Instant Pot Cooking Times
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What is the Instant Pot?
- 7 appliances in 1: pressure cooker, sauté pan, steamer, slow cooker, rice cooker, food warmer, and yogurt maker.
- 6 Quart is the perfect size for feeding up to 6 people (There’s also 3 qt., 8 qt. & 10 qt. models, too!)
- The easy-seal lid automatically seals your Instant Pot for pressure cooking and releases steam with a simple, safe push of the quick-release button.
- 10+ safety features and timed cooking programs let you “set it and forget it,” freeing you to do other things while the Duo Nova cooks your dinner safely and quickly, with minimal mess and easy cleanup.
- One-touch Smart Program settings let you start cooking instantly. Just press a button for soup, broth, beans, chili, poultry, slow cooking, sautéing, rice, multigrain, porridge, steaming, yogurt, pressure cooking, or keeping warm.
What am I talking about?
The revolutionary kitchen appliance, Instant Pot that answers the age-old question with no angst and lots of ease – “What’s for dinner tonight?”
Cooking times
Cooking times are so rarely talked about in the meal planning niche, yet there’s so much angst at dinner time around how long it will take to cook a delicious meal!
Shorter cooking times (without compromising the mouth-watering flavors) are among the biggest benefits of Instant Pot cooking.
But somewhere along the way, we lost sight of sharing how easy Instant Pot cooking is. How you can make magical meals in minutes – without the pre-steps of meal planning and no meal freezing even needed!
I wish everyone knew how easy Instant Pot cooking is for busy households – one-pot… straight to plate!
If you’re serious about saving time, money and eating well with high-quality meals that don’t require stewing over a hot pot all day. Stay ’til the end of this post to print out my Instant Pot Cooking Times chart.
Instant Pot sizes
–> The standard Instant Pot 6 quart size is HERE.
–> Check out the smaller Instant Pot 3 quart size HERE.
–> Check out the larger Instant Pot 8 quart size HERE.
–> The X-large Instant Pot 10 quart size is HERE.
Pro tip: If you’re obsessed with Instant Pot cooking like me, you can enjoy cooking meals with multiple pots simultaneously!
(Currently, I have 4 Instant Pots – 1 Duo, 1 Duo Nova, 1 Pioneer Woman print & 1 Mickey Mouse print!)
How to cook with Instant Pot is one of my favorite topics!
So before I leave you with my Instant Pot cooking times chart
I want to revisit my How To Use Instant Pot guide to ensure you didn’t miss any essential how-to tips!
Like this frequently asked question:
- Where does the Instant Pot lid go? (watch the video –> HERE!)
Or this question asked the most:
- Should the Instant Pot valve be up or down?
All these answers and more are simple yet powerful and can be found easily in my How To Use Instant Pot guide → HERE!
Pro tip: On Instant Pot pressure cooker models Duo Nova and beyond – the steam release (Instant Pot valve) is automatically set to the sealing position when the lid is closed. So you don’t have to worry about whether the valve should be up or down (sweet!)
How to cook with Instant Pot – cooking times
Download and print my helpful Instant Pot cooking times chart to always know how long to let meats, seafood, vegetables, eggs, rice, grains, and beans pressure cook inside the pot.
Remember that these suggested cooking times (with guides for thawed and frozen foods) are separate from any natural or manual quick-release times after the pressure cooking time has finished.
Each recipe here at The Soul Food Pot will always include the suggested pressure release time for your ease in planning.
* This cooking times chart is a guide and not an absolute for Instant Pot cooking, as appliance models may slightly vary.
Instant resources
You can find Instant Pot user manuals HERE.
Club Instant Pot
For more magical meals in minutes, don’t forget to join my Facebook group – Club Instant Pot – A fun & free community for Instant Pot support and cool dinner ideas (and giveaways)!
Download the free printable guide –> HERE – Instant Pot Cooking Times Chart
More Instant Pot helpful guides
Is an Instant Pot worth having?
Best Instant Pot Comparison Guide
Join The Group – Club Instant Pot
Best Southern Cooking Instant Pot Recipes For Beginners
Equipment
- Instant Pot Duo
Ingredients
- 1 Instant Pot electric pressure cooker
Instructions
- Print my helpful Instant Pot cooking times chart.
- Always know how long to let meats, seafood, vegetables, eggs, rice, grains, and beans pressure cook inside the pot.
- Remember that these suggested cooking times (with guides for thawed and frozen foods) are separate from any natural or manual quick-release times after the cooking time has finished.
- Each recipe here at The Soul Food Pot will always include the suggested pressure release time for your ease in cooking, too!
- For more magical meals in minutes, don’t forget to join my Facebook group – Club Instant Pot – A fun & free community for Instant Pot support and cool dinner ideas (and giveaways)!
Notes
How to cook with Instant Pot is one of my favorite topics!
So before I leave you with my Instant Pot cooking times chart I want to revisit my How To Use Instant Pot guide to ensure you didn't miss any essential how-to tips! Like this frequently asked question:- Where does the Instant Pot lid go? (watch the video --> HERE!)
- Should the Instant Pot valve be up or down?
How to cook with Instant Pot - cooking times
Download my helpful Instant Pot cooking times chart to always know how long to let meats, seafood, vegetables, eggs, rice, grains, and beans pressure cook inside the pot. Remember that these suggested cooking times (with guides for thawed and frozen foods) are separate from any natural or manual quick-release times after the pressure cooking time has finished. Each recipe here at The Soul Food Pot will always include the suggested pressure release time for your ease in planning. For more magical meals in minutes, don't forget to join my Facebook group - Club Instant Pot - A fun & free community for Instant Pot support and cool dinner ideas (and giveaways)!