How Long to Cook Pressure Cooker Baked Potatoes

If you’re looking for an easy meal for two or your whole family these pressure cooker baked potatoes. Made in an Instant Pot, Crockpot Express or as Ninja Foodi baked potatoes you’ll have tender fluffy taters.

Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Baked Potatoes

School is back in session and busy is probably an understatement if I were to describe your household right now huh?? No, I didn’t look into your window but I’m right there with you with 3 girls in 3 different schools.

Now is the time to start using your multi cooker pot y’all. I am telling you that it will save so much time, your sanity and allow y’all to eat more often together. I have several brands and make lots of Ninja Foodi recipes but they all work just the same to make these.

Instant Pot Baked Potatoes without Foil

There is no need for aluminum foil here. You do want to keep them out of the water as they steam to fluffy so a trivet is needed. Use the one that came with your machine and you will be set to move forward from here. Just set on top!

How to Cook Pressure Cooker Baked Potatoes without Trivet

If you have misplaced this don’t worry, you can wad up some foil balls and set those below. If you have a few oven safe ramekins those can be used too, you just want to keep the food out of the liquid below so they don’t get mushy.

Takes a little longer than Baked Potato in the Microwave, about 30 minutes but then you’ll have a few delicous taters that everyone will love. You can see just how delicious these are below.

Ingredients

• 5 medium sized potatoes, we used brown Idaho potatoes
• Sea salt is best
• And some water or liquid of choice

I like using sea salt that is a bit larger than table salt. It sticks well and when done gives you that restaurant texture and taste. Especially if you are going to throw them under the broiler or air fryer at the end you want that added goodness to make the skins delicious beyond belief. You may want cheddar cheese or 5 ingredient chili to stuff.

How to Pressure Cook Large Baked Potatoes

1. Scrub the potatoes and then pierce with a fork all the way around each one for the steam to escape. Rub salt on the outside of the skins
2. Put a trivet inside your pressure cooker with 1.5 c. water, make sure water doesn’t touch trivet itself.
3. Place 4-5 potatoes inside your pressure cooker.
4. Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure to cook the russet potatoes for 15 minutes cooking time. (note, time will vary according to how large each one is, I have found for medium size baking potatoes 15 minutes gets the middle done and insides tender).
5. Allow to naturally release pressure for at least 5 minutes to be perfectly cooked, light and fluffy. Pressure release steam that is left now.
6. Use a fork to pierce to ensure middle of potato is done. If not, put back and set for additional 5 minutes if needed. Enjoy!

They are great served as a meal too like pulled pork baked potato topped with cheese!

How to Make Pressure Cooker Baked Potatoes Crispy

My Ninja Foodi air fryer is a game changer to get crispy skin at the end too. Just a spray of olive oil, sprinkle of salt at 400 F for about 5 minutes and OMG. Use any brand of air fryer basket y’all but to air fry after tender is a must for sure.

Other easy potato recipes you’ll love

Best way to make baked potatoes in the oven – so the skins are crispy, insides are fluffy. If you want baked potatoes in the air fryer we have those too. Just as fluffy inside but with crispy potato skins you’ll love.

1. You can make Instant Pot potatoes and carrots together.
2. Smoked baked potatoes – the taste of these is amazing
3. Crockpot baked potatoes are great if you’re gone for the day

We’ve cooked Ninja Foodi french fries in our air fryer too which were a wonderful side dish. AND potato skins are killer if you want to take the extra step of stuffing each of them. Try our pressure cooker baked potatoes and stuffed chicken and let us know what you think.