recipe Archives - Pressure Cooking Today™ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/tag/recipe/ The Best Instant Pot Recipes / Easy Pressure Cooker Recipes for the Electric Pressure Cooker Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:41:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 How to Make Spaghetti Squash in an Instant Pot https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/spaghetti-squash/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/spaghetti-squash/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2022 04:33:00 +0000 http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/?p=663 Did you know you can cook spaghetti squash in the pressure cooker? It cooks quickly, and it's softer and better tasting than cooked in a microwave.

Spaghetti squash is a great alternative to pasta. There are only 42 calories in 1 cup of cooked spaghetti squash, so it's a perfect start to making a hearty, healthy meal that's also low in calories.

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]]> The Instant Pot is the easiest, quickest way to cook spaghetti squash. All you need is a squash and water to make this swap for a lower-carb meal!

a horizontal shot of a bowl of spaghetti squash, garnished with parsley and sprinkled with salt and peper

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe: This simple recipe makes it effortless to cook a delicious, sweet squash with no mess.

We’ve tried every way to cook spaghetti squash, and using the Instant Pot / pressure cooker is by far our favorite for speed and simplicity. 

If you’re looking for more fast and easy Instant Pot vegetable dishes, try our Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker Corn on the Cob and Instant Pot Carrots with a Maple-Butter Glaze.

Update: We love making Instant Pot spaghetti squash, so we’ve updated this post with new step-by-step photos and tips to make this recipe even easier. 

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]]> https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/spaghetti-squash/feed/ 53 Instant Pot Sausage and Peppers https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-sausage-and-peppers/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-sausage-and-peppers/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2022 05:54:00 +0000 http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/?p=3846 Instant Pot Sausage and Peppers are a hearty and flavorful one-pot meal that’s perfect for a crowd. Made with mild Italian sausages, colorful peppers, and tomato sauce.  ❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe: This sausage and peppers recipe uses just four ingredients to produce a super flavorful and satisfying meal the entire family loves. It […]

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]]> Instant Pot Sausage and Peppers are a hearty and flavorful one-pot meal that’s perfect for a crowd. Made with mild Italian sausages, colorful peppers, and tomato sauce. 

A white serving dish filled with Instant Pot sausage and peppers with tongs for serving, placed next to a gray napkin.

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe: This sausage and peppers recipe uses just four ingredients to produce a super flavorful and satisfying meal the entire family loves. It comes together in no time, thanks to your Instant Pot / pressure cooker. 

Instead of simmering for 4 hours, this easy pressure cooker version of sausage and peppers takes only a 25-minute High Pressure cook time. But it doesn’t skimp on flavor, thanks to Italian sausages, dried seasonings, and tomato sauce. 

We love this one-pot Instant Pot meal! It’s delicious served over pasta, rice, or polenta, but it’s just as tasty with a nice crusty bread to sop up all the broth.

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]]> https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-sausage-and-peppers/feed/ 224 Best Easy Instant Pot Recipes https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/easy-recipes-for-the-pressure-cooker/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/easy-recipes-for-the-pressure-cooker/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2021 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/?p=2780 These are the 33 best easy instant pot recipes for your electric pressure cooker, including desserts, breakfasts, and dinners.

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]]> These are the 33 Best Easy Instant Pot Recipes for breakfast, weeknight dinners, and sweet treats that come together in minutes with your electric pressure cooker!

collage of Easy Recipes to make in the Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi, Crockpot Express, or any other brand of electric pressure cooker

Are you hoping to use your new Instant Pot to make it a little easier to get dinner on the table? We’ve got you covered—an electric pressure cooker is a great way to make your favorite long-cooked dishes in a fraction of the time.

From tender pulled pork to hearty stews and chilis, the Instant Pot is the best way to make dinner time a little easier. But it’s not just for dinner!

This list of the best easy Instant Pot recipes includes fast breakfasts, side dishes, and even a few simple desserts.

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]]> https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/easy-recipes-for-the-pressure-cooker/feed/ 81 Instant Pot Carrots with a Maple-Butter Glaze https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/instant-pot-carrots-with-a-maple-butter-glaze/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/instant-pot-carrots-with-a-maple-butter-glaze/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2021 19:36:14 +0000 https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/?p=43877 Make the best Instant Pot Glazed Carrots with a maple-butter sauce topped with toasted pumpkin seeds for a crowd-pleasing vegetarian side dish.

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]]> Make the best Instant Pot Glazed Carrots with a maple-butter sauce topped with toasted pumpkin seeds for a crowd-pleasing vegetarian side dish. 

a 45 degree shot of Instant Pot glazed carrots, garnished with pepitas and pumpkin seeds and parsley

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe: This super easy 20-minute side dish is perfect for the holidays because it doesn’t require oven space. The carrots stay crisp-tender and have a sweet and savory glaze with crunch from pepitas. 

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]]> https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/instant-pot-carrots-with-a-maple-butter-glaze/feed/ 1 Instant Pot Chicken and Mushrooms https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/chicken-and-mushrooms/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/chicken-and-mushrooms/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2021 04:16:00 +0000 http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/?p=627 Instant Pot chicken and mushrooms is a creamy dish made with tender chicken breasts, parmesan, garlic, and sliced mushrooms.

It makes a flavorful sauce that tastes great served over rice or pasta.

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]]> Instant Pot Chicken and Mushrooms is a creamy, saucy one-pot dish made with garlic, tomato, and parmesan cheese coating juicy chicken breasts. 

chicken in mushroom sauce in front of an instant pot

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe: This is an easy and flavor-packed Instant Pot chicken recipe to whip up on a weeknight. It has a rich, creamy tomato-based sauce and tender chicken breasts that make a satisfying dinner. 

This recipe comes from one of our readers, Carol. She originally found it in the 365 Days of Slow Cooking Cookbook. We adapted it for the pressure cooker and it’s become a favorite weeknight dinner at my house, and it’s easy to see why. 

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]]> https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/chicken-and-mushrooms/feed/ 60 Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-beef-bourguignon/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-beef-bourguignon/#comments Sun, 02 May 2021 04:15:00 +0000 http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/?p=1081 Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon is a delicious and easy one-pot dinner with chuck roast, pearl onions, mushrooms and red wine-tomato sauce.

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]]> This classic Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon recipe has all of the familiar flavors from mushrooms, tomato, beef broth, wine, and pearl onions, in a fraction of the time. 

Close up picture of Instant Pot beef bourguignon served with mashed potatoes and fresh parsley in a white bowl with rolls and a bottle of red wine in the background.

❤️ Why you’ll love this recipe: Comforting, meaty and full of flavor, this beef bourguignon is surprisingly easy to make (thanks to your pressure cooker) but every bite tastes decadent. It’s perfect for entertaining or a special occasion!

Beef bourguignon is definitely one of the best comfort food recipes. It has everything: tender, juicy beef in a rich and silky tomato-based sauce that’s enhanced with thyme and garlic, plus carrots and pearl onions for natural sweetness and extra color. 

It’s my favorite fancy dinner! It’d be perfect for Mother’s Day or to celebrate a graduation!

The best part about this recipe is how easy it is to make! Thanks to an Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker, you can whip up this comforting dish in under an hour. And yet, the flavors taste like they’ve been simmering all day!

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]]> https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-beef-bourguignon/feed/ 26 Instant Pot Apple Cherry Breakfast Risotto https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/apple-cherry-breakfast-risotto/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/apple-cherry-breakfast-risotto/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2021 05:34:00 +0000 http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/?p=2067 Instant Pot Apple Risotto is a creamy breakfast dish with Arborio rice, dried cranberries, apples and apple juice, ready in under 20 minutes.

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]]> Instant Pot Apple Risotto is a comforting, quick breakfast recipe made with creamy Arborio rice, dried cherries, diced apples, apple juice, and warm cinnamon spices.

a white bowl of Instant Pot Apple Risotto with Cherries and diced apples, with a silver spoon sticking out the side and topped with additional milk

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe: This breakfast risotto lets you start the day on a sweet note, you can control the sweetness levels, and it’s ready in under 20 minutes!

Making a sweet, fruity, and warming bowl of breakfast porridge in the Instant Pot is a delicious hands-off way to start your day on the right note. This apple breakfast risotto is a go-to recipe worth returning to every apple season.

My entire family loves this hearty Instant Pot Apple Cherry Risotto, and we make it year-round. It’s been on the site for a loooong time now, so I took some new photos and added tips. 

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]]> https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/apple-cherry-breakfast-risotto/feed/ 8 Easy Instant Pot Spanish Rice https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/quick-and-easy-spanish-rice/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/quick-and-easy-spanish-rice/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2021 04:40:00 +0000 http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/?p=2084 We eat a lot of rice at our house and I always cook it in the pressure cooker. It's super easy and cooks perfectly every time.

Since Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner, and the perfect time to share my quick and easy Spanish Rice recipe. The rice only takes four minutes to cook in the pressure cooker, so it's the perfect side dish for almost anything you're cooking this year for Cinco de Mayo.

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]]> Shortcut Spanish Rice in the Instant Pot is a cheap, flavor-packed side dish made with just five ingredients. 

plate of instant pot spanish rice with tacos

❤️ Why you’ll love it: This kid-friendly one-pot side dish gets its flavor from your favorite jarred salsa and has instructions for both fresh onions and a dump-and-go shortcut with dried. 

I love to make a quick batch of Instant Pot Spanish rice to serve with tacos, fill burritos, and make grain bowls. It’s incredibly fast to make, inexpensive, and makes the perfect side dish for Taco Tuesday. 

If you’re looking for a fast and satisfying rice dish to keep in your back pocket, this Instant Pot Spanish Rice is exactly what you need. This shortcut recipe is made with jarred salsa for extra flavor without a long ingredient list. 

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]]> Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats with Apples and Cinnamon make the perfect healthy and warming breakfast thanks to fiber-rich oats, brown sugar, and butter for creaminess. 

white bowl of apple-cinnamon flavored instant pot steel cut oats with apple slices, on top of a muted blue and white striped napkin with a glass of milk and a second bowl of steel cut oats in the background

❤️ Why you’ll love it: You’ll stay full until lunch after just one bowl of these hearty oats.

I first made this recipe when I decided to swap out sugary breakfast cereals with healthier steel-cut oats for breakfast. I even wrote a post all about how to make the creamiest Instant Pot steel cut oats every time.

Since that first time trying steel cut oats, my boys and I have loved starting our day with a cinnamon-spiced version of this healthy breakfast porridge. It’s quick and easy to make, and the fiber keeps you full all morning. 

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]]> https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-cinnamon-apple-steel-cut-oats/feed/ 58 25+ Best Instant Pot Recipes for Easter https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/easter-pressure-cooker-recipes/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/easter-pressure-cooker-recipes/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:46:00 +0000 http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/?p=3089 Try these best Easter Instant Pot recipes for eggs, brunch, dinner & desserts to save time and put your pressure cooker to use for the holiday

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]]> These are the best Easter Instant Pot recipes to prepare your holiday meal faster and easier than ever before! From pressure cooker egg dishes to entrees and desserts, this is your new holiday menu!

A six-image collage of recipes you can make in your Instant Pot this Easter, featuring a large photo of sliced spiral ham and asparagus and a large photo of dyed Easter eggs in several shimmering colors. Smaller photos appear underneath the ham featuring a wooden spoon holding potatoes au gratin and a white plate with a serving of Lemon Cheesecake. Above the Easter eggs are two smaller photos of Zesty Deviled Eggs and a mini mason jar with mini Easter Cheesecakes with malted-milk Robin Eggs sprinkled above and beneath.

This year pull out your pressure cooker or Instant Pot to make your Easter dinner easier and tastier in a fraction of the time! 

We always rely on our Instant Pot (sometimes more than one!) to prepare everything from juicy ham and creamy potatoes au gratin to perfect hard boiled eggs for our hunt.

You’ll also find some of our favorite baking recipes in this list to make something sweet in the oven while your pressure cooker is working hard. 

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