Instant Pot Sweet Potato Casserole

This Instant Pot sweet potato casserole is the perfect Thanksgiving side dish or make it year round and serve it with dinner as a real treat!

Are you looking for some Instant Pot Thanksgiving recipes or a yummy new side dish to try well this Instant Pot sweet potato casserole is to die for, we’ll show you how to make pressure cooker sweet potatoes too. We are always coming up with new Instant Pot recipes for dinner but now that the holidays are getting closer we’re adding our favorite traditional dishes too so take a look.

Wondering how to make Instant Pot sweet potatoes well it isn’t hard at all with just a little water and my favorite my favorite Instant Pot vegetable steamer basket!

We make pressure cooker baked potatoes quite often too but sweet potatoes are a fun color with a different taste that the kids love, even if they aren’t in sweet potato casserole. Add a bit of butter on top with a sprinkle of cinnamon and sugar and it’s a sweet treat that can either be dessert or a side dish with protein.

Here’s what sweet potatoes look like after they’re cooked in your pressure cooker….

Super tender.

If you just want the recipe for Instant Pot sweet potatoes this is what you do:

1. Put 1.5 c. water inside your pressure cooker
2. Place the vegetable steamer basket inside and open it up
3. Put your sweet potatoes on top like you see here
4. Close your lid and steam valve
5. Set to high pressure for 22 minutes
6. Do a quick release
7. Lift basket out
8. Slice and serve!

This is what it will look like if you continue to follow the steps below in the recipe card to make Instant Pot sweet potato casserole!

Here are the items and ingredients you will need:

• Oven safe dish
• Trivet – I like this one with handles
• Sweet potatoes
• Brown sugar
• Sugar
• Heavy cream
• Butter
• Flour
• Eggs
• Chopped pecans are great – I like these honey roasted pecans

You can leave the nuts off if you don’t like them or have a nut allergy and it will be just as good.

I don’t know about you but this dish is something I look forward to every year, but now this Instant Pot sweet potato casserole recipe makes it even easier to do.

What’s the benefit of cooking in your Instant Pot during the holidays?

• It frees up the oven for your turkey, though you can make a pressure cooker turkey in it too!
• Pressure cookers allow you to cook an entire dish in one pot = less clean up
• Making side dishes in your Instant Pot are quicker, so you can make them right at the end and assure they will be hot
• You can keep dishes on warm right in the pot

If it’s the holidays and you’re looking for more Thanksgiving side dishes here are a few others you can make in your pressure cooker:

• Instant Pot cauliflower mash
• Instant Pot brussel sprouts
• Instant Pot potatoes with Italian seasoning
• Pressure cooker pumpkin is simple and great for making homemade pumpkin butter

If you don’t have a pressure cooker these melting sweet potatoes are a great side dish option for the holidays!

The printable recipe is below!

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Instant Pot Sweet Potato Casserole

This Instant Pot sweet potato casserole is the perfect Thanksgiving side dish or make it year round and serve it with dinner as a real treat! 

Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword instant pot, pressure cooker, sweet potato casserole, sweet potatoes

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 42 minutes

Total Time 57 minutes

Servings 10

Calories 636kcal

Author The Typical Mom

Ingredients

• 3 lbs sweet potatoes
• 1.5 c sugar
• 1/3 c butter melted
• 1/4-1/3 c heavy cream depending on how thick you want it
• 3 eggs
• topping
• 1.5 c brown sugar
• 5 tbsp butter melted
• 2/3 c flour
• 1.5 c pecans honey roasted, crushed

Instructions

• Place sweet potatoes in a steamer basket over 1 cup water in the inner pot. Close lid and set valve to sealing. Set for high pressure for 22 minutes. Do a quick release and remove the sweet potatoes from the instant pot. 
• Remove peelings and mash in a large bowl with a fork. Add in the sugar, butter, eggs and 1/4 c. of heavy cream and mix together until smooth. If it is too thick for you, add a bit more heavy cream.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the topping ingredients.  
• Place 1/2 of potato mixture in a casserole dish that fits into your Instant Pot, cover with 1/2 the topping mixture, then cover dish with foil.
• Add 1 cup of water to the inner pot of the Instant Pot and then lower the casserole dish into the inner pot on to a trivet. Cook on high pressure for 20 minutes. 
• Do a quick release when the cooking time has finished, remove from pot and serve in another dish or on a trivet (this one will be hot).

Nutrition Facts

Instant Pot Sweet Potato Casserole

Amount Per Serving (3 oz)

Calories 636 Calories from Fat 234

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 26g 40%

Saturated Fat 10g 50%

Cholesterol 88mg 29%

Sodium 210mg 9%

Potassium 594mg 17%

Total Carbohydrates 98g 33%

Dietary Fiber 5g 20%

Sugars 68g

Protein 6g 12%

Vitamin A 396.8%

Vitamin C 4.2%

Calcium 9.5%

Iron 11.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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