Southern Cheddar Ranch Burgers

Southern cheddar ranch burgers - Instant Pot burgers are effortless, like so many Instant Pot ground beef recipes.

Put 'em in the pot, walk away, and return to serve up major deliciousness! Perfect today for a dining-out-like experience served comfortably at home.

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Pressure Release Time: 10

Total Time: 30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Southern Food

Servings:

Calories: 462kcal

Instant Pot Duo or Instant Pot Duo Nova
Instant Pot trivet inner rack
aluminum foil (I've also heard of parchment paper being used in place of foil, but I've never tried it to know if it affects the cooking time.)

4 burger patties (thawed) (or 1 pound of 80/20 ground beef for handmade patties)
1 tablespoon seasoning salt Your favorite all-purpose seasoning salt (I used Famous Dave’s Steak & Burger Seasoning)
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 ½ cups water
4 burger buns

Mix the ground beef, seasoning salt, pepper, ranch dressing, steak sauce, horseradish and cheese in a medium-size mixing bowl and mix well until combined.
If using pre-made burger patties, brush the ranch sauce mixture on both sides of each hamburger patty.
Pro tip: It may be easier to add the ranch sauce to the burger patties in step 3 on the foil.
Form 4 hamburger patties with the ground beef mixture.
Wrap each burger in foil.
Pour water into the Instant Pot stainless steel inner pot.
Place the Instant Pot trivet inner rack inside the inner pot.
Place the foil wrapped burgers on the rack.
Close the Instant Pot lid (make sure the valve is in the sealing position – up) and pressure cook on high for 10 minutes.
When the cooking time is finished, allow a natural release of pressure for at least 5 minutes.
To open the Instant Pot lid, move the valve to ‘venting’ and manually release any remaining pressure, if applicable.
Remove the burgers from the inner pot and unwrap the foil.
Place burgers on buns, serve with your favorite condiments and enjoy!
(Frozen burger patty instructions are below.)

Frozen patty Instant Pot burger instructions

Mix the ranch dressing, seasoning salt, pepper, steak sauce, horseradish and cheese in a medium-size mixing bowl and mix well until combined. If using frozen burger patties, brush the ranch burger sauce mixture on both sides of each hamburger patty. Pro tip for frozen patties: It may be easier to add the ranch sauce to the burger patties in step 2 on the foil.
Wrap each burger in foil.
Pour water into the Instant Pot stainless steel inner pot.
Place the Instant Pot trivet inner rack inside the inner pot.
Place the foil-wrapped burgers on the rack.
Close the Instant Pot lid (make sure the valve is in the sealing position – up) and pressure cook on high for 20 minutes.
When the cooking time is finished, allow a natural release of pressure for at least 10 minutes.
To open the Instant Pot lid, move the valve to ‘venting’ and manually release any remaining pressure, if applicable.
Remove the burgers from the inner pot and unwrap the foil.
Place burgers on buns, serve with your favorite condiments and enjoy!