25+ Best Instant Pot Summer Side Dishes

This potato salad is creamy, satisfying and smokey, thanks to crumbled crispy bacon. It's great at a BBQ with Instant Pot Hamburgers

This Instant Pot Potato Salad Recipe is so easy, you’ll want to make it all the time! Cook hard-boiled eggs and potatoes together in the pressure cooker for quick, perfectly cooked eggs and potatoes every time. Try it with Make-Ahead BBQ Chicken Legs for a classic summer menu.

Instant Pot Twice Baked Ranch Potatoes are a crowd-pleasing side dish with soft and fluffy baked potatoes topped with cheesy ranch flavor and scallions. We like to serve these with Air Fryer Chicken Tenders for a fun kid-friendly dinner.

Cook these red potatoes quick in the electric pressure cooker, then coat in melted butter, garlic and herbs, and Parmesan cheese, and crisp them to perfection in your oven. Pair these crispy potatoes with Instant Pot Beef and Cheddar Sandwiches.

Make this light potato salad from Foodie Crush by cooking the potatoes in an Instant Pot for speed.

This rice has a bit of a kick and plenty of color from tomatoes and creamy avocado. Serve it with Mexican Stuffed Peppers in the Instant Pot.

Instant Pot Taco Rice is full of chili powder, ground beef, and jalapenos for a fast and flavorful weeknight dinner recipe. And for dessert, try festive Coconut Rice Pudding with pineapple.

This Mexican-inspired Instant Pot Rice is bright and perfect for summer. We love it with Easy Pressure Cooker Pulled Pork

Fluffy white rice, bright lime juice, and cilantro make Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice better than Chipotle! It’s the perfect Mexican side dish with Ground Beef Tacos from Barbara Bakes.

Easy Shortcut Spanish Rice in an Instant Pot is a five-ingredient side dish to pair with all of your favorite Spanish or Mexican meals, including Instant Pot Asopado.

Vibrant green rice is always a statement piece on a plate. We love serving this zesty pressure cooker rice with New Mexican Red Chile Pozole.

Bring tropical flavors to your weeknight dinners with this easy and creamy Instant Pot Coconut Rice, made with unsweetened coconut milk and jasmine rice. Pair it with Kalua Pork for a Hawaiian-themed dinner.

Summery, creamy Fresh Corn Chowder in the Pressure Cooker features crisp bacon, tender potatoes, and juicy corn kernels in a homemade corn cob broth.  It's great with sticky BBQ Wings.

This soup is satisfying and bright for summer. Hominy adds a filling and comforting element to every bite. Make a full Mexican dinner with Instant Pot Tamales alongside.

Instant Pot Minestrone Soup, made with fresh garden tomatoes, zucchini, corn, onion and pasta, is an easy soup recipe that makes the most of summer produce. It's delicious with Chicken Piccata.

Instant Pot Light Clam Chowder has a clear herb-flavored broth, tender clams, and potatoes for a lighter and healthier seafood dish. On the side, serve our favorite dinner rolls from Barbara Bakes.

Quinoa soaks up the bright, zesty Thai flavors in this satisfying grain and veggie salad. It's delicious with Thai-style fish made in the Instant Pot.

This quinoa salad from Two Peas and Their Pod has refreshing Greek flavors and is full of hearty beans. It makes a nice side dish with our Greek Beef Tacos

Creamy, traditional Egg Salad—made in an egg loaf in the Instant Pot—make a crunchy, tangy, and satisfying side dish with mayonnaise, sour cream, and fresh chives. Pair this side with Babyback Ribs (a make-ahead recipe).

This salad is creamy, crunchy and has a hit of vinegar for brightness. It just makes sense to serve it with German-style rolls!

Ratatouille is a classic French side dish with soft and flavorful eggplant, summer squashes, and tomatoes. This version, from Kalyn's Kitchen, pairs well with our simple BBQ Pork Tenderloin recipe.

This is a simple and hearty veggie side dish for the Instant Pot. You can use any of your favorite seasonal vegetables. Serve it with our lemony Greek Souvlaki.

For your next outdoor barbecue, use dried navy beans to make this easy Instant Pot Baked Beans recipe, featuring a classic sticky sauce of molasses, ketchup, and seasonings. Serve them with Country-Style Barbecue Pork Ribs.

A BBQ classic, this corn on the cob is fast and perfectly cooked in a pressure cooker.

This fresh green bean recipe from Paint the Kitchen Red has delicious Middle Eastern flavors and is great with Chicken Shawarma.

Yes, you can make sot, spongey cornbread without turning on the oven! This our go-to recipe on hot summer days. It's great with Instant Pot Short Ribs.

This light bean salad is a fast and easy side dish when you cook the beans in a pressure cooker.