Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

Instant Pot Sweet Potato on white plate topped with pat of butter.

4.90 from 48 votes

This recipe for Instant Pot Baked Potatoes includes tried and true timing based on size, ensuring perfect creamy, tender sweet potatoes.

Cook Time25

Pressure Time20

Total Time45

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Kristen Chidsey

Equipment

Electric Pressure Cooker (6 or 8 quart)

Ingredients

1-8 sweet potatoes scrubbed clean

Instructions

Pour 1-½ cups cold tap water into the inner pot. Place a trivet or metal rack inside the inner pot.
Scrub sweet potatoes and pierce them several times with a fork or knife. Place the sweet potatoes on the trivet, stacking on top of each other if needed.
Hit the manual or pressure cook button and be sure HIGH pressure is selected. Adjust cook time to 16 minutes for skinny sweet potatoes, 22 for average sweet potatoes, 26 minutes for large sweet potatoes, and 35 for extra large sweet potatoes (see notes for more details on determining size).
Allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes before releasing pressure manually. Then serve

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Notes

Determining Cooking Time: Cook time is determined by the width of sweet potatoes. Select sweet potatoes that are similar in size. This way they will pressure cook in the same amount of time.

Skinny Sweet Potatoes (Less than 2 inches in width): 16 minutes on high pressure
Average Sweet Potatoes (2-2.5 inches in width): 22 minutes on high pressure
Large Sweet Potatoes (2.5-3 inches in width): 26 minutes on high pressure
Extra Large Sweet Potatoes (3.5 to 4 inches in width) 35 minutes on high pressure

Temperature of Water: NEVER use warm water as this will change the amount of time it takes for the Instant Pot to come to pressure, which will change the cooking time!

Storage: Store leftover instant pot sweet potatoes in an airtight container for up to 4 days in the refrigerator. Reheat as desired.

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