Recipe Collection
Instant Pot Recipes
Pressure-cooker recipes for faster hands-off cooking.
Every recipe on this page is explicitly tagged for the Instant Pot in FAFO’s method taxonomy. The collection updates from the master recipe index, so new pressure-cooker recipes can join without hand-editing this page.
12 recipes
Instant Pot Beef Stew
To make Instant Pot Beef Stew, sear beef chuck cubes, pressure cook with potatoes, carrots, and broth for 35 minutes, then thicken the broth into a rich stew.
Instant Pot Black Bean Soup
Dried black beans are usually the ingredient that makes you remember dinner planning would have been useful yesterday.
Instant Pot Carnitas Bowls
The Instant Pot can make pork shoulder tender. The broiler is what gives carnitas their dignity back.
Instant Pot Chicken
Season chicken breasts or thighs, sear them in the Instant Pot on Sauté mode, add one cup of broth, then pressure cook on High for 10 minutes (breasts).
Instant Pot Chicken Tortellini Soup
Instant Pot Chicken Tortellini Soup pressure-cooks chicken and vegetables in broth, then finishes with cheese tortellini and spinach for a fast, comforting.
Instant Pot Greek Chicken Bowls
Instant Pot Greek Chicken Bowls pressure-cook lemon-oregano marinated chicken thighs, then layer them over rice with tomatoes, cucumber, feta.
Instant Pot Lentil Curry
Instant Pot Lentil Curry pressure-cooks red lentils with warm spices, tomatoes, and coconut milk into a rich, plant-based curry ready in 35 minutes.
Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto
Traditional risotto asks you to stand at the stove adding broth a ladle at a time, stirring with the concentration of someone defusing a very creamy bomb.
Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin with Apples
Pork and apples have been getting along for centuries, presumably because pork has the richness and apples have the good sense to bring acid and sweetness.
Instant Pot Pot Roast with Carrots
Pot roast should surrender when you touch it with a fork. If you need a steak knife and determination, the roast has won.
Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice
Red beans and rice is built on ingredients that reward time: dried kidney beans, andouille sausage, onion, green bell pepper, celery, garlic, thyme, bay leaves…
Instant Pot White Chicken Chili
To make Instant Pot White Chicken Chili, build the base with skinless chicken breasts and white beans, add diced green chiles, then let everything simmer.