Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

Enjoy these quick and easy sweet potatoes cooked to perfection in an instant pot.

Course Side Dish, side dish potatoes

Cuisine American

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Prep Time 3

Cook Time 18

Servings

Calories 194kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

4 sweet potatoes of uniform size
1 cup cool water
toppings: butter, salt, freshly ground black pepper, chopped nuts, brown sugar optional

Instructions

Insert the rivet into a 6-quart or larger Instant Pot and add the water.
Wash the potatoes. Pierce the potatoes several times with the tines of a fork.
Place the potatoes on the rivet. Seal the Instant Pot and pressure cook on high pressure for the correct time for your size potatoes.
Small potatoes (2 inches or less): cook for 13 minutes
Medium potatoes (2-3 inches) cook for 18 minutes
Large potatoes (3 inches or more) cook for 25 minutes
Let the Instant Pot naturally release pressure for 10 minutes before pressing the quick-release button and removing the lid.

Notes

Pick sweet potatoes with a firm surface and smooth skin. Avoid sweet potatoes with cracks, soft spots, and blemishes.
The sweet potatoes can touch each other and overlap, but I would not exceed four potatoes in a 6-quart Instant Pot.
It takes an Instant Pot 5-15 minutes to come to pressure.
Store leftover sweet potatoes in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Reheat at reduced power in the microwave.

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