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15 Favorite Instant Pot Recipes for Easy Summer Dinners

Mackenzie Schieck
By Mackenzie Schieck March 26, 2020
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Instant Pot® Chilorio in soft taco shells topped with pico de gallo
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Would you rather spend your precious summer hours cooking in a hot kitchen or having fun in the sun? Since fun wins every time, let me show you how to use your Instant Pot to make easy summer dinners — from main dishes to sides and desserts — and keep your kitchen cool at the same time. No oven, no stovetop, no sweat!

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Instant Pot® Salsa Chicken

Instant Pot® Salsa Chicken
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Just a few simple ingredients come together to make this saucy chicken for an easy taco filling. There might even be enough for quesadillas the next night.

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Instant Pot® Carne Adovado

A blue bowl filled with chunks of beef in a red chile sauce
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This recipe packs some heat by way of dried New Mexico chiles and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Plan on 20 minutes of prep, then let the Instant Pot do the rest.

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Instant Pot® Quick and Easy Outlaw Chili Beans

Instant Pot® Quick and Easy Outlaw Chili Beans in colorful bowls
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With a quick prep and speedy cooking time, you can have this crowd-pleasing meal ready to serve in under an hour. Set out bowls of shredded cheese, diced avocado, cilantro, jalapeños, and sour cream so everyone can choose their own chili adventure.

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Instant Pot® Rotisserie Chicken

Instant Pot® Rotisserie Chicken
Credit: Tammy Lynn
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A little paprika and garlic powder go a long way in this easy weeknight chicken recipe that recipe submitter, Fioa, says is "the most tender and moist chicken" you can make at home. Just five minutes of prep, then the Instant Pot takes over.

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Instant Pot® Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Instant Pot® Pulled Pork Sandwich with chips and coleslaw
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Barbecue sauce, brown sugar, garlic powder, and smoked paprika... Yes, please! Marinate the pork for 30 minutes, sauté for five to seven minutes, then finish up on pressure cooker mode in 60. That's a fraction of the time it would take in your slow cooker, oven, or stovetop.

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Instant Pot® Chilorio

Instant Pot® Chilorio in soft taco shells topped with pico de gallo
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Recipe submitter, bd.weld, says, "You can use it to make tacos, burritos, chimichangas, tostadas, quesadillas, sopes, or even tamales." Want it all? This recipe is easy to double!

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Instant Pot® Hawaii-Style Shoyu Chicken Drumsticks

Instant Pot® Hawaii-Style Shoyu Chicken Drumsticks
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Soy sauce, honey, sweet wine, ginger, and garlic are among the flavors that give these drumsticks their addictive flavor.

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Instant Pot® Mushroom Risotto

Instant Pot® Mushroom Risotto
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"Risotto made in a pressure cooker is so simple and quick that it feels like cheating. It's not. This is the real stuff. You'll probably start making risotto far more often after you try this one," Shauna James Ahern says.

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Instant Pot® Cuban-Style Black Beans

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"Give them a good squeeze of fresh lime juice, garnish with some chopped cilantro (we also add some chopped onion and a drizzle of olive oil), and you're in for a treat. These beans freeze well and reheat beautifully in the microwave." — lutzflcat

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Instant Pot® Pineapple-Coconut-Lime Rice

Instant Pot® Pineapple-Coconut-Lime Rice
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Add a taste of the tropics to your summer meals with this fragrant rice. Just 10 minutes of prep is all that's needed, then it's ready in 30 more!

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Tiffany's Instant Pot® Potato Salad

Tiffany's Instant Pot® Potato Salad
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Recipe submitter, Tiff, says this is "a simple Southern-style potato salad recipe that is a one-pot wonder!" The hardest part will be waiting three hours for it to cool in the fridge. (We suspect it'll be worth the wait, though!)

  • Find our entire collection of potato salad recipes here.

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Instant Pot® Corn on the Cob

Instant Pot® Corn on the Cob
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If you have several other recipes to whip up for your meal, this recipe is your friend. "Put everything in the pot and walk away," says recipe submitter, Bren.

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Instant Pot® Mediterranean Couscous Salad

Instant Pot® Mediterranean Couscous Salad
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This is great on its own, or as a summer side. Cucumber, tomatoes, and cilantro keep things light and fresh, and cooking the couscous in an Instant Pot keeps it lightning fast!

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Instant Pot® Cheesecake

Instant Pot® Cheesecake
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"This is a phenomenal cheesecake that is light, fluffy, and super tasty," says SKaustin. "Since I have never made a cheesecake before, I followed the recipe exactly as written. I left the cream cheese, eggs, and sour cream out on the counter for a good while before I made the batter, as I have read that it's important everything be room temperature to get a consistent cake texture with no cracks."

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Instant Pot® Rice Pudding

Instant Pot® Rice Pudding
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No need to heat up your kitchen to make this old-fashioned comfort food dessert. "Brought back memories of my favorite rice pudding. And so easy!" says Megan Morettini.

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