Instant Pot Vegetable Cook Times

When I first got my Instant Pot I was clueless. I didn’t know what to do and how long to cook vegetables (or anything else for that matter). I also was in search of some easy Instant Pot vegetable recipes to try. It’s helped us create a lot of easy Instant Pot recipes we make every single week.

I hope this free printable vegetable cooking times cheat sheet of sorts helps you too. Then you’ll be ready to make Instant Pot steamed vegetables with carrots, corn and more. It should help you immensely too.

Here’s where it all began. I made Instant Pot vegetarian soup and that was easy but used canned veggies that were already tender. But how to soften fresh produce was next on the list of things to figure out. I did it!

Instant Pot Vegetable Cook Times

I used many of the Instant Pot cooking times listed on the Instant Pot website sharing how long to cook both fresh and frozen vegetables. For the most part this is what you need to do, no matter what you’re steaming. All times are set to pressure high and of course vary slightly depending on how large your pieces are, how much you’re cooking, and how tender you prefer them to be.

• Put 1.5 c. water in the bottom of the pot
  • Get a trivet or steamer basket to hold vegetables – I like this steamer basket
  • Times are for high pressure
  • Use quick release

You don’t need oil at all!! Water or broth is necessary on the bottom to steam them to fork tender but beyond that the toppings are up to you. Butter is our choice to add a bit of flavor and make Instant Pot brussel sprouts delicious but you could just use a dash of salt and pepper.

This PDF cheat sheet is a good guide to follow in general when you’re estimating how long cooking vegetables in your Instant Pot should take. If you’re new to using your fancy pressure cooker we speak in simple directions. All you need to understand is 1 cup of water is added to the bottom, with metal basket to hold food and the timing is below in our chart.

How Long to cook Vegetables in Instant Pot

That depends on what you are cooking. Some take more time that are firmer like carrots or brussel sprouts but even then take just a few minutes using high pressure. Broccoli and/or corn kernels off the cob are closer to 1 minute only!

Can you cook frozen vegetables in a pressure cooker?

Absolutely but they take far less time to get tender vs. fresh produce since they are very small and already cooked part of the way before freezing. Typically a bag of frozen vegetables in a pressure cooker just takes 0 minutes, meaning set time to 0 and when it beeps they are done.

Instant Pot Vegetable Cook Times PDF

So first we’ll share this printable ——> Vegetable Cook Times Cheat Sheet in Instant Pot that is free to download and keep as a cheat sheet.

Use a trivet or vegetable steamer (this one is my favorite one). I like this steamer basket for larger vegetables You can find a 2 tiered vegetable steamer basket I use when I’m cooking different items at the same time like I did with this Instant Pot potato salad recipe

1. Always put 1.5-2 c. of water in the bottom (essentially you’re steaming them)
   1. Once you’ve found the time you need on this Instant Pot printable time sheet close your lid, close steam valve, and set to manual-pressure-high.
   2. Quick release

I just bought these small oven mitts made specifically for the Instant Pot which enables me to lift steaming baskets and pots out easily without burning myself (super cheap & so worth it) Always remember to keep your face and body away from the steam valve and open the lid away from you.

Favorite Instant Pot vegetable recipes

If you love collard greens or turnip greens we have a recipe with bacon for Instant Pot greens of all kinds here.

• Easy Instant Pot stuffed peppers are a hearty meal with ground beef and cheese
• Cheesy Instant Pot cauliflower is keto friendly and a low carb yummy dish
• These pressure cooker carrots are great
• How to cook spaghetti squash fast in your Instant Pot
• Whole Instant Pot beets are to die for.

Then I needed one for beans too so this printable bean cooking times for pressure cookers was created as well which helped when I made my Instant Pot baked beans without soaking them ahead of time….game changer!!

• Healthy Instant Pot artichokes
• Pressure cooker pumpkin
• Tender Instant Pot corn
• Yummy Instant Pot spinach

Many times we will have just a bowl of yummy vegetables for dinner. I have made these pressure cooker artichokes as an entire meal. They’re super filling, delicious, full of fiber and great for you! Made in my Instant Pot it takes less than 20 minutes total and a total winner when I’m watching what I’m eating and/or need a yummy side dish.

Here are a few yummy dishes and the corn casserole we’ve made for years in the oven but made it in our pressure cooker this time! Pretty and delicious.

• Instant Pot asparagus is great and very quick to make for a side.
• Tender Instant Pot broccoli
• Instant Pot corn casserole

If you’ve never tried mashing vegetables other than potatoes here are a few to try. My cauliflower mash above is yummy and if you find colored cauliflower like I did (I used purple) you can surprise your kids and they are sure to try it because it will look so cool! 😉 You can even cook frozen broccoli Instant Pot style in just 1 minute.

Pressure cooker mashed potatoes is a super cheap side dish that kids and adults love.

• If you’re looking for a great soup packed with veggies here a yummy Instant Pot vegetable beef soup recipe
• Please refer to our Instant Pot Recipes tab at the top of my website for tons of other easy Instant Pot vegetable recipes as we create them

From here we have information on Instant Pot Bean Recipes as well for your reference.