40 Dump-and-Go Recipes for the Instant Pot

Instant Pot Lemon Pasta is a creamy, cheesy pasta with a subtle lemon flavor.

When you need to get dinner on the table quick, you can skip the sauté step for the onions and peppers without much impact to the finished dish.

This dump-and-go meal features juicy, sweet shrimp are the perfect topping to ultra-creamy alfredo-draped pasta.

Easy One-Pot Tortellini in the Instant Pot is a fast and flavorful weeknight pasta dinner with tomato sauce and cheese-filled pasta perfect for Meatless Monday. 

Creamy, fast, and easy, this Instant Pot Mac and Cheese is one of the best Instant Pot weeknight dinners, and it’s 100% kid and grown-up approved!

Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs is a quick and easy 15-minute pressure cooker dinner with frozen meatballs, your favorite spaghetti sauce, and Parmesan cheese. Skip the saute step for a true dump-and-go meal.

If you like a bit of heat, try this gently spiced soup that's full of tender shredded chicken, beans, and vegetables.

This is the easiest Instant Pot Ground Beef Chili, made using frozen ground beef, beef broth, dried spices, and canned tomatoes for a weeknight meal you'll love!

This is a spin on pozole soup, with chewy hominy, pulled chicken, and a flavor-packed broth.

This 5-Ingredient Wedding Soup is made with frozen meatballs for a super fast and easy dump-and-go weeknight dinner. 

Pumpkin adds natural creaminess and sweetness to this fully-loaded black bean soup. You break up the meat in the pot after the pressure is released.

Instant Pot White Chicken Chili with tender, juicy chicken in a spicy green chili sauce is one of the best pressure cooking soup recipes—great any time of year!

This quick and easy Instant Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup is a delicious dump-everything, one-pot recipe that’s ready in under 30 minutes.

This Shredded Barbecue Chicken recipe is great for sandwiches and salads and can start with frozen chicken breasts.

This Instant Pot Ranch Bacon Chicken recipe has a rich, creamy cheese sauce and smoky bacon for sandwiches, salads, and more easy dinners. Note that there are a few ingredients to stir in after cooking so the cheese sauce is smooth.

Yes, you can cook your chicken from frozen! Use this strategy next time you forget to defrost the chicken for dinner.

This Instant Pot Chicken Fajita recipe is a quick dinner made with chicken breasts, bell peppers, and onion loaded onto flour tortillas. Feel free to skip the saute step for greater time savings.

Instant Pot Salsa Lime Chicken is a fast dump-and-go dinner recipe you can cook from frozen. Plus, it's topped with melty cheese.


This Instant Pot chicken taco filling is great for taco salads, and burritos. Just a minute or two in your stand mixer will have it nicely shredded and meal-ready.

This is the easiest, most savory Instant Pot pot roast recipe around. And the best part is that you start with frozen meat! (Note that this one has a longer cook time since it cooks from frozen. But it's relatively hands-off.)

These easy-to-make Instant Pot Sweet BBQ Meatballs are a popular, classic party appetizer made with grape jelly, BBQ sauce, and a 5 minute cook time!

If you have BBQ sauce and pork shoulder, you can make this awesome Easy Pressure Cooker Pulled Pork! Fall-apart tender pork is served on a bun with a smoky-sweet barbecue sauce.

This Instant Pot Beer Pulled Pork Sandwiches recipe makes a big batch of tender pulled pork in a sweet root beer–barbecue sauce.

These quick and easy Instant Pot Meatball Sandwiches are made with frozen meatballs and homemade marinara, served on toasted sub rolls with melted cheese. 

This Instant Pot Sausage and Peppers recipe comes together in about 45 minutes and is packed with flavor from tomato sauce and bell peppers.

Pork makes a great protein in stroganoff, coated n a creamy and super savory mushroom gravy.

These boneless pork chops are cooked until they're fork-tender in an easy tomato-mushroom gravy—made pressure-cooker quick using onion soup mix, mushrooms, and tomato paste.

This makes a great burrito, taco, or enchilada filling. The pork is crisp on the edges and soft and tender in the center.

Instant Pot Pork Chops in creamy mushroom gravy are juicy, tender, and perfect with mashed potatoes for a satisfying weeknight dinner. 

These easy Instant Pot Ground Beef Tacos can use fresh or frozen ground beef for this foolproof recipe. (Note that this one requires a few minutes after pressure cooking to thicken the cooking liquid into a sauce.)

This Easy Sloppy Joe Recipe has a mustard-spiked sauce and are made with chicken gumbo soup for a quick weeknight recipe. 

Creamy Instant Pot steel cut oats are an easy breakfast. We like to saute them in butter, but you can skip this step with little change to the finished flavor.

Adding pumpkin to your morning meal is a great way to add nutrients and that signature fall flavor.

Farro is great for breakfast too. It's full of whole grain health benefits, and in this recipe, it gets sweetened up with dried cranberries and fresh lemon.

This healthier version of a cinnamon roll has all of the flavor you're looking for without the sugar crash.

Drink your latte and eat it too! This oatmeal recipe is gently sweetened and flavored with plenty of vanilla goodness.

If you love the classic candy bar, this breakfast recipe is about to become your new go-to.

This one-pot oatmeal recipe is topped with fresh berries and a touch of lemon for brightness.

This creamy oatmeal is delicious on a chilly morning and tastes just like dessert, but is packed with fiber and protein.

This is the easiest breakfast of Instant Pot Oatmeal for One with old-fashioned oats and your favorite toppings. Best of all, you cook it pot-in-pot in the bowl you'll eat it in.