Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes- this recipe shows you how EASY it is to make perfect sweet potatoes right inside of your instant pot or pressure cooker.

oh HEY! I’m back with another ‘HOW did I live without this easy Instant Pot hack for so long!?’ posts. Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes. If you’ve followed my blog for even just a small amount of time then you’ll know how DEEP my love for sweet potatoes goes.

At the end of this post, I’m going to leave you with a nice long list of my favorite Food with Feeling recipes that would be perfect with these Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes. I have SO many good ones :)

Since we made the Instant Pot Baked Potatoes last week I figured that we should also explore sweet potatoes in the instant pot. Turns out, the whole process is exactly the same….just with a different potato. Who woulda thunk it?

How to make Sweet Potatoes in the Instant Pot:

To make sweet potatoes in the instant pot, we’re going to start by scrubbing the potatoes clean and then poking each one about 6 times with a fork to help them vent while cooking.

NEXT, we’ll put the trivet inside of the pot and pour in one cup of water. The potatoes then go on top of the trivet, stacking if needed. Seal the lid and set the instant pot to MANUAL high pressure for 16 minutes. The time for this will vary depending on the size of your potatoes. I found 16 minutes to be perfect for most medium sized potatoes but go a couple minutes less if your potatoes are small or even a couple minutes more if your potatoes are extra large.

Once the instant pot is done cooking, just let the pressure natural release (mine takes about 8 minutes) and they’re DONE! Just like with the Instant Pot baked potatoes, you can spray them with a little cooking spray and broil them in the oven for a few minutes if you want to crisp up the skin a bit. It’s totally not necessary but sometimes I just prefer it more.

Pretty easy, right? As promised, here are some of my favorite Sweet potato recipes that would be great with these Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes:

Black Bean Stuffed Sweet Potatoes. Get the recipe HERE.

Loaded Breakfast Sweet Potato. Get the full recipe HERE.

Guacamole Stuffed Sweet Potatoes. Get the recipe HERE.

Sweet Potato Gnocchi. Get the recipe HERE.

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Toastadas. Get the recipe HERE.

What if I only have 2 sweet potatoes?

If you only want to cook 2 (or even just 1) sweet potato in the instant pot, the recipe remains the same but with just a smaller number!

Honestly there are so many good ones! Just type “sweet potato” into the search bar of my blog and it’ll pull up all of my sweet potato recipes!

I hope that you have a lovely weekend, friends!

Here are some more basic instant pot recipes that you might like:

• Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
• Instant Pot Baked Potatoes
• Instant Pot Basmati Rice
• Instant Pot Quinoa

See how to make Sweet Potatoes in an Instant Pot here:

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