Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Sweet Potatoes

Pressure cooker sweet potatoes mashed or stuffed with butter and cinnamon sugar are great. A quick, easy and healthy side dish made in your Instant Pot, Crockpot Express or Ninja Foodi.

Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

You may have made Instant Pot sweet potatoes cubed before but these were left whole. Typically you’d remove the skins but this way you can enjoy every bite. Comes out super duper fork tender, so good even your kids will ask for seconds.

Any brand machine will work. All electric pressure cookers have the high setting and that is all you will need. SO if you have a Crockpot Express or Ninja Foodi you can use the same instructions below. Then the toppings are up to you. Most of the times these are squashed but stuffed is great too.

Ninja Foodi Sweet Potatoes

If you do have this style of machine though you have a few choices. You can make as directed below with the lid that is not attached. This will get them super tender but not crispy. Then you will want to slice, stuff with sweet goodies and enjoy as a side dish or then you can air crisp the outsides like twice stuffed potatoes. Typically I don’t bother though because we don’t eat the skins.

Yet another cooking choice is to remove the insides, mix with marshmallows, cinnamon and sugar and make air fryer potato skins.

Third choice is to skip the pressure cook function all together and just make air fryer sweet potatoes. The latter will create a VERY crisp skin. If you are all about texture I would suggest this version. Depends on how you want to serve them really.

This go around we wanted to slice and act as though it was like a russet in a sense. Half per person is about the right serving so you can plan accordingly. You can overlap slightly but not overdo it. I wouldn’t add more than 4 or so at a time.

How long do sweet potatoes cook for?

That depends on what method you’re using, this is typically the fastest. If you make baked sweet potatoes at 400 it is closer to 45 minutes or so. Air fryer is about the same by the time the very center becomes tender and fluffy. You wouldn’t want to boil these as the skin will just soften so much it will fall off completely.

Of course you can cut down the time drastically if you cut into pieces. Sweet potato cubes baked in oven not only are quicker but get crispy too. Drizzled with maple syrup is a hit with my girls for sure. During the holidays you might want to use a mixer to get these nice and smooth.

You can do that too when done, but you’d likely want to remove the skins. We do that ahead of time when making our version of Instant Pot mashed sweet potatoes so I’d just follow those directions for that. A Thanksgiving favorite that used to take a lot longer until I got this multi cooker pot.

Is it better to boil or bake sweet potatoes?

You know how I feel about boiling food y’all. It’s my absolute last choice. You not only lose out on flavor and texture but more importantly the hot water is going to leach out a lot of the vitamins too. Why would you do that?? There are so many other great methods such as this one to use instead. Use them.

What you need

• Sweet potatoes are all you need, medium size is best – much large sweet potatoes may take longer
• A trivet for inside your pot, with handles is nice to have
• Water to steam them to the right tenderness
• For reference I have a 6-quart Instant Pot pressure cooker

If you misplace or don’t want to get a trivet you can just wad up some foil like you see here to keep them out of the liquid below.

I have a printable recipe at the bottom of this post for you to have on hand. Once done I will talk about a few ways to serve them beyond just mashed below. Here’s a quick rundown;

Steamed Sweet Potatoes Recipe

• Wash outside of potatoes and pat dry. For the amount of water, add 1 cup water or so into the pot. Set potatoes on the trivet, out of the liquid.
• Lock the lid in the sealing position and cook on high pressure for 15 minutes cook time. Then allow steam to naturally release for 10 minutes.
  • Then let out the rest by opening the valve.
• For mashed: Remove and allow to cool to the touch and remove skin. Slice, mash and add butter and cinnamon sugar to your liking.
• For stuffed: Remove, slice in half and fluff up the middle. Loosen middle with fork and add toppings you would like.

How to Make Twice Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

You could make them into a complete meal too! Look at the idea below. Yes, sweet and savory at the same time is so yummy. Allow to cool to warm, slice, scoop out some of the middle and then add something like an egg inside. You can add it raw and then bake in oven or air fryer at 400 like this until done to your liking.

And that is how you make perfect sweet potatoes in the Instant Pot y’all. As far as meal prep there is literally none, which is nice when you want an easy side dish idea. Once done the possibilities are endless. Think outside of the box and see what you love the best.

Can You Reheat Cooked Sweet Potato?

Of course, they save quite nicely. Once cooled you will want to either wrap in foil or store inside a freezer bag with the air pushed out. I like reheating in the air fryer to add a bit of crisp to the outside. If you just want it super soft again just use your microwave instead for about 2 minutes.

Leftovers are great to stuff really. It is already cooled and easy to handle. Then scoop the middle and make a pulled pork baked potato out of it. We are huge fans of this sweet savory combo. Jump to recipe and get started!