If you’re like me, you love pot meals. When I make a meal from a pot I do a happy dance. What makes it even better is when food from a pot is an instant pot recipe. The pressure cooker speeds up cooking time and is usually an easy, hands-off method of cooking. Check out my best meals from an Instant Pot.
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Can you make a full meal at the Instant Pot?
Yes! The Instant Pot is very versatile and can make meals from a single pot*. The recipes I share below can be made entirely in Instant Pot. There are soups, stews, pastas, stews and more. For me, a meal from a pot is any kind of food that you don’t need to dirty another pot or plate to make. Yay!
The best Instant Pot food
is great for making rice and hard-boiled eggs, but when you make it to make your entire dinner, that’s equivalent to winning in my book. These best instant pot recipes are one-pot dinners and should appear on your menu soon. You will eat a big dinner and there will be almost no dishes to make at the end of the night. Hooray!
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Instant Pot Chicken Asparagus Potato Dinner
A healthy dinner! Wet bites of chicken, diced potatoes, and crispy asparagus bites are mixed with a mixture of smoked paprika seasonings, garlic powder, and more to create a well-seasoned pot dinner. Use the Instant Pot to prepare this dinner quickly.
Instant Brown Rice Pilaf
with Chicken Sausage
A quick, easy and healthy meal of brown rice seasoned with carrots, peas and chicken sausage
.
Instant PotMexican stuffed
peppers
The
peppers are stuffed with brown rice, black beans and salsa and cooked perfectly in your pressure cooker electric or in your slow cooker. You can make them vegetarian or with meat, it’s up to you. Top with a tablespoon of sour cream and enjoy this healthy weekday dinner.
Instant Pot Chicken Fajita Rice
Throw everything into the Instant Pot and walk away from the food! Tasty rice and chicken that has all the great flavors of chicken fajitas! Make it with brown or white rice.
Instant PotGarlic Mushroom Chicken
A creamy sauce is served over mushrooms, tender bites of chicken (and optional broccoli). A delicious dump and go recipe that you can make with frozen chicken.
Instant PotLemon Butter Garlic Salmon with Homemade
Vegetables Wild flaky Alaskan salmon is steamed over red potatoes and carrots in its electric pressure cooker and drizzled with garlic, fresh lemon juice and butter. A meal from a pot that is healthy and delicious!
Instant PotChicken Rice Bowls
An easy-to-throw away recipe with chicken, rice (of your choice), enchilada sauce, black beans and spices. This is a perfect dinner for a busy weeknight or a good option to pack in individual containers for lunches during the week.
Instant Pot Garlic Herb Pork Chops and Green Beans
This one-pot meal can be made in minutes. Pork chops and green beans are full of rich flavors of buttery herbs. Serve as is for a low-carb meal or serve with your favorite starch (potatoes, rice, or noodles).
). Instant Pot Maple Dijon Chicken and Chicken of sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes and Brussels
sprouts drizzled with a sauce made with maple syrup, dijon mustard, rosemary and olive oil. A simple recipe for a pot with a delicious taste!
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Instant Pot Maple Dijon Chicken
and
Salisbury Steak, potato
sauce and mash
Good old-fashioned salisbury steak is prepared in its pressure cooker with a tasty mushroom and onion sauce and creamy mashed potatoes. An amazing homemade meal from a pot that will make you throw away any TV dinner you have in your freezer.
Instant Pot Lemon Herbed Chicken and Red Potatoes
A one-pot meal that has a lot of flavor. The chicken is browned and then quickly cooked under pressure with red potatoes, baby carrots, seasonings and lemon juice.
. A real meal from a pot! Chicken, sauce and noodles are cooked at the same time in minutes in your electric pressure cooker. The noodles are wrapped in a smooth creamy peanut and lime sauce and the peanuts, cilantro and red pepper give texture and color. A delicious recipe and easy to make any night of the week.
Instant Pot Pasta Primavera
A plate of pasta and vegetables without meat. Rigatoni pasta is quickly cooked in its pressure cooker along with tomatoes, fresh green beans, carrots, mushrooms, garlic and zucchini. The whole dish is mixed with grated Parmesan cheese.
. Creamy macaroni and cheese made quickly in your instant pot with tender chicken bites and broccoli florets (not crunchy, but not soft). This is an easy meal from a pot that the whole family will love!
Soup
from Minestrone Instant Pot A colorful, healthy, bright-tasting soup that’s packed with vegetables, basil, beans, pasta, and ground turkey. Pressure cook this soup quickly and enjoy a warm bowl of delicacies for dinner.
Instant PotChicken & Vegetables
Homemade chicken, green beans, red potatoes and carrots are cooked together quickly in their electric pressure cooker. A true meal from a pot that is great for families, tastes amazing and is very easy to prepare.
Instant Pot Cheesy Taco Orzo An
easy meal from a pot that has a lot of Mexican touch. Orzo pasta cooks quickly in its pressure cooker along with ground beef, taco sauce and black beans. Fresh ingredients such as diced tomatoes, green onions, cilantro and grated cheddar cheese are later mixed to create a familiar and tasty meal.
Chicken broccoli rice
casserole with instant cheese
A lightweighted and easy version of a favorite casserole. This version uses abundant brown rice and for creaminess uses Greek yogurt instead of chicken soup cream.
Meatballs >and red potatoes with creamy
Parmesan sauce
Red potatoes, green beans, dumplings and mushrooms are topped with a creamy Parmesan sauce. An easy meal from a pot. Frozen meatballs are used to facilitate preparation. You can also do this in the slow cooker.
Instant Pot Chicken and mashed
potatoes
Chicken, mashed potatoes, carrots and sauce are prepared in a pot, your Instant Pot. A perfect dinner for any night of the week.
InstantPot Roast
Grandma’s Sunday Undo the roast combined with potatoes, carrots, green beans and sauce made quickly in your pressure cooker. A perfect Sunday dinner like the one grandma used to make.
Instant PotCheesy Broccoli Rice Creamy
rice similar to a risotto with cheddar cheese, broccoli and (optional) pieces of chicken breast. A family meal from a pot perfect for a busy weeknight.
InstantPot Cajun sausage, potatoes and beans
A quick and easy meal of a pot of Cajun-style andouille sausage, red potatoes in quarters, fresh green beans and sliced mushrooms. Drizzle the buttery broth over the potatoes for maximum flavor.
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Instant Pot Bowls of
Greek Chicken Rice and chicken are mixed with a lemon juice, olive oil, fresh garlic and vinegar dressing. Cucumber diced, red pepper, red onion and feta cheese are mixed into rice to complete the meal from a pot.
Instant Pot Chili (Hillbilly style) A tasty and easy chili recipe with spaghetti noodles! Make it fast in your Instant Pot!
Instant Spaghetti (cowboy style)
An easy spaghetti recipe with bacon, ground beef, Rotel, barbecue sauce and cheese. A hearty pasta dish that is prepared quickly with the help of your Instant Pot.
Instant Pot Mac and Cheese (breakfast style)
Don’t hit it until you try it! Mac with cheese with sausages, peppers and hot sauce… And the best part is the coverage of crispy hashbrowns.
Instant PotChicken Thighs and Potatoes
Tender chicken with lots of flavor. This chicken and potato dish will quickly become a family favorite at home. It has the perfect amount of seasoning and lemon flavor.
InstantPot
Cabbage, potatoes and sausages
Pot Instant Cabbage, potatoes and sausages are an easy and delicious dinner. With bacon and sausages it has a lot of flavor. Plus, you get your veggies with cabbage, carrots, and red potatoes.
Instant Pot Beef Stew
A super easy recipe for meat stew that doesn’t sacrifice flavor. This stew is comfort in a bowl! My mother used to make this beef stew in the oven for several hours. Now I do it in minutes on my Instant Pot.
Instant Pot Butter Chicken Rice and chicken in a tomato, butter and spiced (but not spicy) cream.
InstantPot Mississippi Pot Roast Noodles Instant Pot Mississippi Beef
Noodles-Shredded
beef beef and noodles with the most amazing taste ever! This dish is easy to make (throw away and ready!) and will soon be frequently requested!
Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup This
Instant Pot Chicken Noodle
Soup recipe is quick and easy to make. It is not necessary to cook the chicken in advance, just add it directly to your pressure cooker along with the vegetables and broth. We love to make this recipe on a cold day or when we have a sick one at home.
Instant Pot Corned Beef
A super easy (and delicious) method of making corned beef! Canned tender meat is cut into slices and served along with carrots and potatoes (and if desired, cabbage). It is then topped with a hot sauce made of sour cream, dijon mustard and garlic. A perfect dinner for St. Patrick’s Day (or any other day).
Instant Pork
Chops
Creamy mashed potatoes are served with ranchera seasoned pork chops and salsa. All made in a pot at the same time! Instant
Pot Short Ribs
Beef ribs seasoned with black pepper that are browned and then braised in their pressure cooker with an amazing Asian sauce and peppers
.
Vegan Instant Pot Crushed Pea and Barley Soup
A hearty split pea soup with barley, carrots, onions, salted herbs and green onions. This is an imitation recipe for the popular vegan soup sold at California Pizza Kitchen.
Instant Pot CurryA Thai-style coconut curry with moist bites of chicken, tender bites of yellow potatoes, vibrant turmeric, and curry powder, all quickly homemade in your electric pressure cooker. Bonus: Jasmine rice is cooked at the same time and in the same pot!
Instant PotTacos
Easy to make smoked chicken tacos with all bindings. A fresh weekday meal that is prepared quickly.
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