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Mixed Instant Pot Steamed Vegetables

03/05/2021 by The Typical Mom 1 Comment

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Instant Pot steamed vegetables are the perfect healthy side dish! Mixed veggies like corn, brussel sprouts, corn and green beans all cooked together y’all! 

Instant Pot Steamed Vegetables

Ever wanted to make a mix of Instant Pot steamed vegetables but not too sure how to do it well? We’re here to help! After making over 100 easy Instant Pot recipes we have a few tips to make this healthy side dish. (affiliate links present, originally published 1/20)

Boy is it nice to be able to cook multiple things all at once!! It took me a bit to figure out just the right mix of veggies but I’m here to share my findings with all of you!

How to Steam Vegetables in Instant Pot

Let’s start with a few basic tips:

  • Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
  • Then LIKE our IP Facebook page for new ideas daily.
    • 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.

star wars instant pot

Believe it or not my 3 daughters would rather eat a plate full of veggies over meat any day of the week!

  • Ok so it didn’t start off like this when they were little but boy am I glad we stuck out the “you have to try one bite” night after night. It paid off!

You may have steamed vegetables in an Instant Pot before, but just one at a time. Mixing them can be confusing if you don’t have an Instant Pot vegetable cook times chart like this one. (link below)

steaming vegetables in the instant pot

How long does it take to steam vegetables in an Instant Pot?

Use the chart above! Of course these are approximate times depending on how much you’re making and how thick each piece is, but they’re pretty dead on. (yes I had a mommy moment when spelling broccoli when I made this, please forgive me) 😉

Instant Pot vegetables

You must gather different items that have similar cook times so they’ll come out perfectly tender. Seems obvious but let’s go a step further after that and talk about what we used.

  • I chose corn on the cob, brussel sprouts, carrots and green beans to put together.
    • On the list they all had somewhat similar times, the green beans were an iffy add but they actually turned out great too.
  • You could choose to mix Instant Pot broccoli and cauliflower too since one or 0 minutes is perfect for both of those.

We used to make them separately all the time, now we can throw them in together!

instant pot vegetables

What do you need to get started?

  1. Vegetables that take the same amount of time to cook in your pressure cooker or Ninja Foodi brand pot.
    1. Here’s where you can get fresh produce and food delivery to your door.
  2. Steamer basket to hold them out of the water below.
  3. Seasonings you like 
  4. Butter is good on top when done
  5. Serving dish

This is an Instant Pot accessory must you will use all of the time, I like this one with little feet at the bottom.

Yes you can try to use a trivet but I would NOT recommend it. Reason is the smaller pieces will likely roll off and into the liquid below.

When they do they’ll become complete mush so spend the five bucks or whatever and get one of these, you won’t regret it.

This, a 7″ bundt pan and a springform pan are the 3 things (other than a trivet that comes with your pot) I highly recommend.

instant pot vegetable steamer basket

This is what you need to do in order for every batch to come out the best!

Time needed: 3 minutes.

Instant Pot Vegetables

  1. Rinse

    Rinse off outsides and remove any outer layers of leaves or pieces that may be damaged.

  2. Prepare

    Choose your like mixed vegetables: Slice brussel sprouts in half. Peel carrots and cut into large chunks (the smaller the softer they will be). Cut corn on the cob in half. Leave green beans wholesteaming vegetables in instant pot

  3. Cook

    Pour a cup of water into the bottom of your pot. Layer your vegetables inside your steamer basket. Put the largest – longest to cook items at the very bottom.

    Items that will take a bit less time should go on the very top. Season on the top with ALL THE THINGS you like including salt and pepper, then drizzle with a bit of olive oil.

  4. Determine cook time

    Use our Instant Pot vegetable cook time chart here and choose a mix that has the same timing. Set the Instant Pot to high pressure.

    Stand by so you can quick release the pressure right when the time is over!

This is what my batch looked like, a really good mix we all thought. Now when steaming broccoli you have to use other 1-2 minute cook time items. If not you’ll get mush, you get what I mean…

With the time to prep them and cook for a very short time this should take less than 15 minutes start to finish. It’s a great low carb and keto side dish.

pressure cooker vegetables

Looking for other delicious recipes featuring vegetables?

  • If you’d rather make air fryer vegetables that are mixed we share how to do that here as well.
  • This is how to cook bok choy in a pressure cooker.
  • Our smoked vegetables with mushrooms, zucchini and squash is amazing.
  • We have made air fryer corn and air fryer mushrooms before and we love those as well.

You can cook Instant Pot mushrooms right inside the inner pot actually! Sauteed in butter and garlic they come out great.

sauteed mushrooms

What is the difference between steam and and pressure cook on an Instant Pot?

Steam function is when you just cook your food with steam. Pressure cooking with a steamer basket though is the same cooking mechanism except for the addition of pressure to the mix.

I choose to use pressure cook every time, just my preference.

  • you can seriously air fry everything to make it nice and crispy if you prefer it that way
  • Here are a variety of other ways to cook brussel sprouts so you can find the one you really love.
    • we have oven directions for baked brussels sprouts and more

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Instant Pot Steamed Vegetables

Instant Pot steamed vegetables are the perfect healthy side dish! Mixed veggies like corn, brussel sprouts, corn and green beans all cooked together y'all!
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword instant pot, pressure cooker, vegetables, vegetarian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 152kcal
Author The Typical Mom

Ingredients

  • 1 ear corn on the cob cut in half
  • 8 small carrots peeled, cut into large chunks
  • 12 brussel sprouts ends removed, halved
  • 12 green beans small handful, ends cut off
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tsp garlic salt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1.5 c water

Instructions

  • Pour water inside Instant Pot and lower down vegetable steamer basket.
  • Put largest vegetables on bottom. Halved corn on the cob pieces, then large chunks of carrots, brussel sprouts with green beans on the top.
  • Sprinkle with salt and pepper and some garlic salt. Drizzle olive oil on top.
  • Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 2 minutes followed by a quick release.
  • Remove basket with veggies and plate.
  • Sprinkle more garlic salt, salt and pepper to taste on top. Butter can be added as well and will melt quickly.

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Nutrition Facts
Instant Pot Steamed Vegetables
Amount Per Serving (2 oz)
Calories 152 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Sodium 674mg29%
Potassium 637mg18%
Carbohydrates 20g7%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 8g9%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 17292IU346%
Vitamin C 58mg70%
Calcium 66mg7%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  1. Eli says

    02/18/2020 at 11:31 am

    This looks great snd is very helpful for beginners with Instant Pot, thanks!

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