Did you recently get an Instant Pot?

Start with these 19 easy and delicious recipes and the pressure cooker will soon be your most used appliance.

Robin Shreeves joins Laurel Randolph in compiling this list.

IP Recipes for Beginners

Simply Recipes

Use your hard-boiled eggs to makedeviled eggs, egg salad, or enjoy as a snack.

Bonus: youll also have homemade chicken broth when youre done.

Apple, brown sugar, and cinnamon add sweetness and spice.

Instant Pot Chicken Stock - jars filled with chicken stock in front of an Instant Pot

Nick Evans

For a bit of texture, top with toasted walnuts.

In addition to tacos, try using shredded chicken on nachos andburrito bowls.

Note that different varieties of beans require different cook times, so consult our cook time chart before beginning.

Peeled and sliced Instant pot hard boiled eggs on a plate

Emma Christensen and Elise Bauer

If you end up with leftovers,freeze it for laterormake fried rice.

Saute onions and garlic, and then everything else goes into the pot, including raw chickenno searing required!

Instant Pot Potatoes

Steaming potatoes in the Instant Pot makes for effortless meal prep.

How to Cook Chicken in the Instant Pot serve the chicken

Coco Morante

While the soup cooks, prep your crunchy and creamy toppings like radishes, avocado, and lime wedges.

Feel free to skip the blending step and leave them chunky if you prefer them that way.

Truly one pot, the veggies and meat saute in the Instant Pot before the chili is pressure cooked.

Pressure Cooker Steel Cut Oats

Coco Morante

Instant Pot White Chicken Chili

Prefer your chili a different color?

Bulk it up by serving with cooked rice or noodles.

Instant Pot Beef Brisket

Braising a big hunk of meat under pressure is genius.

Instant Pot Chicken Taco Meat

Coco Morante

It takes the classic hands-off Jewish beef brisket and makes it even more hands-off.

It cooks with aromatic vegetables that you blend into a savory gravy.

As the cooked brisket rests, you cook the veggies in the flavorful broth.

Risotto with Mushrooms - white bowls filed creamy mushroom risotto

Alison Bickle

How To Make Fast, No-Soak Beans in the Pressure Cooker

Emma Christensen

Instant Pot rice in a bowl with a spoon and the instant pot in the background

Coco Morante

A white bowl with Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup inside. A red broth with fried tortila strips, shredded chicken, chopped cilantro, shredded cheese and slices of avocado are visible in the bowl. A slice of lime is next to the avocado on the edge of the bowl. A partial view of a second bowl with the same soup inside is in the upper right corner. A white container has fried tortilla strips inside in the top left. A linen with a grey pattern is in partial view to the left of the bowl. A stem of cilantro is to the right of the bowl.

Coco Morante

How To Cook Potatoes in the Pressure Cooker

Coco Morante

Pork Pozole in the Pressure Cooker

Coco Morante

A serving of instant pot paella on a plate

Coco Morante

Pressure Cooker Refried Beans in a white bowl with lime wedges and sliced jalepenos nearby. The instant pot is in the background.

Coco Morante

Pressure Cooker Chili with beef in bowl

Coco Morante

Instant pot white chicken chili seen overhead in the open pot

Instant Pot White Chicken Chili.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes in a bowl with chives

Coco Morante

Instant pot chicken noodle soup in a bowl with the instant pot in partial view behind it.

Coco Morante

Pressure Cooker Beef Brisket

Coco Morante

Insta Pot Corned Beef - corned beef, cabbage, potato, carrots on plate

Coco Morante