If you’re hesitant to try brussels I’ll make you a believer with this easy Instant Pot brussel sprouts with bacon recipe! Perfect side dish in your Ninja Foodi pressure cooker I tell you.
Adding all my favorite flavors together, we created this easy Instant Pot brussel sprouts recipe. I will say it took until I was an adult to actually give them a shot. I’ll also say it is all in how you cook them and what you add to the pot that determines just how delicious they will become. Even my kids loved them….seriously!! One of our favorite vegetable Instant Pot recipes now. (originally published 9/18, affiliate links present)
Look at these brussel sprouts in an Instant Pot!!! Yes you can make them as an easy Ninja foodi recipe too.
- Yes bacon is a must, okay and butter. It’s one of the most delicious recipes we’ve made in our multi cooker yet.
Steamed Brussel Sprouts
Let’s start with a few basic tips:
- Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
- Then PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
- This is a great InstaPot cookbook and set of wooden utensils are great to grab too.
- I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot. It is easier to clean and will avoid the burn message too.
For reference, this is the pressure cooker I have and use for all recipe creations.
Instant Pot brussel sprouts recipe
I picked up a bag in my grocery store which was about 2 lbs. or so and ended up using the whole thing. I’ll tell you that I didn’t eat these growing up. My dad loved them and Mom hated the smell, she turned me off.
I wouldn’t even give them a real solid chance until I was an adult and was bound and determined to make them really GREAT! This was it.
Really, I mean how can anything mixed with bacon and butter be bad anyway right??
With a little tweaking I tasted, adjusted, tasted again and OH MY even my 11 year old said they were delicious. I’m serious. My husband is a super picky eater too and I convinced him that we should make these weekly.
From there I went all out and made ALL THE THINGS with these little babies. Next to this one, we are totally obsessed with these air fryer brussel sprouts too. Try them both if you have a Foodi.
If you don’t, I suggest you getting this Cosori. It has a nice large square basket so you can fit enough food for all 4-5 of you. Yes, I am now obsessed with easy air fryer recipes too y’all.
Ninja Foodi Brussel Sprouts
- Cutting brussel sprouts in half is key to making sure they are steamed to perfection.
- I mean it kinda’ makes sense right? It’s hard otherwise to get the very center nice and soft like you’ll want them to be.
Of course you will get a variety of sizes so the small ones will become more tender than the monsters. But the mixture of textures works great.
Once you’ve rinsed and cut them you’ll pressure cook them in your vegetable steamer basket with a little water. This is your first step……
Once that is done then you saute together all your add ins. Next you’ll mix them all together and serve immediately for the best taste and texture.
Pressure Cooker brussel sprouts
- Instant Pot – I have the 6 qt. version
- Brussels sprouts – steam as many as you like, just don’t pass the top of your basket much
- Vegetable steamer basket
Extras you can add, or steam and then transfer to a pan and make cast iron brussel sprouts from there.
- Bacon
- Butter
- Lemon
- Shallots – could use diced onion
- Parmesan – we like lots on top
Garlic salt & salt – everyone is different so use these according to taste, can salt at the end if you wish
There is a printable recipe below at the bottom of this post. Here is a quick step by step though so you can get an idea of how we did this:
Time needed: 3 minutes.
Instant Pot Brussel Sprouts
- Prepare
Add brussels that have been halved into your steam basket with a cup of water underneath.
- Cook
Set to high pressure for 3 minutes with a quick release. Everyone has a different preference as far as how tender you like vegetables. 2 – 3 minutes is perfect for us.
- Sute
Remove, drain, and set pot to saute. Add butter and diced bacon. You can substitute some olive oil if you’d like to decrease the amount of butter listed below.
Cook bacon. When done to your liking add back in your brussels and gently stir.
For crispier roasted brussel sprouts close your Crisp Lid on a Ninja Foodi, or put under your broiler at 400 degrees for 4-5 minutes or until crisp.
Instant Pot brussel sprouts
If you’re ready to try other Instant Pot vegetable recipes you can print out this cook time sheet and try more below Instant Pot recipes:
- Try our Instant Pot spaghetti squash!
- Cheesy Instant Pot cauliflower and how to cook a whole cauliflower are here
- This creamy baked brussel sprouts and cauliflower recipe is great
- Here are 18 other ways to cook brussel sprouts you will love!
- and more seasonal foods on our July Instant Pot recipes post.
We’ve even made oven roasted brussels sprouts that my kids love!
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Instant Pot Brussel Sprouts
Ingredients
- 8 c brussel sprouts was about 2 lbs.
- 3 slices bacon diced
- 1-2 shallots depending on how many you want, dice
- 1 stick butter + 1 tbsp., salted
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- 1.5 tbsp lemon juice fresh squeezed if possible, or 2 if you want more lemon flavor
- 1/4 c parmesan cheese
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash and cut your brussel sprouts in half lengthwise.
- Put a vegetable steamer basket at the bottom of your Instant Pot with 1.5 c. water.
- Put your cut brussels into your basket and close the lid and steam valve.
- Set to pressure high for 3 minutes, if cutting this recipe in half I would set to 2 minutes.
- Do a quick release, take out basket with vegetables and drain liquid in the pot.
- Put pot back in and set to saute normal.
- Add 1 tbsp. of your butter and your diced bacon.
- Cook until bacon is almost done and then add your shallots for last minute, then add the last stick of butter so it melts.
- Once your butter is melted and bacon is done cooking to your liking turn your pot off.
- Put your cooked brussels sprouts back into your pot and gently stir so they are all coated with your bacon/butter mixture. Squeeze your lemon juice on top, sprinkle seasonings and gently toss again.
- Serve topped with parmesan cheese and chives if desired.
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Sue
Wednesday 13th of October 2021
Hello, I'm new to pressure cooking I'm going to try these Brussels sprouts just wondered if you can do different vegetables together, like Carrots and sprouts, its z whole new learning curve, thanks Sue.
Steve
Monday 10th of August 2020
Loved this... they came out perfect and tasted great!
The Typical Mom
Tuesday 11th of August 2020
Oh yay!
Chelsea stach
Thursday 28th of November 2019
Can I make this in the slow cooker instead?
Valerie
Monday 18th of February 2019
The sprout-lovers among us enjoyed these very much and the haters deemed them 'good for a sprout,' which makes this an all-around winner in my book! I drained off all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease before adding the butter and shallots, and I only used 1/4 cup of butter total -- just personal preference. Love the lemon and Parmesan -- bright and unexpected! Bonus: The flavors in this recipe work very well with sausage, cabbage, and potatoes for a quick one-pot meal.
The Typical Mom
Monday 18th of February 2019
OHhhh that would be a great twist, thanks for the idea!
krissy
Friday 8th of February 2019
I love brussel sprouts! These turned out so good even my kids couldnt get enough of them!
The Typical Mom
Friday 8th of February 2019
Awesome!