32 Instant Pot Recipes You'll Have On Repeat (2024)

If there's one thing we find magical about Instant Pots, it's how quickly and perfectly they cook chicken and rice. The rice is the perfect texture and the chicken is insanely tender. This is the meal we cook in the Instant Pot the most often.

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The Instant Pot is a machine. It takes all of the arm workout out of making risotto. Start with warm stock just as you would with a stovetop risotto and you'll have a creamy risotto in no time.

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Instant Pots are amazing for soup. You simply add ingredients, set your Instant Pot to high, and press go! Soups are done in less than 20 minutes.

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Butter chicken is your favourite Indian takeaway dish that you can now make faster than delivery. Full of flavour, this dish will become a weekly staple. Chicken thighs become extremely tender under all the sauce that you'll want to soak up with plenty of naan.

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If there's one thing the Instant Pot does well, it's chilli. The pot takes away all of the legwork of standing and stirring over the stove for forever. This is now our favourite Chilli Recipe. It's so flavourful! Swap in different beans or use minced turkey instead. It will all come out delicious!

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There's no need to wait for a large piece of stew meat to tenderise for hours when your Instant Pot can do it in 25 minutes. This is a warm, comforting bowl of hearty beef stew with very little effort and in a fraction of the time. It's exactly what you need an a cold winter's night!

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Is there anything more comforting than a bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup? This Instant Pot recipe makes light work of this homestyle classic. Using the sauté feature, you can easily develop flavours by cooking the mirepoix (that's onions, carrots, and celery) before adding the remaining ingredients.

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Homemade mac and cheese is usually a lengthy process. You need to shred a ton of cheese, make a roux, make a cheese sauce, cook the pasta, then bake it with bread crumbs (if you want a crispy topping). But this recipe seriously cuts down on the process. Everything—pasta and sauce—cooks together in the pot.

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With just around 10 minutes of hands-on time, this perfectly cooked pork tenderloin comes together in under 30 minutes.

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These easy boneless pork chops have the most incredible creamy lemon sauce. And it all comes together in the Instant Pot—no stovetop or oven required. Even though it takes a little over an hour, it's so easy, you'll be adding it to your weeknight dinner rotation soon enough.

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If you're a fan of Korean flavour profiles, you'll love this recipe. The balance of sweet and spicy is perfect for any season, any day. When the meat is done cooking, reserve the broth and pour a little on top when serving—it is truly flavour central.

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Roast chicken is one of our favourite dinners ever, but it's usually too fussy to make on a weeknight. In the Instant Pot, you cut the cooking time in half!

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Don't sleep on this recipe. The Instant Pot makes perfectly tender and juicy chicken. The salsa verde makes it extremely flavourful and could be subbed out for regular salsa as well.

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Cooking with dried black beans is always better than using canned. And while it's easy to cook black beans, it can take a long time and some forethought. There is no need to think ahead with the Instant Pot. You can cook dried beans in 35 minutes, meaning you can still use them in that Nacho Soup you were planning on making tonight. Easy peasy.

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We're always searching for the best way to make the fudgiest brownies, and we might have found it in the Instant Pot. This is a straightforward and easy recipe that won't heat up your kitchen during the summer. Win, win, win.

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No standing over the stove and stirring with this insanely easy applesauce! We like ours on the less-sweet side, but if you're finding yours a little too tart, you can always stir in more sugar after they've been cooked.

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Golden and speckled with herbs on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside: Is this not everything you want for dinner? If you're busy running around the house doing other things, this is the perfect recipe to make tonight. With just 10 minutes of hands-on time, these chicken breasts practically cook themselves.

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This easy instant pot chicken and butternut squash curry is seasoned with cumin, coriander, sweet paprika, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and cayenne. We like to serve it with a big dollop of whole milk yogurt and sliced almonds over rice.

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Thanks to a little slurry of flour and hot chicken stock or water, the gravy that comes with these chicken thighs is luxuriously smooth and full of chicken flavour. We think it's the best thing you can do with those magical chicken fat drippings!

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This recipe is the perfect jumping off point for any of your favourite types of wings. Not a fan of buffalo sauce? Use your favourite barbecue sauce instead! Looking for something a bit more adventurous? Make a batch of sauce from our Spicy Asian Chicken Wing recipe and use it to coat your wings. Spice lovers will FLIP. 😍

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