Having all your Instant Pot Holiday Recipes in one place just got a whole lot easier. Here is the ultimate holiday entertaining recipe guide to help you plan your family get-togethers with ease.
Ultimate Guide To Using Your Instant Pot For The Holidays
I have some mouth-watering main dishes, satisfying sides and delectable desserts that are going to blow your mind, and the best part is that all of these recipes can be easily made in the Instant Pot. Using your electric pressure cooker will allow you to have more time to do other things like clean up, make other recipes that require more attention or hang out with the family.
I especially love using my Instant Pot for one dish in order to free up that all-important oven space for others.
You will find I divided these Instant Pot holiday recipes into three main categories: main dishes, sides, and desserts. If you like to venture out from the classic main dishes at Thanksgiving or Christmas, I got you covered there, and I also share the classics as well.
Happy (pressure) cooking.
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30 Instant Pot Holiday Recipes You Have to Make This Year
Here are 30 Instant Pot holiday recipes you have to make this year. Your family is going to love these treats and you will love the ease of Instant Pot pressure cooking.
Main Dish Instant Pot Holiday Recipes
Can you make your main attraction dish in your Instant Pot? Absolutely! Check out these options.
Instant Pot Turkey| Never look at a dry turkey again! Your Instant Pot will lock in that moisture for a tender and juicy turkey.
Instant Pot Autumn Apple Pork Chops| These pork chops look so elegant and stunning. They are rich and have the perfect amount of sweetness. Don’t plan on having any leftovers.
Instant Pot Balsamic Dijon Ham| This ham is sweet, tangy and moist. Enjoy this for the holidays and your guests will be impressed!
Instant Pot Whole Lemon Chicken| Zesty lemon, garlic, chicken broth, and seasonings are what you need to complete this fantastic chicken recipe. Great for smaller families who don’t want a ton of leftover turkey.
Instant Pot Balsamic Apple Pork Tenderloin| Melt in your mouth amazing, this tenderloin recipe is brilliant. They added fresh thyme and pomegranate seeds as a garnish, and the result is gorgeous!
Instant Pot Beef Brisket| Brisket is becoming more popular as the main holiday dish because it tastes so good and goes with almost all side dishes. Here is a show-stopping brisket that will fit your holiday feast perfectly.
Instant Pot Turkey Legs With Gravy| You are missing out if you don’t make these delectable turkey drumsticks drizzled in gravy. They kick your holiday meal up a notch.
Chinese Spare Ribs| Make these extraordinary spare ribs if you want to dazzle your friends and family with your delicious feast. The flavors are terrific.
Instant Pot Turkey Breast| The garlic butter gravy is the showstopper of this unique dish. Give this recipe a try this holiday season.
Instant Pot Roast Beef| One thing I love about the holidays is that there is plenty of comfort food to go around. This roast beef is a great main dish to consider.
Side Dish Instant Pot Holiday Recipes
Pressure cook these side dishes in your Instant Pot and leave space in your oven for the main dish or desserts.
Pressure Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole| An updated spin on the classic sweet potato casserole that is positively delicious.
Instant Pot Stuffed Squash| Delightful side dish with loads of flavor and gives a sophisticated presentation. Be prepared to fall in love with this recipe.
Instant Pot Brussels Sprouts| Simple dish that will encourage even the pickiest eaters to indulge in some brussels sprouts with bacon and balsamic.
Cornbread With Real Crispy Crust| There is nothing better than a slightly sweet cornbread with a flaky and crispy crust. This recipe is tasty.
Pressure Cooker Mashed Potoatoes| Making mashed potatoes has never been easier than when you use the Instant Pot. They are light, fluffy and full of tasty goodness.
Instant Pot Mac and Cheese| There is tons of cheesy goodness in every bite of this macaroni and cheese. This will become one of your favorite recipes.
Southern Dressing| Having an excellent stuffing recipe is a must for the holiday season. This dressing is buttery and seasoned flawlessly.
Healthy Instant Pot Cauliflower With Gravy| It is always a great idea to have some healthy food options available for your guests. This cauliflower is a low carb or Keto option that is hearty.
Instant Pot Herb Roasted Potatoes| Seasoned with rosemary, thyme, marjoram, oregano, and pepper these potatoes are divine! They go with any meal choice too.
Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce| This cranberry sauce is sure to please all your guests and is painless to throw together. Plus, it looks stunning and cooks in just one minute.
Dessert Instant Pot Holiday Recipes
Let’s not forget about dessert. Instant Pot cook these delicious treats to finish the meal right.
Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake| Heavenly decadent cheesecake that all your family will be talking about for many years to come. The best part is that you probably have the ingredients already in your pantry.
Applesauce Cake| Ooey gooey cake that is so delightful and moist and will wow your family. This dessert is a beautiful way to end a meal.
Pumpkin Ginger Brulee| Any dessert with pumpkin is sure to be incredible, and this pumpkin dish proves it. Simple to make and the result is superb.
Instant Pot Date Cake| The only bad thing about this cake is how quickly everyone will devour it. Don’t expect it to last long because this cake tastes so terrific.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake| Let’s face it, sometimes you just need some chocolate in your life. This cake is a fantastic way to get all the sweetness you want.
Instant Pot Amaretto Cheesecake| Luxurious cheesecake that is rich, creamy and full of almond and amaretto flavors that are beyond amazing.
Pumpkin Pie Applesauce| Enjoy this homemade applesauce warm or cold for a unique and fun dessert. Homemade applesauce is easy, and with this fall spin, you have a simple but fantastic dessert.
Grandma’s Instant Pot Pound Cake| I love the Instant Pot because you can take older recipes that have been handed down for generations and transform them into pressure cooker recipes.
Instant Pot Pumpkin Cheesecake| Incredibly simple cheesecake that you are going to want to eat every last crumb of as soon as you sink your teeth into it.
Peach Dump Cake| Talk about the easiest cake ever. Your result is a light and fluffy cake filled with delicious peaches. You can’t go wrong with this recipe.
With this ultimate guide of using your Instant Pot for the Holidays, you’re sure to find a wide variety of Instant Pot holiday recipes that will make your season delicious. Plus, you can prepare them fast and easy and get back to what the holidays are all about – time with your family.
Have you used your Instant Pot for holiday cooking? What recipes are your favorites? Share in the comments below.
Christmas Give Away 2018
Christmas will be here before we know it. This year has flown by and it’s time to turn our thoughts to the holiday season. With Christmas being the season of giving, I’ve gotten together with some pretty awesome bloggers to give TWO families some CASH in the 5th annual Christmas Blessings Giveaway – $500 cash (delivered via Paypal).
We hope that the prize will be a blessing to the winning families and help them to fulfill their kids’ Christmas wishes, pay off some bills, or to save for later. Whatever the money ends up being used for, our prayer is that it helps to lessen any financial burden this holiday season or fills a specific need.
There are lots of entry options in the Rafflecopter form below – the more you enter, the better your chance of winning! I know it can seem tedious and time consuming to go through all the entries, but isn’t a chance at $500 worth it? I think it is!
Plus, all of these generous bloggers donated their own money toward the cash prizes and this giveaway wouldn’t be possible without them. Please take the time to check out each one.
The giveaway will run from Monday, November 12th through Wednesday, November 21st (ends at 11:59pm EST). Winner will be notified by email shortly after the giveaway ends and will have 48 hours to respond to claim the prize or another winner will be drawn. You must have a Paypal account to win. Please be sure to read the Rafflecopter terms and conditions upon entering.
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I absolutely love the recipes and can’t wait to try them all. What a wonderful thing you are doing for this Christmas. I am grateful for you. Enjoy your holiday season.
I would buy craft items.
Thanks, Sara! I love my Instant Pot and look forward to trying some of these recipes!
Awesome recipes! They sound delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the recipes! Is this where I enter to win the give-away? I just recently lost my job and could really really use the money to get my kids Christmas this year!!
Thankyou for all the recipes and hope you give to us that want and need to lose weight. I am so very grateful for you!
You are so nice to do this right before the holiday!!! Makes everyone’s life just a litter sweeter to find great inspiring blogs to follow! Thanks!
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Thank you for the chance to win! I have won just by finding your site. Here’s to a blessed holiday for you and your family. I would use the $500 to visit my mom in NJ – to purchase flights home for myself and my husband from Arizona. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!
Great recipes! $500 would sure spread some much needed holiday cheer around us!
It would be amazing to get $500. We would use part of it to help my mom with some stuff for Christmas, and probably get groceries for her and my grandma.
Thank you for this opportunity. I would put the money towards buying my Mom a new refrigerator. Her’s is 17 years old…
Thank you, Sara for all the hard work that you do on a daily basis for your blog.
If I won the money , I would catch up on bills with my husbands medication going up and costing a fortune. I pick and choose what gets paid
Thanks for all the great recipes and the give away you are doing. My husband is going to school full time and works like crazy so I can stay home with our 5 month old baby boy. Having a little help at Christmas would take a bit of the burden off my husband’s shoulders. I would love to be able to help him since he does so much for our little family.
Every year for Christmas, we choose a couple of families in our church or otherwise local, who could use a little help, as well as a local homeless shelter, and donate gifts and practical items. If I were to win, this would go toward helping to finance that.
Such a sweet thing you and your co-bloggers are doing! If I am fortunate enough to win, it will give us money for Christmas – our budget is super tight and we’re looking at a very lean year. But if not, I still can’t wait to try the pork chop recipe! Love my Instant Pot!
Thanks Sara for such a great Christmas opportunity. I am on a disability pension and if I won I would give some of the money to our local food pantry, some to our church, some to my sister, and put some in the bank towards a house deposit.
Sounds yummy!
I would use the money to catch up on some bills, and also, we are raising two of our grandsons. The extra money would help us make their Christmas special. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
What a great post! If I won $500, I would put it toward the redesign of my website. Or feed people. 🙂
Love my instapot!
This would be more blessing than I can imagine. Thanks for the entry.
This has been a year of a LOT of transition, including my husband having greatly reduced work hours for most of the year. This would help us in being able to get stabilized again and help with bills as well as being able to give.
Just would love to get the family a little something extra this year and pay off some bills. Thank for sharing this offer! Have a Blessed Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas too!
My mom hinted she might get me an instant pot for Christmas. And who,wouldn’t love $500 for Christmas too?!
What a blessing $500 would be. It is a stretch to cover my normal expenses each month so extras like gifts for birthdays (2 in the family next month) and Christmas is always challenging. To win this would give me a gift giving budget for the next year!!!!!
I haven’t used an Instant Pot yet, but the recipes are enticing!
Can’t wait to try a couple of these recipes, especially the Chinese BBQ ribs…. YUM!
And what a generous giveaway! Thank you all for the opportunity to enter. 🙂
If I were to win, I’d either use it for bills (health insurance is double next month, thanks to open enrollment) or put it in savings for a down payment on a new-to-me car (been driving the same vehicle for 20 years… its about time for a new one).
Wow! What a generous gift. While our “pots” are overflowing, I find myself constantly giving to the many worthwhile causes through the school where I work which makes our (for the most part) one income family feel a little stretched at times. Having $500 extra would help be give even more and allow me to get our daughter something a bit extra as her last Christmas as a ‘single’ person before getting married on January 4th.
If I won the $500 I could make some happy kids Christmas morning. I would love to be able to fill a few shoe boxes for kids in other countries that won’t have a Christmas.
If I were to win this raffle, I would purchase additional Instant Pots and give them to friends who cannot afford them. It has truly been a blessing to me in the kitchen!
If I win the $500, one of first things I’d treat myself to is an instant pot. Fingers crossed for some good luck!
I guess my computer is running slow, it’s seems to be taking a long time to do all the things above to be in the contest. But I hope it’s worth it.
I love my instant pot but haven’t branched out much beyond pot roast and pork chops. I am looking forward to trying some of these recipes!
Very excited for this giveaway! Thanks! 🙏 fingers crossed 🤞🏼
I’m so excited for this giveaway!! It would be such a blessing for my sweet family! Thank you for your wealth of knowledge, I love all the ideas and recipes shared!! 🙂
Wow! So many recipes! I have the Instant Pot on my Christmas list, I hope I get one!!
What a fun contest! And I love Instant Pot. Can’t wait to try some of these holiday recipes!
I would use it to purchase Instant Pots for my kids!
Thanks, looking forward to learning to use this
I would use it to pay off my Paypal balance.
Hey Sara. You’ve spoken so often about the benefits of using the instant pot that I think I’ll order one using your link. Anything to limit the amount of time I spend in the kitchen. 🤣