Our deep dish Instant Pot pizza recipe is a fun and simple dinner made with refrigerated pizza dough, sauce and pepperoni. You can make it in a Ninja Foodi pressure cooker too this week, let us know what you think!
I wondered if it was possible to make pizza in an Instant Pot, and we figured it out! With the right ingredients and instructions below you can make pressure cooker pizzas at your house too. One of my kids favorite Instant Pot recipes for sure.
With a short cook time on high pressure and a quick release you too can make them loaded up with your kids tonight! You can make this as a Ninja Foodi pizza with the pressure cook button and the lid that is not attached too. Then when done use the lid that is attached if you want the top to have a bit of a crispy texture to it at 400 for 2 minutes or so.
Especially during the summer months you don’t want to heat up your oven right? This is a great way to Instant Pot a pizza with homemade or refrigerated pizza dough and all the pepperoni and other toppings you love.
My kids love this easy dinner idea because they’re perfect for one or two people, and they can top it as they choose. I am sure you have made a pizza at home in one way shape or form. Making these personal pizzas in your Instant Pot are not much different…other than the pan and pot you’re using to cook it in.
Everyone likes different toppings so I just set them all out. When it is their turn to “decorate” their pizza they can do so as they choose.
Ingredient Notes
You could make your own homemade pizza dough but let’s be honest. I head for what is easy, meaning refrigerated pizza dough! When you unroll it and stretch it out just a bit it is the perfect size for 2 Instant Pot pizzas! Set in pan and spread some sauce down. Layer on LOTS of cheese and toppings and you’re ready to cover it with foil and pop it into your pressure cooker!
And then you just use what you would if you were baking one in your oven such as mozzarella cheese, pizza sauce and toppings like pepperoni (olives, sliced mushrooms, diced bell peppers etc.)
Olive oil spray is a good idea too for the pan so it slides right out. A quick and easy dish that is fun to pressure cook with your kids. EASY recipes are just out thing really.
How Long to Cook Pizza in Instant Pot
Once you prep it and put it into the pizza pan you are going to want to set it on to the trivet to steam. Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 15 minutes followed by a quick release. When you lift the lid off do it quickly and turn upside down to catch the condensation or it will drip on to the top and make it wet.
Tips for Success
As with any other Instant Pot recipes that is using the pot in pot method you will need to put a trivet inside your pot with 2 cups of water in the bottom and lower your pizza pan on to your trivet.
I covered my pan with foil so it wouldn’t get wet with the condensation inside the pot when it cooked, and made a sling out of tinfoil to lower it into and lift it out of the pot…makes it easier. It’s really a fun snack or meal…let us know what you think!
Instant Pot Pizza Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 container refrigerated pizza dough, or make your own
- 1 1/4 cup Mozzarella Cheese, or more, enough to make 2 pizzas
- 3/4 cup spaghetti sauce
- 1/2 cup pepperoni
Instructions
- Unroll your pizza dough and stretch it out just a bit so it is flat and large enough to cut 2 pizzas using the pizza 7″ pan as a guide.
- Spray the inside of your Instant Pot pizza pan with just a little non stick spray.
- Turn your pizza pan upside down, on to your dough, and cut around it with a knife.
- Turn pizza pan right side up, stretch the circle of dough just enough so it fits inside your pan with enough to come up on the sides for the crust.
- Spoon in a bit of sauce, top with cheese and toppings and cover with tinfoil.
- Add a trivet inside your Instant Pot and pour in 2 c. of water.
- Make a sling out of tin foil and put underneath your pizza pan to lower it on to your trivet.
- Close lid and steam valve and set to manual, high, for 15 minutes.
- Do a quick release, lift out, uncover pan and carefully slide it out of the pan and on to a cutting board to slice. Best when served immediately.
- ** If you have a CrispLid you can turn that on at the end before removing from pan. Set to 400 degrees for about 4 minutes to brown top.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Here is how to reheat pizza in air fryer if you have any leftovers.
Other Fun Pizza Recipes You’ll Love
You can make your own air fryer pizza with the same dough we used here! This way it will come out really crispy all over and takes about the same amount of time, 15 minutes or so. 😉
Below is the printable recipe with nutritional information like saturated fat and calories. You will love our pizza burgers or for a slow cooker style, you can try our crock pot pizza recipe too. Another fun idea is to make Instant Pot pizza pasta.
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OMG I had no idea this was possible. I need to buy a trivet and give it a go!
Time to update this recipe. Now with the 6 quart IP crisp lid and the 8 quart Duo Crisp IP, pizzas are made without water in the Instant Pots, on bake or air fry settings. This would be a fantastic recipe to use in them, it looks delicious!
Can I use a cheese cake pan?
I’m not sure what that is.
Sodium 910mg? And that’s just for one serving of 4oz.
Apparently there are 5 servings in just one of these personal pan pizzas? If this is correct then there would be a total of 4555 mg sodium in one of these pizzas (who can stop at a 4oz piece?)