Thanksgiving is the best day of the year to stuff your face with all your favorite foods. But there is a downside to all that edible bounty — trying to find space in the oven and on the stove to actually cook everything in time for dinner. It can get downright stressful, but it doesn’t need to be.
Enter the Instant Pot. Not only can you set it up on an out-of-the-way counter so you can use the stovetop and oven for something else, but it also works fast. The intense pressure inside the pot cooks even ingredients like brown rice, sweet potatoes and squash in just minutes, so you can put them in a serving dish and quickly move on to making your next star side. You can even make dessert in your Instant Pot if you don’t feel like dealing with the trials and tribulations of rolling out the perfect piecrust.
These are the Instant Pot recipes you’ll want to have on hand when you start planning your Thanksgiving menu.
Instant Pot cranberry sauce
Take the work out of making preserves with this recipe for Instant Pot cranberry sauce.
Instant Pot chicken & rice soup
Every Thanksgiving meal needs a homestyle first course like this chicken and rice soup.
Instant Pot brown rice sausage stuffing
Make your stuffing, a mixture of brown rice, sausage and veggies, in the Instant Pot this year.
Instant Pot sweet potatoes
Stubborn sweet potatoes cook up in a jif in the Instant Pot.
Instant Pot mashed potatoes
Mashed potatoes don’t have to take a ton of time — they’re quickly made in the pressure cooker.
Instant Pot mac & cheese
Mac and cheese usually needs a few different cooking vessels, but here, it’s all cooked in the Instant Pot.
Pressure cooker garlic-herb mushrooms
Savory mushrooms help amp up the flavor of your meal, especially when smothered in garlic-herb butter.
Vegan shepherd’s pie
Keep your meat-free guests satisfied with this Instant Pot vegetarian shepherd’s pie.
Pressure cooker creamed corn
Creamed corn made from scratch is the stuff comfort food dreams are made of.
Pressure cooker pumpkin pie pudding
Hate baking? Let your Instant Pot make the pumpkin pie for you.
Country green beans, potatoes & ham
Green beans and potatoes flavored with ham get ultra tender in your pressure cooker.
Instant Pot butternut squash soup
Creamy, silky butternut squash soup gets a hint of sweetness from sautéed apples.
7-minute brown butter potatoes
Made with brown butter and garlic, these potatoes are the tastiest dish you can make in less than 10 minutes.
Instant Pot mashed sweet potatoes
Creamy mashed sweet potatoes will be the star of your Thanksgiving feast when made in the Instant Pot.
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