Insanely Awesome Instant Pot Recipes Gallery

The Instant Pot is all the rage these days, but what exactly can you make with one and why are they suddenly so popular? Well, let's just say it's all in the name. When cooking with the Instant Pot, one perk is certainly that food cooks pretty much instantaneously. While the Instant Pot is technically a multi-cooker, meaning it can function as a rice cooker, slow-cooker, yogurt maker and more, many users turn primarily to its pressure cooker function to get things cooked and ready to eat in record time.

Back in the day, pressure cookers got a really bad rap, with stories of exploding pressure cookers and scalding stews covering kitchen ceilings passed down from generation to generation. Don't worry; those dangerous days of using pressure cookers are firmly in the past thanks to the Instant Pot — a new and improved pressure cooker, with multiple cooking settings to boot, which is rapidly becoming one of the top must-have kitchen appliances in the country.

We reached out to our Culinary Content Network of food bloggers and asked them which recipes they love to make with their Instant Pots. From pasta sauce and chicken barbecue pork to cheesecake and chocolate fudge cakes, these recipes are delicious, and every single one of them cooks in an unbelievably short amount of time. If you don't own an Instant Pot, all of these recipes can be cooked in a more traditional pressure cooker or a different brand of multi-cooker.

Served atop creamy polenta (yum!) this recipe for braised pulled barbecue pork from Mango & Tomato is a great way to put any pressure cooker to great use. What would normally take hours to become mouth-wateringly tender, takes just 45 minutes — perfect for satisfying any sudden barbecue pork cravings!

For the Braised Pulled Pork Barbecue and Creamy Corn Polenta recipe, click here.

When you need a bowlfull of something nourishing and warm, this noodle soup will get the job done swiftly and deliciously! This recipe from Chillies and Lime uses ingredients like ginger, lemongrass, makrut lime leaves and red chilli (to name a few), and I guaranteed it will chase away the chills.

For the Chicken Meatball and Noodle Soup recipe, click here.

Here is a healthy recipe from This Mama Loves that is good for you in every sense on the word! It tastes great and gets a wholesome dinner on the table that the whole family will enjoy.

For the Creamy Verde Chicken Chili recipe, click here.

Turn to your Instant Pot or multi-cooker for household staples like this recipe from Simple Sweet and Savory. It is easy to make, loaded with healthy vegetables and full of flavor from the sausages, tomato paste, and wine. Make a batch and always keep some on hand in the freezer for those days when complicated cooking is out of the question.

For the Spaghetti Sauce With Sausage recipe, click here.