Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

instant pot steel cut oats served with butter, salt and pepper

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from kristineskitchenblog.com

An easy recipe for perfect Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes. Serve these Instant Pot baked sweet potatoes as a side dish or fill them with toppings for a main course meal.

Prep Time5

Cook Time24

Total Time48

Servings: servings

Calories: 112kcal

Ingredients

4 sweet potatoes scrubbed

Instructions

Pour 1 cup of cold water into the bottom of the Instant Pot inner pot. (Use 1 ½ cups of water for an 8 quart Instant Pot.) Place the metal trivet in the pot.
Put the sweet potatoes on top of the trivet in the Instant Pot. You do not need to prick the sweet potatoes, and it is ok if they are stacked on top of each other.
Close the Instant Pot lid and turn the steam release valve to the sealing position.
Press Pressure Cook/Manual and set the cook time: 18 minutes for small (2 inch wide) sweet potatoes, 24 minutes for medium (2 ½ inch wide) sweet potatoes, 30 minutes for large (3 inch wide) sweet potatoes. If your sweet potatoes are larger than 3 inches at the widest part, you will need to cook them for 35+ minutes.
The Instant Pot will take 8 to 10 minutes to reach pressure and then the cook time will start counting down. When the cook time ends, let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes by leaving the Instant Pot alone. Then quick release any remaining pressure by carefully turning the steam release valve to the venting position.
When the float valve drops down, open the Instant Pot lid. Serve sweet potatoes as desired.

Notes

Recipe can be adapted to cook more or less sweet potatoes. The instructions and cook time remain the same.
In testing this recipe, I found that there is some natural variation between sweet potatoes and the cook time that they need, even between potatoes of the same size. The cook times given in the recipe are what worked best for me when I tested 25+ sweet potatoes of various sizes. You may need to adjust the cook times slightly based on how soft or firm you like your baked sweet potatoes.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is only an estimate.