Making Instant Pot sweet potatoes is fast and easy! Pressure cooker sweet potatoes come out perfectly every time; use them for lunches or weeknight dinners. Show
 We eat lots of sweet potato recipes around here. So when Alex and I got a pressure cooker, we wondered: can you make Instant Pot sweet potatoes? A little skeptical, we threw in the raw sweet potatoes…and poof! Out came perfectly moist sweet potatoes with little effort and faster than an oven! The pressure cooker is now our go to method for cooking whole sweet potatoes. So without further ado, here’s how to cook sweet potatoes in an Instant Pot! First a video, or scroll down for the recipe. Want them mashed? Go to Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes. Video: How to make Instant Pot sweet potatoes What’s an Instant Pot?An Instant Pot is basically a programmable pressure cooker. The one we have is Instant Pot brand: here’s the Instant Pot we have. However, there are many other brands of electric pressure cookers. The concept is to cook foods at high pressure, which dramatically cuts down on cooking time. Why cook sweet potatoes in a pressure cooker?Confession: cooking with an Instant Pot is not something I ever expected to do. Alex and I are wary of adding new gadgets to our kitchen—and especially if they’re trendy! We want to know that a gadget will be useful in the long term before we’ll commit cabinet space. So, we were on the fence for years about the Instant Pot. Until one day, a friend mentioned you can make Instant pot sweet potatoes. Once we tried it, we were sold! And we’ve been cooking up healthy recipes with our Instant Pot ever since. Cooking sweet potatoes in an electric pressure cooker has a few advantages over baking them in the oven.
How long does it take to cook sweet potatoes in the Instant Pot?The cook time for Instant Pot sweet potatoes is 16 minutes. Wait, 16 minutes?! But hold on for one second. The Instant Pot requires about 10 minutes for “preheating” to come up to pressure before cooking. Then this recipe requires a 10 minute Natural Release for “cooling down”, where the pressure cooker releases the steam inside naturally. What’s the total time for pressure cooker sweet potatoes? The total time for this recipe is 35 minutes. That’s pretty good compared to about 1 hour for baked sweet potatoes. (Though, we do have a time-saving trick for making a quick baked sweet potato!) A final note: the timing for how to cook sweet potatoes in an Instant Pot does depend on the size of the potatoes. This recipe is for medium to large potatoes, about 10 to 12 ounces each. For very large sweet potatoes, use about 18 minutes. Smaller potatoes could use less time, about 14 minutes. Top 3 ways to serve Instant Pot sweet potatoesHow can you serve Instant Pot sweet potatoes? Let us count the ways! We created our Thai sweet potatoes recipe especially for the pressure cooker method, and we get lots of messages on Instagram and from readers that they love it! Here are our three favorite ideas:
This recipe is…This Instant Pot sweet potatoes recipe is vegetarian, gluten-free, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, naturally sweet, and refined sugar-free. Last updated November 2019 Printclockclock iconcutlerycutlery iconflagflag iconfolderfolder iconinstagraminstagram iconpinterestpinterest iconfacebookfacebook iconprintprint iconsquaressquares iconheartheart iconheart solidheart solid icon Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
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Keywords: instant pot sweet potatoes, instant pot recipe, how to cook sweet potatoes in instant pot Did you make this recipe?Tag @acouplecooks on Instagram and hashtag it #acouplecooks Looking for more healthy Instant Pot recipes?When we first heard about the Instant Pot, we thought it was mainly helpful for cooking meat quickly. However, since we’ve learned that it’s helpful for vegetarian recipes too, we’re starting to build up some Instant Pot vegetarian recipes. For example, you can make rice, quinoa, dried beans, dried chickpeas, mashed potatoes, and even soups. Here are some of our favorites. What other Instant Pot vegetarian recipes would you like to see? How long does it take potatoes to soften in instant pot?Instant Pot Potatoes- Medium to Large
Add 1 cup water in the Instant Pot (2 cups in 8 qt) and salt, if using. Place potatoes on top of the trivet. Close the lid, vent set to sealing position. Set pressure cook or manual for 6 minutes at HIGH pressure.
How long to pressure can raw sweet potatoes?Process the sweet potatoes at pressure for 90 minutes for quarts and 65 minutes for pints. Once the canning time has elapsed, turn off the heat and allow the canner to cool to room temperature (and 0 pounds pressure). Once cooled, unseal the canner and remove the jars to a towel on counter.
Is it better to steam or boil sweet potatoes?Boiling may actually retain most of the antioxidant power of sweet potatoes, compared to roasting and steaming. If we compare baking to boiling microscopically, boiling helps thin out the cell walls and gelatinize the starch, which may enhance the bioavailability of nutrients.
How do I cook the perfect sweet potato?Directions. Step 1Preheat oven to 425º. On a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil, prick sweet potatoes all over with a fork. ... . Step 2Bake until tender, 45 to 50 minutes.. Step 3Let cool, then split the tops open with a knife and top with a pat of butter.. Step 4 Season with salt and pepper before serving.. |
How to cook sweet potatoes in the instant pot
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