Quick and easy steamed baby potatoes in the pressure cooker ready in less than 15 minutes. These Instant Pot baby potatoes are perfect to season and enjoy as a side with some rice or protein.
Prep Time2 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time22 minutesmins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: instant pot baby potatoes, potatoes in pressure cooker, steamed baby potatoes
Clean potatoes with water and place them in the steamer basket.
Add 1 cup water in the instant pot steel insert. Place the steamer basket in it. Close lid with vent in sealing position.
Set to Pressure cook or manual mode at high pressure for 5 mins.
When the instant pot beeps, let the pressure release naturally. If in a hurry, you can release pressure 10 minutes after the beep.
Carefully remove the steamer basket from the instant pot. Let the potatoes cool a bit before using.
Notes
Larger potatoes: For potatoes about 2-2.5 inches in size, increase pressure cooking time to 8 minutes.Quantity of potatoes: The cooking time remains the same even if you increase or decrease the quantity of potatoes, however the size of the potatoes affects the cooking time as mentioned in previous note. Created: This recipe was created in a 6qt Instant Pot DUO60 Multi-use Pressure Cooker.