BEST Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker Recipes
Pressure Cooking Today’s most popular Instant Pot recipes are all adapted perfectly for ANY brand of electric pressure cooker, including the Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi, or Power Pressure Cooker XL.
As always, I like to kick off the new year by looking back at the most popular electric pressure cooker recipes on Pressure Cooking Today. It is always fun to look back and see what recipes you loved the most.
These recipes are my readers’ overall favorites—the ones they came back to again and again. (No surprise, many of these recipes have been reader favorites for years.)
Are there any of these electric pressure cooker recipes you haven’t tried? Leave me a comment and let me know what your favorite pressure cooker recipe was last year.
Top 10 BEST Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker Recipes on Pressure Cooking Today
It was close, but my Pulled Pork just edged out Beef & Broccoli to win first place as the Overall Readers' Choice recipe!
These recipes are my readers’ overall favorite Instant Pot / electric pressure cooker recipes and the ones they visited most this year.
Easy Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Pulled Pork
All you need is BBQ sauce and pork shoulder, and you can make this awesome Instant Pot Pulled Pork! Fall-apart tender pork is coated with a smoky-sweet barbecue sauce and served on a toasted bun.
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"I was going to make my usual pulled pork recipe in the oven, but your version is just as delicious and so much faster!" -Liz
Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli
This classic Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli dish features tender, thin-sliced beef in a rich sauce that is salty and sweet, with just a little heat from the red pepper flakes. It's better than take-out and comes together in about 30 minutes!
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"This recipe was incredibly simple to make and was amazing to eat! And so very filling!" -Marlee
Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken
This pressure cooker recipe for Honey Sesame Chicken features tender, bite-size chunks of chicken in a sweet, sticky sauce. Best of all, this quick, easy to make Instant Pot dinner that tastes like one of your family's favorite Asian carry-out meals!
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"I followed this recipe to the tee and was amazed at how well it turned out. OMG the flavour and texture was outrageous!" -Debbie
Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot White Rice
Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker White Rice has just a 3-minute cook time, and you get white rice that comes out perfect—every time.
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"Worked perfectly. While I cooked, it cooked, and I didn’t have to worry about the rice at all, and it was ready when I was. The rice was a perfect texture." -Lori
Pressure Cooker Penne and Quick Marinara Sauce
Use your Instant Pot / pressure cooker to cook your pasta and homemade meatless marinara sauce at the same time in the same pot—all done in 3 minutes at High Pressure.
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"Simple go-to dinner idea that is on the table in a flash. I’ll be making this again and again." -Carol
Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
Corned beef and cabbage made in an Instant Pot / electric pressure cooker is not only incredibly delicious, it’s also the quickest way to make corned beef!
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"A new favorite way to cook corned beef! So yummy!" -Toni
Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Mongolian Beef
This pressure cooker recipe for Mongolian Beef is made with thinly sliced flank steak, then cooked in a lightly sweet, garlic ginger sauce until tender. Plus, you can have this pressure cooker version of PF Changs popular mongolian beef recipe ready in about 30 minutes!
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"This is legit one of the BEST meals I’ve ever made. My family loves it. Including my children who basically live on nuggets." -Jack
The BEST Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Rice Pudding
Instant Pot Rice Pudding is a delicious, old-fashioned dessert recipe made quick and easy in your pressure cooker! This creamy, old fashioned rice pudding recipe is the BEST out there—straight from a historic, local cafe.
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"L♡VE the rice pudding recipe!! Thank you so very much for sharing it. My new go to, for sure." -Mary
Quick Potato Salad in the Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot
This Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker Potato Salad recipe is so easy you’ll fall in love with making potato salad again. Cooking the eggs and potatoes together, and you’ll get quick, perfectly cooked eggs and potatoes every time.
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"I’m new to this and this was delicious! The timing was perfect too. I can’t believe how easy and fast it was." -Lisa
Smoky and Tender Instant Pot Brisket
The secret to this tender Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Brisket recipe is the overnight marinade. You'll get long-smoked flavor in a fraction of the time!
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"This recipe was the BOMB! It was fast and very easy. I even tried on a week night after I got in from work ,hoping it would be done in time for dinner. [...] This is definitely my go to recipe from now on. LOVED IT" -Tammy
MORE READER-FAVORITE INSTANT POT RECIPES
If you’ve been a long-time Pressure Cooking Today reader, you’ve probably tried these overall top-10 recipes. However, we’ve posted a number of new favorites, including:
- Old-Fashioned Instant Pot Beef Stew
- Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Garlic Roasted Red Potatoes
- Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker Chicken Pot Pie
- Beef and Bean Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Chili
- Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker Weight Loss Vegetable Soup
- Teriyaki Chicken Wings for the Instant Pot / Electric Pressure Cooker
- Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Egg Roll Bowls
- Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker American Chop Suey (AKA Beefaroni)
- The Best Pressure Cooker Broccoli Cheese Soup
- Instant Pot 15 Bean Soup
Other Popular Posts
In case you missed them, here’s some of our readers’ favorite how-to posts and roundups:
- How to Make Perfect Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Eggs
- How to Cook Rice in the Instant Pot / Electric Pressure Cooker
- Quick Instant Pot Dinners for Busy Nights
- 34 Pressure Cooker Tricks That Will Change the Way You Cook
- How to Use and Instant Pot in Your RV
Reader favorite recipes from my cookbook, The Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook:
- Carnitas Street Tacos (page 50)
- Broccoli Cheese Soup (page 96)
- Chunky Potato Cheese Soup (page 99)
- Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta (page 163)
- Beef Bourguignon (page 214)
If you’re curious, here are the top 10 most popular Instant Pot recipes / electric pressure cooker recipes for 2018, top 10 for 2017, top 10 for 2016, and the top 10 for 2015.
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope it’s a year filled with love and laughter—and great food made quick and easy in your electric pressure cookers.
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Love your recipes, but I think you should double check your ingredient list in the summary for the #4 pulled pork – you listed chicken not pork 🙂 – Thanks for all the great recipes!
Thanks Kathy! I’ve correct the error.
Gosh I have so many favorites it will be hard to choose. We love the Grapenut Pudding for breakfast OR dessert….and we really enjoy the Caramel Pecan Cheesecake. I’ve had fun trying to perfect new cheesecakes too-like Italian NY Cheesecake-it’s been loads of fun. Looking forward to having more fun with my pressure cookers in 2019…I know they’re going to be kept VERY busy. Happy New Year!
Thank you
I’m so loving my Instant Pot! These recipes sound all so good! I’m excited to say I got your cookbook for Christmas. I made the chicken noodle soup. Yum! It was a big hit! I can’t wait to try out some of the others. I do have a question though…is it possible to reduce the serving size of the recipes (it’s just me and my husband most days). Thank you for making this so easy and fun to use.
Hi Cecilia – so nice to hear you’re enjoying the cookbook! Yes, you can reduce the serving sizes of most recipes with no changes in cook time. Just make sure you have enough liquid to come to pressure – typically 1 cup – 1/2 cup if you’re cooking something like chicken that releases liquid as it cooks. Have fun!