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 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 including a Ninja Foodi and they all work just the same way to make these.

How to Cook 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!

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. You will need a Ninja Foodi or Cosori hot air machine to make this second part of this dish if you want to make both.

If you want to pair with some protein you’re going to follow our air fryer stuffed chicken breast recipe to make this part. In the printable recipe card below it will explain the tater part.

Crockpot Express Baked Potatoes

Ok so they aren’t just for dinner….my husband and I (who work from home) will pop these in the oven for lunch too! You don’t have to wrap them in bacon, or include the jalapeno inside for heat. Omit one or both but leave the cream cheese so it’s stuffed with goodness all the way through.

BUT…..when I’m making these Instant Pot baked potatoes and chicken I can have everything done in less than 40 minutes and we can head out to our next commitment. I love baked potatoes as a side dish because they’re inexpensive, I can find them anywhere, and well we do live in Idaho so there’s that…… 😉

Power Pressure Cooker xl Baked Potatoes

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

Pressure Cooker Baked Potatoes

What’s better is they last quite a long time on my countertop. If you want something really fast you can instead follow our air fryer frozen chicken tenders instructions, kids love those too with a few dips. On those days when I forgot to hit the store (that happens a lot), these are always a life saver.

This is what you’re going to need to make these babies. What I do is pop my potatoes into the pressure cooker and get those going. Then prepare the breasts and cook those right around the same time. That way once the meat is done and resting you can pop in your taters just to crisp the skins.

400 degrees for about 5 minutes should do it for that part. Sprinkle some olive oil and Kosher salt on the outsides before you close the basket for extra goodness.

Instant Pot Large Baked Potatoes

What I like to do so I have everything I need on hand at all times is to load up when everything is on sale and freeze it. That is right, I’ll get loads of bacon and put those into our deep freeze and pull one out in the morning so it’s defrosted by that afternoon.

We have a deep freezer in the garage, one in the fridge inside the house, another on top of our fridge for drinks, which means we have lots of room for stocking up! Then pick up your potatoes (small potatoes or medium size is best) and you’re set. It’s that easy!

1. Scrub the potatoes and then pierce with a fork all the way around each one. 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. 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!

Baked Potatoes in the Instant Pot

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. After you make these try our air fryer sweet potatoes too!

How to Make Instant Pot Baked Potatoes Crispy?

This is what you need to make pressure cooker baked potatoes and stuffed chicken. Beyond the basics of course you would want all the fixings but that is up to you. Either you add just butter or go all out with sour cream, bacon bits, and all the things y’all.

How to bake potatoes in cooker

• Medium potatoes – I used russet, large should add 2 minutes longer
• Trivet – I like this one with handles because it fits a lot of potatoes on top so they don’t hit the liquid below
• Cup of water, cold water is just fine
• You might like some cheese sauce on top.
• Air fryer lid or machine you want skins crispy at the end

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.

What is the best way to cook baked potatoes?

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.