Instant Pot Pork Roast Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Instant Pot Pork Roast Recipe

Boneless Instant Pot pork roast or pressure cooked in a Ninja foodi comes out tender melt in your mouth delicious. Thicken drippings for gravy or slice and serve as sliders for dinner.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Course: Entree, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: instant pot, ninja foodi, pork butt, pork roast, pressure cooker

Servings:

Author: Justine

Equipment

1 pressure cooker

Ingredients

2 lb pork roast boneless used
1 c chicken broth
1 onion
2 tbsp olive oil
1.5 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1.5 tsp garlic powder
2 potatoes optional, could quarter potatoes and add if you like

Instructions

Set pot to saute and add olive oil. Dry outside of meat with paper towels. Then rub on seasonings all around entire piece. Add meat and brown on both sides. Remove meat, set aside and turn pot off.
Add a bit of your broth into the pot and scrape any stuck on bits off the bottom of the pot to deglaze.
Add rest of broth, quartered onion with your meat. If you wanted to add quartered potatoes on the top you could do that as well. (large chunks of peeled fresh carrot is okay to add too)
Close lid and steam valve. Set to high pressure for 15 minutes per pound. Then allow for a 10 minute natural release at the end.
Lift lid, slice and serve. If you wanted to thicken liquid inside pot to make a gravy you can remove veggies and meat with slotted spoon. Leave liquid inside. Set pot to saute. In a small bowl whisk together 2 tbsp cornstarch with a bit of cold water until smooth. Add that in when liquid is bubbling. Stir to thicken, taste, adjust seasonings as desired and serve on top of meat.

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Notes

How to Make the Drippings into Gravy

If you wanted to thicken liquid inside pot to make a gravy you can remove veggies and meat with slotted spoon. Leave liquid inside. Set pot to saute. In a small bowl whisk together 2 tbsp cornstarch with a bit of cold water until smooth. Add that in when liquid is bubbling. Stir to thicken, taste, adjust seasonings as desired and serve on top of meat.

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