20+ Easy Instant Pot Recipes to Make for Dinner

Enjoy this Instant Pot recipes collection, with a mix of sides and the main courses, to make your next meal one that the whole family will enjoy!

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The Instant Pot is a kitchen appliance that truly is a one-pot-wonder. If you’re looking for a way to make your dinner incredibly flavorful, juicy, and just falling-off-the-bone tender, then pressure cooking is the way to go. All of the ingredients are measured and placed inside the pot, a lid seals the ingredients in while it pressurizes and cooks everything to perfection! While you can make almost anything in the Instant Pot, I recommend trying my Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo for a quick and easy weeknight meal. For really tender hearty meat, try my Instant Pot Beef Roast, the perfect Sunday dinner. Whether you’re looking to make cooking your favorite recipes even easier, or want to keep the oven off on summer days, this Instant Pot collection has you covered!

Instant Pot Beef & Pork Dinners

From hearty meatloaf to comforting stew to crowd-pleasing pasta dishes, you’ll love the amazing meat dishes you can make with this kitchen appliance!

Instant Pot Meatloaf finished with glaze and garnish sliced on tray
Instant Pot Meatloaf
Instant Pot Meatloaf is the ultimate quick and easy weeknight dinner. Made with ground beef, breadcrumbs, mustard, ketchup, and brown sugar.
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Instant Pot Hamburger Soup serving in bowl
Instant Pot Hamburger Soup Recipe
Instant Pot Hamburger Soup is a hearty, comforting, kid-friendly weeknight meal that only takes 30 minutes! Couldn't be easier!
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Instant Pot Beef Lasagna in instant pot with slice removed 1x1
Instant Pot Beef Lasagna
Instant Pot Beef Lasagna has classic layers of beef, cheese, and noodles with a quick homemade sauce and the simplest preparation – all in one pot!
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Pork Chops on a square plate with asparagus and lemon wedge garnishes
Instant Pot Pork Chops Recipe
Instant Pot Pork Chops come out flavorful, tender, and juicy with a rich gravy to pour on top. Ready in 30 minutes. Try this recipe today!
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Instant Pot Beef Stew in pot
Instant Pot Beef Stew
Instant Pot Beef Stew makes the ultimate comfort food dish easy and so quick. Tender beef combines with veggies, and potatoes and is ready in 1 hour!
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beef and noddle meal on plate
Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff Recipe
Make easy, comforting Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff in less time! This hearty family dinner is creamy, flavorful, and perfect for busy nights!
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Instant Pot Pork Carnitas shredded meat on baking sheet after roasting. garnished with orange slices, 1x1
Instant Pot Pork Carnitas
Instant Pot Pork Carnitas is the quickest, tastiest pork carnitas recipe! Tender shredded pork shoulder with garlic, citrus and warm spices.
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Bowl of soup with pasta, meatballs, and vegetables.
Instant Pot Meatball Soup Recipe
Instant Pot Meatball Soup is easy to make, with homemade meatballs, and other simple ingredients. Another family-friendly meal in the books!
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Beef in pressure cooker, sliced, overhead view
Instant Pot Corned Beef Recipe
Instant Pot Corned Beef is easy to make and wonderfully tender and juicy with just 3 ingredients. The perfect St. Patrick's Day dinner!
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cooked pasta and rounded protein balls in cooker
Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe
Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs is a comforting Italian meal ready in about 20 minutes start to finish, even on the busiest weeknights!
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Beef roast on a plate with carrots
Instant Pot Beef Roast Recipe
Instant Pot Beef Pot Roast boasts the hearty flavors of classic pot roast but is made in a pressure cooker! So easy! So yummy!
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macaroni shells covered in melted dairy and ground meat in a bowl with garnish
Instant Pot Cheesy Taco Pasta Recipe
Instant Pot Cheesy Taco Pasta is a quick and comforting weeknight meal. It's rich, flavorful, and irresistibly creamy with a fun taco twist!
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cooked seasoned meat with some dairy and veggies in between two buns
Instant Pot Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches Recipe
Instant Pot Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches deliver all the classic comfort and flavor of the original. Made fast and easy right at home!
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Instant Pot Chicken Dinners

For tender, juicy, and flavorful chicken made easy, you can’t go wrong with these Instant Pot recipes.

Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo finished pasta in bowl, bowl of parmesan cheese and fork near bowl, 1x1
Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo
Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo pasta has a garlicky creamy cheese sauce and tender bites of chicken. A hearty delicious one-pot meal in no time!
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Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Breast in pressure cooker
Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Breast
Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Breast is the best way to make juicy, tender chicken for dinner in 20 minutes without having to defrost the meat!
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Dinner plate with rice, and Indian curry.
Instant Pot Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani) Recipe
Instant Pot Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani) makes this popular Indian takeout dish a breeze. Rich, comforting, and full of bold flavor.
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Season poultry on a plate with green beans and a wedge of lemon on a white plate.
Instant Pot Chicken Thighs Recipe
Instant Pot Chicken Thighs turn out juicy, tender, and full of flavor in about 30 minutes. Save this easy dinner recipe and try it tonight!
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top down view of chicken and rice
Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Recipe
Instant Pot Chicken and Rice is an easy, healthy weeknight recipe that's perfectly flavored made in just 30 minutes. It doesn't get easier!
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Instant Pot Side Dishes

Save oven and stovetop space by making these delicious sides in your Instant Pot!

cooked sweet potatoes in bowl, cut open with butter and parsley garnish
Instant Pot Baked Sweet Potatoes
Easy Instant Pot Baked Sweet Potatoes have the quickest cooking time. They come out fluffy, light, and perfect for dinner! Try them today!
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Finished pasta in the instant pot
Instant Pot Mac and Cheese Recipe
Instant Pot Mac and Cheese is the ultimate comfort food made even easier. Perfect to be served on its own or as a side. Ready in 10 minutes!
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Creamy mashed sweet potatoes with pat of butter and garnish.
Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes are easy, creamy, and made in no time. It's the perfect hassle-free dish for the holidays or friendsgiving!
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Bowl of rice with chopsticks.
Instant Pot Rice Recipe
This Instant Pot Rice recipe is your go-to guide for cooking white and brown rice in a pressure cooker. Light and fluffy rice every time!
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With the Instant Pot, weeknight meals have never been so easy to make! Be sure to let me know in the comments below which recipe was your favorite. If you’d like to see more of my easy dinner recipe collections, definitely try my 39 Slow Cooker Comfort Meals for the Weekend, and my 25 Easy Crockpot Meals for Summer!

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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