Sweet Potatoes cook to perfection in the instant pot, tender and creamy. These pressure cooker “baked” sweet potatoes are fast & easy to cook, and make a delicious snack or side dish!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time35 minutesmins
Total Time40 minutesmins
Course: Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: how to cook sweet potatoes in instant pot, instant pot sweet potatoes, instant pot yams
Add water to the instant pot steel insert. Place the trivet and whole sweet potatoes on the trivet. Close lid with vent in sealing position.
Set to Pressure cook or manual mode at high pressure for:Small-Medium (6-7 inch circumference) – 15 minutesLarge (8-10 inch circumference) – 22 minutesVery Large (12 inch circumference) – 30 minutes
When the instant pot beeps, let the pressure release naturally. If in a hurry, you can release pressure 10 minutes after the beep.
Open the lid and using tongs to carefully remove the sweet potatoes. Let them cool a bit before serving.
Serve with your fav toppings.
Notes
Pro-tips for Perfect Sweet Potatoes
Select sweet potatoes similar in size as they would have the same cook time.
You do not need to pierce sweet potatoes to cook in the instant pot.
You can stack sweet potatoes similar to how you might stack potatoes while cooking in the instant pot.
Use this timing as a reference, adjust accordingly to your texture preference and altitude.
If some sweet potatoes are very large in size, you can cut them in half to reduce cooking time, similar to potatoes.
And finally these sweet potatoes can be store in refrigerator for up to 3 days after cooking.