Name: Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 37 min
Ingredients: 4 sweet potatoes (6 to 9 ounces each and 2 inches wide); 1 cup water

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Who says you can’t make sweet potatoes in a pressure cooker? Try our Instant Pot sweet potatoes recipe to have perfectly cooked taters in less than an hour!

With the holidays settling in your kitchen is going to be a busy place for the next couple of weeks.

Chances are your oven is going to be full of tasty treats. So, why not use your pressure cooker to simplify things?

For today’s post, we’re going to share our simple Instant Pot sweet potatoes recipe.

It should make things a little easier by freeing up some space in your oven and cutting the cut the cook time in half for whole potatoes. Let’s get started!

Four sweet potatoes cut open and topped with melting butter.

How to make Instant Pot sweet potatoes?

First, start by washing and drying the sweet potatoes.

You want to make sure to remove any dirt or debris before the cooking process.

The prepped taters on a trivet in the pressure cooker.

Next, put the liner into the cooker and place the trivet into the liner. After that, add one (1) cup of water.

Now, add the potatoes by placing them on the trivet. Do not put them into the liner without the trivet or they will stick and burn.

Then, close the lid and set the valve to, “sealed.” Press the manual/high pressure button and set the timer to cook for fifteen (15) minutes.

The potatoes have cooked and have been split open for toppings.

When the timer goes off, allow for a ten (10) minute natural release. Afterward, carefully unseal the valve to release any leftover pressure.

Last, open the Instant Pot and use tongs to remove the sweet potatoes. That’s it, your Instant Pot sweet potatoes recipe is done!

Kim and I hope you enjoy the side and wish you all the best 🙂

The taters have been topped with unsalted butter before serving.

Sweet Potato Toppings:

What goes with sweet potatoes, you ask? Well, the list below contains a few of our favorite tuber toppings!

Butter
Cinnamon
Sugar
Sour Cream
Pecans
Salt and Pepper

The finished sweet taters split open and topped with butter.

Quick Tips:

We used sweet potatoes that weighed between six (6) and nine (9) ounces. At their widest point, they were about two (2) inches wide.
If the potatoes are larger, the time needs to be increased. For example, extra large pressure cooked potatoes may need to cook for as much as forty-five (45) minutes or longer.