Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

Growing up I never really liked the idea of sweet potatoes.  The whole reason I like potatoes is because they are salty- or at least they are once you add salt, cheese, bacon and all other delicious things.   To this day, my parents still make sweet potatoes on a weekly basis.  And up until just recently, I had never really tried a sweet potato....I just knew I couldn't possibly like it.  That..is until I tried Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes!

Well, the time finally came....I jumped off the deep end and made sweet potatoes in the Instant Pot.  Honestly,  it wasn't my idea.  A girlfriend of mine was making sweet potatoes so I figured what the heck, I'll give it a try.  OMG!  It was so good.  Ok, maybe it was because I poured leftover marshmallow sauce all over the top and added extra brown sugar and butter....but who cares!  At the end of the day, I tried sweet potatoes and LOVED them!

There are so many different ways to make sweet potatoes.  You can stay a little healthier and add fresh vegetables as a a topping or you can go all in and go crazy like I did!

Tips for making this recipe:

1.Be creative with the toppings.  There are so many different ways to eat sweet potatoes.  Sweet or savory...you can't go wrong!

2.Try the marshmallow sauce.  Even if you don't try it on your sweet potato....try it!  Your life just won't be the same.  Seriously...it's that good!!

Instructions:

1. Wash your sweet potatoes really well.  The outside of a sweet potato is thicker than a normal potato and can sometimes have a little bit of additional dirt on the skin.
2. Pour 1 cup of water into the Instant Pot liner pot.
3. Place steamer basket into Instant Pot.
4. Place sweet potatoes into the steamer basket.
5. Close Instant Pot lid and pressure cook on high for 15 minutes.  Be sure that valve is set to "seal" position.
6. When timer beeps, allow pressure to naturally release for 10 minutes.
7. Quick release remaining pressure by moving valve to "vent" position.
8. Open Instant Pot and top sweet potatoes with your favorite toppings.
9. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of water
• Sweet potatoes- as many as you would like.  I made 4 but I think you could fit up to 8 in at a time based on the size of the sweet potatoes.

Optional Toppings:

• Butter
• Brown sugar
• marshmallows
• marshmallow sauce

Recipe

Sweet Potato- Instant Pot Recipe

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Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 -8 Potatoes

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup Water
• ▢ Sweet potatoes- as many as you would like.  I made 4 but I think you could fit up to 8 in at a time based on the size of the sweet potatoes.
• ▢ Optional Toppings
• ▢ Salted Butter
• ▢ Light Brown Sugar
• ▢ marshmallows
• ▢ marshmallow sauce

Instructions

• Wash your sweet potatoes really well.  The outside of a sweet potato is thicker than a normal potato and can sometimes have a little bit of additional dirt on the skin.
• Pour 1 cup of water into the Instant Pot liner pot.
• Place steamer basket into Instant Pot. 
• Place sweet potatoes into the steamer basket.
• Close Instant Pot lid and pressure cook on high for 15 minutes.  Be sure that valve is set to "seal" position.
• When timer beeps, allow pressure to naturally release for 10 minutes.
• Quick release remaining pressure by moving valve to "vent" position.
• Open Instant Pot and top sweet potatoes with your favorite toppings.
• Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g

Nutrition information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only.

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