Robyn StoneInstant Pot Sweet Potatoes Recipe – Cooking sweet potatoes in an Instant Pot or other electric pressure cooker makes cooking sweet potatoes so quick and easy! Perfect for enjoying as baked sweet potatoes as a side dish or for cooking to use in sweet potato casserole and so many other dishes!
I’ve had my Instant Pot for sometime now and am always discovering a few essential ways that I like to use it. From cooking chicken quickly to make Bart’s chicken salad throughout the week to steaming these sweet potatoes to serve like I would baked sweet potatoes or even to use in my sweet potato casserole. I make it again and again throughout the week!
Making them really couldn’t be simpler either!
I just add my steamer basket to my Instant Pot, scrub medium sweet potatoes clean and place them on top of the steamer basket, add my water and let the Instant Pot do all the work for me. When they are done, just let the Instant Pot release on the slow release setting and in minutes, you have the most tender and delicious sweet potatoes!
I know I’ve shared how I also like to prepare them in my slow cooker. That method works wonderfully and is great for popping them into the slow cooker before you head out the door in the mornings so that they are ready for supper when you walk back in the door in the evenings. But you know, there are also those days that I forget to get them into my slow cooker and the Instant Pot has saved supper for sure! I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ll whip up a sweet potato like this for lunch. They are perfect every time!
Here’s my Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes Recipe. I topped them with my homemade cinnamon honey butter in case you want to give that a try, too! I hope you love them as much as we do! They are a weeknight classic around here now!
Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
Instructions
- Place steamer basket in Instant Pot and add 1 cup water.
- Scrub sweet potatoes until skins are clean. Place on top of the steamer basket.
- Cover and place vent on lid to "Sealed".
- Set on "Steam" program and set time for 10 minutes.
- When finished cooking, don't open lid. Allow pressure to reduce naturally, about 25 minutes.
- Remove lid and serve.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
How long do I cook if I use one sweet potato? Still 10 minutes?
How do I cut this is half, for two potatoes? Most recipes for Instant Pot are for larger families, & I need to know what changes I would have to make for two servings, as opposed to four, please?
I tried this tonight and it didn’t work…at all. I just tried piercing the potato all over and I put it back in. So, we’ll see if that works.
Same amount of time for one, two or four potatoes.
It’s our Canadian Thanks Giving and wanted to do some prep work ahead of time for our dinner tomorrow. Of all the sites i looked at yours was the shortest time in cooking. With following the instructions to a T. my sweet potatoes turned out way to soft.
By looking at your picture you used Yam’s. Mine were the Sweet Potato more yellow in colour, Yam’s are more Orange in Colour.
since i have no choice but to use them I’m hopping that they will be fine.
By the looks of things could you please tell me what I should do to adjust my time.
Look forward to hearing from you soon.
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Maybe my potatoes were too big but this method did not cook them.
I’m sorry it didn’t work for you Heather. It could be possible that the potatoes were too big. I’ve always gotten great results with the potatoes I’ve cooked with this recipe! Thanks!
If the potatoes are really large, what time is recommended?
I don’t have a steaming basket is there anything else I can use and can you make more than four potatoes at a time
Sometimes I get foil and crumple it up so that the food will sit in top like in a steamer. Also be sure to pierce your yams/sweet potatoes with a fork so they don’t explode in your pot.
Thanks for that tip, Karen!
These were absolutely perfect! I followed the directions pretty closely, using about 1/2 cup of water. I pressed the steam button and the 10 automatically came up. When it was finished cooking, I waited for the pot to count up to 25 and removed the lid. The skins fell off and i mashed the sweet potatoes and added butter, brown sugar, and pecans. I was on a roll and figured I would try this with regular potatoes, so in went the entire 5 pounds of potatoes (Yukon gold). Following the same directions, they also were perfectly done for mashed potatoes. Thank you so much!!
So happy you enjoyed these Gerry and Janet! Thanks!
What kind of sauce is on the potatoes in the pictures? It looks delicious!
Hi Bryanna!
It is so delicious! It’s my Cinnamon Honey Butter. I mentioned it in my blog post and I do hope you give it a try! It’s great on oatmeal and pancakes too. xo
I’m the worlds worst cook and I don’t like to cook. So I bought the instant pot and have tried a few recipes(not yours). 1st recipe was ok, 2nd one had good flavor but looked horrible but the sweet potatoes cooked EXACTLY like you said! PERFECT! I think I can live on these don’t you? Lol
So glad this recipe worked so well for you, Roberta. Don’t you love how easy this recipe is? I make these all the time so I can understand wanting to live on these! xo
Do you need to pierce the sweet potatoes?
Hi Robin,
You certainly can, but I usually just pop them straight into the Instant Pot without that step! They work perfectly. xo
I am new to Instant Pot! I love how it works. Your Sweet Potato Instructions with Cinnamon Honey Butter is the best. I don’t buy Honey Butter any more though I make my own.
Worked great for us. Everything was perfect! My husband, Graham (the cook 👨🍳 in our house) thinks it is a wonderful recipe and would make it often!!!
Hi June!
I’m so happy you and your husband enjoy these! I use this recipe sooo often! Please tell Graham thanks as well! Glad to have you here! 🙂
Hi Robyn,
I’m not a good cook. But last night I did it according to your recipe and I think I succeeded. It’s very good.
Thanks!
That’s great, Michael. I hope you find more recipes on here that you like.
Curious what weight should be considered “medium?”
This is a good idea about potatoes. The way you present this dish is great. I love it.