Instant 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!
Prep. Place steamer basket in Instant Pot and add 1 cup water.
Clean. Scrub sweet potatoes until skins are clean. Place in the steamer basket.
Cover and seal. Cover and place vent on lid to "Sealed".
Cook. Set on "Steam" program and set time for 10 minutes.
Release pressure. When finished cooking, don't open lid. Allow pressure to reduce naturally, about 25 minutes.
Serve. Remove lid and serve.
Notes
Make Ahead and Freezing Instructions
To Make Ahead. Store sweet potatoes in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days. Reheat in the microwave or in the oven before serving.To Freeze. Peel sweet potatoes and place the flesh into freezer-safe containers for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight and reheat before serving. Serve as mashed sweet potatoes, use in a soup, chili, casserole, or sweet potato pie.