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    Home > Side Dish > Perfect Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

    Perfect Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

    Last updated September 18, 2020. Originally posted March 13, 2019 By Jyothi Rajesh 14 Comments

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    perfectly cooked sweet potatoes in instant pot with a cube of butter with text
    instant pot sweet potatoes with butter and cilantro in it with text overlay

    Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes gives you perfect cooked, fluffy and creamy  potatoes every time. Mash with cube of butter, load them up with your favorite fillings for a healthy meal or simply serve it up as side dish. Either way, it’s PERFECT!

     

    sweet potatoes on white plate mashed with cubes of butter sprinkled with cilantro

    Whip up perfectly cooked instant pot sweet potatoes in 20 minutes. Just cook whole sweet potatoes in pressure cooker and serve, easy peasy. This recipe couldn’t be simpler! So go grab your instant, we are about to make favorite fall food recipe.

    Mash sweet potato and serve as side dish for thanksgiving, or make sweet potato casserole.  A darn healthy side dish isn’t it! Simply toss potatoes in pot and wait for the magic to unfold.

    two instant pot sweet potatoes on white plates mashed and stuffed with spicy chickpea filling and cubes of butter

    Many of my blog visitors jumped on to me saying “you don’t have to make everything in instant pot. Definitely not those recipes which can easily be made on stove top!” To them I reply saying, yes of course certain recipes can be conveniently made on stove top.

    Why shouldn’t I be using instant pot for those recipes when I know the fact that my cooking time is going to reduce to almost half in instant pot.

    The best thing about instant pot unlike other traditional pressure cooker, you can set it and walk away to finish my other chores! That to me is convenient cooking. So why not!

    When life gets busy, it’s time to grab instant pot, to make quick and easy meals! It’s time to make sweet potato and load with your favorite stuffing.

    two sweet potatoes inside the pot

    Sweet potato instant pot not just cooks sweet potatoes perfect fluffy and creamy, they cook much faster. If you tired of soggy sweet potatoes, cooking sweet potato instant pot is your solution to the problem. Depending on the size of sweet potatoes you use, you’ll need somewhere between 11 minutes to 22 minutes.

    Smaller thinner potatoes need lesser time, around 8-10 minutes.

    Medium sized potatoes will need approximately 15-16 minutes.

    Large sized potatoes I would set timer to 17-20 minutes.

    close up view of steamed instant pot sweet potatoes inside the pot

    What You Need For This Recipe

    Sweet potatoes – scrubbed and cleaned well.

    Instant pot – we used 6 Qt Duo Plus Instant Pot.

    Trivet – a trivet ring or steamer basket to place sweet potatoes.

    Water – to help steam sweet potatoes.

    Wooden Spoon with long handle – to help carefully remove steamed sweet potatoes from the pot.

    Your favorite stuffing – you can eat mashed sweet potatoes as it is with bit of butter with salt and pepper or you can stuff with your favorite stuffing. We are thinking BBQ chicken (shredded), roasted chickpeas with pesto, or simply maple syrup, cinnamon powder, ginger powder and pepper.

    two steamed sweet potatoes inside the pot

    How to Use Sweet Potato Instant Pot

    Use this method to cook sweet potato instant pot to make purees, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole or whip up creamy sweet potato soup with your favorite spices. Or use these mashes sweet potato for meal prep, like  recipes breakfast burritos, sweet potato hummus, that goes in meal prep boxes.

    If you want to make mashed potatoes, cook sweet potato in instant pot following the recipe. Peel skin off ,mash.Viola!

    steamed and mashed sweet potatoes on white place with cubes of butter sprinkled with cilantro

    How to Cook Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes 

    Cooking sweet potatoes in instant pot couldn’t be any simpler than this.

    First scrub sweet potatoes and clean it with water.

    Then go grab your instant pot, pour a cup of water into the pot.

    Place the steamer trivet inside the pot. No need to wrap these potatoes inside aluminium foil. One less step!

    Place sweet potatoes on the trivet.

    prep work for instant pot sweet potatoes two sweet potatoes placed in instant pot

    Close lid ensuring pressure valve in on the SEALING position.

    cooking sweet potatoes in instant pot

    Select HIGH PRESSURE setting. Set timer to 12 minutes to 20 minutes depending on the size of the sweet potatoes you use.

    time required to cook sweet potatoes

    Wait for 5 minutes for NATURAL release. Then turn valve to VENTING position for QUICK release. Carefully unlock and remove the lid from the instant pot.

    two steamed sweet potatoes placed in instant pot

    Gently remove sweet potatoes from the pot onto a plate.

    Mash potato.

    mash and stuff steamed sweet potatoes

    Stuff with your favorite stuffing, or eat them with a bit of salt, pepper and butter. Below is Spicy Roasted Chickpeas stuffing with Basil Walnut Pesto drizzle on top.

    sweet potatoes stuffed with spicy chickpeas and pesto

    Serving Suggestions 

    Serve sweet potatoes as it is or follow one of the below suggestions –

    Butter + Salt and pepper

    Butter + Maple Syrup

    Butter + Cinnamon sugar + Nutmeg Powder + Salt

    Butter + Sauteed Cinnamon Apples

    Buffalo chicken + Ranch Dressing

    Black bean chili + Chipotle Ranch

    BBQ pulled pork + Jalapenos + Cilantro

    Roasted Turkey + Cranberries + Walnut Honey Drizzle on top

    Mexican Quinoa + Chipotle Sauce

    Spicy Roasted Chickpeas + Pesto + Salt n Pepper + Cilantro

    sweet potatoes stuffed with spicy chickpeas and pesto in the center placed on white plate

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    mashed sweet potatoes served with butter cube and sprinkle with cilantro

    Perfect and Creamy Instant Pot Sweet Potato

    Perfect every time, fluffy and creamy Instant pot sweet potatoes. Perfect start to fall with these sweet potatoes in instant pot that can be served so many ways.
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    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 3 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 23 minutes
    Servings: 2 people
    Calories: 161kcal
    Author: Jyothi Rajesh

    Ingredients

    • 2 large sweet potatoes
    • 1 cup water

    To serve

    • Salt and pepper for seasoning
    • 1 tablespoon butter cubes
    • Parsley for garnish
    • Or
    • Spicy roasted chickpeas
    • Walnut pesto
    • Parsley for garnish

    Instructions

    Prep sweet potatoes -

    • Scrub potatoes, and wash well under running tap. Using a fork prick few holes all over sweet potatoes to ensure steam is evenly distributed and potatoes don’t explode.

    Instant pot settings -

    • Pour water. Place steamer trivet inside the pot. Arrange potatoes along with skin on the trivet. Close lid, ensure pressure knob is in SEALING position. Select PRESSURE COOK setting on the pot and adjust timer to 20 minutes. Please note time setting depends on the size of potatoes that you use.
    • Once cooking time is complete, NATURAL RELEASE for 5 minutes then MANUAL RELEASE by turning pressure valve to VENTING position.
    • Open pot once pressure valve drops down.
    • In my case one of the potatoes blistered perfectly in the middle and for other one there was a small opening at one end.
    • If potato skins don’t open up, carefully tear open the skin of the potatoes in the middle leaving the ends intact. Using a fork mask the potato well.

    To serve -

    • Sprinkle rock salt, pepper over the mashed potato. Place a cube of butter sprinkle with chopped parsley or cilantro. Warmth inside potatoes will melt the butter. Mix it up and eat it just as it is with a spoon.
    • For extra texture, flavor and taste- to mashed sweet potato spoon in spicy roasted chickpeas and top with walnut pesto. Serve hot sprinkled with fresh parsley.

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 0g | Calories: 161kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 127mg | Potassium: 438mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 18620IU | Vitamin C: 3.1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 0.8mg
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