Food Quick & Easy Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Recipes By Midwest Living editors Midwest Living editors Midwest Living's experienced editors create best-in-class travel, lifestyle, food, home and garden content you won't find anywhere else. We're loudly, proudly Midwestern, and we're passionate about helping our audience explore and create through award-winning storytelling. Midwest Living's Editorial Guidelines Updated on January 11, 2023 Trending Videos Photo: Carson Downing Your electric pressure cooker speeds your way to dinner with these recipes for curry, beef stew, salmon, pot roast, carnitas, chili and more. 01 of 11 Pressure-Cooker Murgh Tari Carson Downing Even with its long ingredient list, this gingery curry comes together fast, thanks to pressure cooking. The recipe comes from Chicago author Anupy Singla, whose book The Indian Slow Cooker will soon have a companion title with recipes adapted for all sizes of multicookers. (See the slow-cooker version of this recipe.) View Recipe 02 of 11 Spanish-Style Beef Stew Fire-roasted diced tomatoes and smoked paprika lend a flash of heat to this classic Spanish-style beef stew. View Recipe 03 of 11 Chicken Shawarma This Middle Eastern-inspired dish uses a spice blend called ras el hanout—if you can't find this at your grocery store, we tell you how to mix your own. Serve the quick-cooked chicken on pita bread rounds along with pickled vegetables and a lemon-yogurt sauce sweetened with just a hint of honey. View Recipe 04 of 11 Short Rib Goulash Seasoned ribs cook along with butternut squash cubes in a mixture of broth, wine and soy sauce. Serve with noodles and sprinkle with fresh thyme. View Recipe 05 of 11 Salmon with Vegetables and Lentils This healthy, high-protein dish cooks in just one minute in your multicooker! A salmon filet rests on top of a mix of yellow potatoes, cauliflower, lentils and spices. Top before serving with crumbled bacon and fresh mint for a fragrant finish. 20 Favorite Salmon Recipes View Recipe 06 of 11 Chipotle-Coffee Pot Roast Espresso powder and ground chipotle pepper add zest to a meat-and-vegetable mixture. If you like, make Creamy Polenta on your stovetop and serve the pot roast over the polenta—it's worth the extra effort! 07 of 11 Pressure Cooker Carnitas Your multicooker turns boneless pork roast into tender, flavorful meat you can shred with a fork. During the last few minutes of cooking, heat corn or flour tortillas in a skillet (cast iron works well). Serve carnitas with toppings such as cheese, guacamole, shredded lettuce, chopped tomato and sour cream. View Recipe 08 of 11 Creamy Cauliflower and Sweet Potato Soup Unsweetened coconut milk adds the "creamy" into this quick-cooking blend of sweet potatoes and cauliflower, seasoned with coriander, cumin, ginger and cayenne pepper. View Recipe 09 of 11 Beer-Soaked Brisket Sandwiches You can make this tender brisket in either a slow cooker or your pressure cooker, but the time difference is huge—up to 12 hours for the slow cooker, and just two hours in an Instant Pot. Beer, onion, garlic and cloves flavor the dish; be sure to serve each sandwich with some of the cooking liquid for dipping. View Recipe 10 of 11 Pressure Cooker White Chicken Chili Your multicooker helps you get this healthy chili on the table in just half an hour after you've soaked the beans in water. Green sweet pepper, whole kernel corn and a zesty mix of spices round out the flavor. Warm-You-Up Chili Recipes View Recipe 11 of 11 Pepperoni Pizza Dip Pizza sauce, diced tomatoes, chopped sweet peppers and sliced pepperoni quick-cook, then get combined with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses for a scrumptious dip. We like serving this with toasted bread slices. Easy Dip Recipes View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit