pasta absorbs some of the sauce as it cooks, making it so flavorful!
If you haven’t tried Instant Pot Chili, you are missing out! This pressure cooker beef chili has the best rich chili flavor.
Instant Pot Mac and Cheese is a creamy, cheesy family favorite meal.
This Instant Pot Beef Stew is a quick and easy version of the classic recipe, with all of the same rich flavors.
This Instant Pot Whole Chicken recipe is the EASIEST way to cook a whole chicken! This recipe is foolproof – the chicken turns out moist, juicy and flavorful every time.
These Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs peel so easily – the shells practically fall off! This is my favorite way to cook hard boiled eggs because it’s so hands-off.
The creamiest, fluffiest mashed potatoes are Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes. So easy to make, and perfect every time!
You’ll love this foolproof recipe for Instant Pot Baked Potatoes. It’s easy to cook perfect baked potatoes in your Instant Pot!
In this Instant Pot Pasta recipe, penne pasta, Italian sausage and veggies all cook together in marinara sauce in your Instant Pot. It’s one of the best Instant Pot recipes for busy weeknights!
Instant Pot Butter Chicken has tender bites of chicken in a delicious curry sauce. This recipe has the option to cook pot in pot rice to serve with the chicken and sauce.
This delicious Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup is an easy one pot meal. Load it up with your favorite toppings and enjoy!
This Instant Pot Shredded Chicken is one of the best Instant Pot recipes for meal prep. Cook your chicken from fresh or frozen, and use it in your favorite recipes throughout the week.
How to cook frozen chicken breasts in your Instant Pot. This Instant Pot Frozen Chicken cooks up moist and juicy.
Honey Garlic Instant Pot Chicken Breasts are a quick and easy meal! Serve them over rice or quinoa, with veggies for a wholesome dinner.
These easy Instant Pot Chicken Thighs are perfectly moist and juicy. You can cook them from fresh or frozen!
This Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats recipe is the easiest, most hands-off way to cook steel cut oatmeal. It’s a true set it and forget it recipe! You can make a big batch to reheat for quick breakfasts during the week.
Instant Pot Pork Chops with delicious honey garlic sauce. My kids can’t get enough of these!
This Instant Pot Chicken and Rice has chicken, vegetables and brown rice. It’s easy to make and won’t take you long to prep.
This Instant Pot Potato Soup is creamy and so comforting. This easy soup recipe is made with wholesome ingredients. Load it up with your favorite toppings!
This Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff is a quick and easy one pot meal. Made with ground beef, noodles and mushrooms, this recipe is a comfort food favorite.
This Instant Pot Rice cooks in just four minutes! Cooking white rice in an Instant Pot is an easy, hands-off way to make perfect fluffy rice.
Perfect Instant Pot Brown Rice is a healthy side dish for your favorite meals. With easy to follow instructions so you can make the best brown rice.
These Instant Pot Black Beans are so much better than canned beans. It’s easy to cook dry beans from scratch in your Instant Pot!
My easy recipe for Instant Pot Corn on the Cob cooks sweet corn until it’s perfectly tender.
These Instant Pot Ribs are so tender they practically fall of the bone!
Make the most amazing pulled pork sandwiches with this Instant Pot Pulled Pork. The meat is fall apart tender after cooking in the Instant Pot.
This Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin cooks in a honey garlic sauce and is delicious served with potatoes or rice. It’s perfect for quick dinners.
This Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup is so rich and creamy, you won’t believe it’s made without cream. It’s my favorite butternut squash soup recipe!
This Instant Pot Orange Chicken with a sticky sweet orange sauce is an easy dinner idea. You can even cook the rice at the same time in the Instant Pot!
Instant Pot Bone Broth (or chicken stock) is perfect for using in your favorite recipes or drinking as a nourishing beverage. It’s one of the best Instant Pot recipes to help you avoid wasting the scraps when you make soup or cook a whole chicken.
Best Instant Pot Recipes
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Great Instant Pot recipes. Thank you.
Have been looking for were I could get recipes for my Instant Pot
Love her recipes!
Is there a way to print all 32 recipes in this list. It is a great list and my computer and IP are 2 floors apart.
Thanks!
Jon
Hi Jon,
Sorry, I do not have a feature to collect and print all these recipes at once. You can start with the ones you want to make first by clicking on the link for each recipe and use the print button in the recipe card of each recipe for a nice formatted printout.
Kristine,
Your site has been an absolute life saver for me. My stove lost the ability to thermostat control and is on either red hot or off for about 6 weeks. I drug out the Instant Pot which my parents gave me in January and your site was the one I hit on, I have made the Chicken Tortilla Soup twice, the pork tenderloin, the chicken thighs, the pork chops, mashed potatoes, and hard boiled eggs off the top of my head. All were delicious and I was able to make enough to share with my parents, who are being extra careful in these times. They have loved them as well! I am so grateful for the simplicity of your site’s layout. I love looking a the picture of a meal and exploring more. My girls, my parents and I are so happily thankful for all your tips and for making the Instant Pot a well loved as well as a necessary kitchen appliance. The meats have been well flavored and tender, the mashed potatoes fluffy and delicious, the eggs perfectly cooked and EASY TO PEEL!
Thank You! 🙂
Hi Laura, Your comment made my day! I’m so happy to hear that you are enjoying your Instant Pot so much, and that my website and recipes are helping you to do so. Thank you for trying my recipes! I hope you continue to find new favorites. 🙂
I use my pressure cooker a lot and love trying out new recipes so thanks for the inspiration! These look delicious 🙂
New to instapot and pressure cooking and need some ideas.
Cynthia, any of the recipes above should turn out great.
Thank you for the great recipes. I am using your recipes at an elevation of about 1500 feet. How much coking time should I add when cooking at this elevation?