13 Easy Instant Pot Recipes for Busy Weeknights
It’s a busy weeknight, but you need to get dinner on the table within the hour… what do you do? Call in one of these easy Instant Pot recipes to save the day! Check out some of our favorite pressure cooker meals that get dinner on the table with ease.
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1. Instant Pot Homemade Mac and Cheese
Easy and cheesy! Who can resist a bowlful of velvety mac & cheese for dinner? Get the recipe.
2. Instant Pot Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
This hearty Italian dish is rich, creamy, and comes together in under 30 minutes! Get the recipe.
3. Instant Pot Hamburger Stroganoff
Looking for comfort food? This recipe is IT. The sauteed beef and creamy mushroom sauce creates the ultimate savory pasta dish. Get the recipe.
4. Instant Pot Stuffed Shells
It’s a little extra work to stuff the shells with the spinach cheese filling, but trust us – it’s so worth it. Get the recipe.
5. Instant Pot Mongolian Beef
A recipe that easier than takeout? Sign us up! Even better, this dish uses budget-friendly flank steak so it’s easy to prep and easy on the wallet. Get the recipe.
6. Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast
I have a feeling this may become a regular dish in your household after the first go around. Cooking a whole roast into tender shreds in less than 90 minutes is a real win. Get the recipe.
7. Instant Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
This is a family-pleasing recipe that’ll have everyone in your household going back for seconds. Get the recipe.
8. Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Yup, you can make a full spaghetti dinner in an Instant Pot for the simplest, most inexpensive meal around. Get the recipe.
9. Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs
Talk about finger-lickin’ good! These fall-off-the-bone tender ribs are an absolute BBQ treat and require 30 minutes or less to cook! 🤯 Get the recipe.
10. Instant Pot Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes
Two separate dinner components, same pot—yes, it can be done, folks! Thanks to a handy tray insert, your Instant Pot can do double duty in cooking both potatoes and meatloaf simultaneously. Get the recipe.
11. Instant Pot Chicken Risotto
Cooking risotto can be a painstakingly labor-intensive and long process, but not with the Instant Pot! Get the recipe.
12. Instant Pot Baked Potato Soup
A crock of this creamy, decadent soup is good for the soul…especially when it’s topped with bacon bits, sour cream, and cheese! Get the recipe.
13. Instant Pot Roasted Turkey
Hard to believe but you can really cook a turkey in a pressure cooker—in less than an HOUR! You may want to save this recipe in case you have unexpected guests this Thanksgiving. Get the recipe.
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<3 thank you!
For sharing!
How can i save this post?
Hi KP! Right now you can save it by adding it to to your “HipList”, if on a desktop. Hope this helps!
I like to email them to myself so I can print later.
Love your recipies. Thank you
Thanks Sherry for the sweet comment!
Thx,Collin and team for all you guys do to make my life a little easier during school days. LOVE all the recipes. Keep up the good work and God bless.
You are SO very welcome! Thanks a bunch for the sweet comment! 🥰 It sure means a lot!
Thanks Hip2Save! I really appreciate these recipes! I’ve made a beef stroganoff before & my kids want me to make it every week now, lol. I purchased my instantPot last Black Friday from a deal you guys posted. I’m so excited to try some new dishes thanks to this post. Keep them coming, please!
Aww, You bet! You’re very welcome! Glad you have been loving the recipes!
Any good vegan recipes? I’m sure my meat eating extended family would enjoy these! I’ll pass them along!
You can make “refried” beans easily. Lots of recipes out there. Basically just cook pinto beans with salt, chopped garlic and onion and cumin. When the beans are all cooked use an immersion blender to get it to the consistency you like. I do this an freeze quart sized baggies for a healthy side when we have Mexican dishes.
We love doing baked potatoes in the instant pot! You can do some kind of protein at the same time like ranch chicken or roast beef and gravy to top them. Throw some broccoli in the microwave and you have a quick meal.
Hello Kellie. I’m also Kelli:) I’m doing a baked potato bar for about 20 people next month and want to know how I can do a mass amount of baked potatos at once so your comment caught my eye. Do you know the time and temperatures to put them on in the pressure cooker? I’ve never used one?
do you have a list like this for crock pots?
Yes, jencor2! We have a list here and here!
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Thank you! The chicken risotto is now a regular in our dinner rotations. So easy and delicious and tastes great for a few days after too!
Yum to all! 🤤
We love the risotto recipe and make it all the time now! I printed a bunch of these, thank you!
I love seeing Instant Pot recipes. Thank you so much! I have a request/suggestion. I would love to see an Instant Pot category with these recipes and others that have been posted under the recipe tab on Hip. I see we have a Crock Pot category and would love to see Instant Pot as well. Thanks again for all you guys do. Love H2S!
Hey April! We do have an Instant Pot category that mixes both IP deals and recipes together. A lot of the recipes are on the last few pages but there are some other ones peppered throughout – https://hip2save-com-develop.go-vip.co/category/brands/instant-pot/
I’ll check it out. Thanks so much.
This is GREAT!!! Thanks so much for compiling this and for the post.
Excited to try the risotto! Thanks!
Thank you so much!!!!! Greatly appreciated 😁
Can you please make this post so it can be added to the Cookbook tab? Thanks!
Hi, tipaye! This is a list of our recipes. Have you tried clicking on each one and addint it to your cookbook?
Hey, there. I’m using the app, and always see either ‘Hiplist’ or ‘Cookbook’ on the left-hand tab on posts (the tabs you use to save posts). This one (and a few others) only have ‘Hiplist’ as an option. Am I missing something? 😂
Hi there! It is still there for me on desktop. Be sure to switch over to desktop view. Hoping this helps!