5 ingredient Instant Pot recipes are handy to have when you’re in a rush! Quick and easy pressure cooker dinners & desserts you can make in no time at all in one pot. Instant Pot recipes can be made in a Ninja Foodi or Crockpot Express too!

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Ready for a bunch of 5 ingredient Instant Pot recipes you can throw together this week? I am all about easy family friendly meals that are cheap too. Try a few of these and let us know which pressure cooker recipes are your favorite. (affiliate links present)

5 Ingredient Recipes

#1 let me start with saying that I HIGHLY suggest you get a non stick pot for these and all future pressure cooker recipes. It’s a Game Changer y’all. Another is that if are looking for Ninja Foodi recipes you can make all of these in that too. It doesn’t matter what brand your machine is.

I don’t use unusual items either, I want everyone to have what they need as far as seasonings in their cupboard. As far as proteins chicken, pork and beef is pretty much it. I have kids so unusual things aren’t going to go over well here.

We started this whole thing after making this Crockpot 5 ingredient chili time and time again. We made this into 5 ingredient Instant Pot chili and kept going from there…

Looking for lots of Instant Pot dinner recipes? I have a ton, several of them have only a few ingredients to them. Get some sauerkraut and make Instant Pot Brats for dinner tonight Pressure cooker frozen chicken wings are so good using the CrispLid to crisp them. Kraft mac and cheese in a pressure cooker is the only way we make it now!

macaroni cheese kraft

What is the 5 ingredient rule?

Let me tell you how they qualify for this category; I don’t count water as an ingredient, Seasonings aren’t counted either. 5 ingredients to me means anything other than those. Also, I try to focus on pantry ingredient with maybe 1 refrigerated

What to make when you barely have ingredients?

If I need something quick packed with protein just remember that this is how to cook a pressure cooker frozen whole chicken. With this alone you can make TONS of meals just by using different sauces alone. With teriyaki, barbecue sauce or Frank’s Red Hot the flavors will differ with the same 1 ingredient base. Then swap out how it’s served; over rice, in tortillas, lettuce wraps etc…..

If you’re looking for a few super easy and healthy Ninja foodi recipes? We have a few to choose from below. You can make an Instant Pot turkey too.

Not counting the seasoning, our pressure cooker lasagna casserole is a hit in our house. You’ve gotta try this Instant Pot Popcorn. Super cheap and tasty Instant Pot Salsa Chicken I love because you only need 3 ingredients.

Instant Pot Salsa Chicken

Go to Meals

If you’re new to using a pressure cooker I would make our spaghetti first. It is super simple and requires NO boiling. If you’re anything like me it will change your life and you’ll never make it on the stovetop again.  You can use ground beef of course but a roll of spicy sausage is a GREAT alternative I tell you.

Make Instant Pot Shredded Chicken or salsa verde chicken tonight. Our Instant Pot spaghetti is our most popular recipe! Cheesy and easy Instant Pot macaroni and cheese. Instant Pot chicken cacciatore is a healthy pressure cooker meal that can be packed with veggies, served on top of rice, in hoagie rolls, or as is. Instant Pot split pea soup from homemade is great because it only takes 17 minutes!!

A quick and delicious 5-ingredient instant pot recipe: a bowl of chili with ground beef, kidney beans, tomatoes, and green peppers.
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5 Ingredient Instant Pot Recipe

By Justine
5 ingredient Instant Pot recipes are here. Can be all made in a Ninja Foodi or crockpot express pressure cooker brands quickly and with few ingredients too.
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Servings: 6

Equipment

Ingredients 

  • 1 lb spicy ground sausage, or half this and half ground beef
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 packet fajita seasoning
  • 1 can red beans
  • 1 can petite tomatoes
  • 8 oz enchilada sauce, red
  • 1 can diced chiles, 4 oz
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Instructions 

  • Set pot to saute and add olive oil and meat. Saute until no longer pink on the outside. Turn pot off. Use wood spatula to scrape any stuck on meat off bottom of pot.
  • Pour in all other ingredients and stir together. Seal lid and steam valve shut to closed and set to high pressure for 10 minutes with a quick release.
  • Serve 5 ingredient chili with cheese on top.

Nutrition

Serving: 2oz, Calories: 70kcal, Carbohydrates: 11g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 3g, Saturated Fat: 0.4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Sodium: 425mg, Potassium: 330mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 7g, Vitamin A: 480IU, Vitamin C: 13mg, Calcium: 45mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Entree
Cuisine: American
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instant pot split pea soup

Love Instant Pot casseroles? If you don’t count the seasonings many of them only need 5 ingredients to make.  Skip the veggies and our Instant Pot tuna casserole only requires 5 ingredients to make.

Instant Pot French onion soup is really simple to make. With a few chicken breasts, you can make this Instant Pot chicken parmesan dish. Instant Pot sausage and peppers is an easy recipe where you can add a few or many peppers. If you love cream cheese, try Ninja foodi crack chicken

For dessert make this fat free Instant Pot angel food cake or Instant Pot Dump Cake is a fabulous choice too.

instant pot angel food cake 2

Pantry Recipes

Looking for more easy Instant Pot recipes? We have over 101 on The Typical Mom blog! Look on our menu bar and bookmark our site because we add 1-2 new ones each week! They’ll keep you busy for 365 days with very little overlap. Pressure cooking is the wave of the future. Between that, my air fryer and and my slow cooker recipes I rarely turn on my oven anymore.

You can even make Instant Pot steak if you don’t want to turn on your barbecue that day. With a little olive oil you can sear the outside and cook it with potatoes and all. And Instant Pot pot roast has never come out more tender this way. Then you’ve gotta’ try our Instant Pot beef tips and gravy.

beef tips instant pot

Tips

Tip to remember: When cooking a large hunk of meat in your pressure cooker allow the steam to naturally release. A quick release will not yield a piece that is as tender. Simple but important trick to keep in mind.

You can be pretty creative. Love vegetables? Add a cup of mixed frozen veggies into the mix. Want to double the batch and make dinner for a large crowd? Most of these can do that, especially if you have an 8 quart pot. I do have a list of easy 3 ingredient Instant Pot recipes as well you can check out like:

Instant Pot broccoli and Instant Pot shrimp really only have 1 ingredient each. Our Instant Pot tilapia is great too and super healthy. You can cook vegetables with it too at the same time. Same goes for our Instant Pot fish recipe.

instant pot tilapia recipe

Ninja foodi Pot Roast comes out incredibly tender! You can cook it with some Instant Pot steamed vegetables inside at the end too for a one pot meal. Any of these Instant Pot chicken recipes

Beans in the Instant Pot have never been easier – from dry to tender in about an hour you can make Instant Pot baked beans and more from scratch now. Mashed Potatoes and Instant Pot chicken noodle soup is seriously the best.

But don’t stop there! We have a ton that are close to 5 ingredient Instant Pot recipes but maybe have 6 like our Instant Pot apricot chicken. A favorite dinner with Instant Pot brussel sprouts amongst my girls.

instant pot chicken noodle soup

About Justine

Justine is the creative mind behind The Typical Mom and The Typical Family on YouTube. She began blogging about easy recipes, budget friendly activities for kids, and fun family travel destinations in September 2012.

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3 Comments

  1. i am a widow and it is so hard to cook for one but i do love all your recipes simple and every day food thank you for putting the up

    1. You could always make a batch and then freeze individual size meals ๐Ÿ™‚ โค๏ธ