Best Instant Pot Potato Salad

This is the most amazing Instant Pot potato salad you’ll ever make in just 5 minutes! Loaded with eggs and pickles it’s the perfect side dish to any meal.

Boiling potatoes in one pot, eggs in another, then in a bowl to mix it all together is fine but literally you can now make this totally loaded Instant Pot potato salad in no time! It’s probably our favorite side dish in our easy Instant Pot recipes roundup page. Special thanks goes out to Kitchen Deluxe for sponsoring this post so I could share how we made this with you. (originally published 10/17, affiliate links present)

Ninja Foodi Potato Salad

Of course potato salad is made to taste. If you love a lot of mustard then load it up. If you don’t like celery then just leave those out. You can use your Ninja Foodi pot or Crockpot Express too.

We will show you how to cook the potatoes AND the eggs all at the same time. Then you just cool, add the rest of the ingredients and enjoy.

The main thing I’ll teach you is how to cook two things together in your Instant Pot. It is quicker than you probably think! If you have never done this it is totally possible. Once you get the hang of this you’ll want to do all the things for dinner next.

Ok so you can’t make the whole thing, you wouldn’t want hot mayonnaise, mustard and celery inside. Those will stay cool until the main items are tender and perfect.

In order to cook potatoes and eggs to make Instant Pot potato salad you need a few things:

• 2-Tier Vegetable Steamer from Kitchen Deluxe does a great job of keeping the potatoes and eggs out of the water.
  • Since we are cooking 2 items it’s best to keep them separate as well so this double vegetable steamer is great.
  • If cooking just one item/dish you can use their single vegetable steamer like we did when we made Instant Pot stuffed peppers.

What kind of potatoes should I use for potato salad?

I like using baby red potatoes. You can find in a bag at your local grocery store. They work perfectly for this recipe.

Instant Pot Potatoes and Eggs

If you can’t find them or prefer baking potatoes just ensure that they’re bite sized so the eggs and potatoes are done perfectly at the same time.

A good gage for sizing is if you have a regular bag red potatoes I would cut them in fourths or just small enough to barely slide each piece into the bottom tier of your vegetable steamer with the top steamer attached as you see here.

Pressure cooker potato salad

• I used 1.5 lbs. of baby red potatoes. Most of them slid right in. Larger ones I cut in half, russet you’d need to make into diced potatoes (bite size). 
• Then open your top tier and place 5-6 eggs on top. White eggs are best when boiling eggs in an electric pressure cooker or on the stovetop. They peel easier.
  • Then just close your lid and set to manual, high pressure, for 5 minutes cooking time and do a slow release (meaning just move steam valve slightly so it comes out slowly).
  • Of course they will be very hot so make sure to twist the safety handle contained in your Kitchen Deluxe 2-tier vegetable steamer to secure it to the top tier and then lift the whole thing out.
  • Allow your potatoes to cool and then cut them into bite size pieces.
  • Put your cooked eggs in a bowl and immediately fill it with cold water and ice so they can cool.
  • Once cooled peel them and dice them into chunks of your desired size to make classic potato salad.
  • In a large mixing bowl fold all your other ingredients together for the perfect Instant Pot potato salad!

If you’re looking for other Instant Pot side dishes when you’re done with this one you should try this Instant Pot cauliflower mash & other potato recipes.

Instant Pot potato salad

1. 2-Tier Vegetable Steamer from Kitchen Deluxe makes this so much easier
2. Small red potatoes
3. Eggs
4. Onion
5. Celery
6. Diced dill pickles or sweet pickles
7. Mayonnaise
8. Mustard
   1. some prefer a bit of apple cider vinegar
9. Salt and pepper to taste
10. Garlic powder and salt maybe

Here are a few other yummy potato Instant Pot recipes 

• Instant Pot potato corn chowder
• The best Instant Pot cheesy bacon ranch potatoes
• Pressure cooker baked potatoes

If you want to use your crockpot for a killer side dish, try our slow cooker cheesy potatoes or Mediterranean pasta salad too.

What if you want to make Instant Pot potato salad with no mayo?

• Some prefer to use softened cream cheese instead to bind it together. In a bind I have used whipped cream cheese too if I’ve forgotten to leave it out to soften or reach room temperature.

Instant Pot potato salad with no steamer basket

Yes you can either use this standard vegetable basket and lay the eggs on top of the potatoes, or put them this way on top of a trivet. We use this same device when boiling potatoes in Instant Pot.

• The main point is you need to keep them out of the water in order to steam both of them vs. boiling. The potatoes will become too soft and break apart that way.

How do you store homemade potato salad?

• Pint size freezer bags work great, or use plastic containers. Either way ensure they’re airtight so it stays creamy and doesn’t dry out.
• It should stay well in the refrigerator stored this way for 2-3 days but personally I think it is best the day after for leftovers.

Can potato salad be frozen?

Yes but once it is thawed out it will not be as smooth and the potatoes may become a bit dry.

Can potato salad be made 2 days in advance?

A great option if you’re having a barbecue or during the holidays.

• Yes! I actually think it is better the day after I make it.
• Mix all ingredients together well, cover with plastic wrap or foil and allow to get nice and chilly in your fridge.

Are you ready to make our 6 minute Instant Pot potato salad??

• And if you’re asking, yes you can totally make Instant Pot potato salad with no eggs, but that is so wrong to me! lol
• The best way to make it is packed with bacon and chunks of diced pickles I tell you! 

Here are printable directions on how to pressure cook potatoes and eggs together.

If you want to serve a different out of the box variety with this, try our pickle pasta salad too.