Instant Pot Fish

This is how you cook Instant Pot fish and vegetables together. Cooked separately but at the same time, this flavorful dinner cooks in no time to flaky and tender. If you’re looking to cook multiple dishes at once, Instant Pot recipes are great.

Instant Pot Fish and Vegetables

We have created a bunch of easy pressure cooker fish recipes lately because they cook it to flaky perfection every time. You can cook another dish such as vegetables together, but separately, using these steamer insert pans or with a trivet / vegetable steamer basket.

Frozen Fish in Instant Pot

You can do this too!! We have done this with our Instant Pot frozen tilapia similarly and believe it or not the cook time is basically the same. Since the fillets are rather thin, as long as they are separated from one another they can steam to flaky buttery bites.

Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Fish

If you are going to use your Ninja Foodi brand of multi-cooker you need to use the lid that is not attached to get it to tender. If you wanted to add a bit of a crisp on the outside when done you could add a pat of butter and air crisp with the lid attached at 400 for 2 minutes too.

Either way it is such a delicious and healthy pressure cooker recipe right? Personally I think fish comes out great when it is steamed with just a bit of olive oil and a pinch of salt and spices. I did the same thing with the mix of vegetables I cooked in the larger of the two pans and they were great and just tender enough without being too mushy.

Best Fish to Cook in Pressure Cooker

I used 2 pieces of tilapia but you could use other filets that will fit and not have to be folded into your pan or trivet. The pans are great at keeping the moisture in and when it’s done cooking and resting in the bit of olive oil you poured on top the flavor is pretty amazing.

Cooking them in separate pans but in your pressure cooker at the same time keeps the flavors of each in tact but allows you to walk away while they steam to perfection.

Can you add vegetables?

Yes, that is what is great about these pans. You can dice baked potatoes to the bottom or include slices of zucchini or yellow squash. Onions and bell peppers slices are great choices as well.

How Long to Steam Fish Filet in Instant Pot

If you’ve never tried to pressure cook fish it is a game changer!! So flaky and tender with very little prep work or attention you need to give it along the way. Just set it and forget it until the timer goes off. 6 minutes for fresh or 8 minutes for frozen fillets is about right if set on a trivet. In stackable pans it is 28 minutes.

How to Cook Fish on Trivet

If you do not have this insert pan you can alternatively cook Instant Pot fish this way: Put some water into your pressure cooker Place a trivet / steam rack at the bottom (make sure water isn’t touching bottom of rack). Place your fish fillet on steam rack

Sprinkle seasonings on fish. Use whatever you’d usually season it with. Close lid and steam valve. Set to high pressure for a few minutes (size of fish and variety will vary timing but this works well for a piece of salmon). We typically cook a 3/4 lb. piece of fresh salmon for 4 minutes and it is perfect Do a quick release

If you’re looking to cook fresh or frozen Instant Pot shrimp we have info on that as well as our recipe for Instant Pot shrimp alfredo.

You can cook them all like this, on a trivet, steamed with a cup of water below! If you’re looking for more easy fish recipes we have a bunch. Like how to cook salmon fillets with a little lemon pepper and lemon juice perfectly below. With a light season with salt and pepper we can even make Instant Pot frozen salmon all the time too!

There seriously isn’t anything you can’t do with an electric pressure cooker I say. Ok, well it can’t do my laundry but I honestly don’t use my stovetop or oven anymore!

Just place the skin side down on your trivet with lemon slices and butter on high pressure for 3 minutes or so (depends on thickness of fillet). Release the pressure and perfection! Of course if you want to cook multiple items then use the pans I used above but this is another Instant Pot fish idea.

You will also like to make Instant Pot tacos weekly whether it be with fish or shredded chicken in pressure cooker. It’s a cheap and healthy meal we all love so it’s on our meal rotation.

Other easy fish recipes you’ll love

Looking for a low carb keto meal idea?? After your pressure cooker fish is done put some inside of an avocado and this makes a really yummy meal!! We love Instant Pot tilapia and air fryer tilapia for dinner too.

Have we convinced you that it’s worth getting an Instant Pot AND that this is the best way to cook fish??!! I hope so. The only close second that gets raving reviews is our smoked salmon recipe that is amazing but does take a lot more time to make and cook. SO if you’re looking for the best way to make Instant Pot fish this is it! Here’s the printable recipe and a video: