51 Instant Pot Recipes for Quick and Easy Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, and Desserts

• Instant Pot Lemon Vanilla Rice Pudding With Whipped Cream
• Big-Batch Instant Pot White Beans
• This Instant Pot Lamb Haleem Is My Quick Route to Cold-Weather Comfort Food
• Cheater’s Chicken and Dumplings in the Instant Pot
• This Instant Pot Japchae Is, In Fact, Instant
• Brown Butter Steel-Cut Oatmeal
• Instant Pot Brothy Farro with Sausage and Leeks
• Instant Pot Hummus
• Instant Pot Chicken Stock
• For the Easiest Passion Fruit Curd, Fire Up the Pressure Cooker
• Prep These 3 Indonesian Spice Pastes for Effortless Cooking With Big Flavor
• Instant-Pot Italian Chickpea Stew With Pesto
• Caramelize Your Pumpkin Pie Filling
• 15. Instant Pot Braised Lamb With White Beans and Spinach
• This Summer Meal Plan Lets Your Instant Pot Do All the Hard Work
• This Summer Meal Plan Lets Your Instant Pot Do All the Hard Work
• This Summer Meal Plan Lets Your Instant Pot Do All the Hard Work
• Instant Pot Chogae Guksu
• This Summer Meal Plan Lets Your Instant Pot Do All the Hard Work
• Instant Pot Bisibelabath
• Instant Pot Lemon Chicken With Garlic and Olives
• Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto
• Instant Pot Sticky Hoisin Baby Back Ribs
• Instant Pot Refried Black Beans
• Instant Pot Hard-Boiled Eggs
• Instant Pot Caldo Verde
• Homemade Plain Whole Milk Yogurt in the Instant Pot
• Beets with Dill, Lime, and Yogurt
• Instant Pot Shrimp Scampi
• Breakfast Cobbler
• Instant-Pot Cultured Coconut Milk Yogurt
• Instant Pot Choucroute Garnie
• Kidney Bean Étouffée
• Jill Nussinow’s Smoky-Sweet Black-Eyed Peas and Greens for the Instant Pot
• Espresso and Toasted Almond Flan
• Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese
• Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan Meatballs
• Instant Pot Butternut Squash Hash
• BBQ Baby Back Ribs
• Instant Pot Middle Eastern Lentils With Rice, Leeks, and Spinach
• Instant-Pot Vegan Cauliflower Queso
• Instant Pot Thai Coconut Clams
• One-Pot Turkey Bolognese with “Spaghetti”
• Pressure-Cooker Gigante Beans in Tomato Sauce
• Spiced Coconut Chicken and Rice
• Instant Pot Tequila Lime Carnitas
• Hidden Cauliflower Mac ‘n’ Cheese
• Instant Pot Ginger-Lime Baby Back Ribs
• Instant Pot Coconut Green Curry Shrimp
• Instant Pot Red Bean and Quinoa Soup with Taco Fixins
• Polenta Cacio e Pepe

Air fryers might get all the attention, but we still think the Instant Pot has staying power. Some Instant Pot recipes aren’t just speedier than their stovetop equivalents—they’re better. Below, you’ll find 51 ways to put your electric pressure cooker to work, including hearty stews, easy soups, dinner-party worthy main dishes, comforting desserts, and homemade yogurt and hummus to get you through the week. Most of these recipes are one-pot options, which will help cut down on cleaning, too.

Don’t have a pressure cooker yet? Here’s a guide to picking out the right Instant Pot for you.

Instant Pot Lemon Vanilla Rice Pudding With Whipped Cream

Instant Pot recipes aren’t all meat and beans. This dessert from Melissa Clark’s Comfort in an Instant pairs Arborio rice (the kind you’d use for risotto) with lemon, cinnamon, and a vanilla bean. Although rice pudding is traditionally served cold, this one is also wonderfully comforting when it’s still warm. See recipe.

Big-Batch Instant Pot White Beans

Make a big batch of beans in your Instant Pot, and you’ll be set for meals throughout the week. Pair with smoked paprika and piquillo peppers, or tomato and marjoram, or just add some herbs and olive oil and pile on toast. See recipe.

This Instant Pot Lamb Haleem Is My Quick Route to Cold-Weather Comfort Food

On the stovetop, this dish of long-simmered lentils, barley, and bone-in chunks of lamb or goat takes hours. But a pressure cooker slashes the time required. Serve topped with white onion, lime wedges, crispy shallots and ginger, and chopped cilantro for brightness. See recipe.

Cheater’s Chicken and Dumplings in the Instant Pot

Packaged potato gnocchi takes the heavy lifting out of this comforting chicken and dumplings dinner. It’ll quick become one of your go-to Instant Pot chicken recipes. See recipe.

This Instant Pot Japchae Is, In Fact, Instant

This classic Korean dish takes just 20 minutes to prepare when you’re using a multi-cooker like the Instant Pot. Feel free to swap in your favorite vegetables for the carrots, oyster mushrooms, and spinach called for here. See recipe.

Brown Butter Steel-Cut Oatmeal

Steel-cut oats have a chewy, hearty texture. Taking the extra step of browning them in butter gives the oatmeal a toasty, rich flavor and helps to keep it from sticking to the pot. Easy Instant Pot recipes like this one can make your whole week better. See recipe.

Instant Pot Brothy Farro with Sausage and Leeks

A scattering of fresh radishes and scallion greens keeps this simple Italian sausage dish feeling fresh and springy. See recipe.

Instant Pot Hummus

The secret to making a smooth, light, fluffy hummus is to use warm, just-cooked chickpeas. And the Instant Pot makes that easy. Then, it’s easy to turn hummus into dinner. See recipe.

Instant Pot Chicken Stock

Whenever it’s soup season, we like to have a batch of this simple chicken stock on hand. It’s great in any soup recipe, and also delicious on its own. See recipe.

For the Easiest Passion Fruit Curd, Fire Up the Pressure Cooker

You can even make fruit curds in a pressure cooker. Spread this luscious concoction on scones or drizzle over cheesecake. See recipe.

Prep These 3 Indonesian Spice Pastes for Effortless Cooking With Big Flavor

Like many other dishes that are traditionally cooked long and slow, this rendang works really well in the pressure cooker. Chicken thighs stay nice and juicy in the fragrant galangal-spiced sauce, but you can sub chicken breasts if that’s what you have on hand. See recipe.

Instant-Pot Italian Chickpea Stew With Pesto

We love it when we’re having chickpeas for dinner. Here, they’re the basis of a savory Italian bean stew, which gets an extra kick from a spoonful of intensely flavored basil pesto. See recipe.

Caramelize Your Pumpkin Pie Filling

This Instant Pot technique will work with any pumpkin pie recipe—all you need to do is melt some butter in your pressure cooker, add pumpkin purée and a rounded ½ tsp. baking soda, stir, and let it cook on high for 20 minutes before proceeding with your recipe. Read more about the technique before Thanksgiving, and you’ll be glad you did. See article.

15. Instant Pot Braised Lamb With White Beans and Spinach

Bone-in lamb shoulder chops and beans are ideal for the pressure cooker. The meat turns meltingly tender while it enriches a broth packed with garlic and rosemary in this Instant Pot recipe. See recipe.

This Summer Meal Plan Lets Your Instant Pot Do All the Hard Work

These spicy clams just cook for a minute under pressure. They’re part of this whole set of Instant Pot weeknight dinners curated by Nancy Cho and Selina Lee. (That meal plan includes Instant Pot baked potatoes, too!) See recipe.

This Summer Meal Plan Lets Your Instant Pot Do All the Hard Work

Chickpeas are cheaper when made from dried. And the Instant Pot makes the process truly foolproof. This salad is a great vegetarian lunch to pack on the go. See recipe.

This Summer Meal Plan Lets Your Instant Pot Do All the Hard Work

These ribs get rubbed with cumin, red pepper flakes, brown sugar, and cinnamon before getting tender in the Instant Pot. A final finish on the grill just takes a few minutes—faster any takeout dinner could appear. This is one of those pressure cooker recipes that will really change up your cooking routine. See recipe.

Instant Pot Chogae Guksu

This cool, refreshing dish is a summer favorite. You can make it with Cornish hens or a small whole chicken. See recipe.

This Summer Meal Plan Lets Your Instant Pot Do All the Hard Work

The IP makes quick work of sturdy vegetables like kabocha squash. If you want to add a bit more protein, this soup is delicious with the addition of shrimp. See recipe.

Instant Pot Bisibelabath

This spicy Instant pot lentil and rice dish just needs cooling raita on the side. See recipe.

Instant Pot Lemon Chicken With Garlic and Olives

Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto

Making risotto in an electric pressure cooker means no endless stirring, and no ladling of stock one cup at a time. It’s an endlessly riffable formula that can adapt to whatever additions you have on hand. See recipe.

Instant Pot Sticky Hoisin Baby Back Ribs

Cooking ribs under pressure means they get incredibly tender without falling apart or shredding—in a fraction of the time as braising and with no attention needed. See recipe.

Instant Pot Refried Black Beans

You’ll save at least an hour or two of cooking time when you make black beans in an electric pressure cooker. See recipe.

Instant Pot Hard-Boiled Eggs

Hard-boiled eggs turn out perfectly every time when steamed in a pressure cooker: always evenly cooked and easier to peel than traditional boiled eggs. See recipe.

Instant Pot Caldo Verde

The ingredients of this classic Portuguese soup (namely chorizo, kale, and potatoes) meld beautifully under pressure, so you only need water—no stock—to get a savory, rich broth. See recipe.

Homemade Plain Whole Milk Yogurt in the Instant Pot

If you’ve never made yogurt at home, you’re in for a treat. It’s a rewarding process that gives you an appreciation for the role that bacteria play in our lives—and it yields delicious, versatile yogurt you can enjoy without any additives or artificial ingredients. This recipe is one of the many reasons the Instant Pot has been a game changer in our kitchens, especially when it comes to sustainability and cutting down on kitchen waste. See recipe.

Beets with Dill, Lime, and Yogurt

Roasting beets always feels like an effort, but beets get tender and sweet so easily in the Instant Pot. Here, they’re zipped up with lime, yogurt, and garlic. If you only have Greek yogurt on hand, thin it down with a little water or milk; you’re looking for a sauce that’s thin enough to drizzle. You can use any kind of beets here. Red and candy cane beets are sweeter than yellow beets, but all work well. See recipe.

Instant Pot Shrimp Scampi

The texture of shrimp cooked in the Instant Pot is such a pleasant surprise: You’d think the shrimp might be tough or mushy, but it’s firm, tender, and briny. See recipe.

Breakfast Cobbler

This apple, pear, and plum breakfast cobbler is a delicious (and less obvious) way to use the Instant Pot. All you need is the fruit, plus honey, coconut oil, cinnamon, unsweetened shredded coconut, pecans, and sunflower seeds. See recipe.

Instant-Pot Cultured Coconut Milk Yogurt

Yes, you can make your own coconut yogurt in the Instant Pot. This recipe for cultured coconut milk yogurt will guide you through. See recipe.

Instant Pot Choucroute Garnie

This hearty Alsatian classic is perfect for the Instant Pot. The meat is fork-tender, and its fat virtually melts away, adding richness to the sauerkraut and cabbage. See recipe.

Kidney Bean Étouffée

This vegan version of the classic Cajun stew gets great flavor from the spices. Smashed cooked beans thicken the sauce instead of roux, keeping it gluten free as well as lightning-fast. See recipe.

Jill Nussinow’s Smoky-Sweet Black-Eyed Peas and Greens for the Instant Pot

Don’t just reserve Hoppin’ John for New Year’s luck. The combination of sweet, smoky, and hot—and the freshness of the greens—is delicious any time of the year. See recipe.

Espresso and Toasted Almond Flan

Scoll down to Step 6 of this recipe to find the pressure cooker instructions. Toasty almonds add great texture to this luscious flan. See recipe.

Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan Meatballs

Instant Pot Butternut Squash Hash

Cubed butternut squash cooks quickly in the Instant Pot, and you can crack the eggs right in to cook for a minute once the squash is softened. Serving a great vegetarian brunch has never been easier. See recipe.

BBQ Baby Back Ribs

Making a batch of barbecued ribs in the Instant Pot is much faster than doing it on the grill, and you can make them any time of the year. See recipe.

Instant Pot Middle Eastern Lentils With Rice, Leeks, and Spinach

Inspired by mujaddara, a delicious mix of spiced simmered lentils and rice, this easy, meatless dish is rich with allspice, cinnamon, and sweet browned leeks. The handful of baby spinach stirred in toward the end turns it into a one-pot meal, and adds a bit of welcome color, too. If you don’t have leeks, use an onion or two instead. See recipe.

Instant-Pot Vegan Cauliflower Queso

Cauliflower adds creamy texture to this dairy-free queso. Serve with chips or raw veggies for dipping. See recipe.

Instant Pot Thai Coconut Clams

These Thai-inspired clams from Melissa Clark’s Dinner in an Instant are salty, tangy, and rich from the coconut milk. See recipe.

One-Pot Turkey Bolognese with “Spaghetti”

This is total comfort food, but packed with extra veggies. A little balsamic vinegar adds complexity to the sauce. You might be nervous about making Instant Pot spaghetti squash right in the sauce, but the reader reviews are in—and they’re raves. See recipe.

Pressure-Cooker Gigante Beans in Tomato Sauce

Spiced Coconut Chicken and Rice

This easy chicken-and-rice dish is spiced with turmeric, garlic, ginger, and curry powder, and enriched with coconut milk. See recipe.

Instant Pot Tequila Lime Carnitas

This carnitas recipe is perfect for festive occasions—or any weeknight you want dinner to be a real hit. Complete your Mexican-inspired feast with tortillas and this easy salsa recipe. See recipe.

Hidden Cauliflower Mac ‘n’ Cheese

This Instant Pot mac is a creamy, health-minded take on your family’s favorite. You could even double up on vegetables and serve some broccoli on the side. See recipe.

Instant Pot Ginger-Lime Baby Back Ribs

Instant Pot Coconut Green Curry Shrimp

Boost the flavor of your Instant Pot shrimp with a little Thai green curry paste, homemade or storebought. See recipe.

Instant Pot Red Bean and Quinoa Soup with Taco Fixins

When 5:15 p.m. hits and there’s still no dinner plan, Deb Perelman makes this Instant Pot bean soup. While the beans cook you can prepare the toppings, manage life’s last-minute chaos, and take a load off. It’s a weeknight meal win. See recipe.

Polenta Cacio e Pepe

Cooking polenta can be a long, slow process. Which is why this is one of our best Instant Pot recipes. 9 minutes and you’re done. Serve as a side dish with any roasted meat or veggies, or let it be the star of a simple, comforting meal. See recipe.