Instant Pot one-pot dinners
Every Instant Pot dinner in the Spice & Simmer library — built for one pan, one weeknight, and as little washing-up as we can get away with. 7 recipes that actually fit on a Tuesday.
Why the Instant Pot earns its space
The Instant Pot turns long braises into weekday dinners. Sear, deglaze, lid on, walk away. The pressure does what an hour of low oven would do, and the saute setting handles every step in the same vessel. In this library the Instant Pot method covers 7 dinners, averaging about 67 minutes from cold pan to plated meal. 0 of those qualify as weeknight wins at thirty-five minutes or under.
The cuisines that lean hardest on the Instant Pot in our collection are Jamaican and the proteins that suit it best are Beef. If you're shopping for the right recipe to break a new pan in on, those two facts together are a fair starting point.
A few good Instant Pot dinners
- Jamaican Instant Pot Rice and Beans — 75 min, 6 servings, Jamaican · Vegetarian.
- Lamb Biryani — 85 min, 6 servings, India · Lamb.
- Mulukhiyah — 62 min, 4 servings, Egyptian · Beef.
What to keep alongside the pan
For everything in the Instant Pot section, a few small habits make the difference. A wooden spoon long enough to actually scrape the bottom; a pair of tongs for anything that needs turning; a real fitting lid (not a piece of foil and a hope); and a small bowl of kosher salt within reach so you season as you go and not all at the end.
If the Instant Pot suits your kitchen, the same dinners turn up under different angles in our protein index and cuisine index. Cross-link your way around — most of our cooks find their favorite recipes by accident, two or three clicks away from where they started.
The collection
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