Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

One time is all it will take to forever convert you to making sweet potatoes this way.  The Instant Pot works it's magic again!  Creamy, smooth, and cooked to perfection every time!

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Every time I eat a sweet potato I hear Rachael Ray's voice in my head saying, “Sweet potatoes are the number one most nutrient dense food in the produce section.”  Well okay then.  Let's eat more of them.

I LOVE sweet potatoes!  Especially in this Sweet Potato, Spinach, and Sausage Breakfast Casserole and this heavenly Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Crumble.  My husband loves sweet potatoes with buffalo sauce.  My kids love them hidden in pancakes and muffins.  Hey, it works.

Check out this post on Sweet Potato Toppings to really amp up your sweet potato game.

You know how when you bake sweet potatoes in the oven, the sugary juice drips and ends up burning and smoking on the pan before they are cooked all the way through?  Super stinky, smoky, and annoying.  This recipe here solves your problem.

HOW TO COOK A SWEET POTATO IN THE INSTANT POT

First

Scrub sweet potatoes clean

Second

Place in Instant Pot

Third

Press some buttons

That's it.  Done

No poking holes in the sweet potatoes, no watching, no checking, no squeezing to see if they are done . . .  Nope.  Pressing buttons is the hardest part of this job.

This hands off method makes you free as a bird to focus on your main entree or to prep toppings to make these sweet potatoes the main entree.

I seriously couldn't love this more.

While we're at it, here's a little sweet potato fun fact for you:

WHAT'S THE DIFFERNECE BETWEEN A SWEET POTATO AND A YAM

I used to think that a yam was the orange potato and the sweet potato was the white one sitting near by.  But guess what, those are both sweet potatoes and the chance that you've ever actually eaten a real yam is unlikely.  You've probably never even seen a real yam in your regular grocery store.

So long story short, what you have been buying and cooking all these years is called a sweet potato.  The white version cooks up more firm and waxy.  The orange version cooks up creamy and fluffy.

To make things a bit more confusing, when you go to a grocery store and see a sign that says sweet potato it will likely be the white sweet potato.  If you see a sign that says yams, it will be the orange.  But don't quote me on that, because I saw the reverse just the other day.

So basically you've never eaten a true yam and if you want a creamy and fluffy sweet potato, go for the one with the orange flesh.

Comprende?

For more details on this fascinating subject, see this post by The Kitchn.

Stay tuned for my favorite sweet potato toppings ideas!  I'll take you from sweet to savory and from breakfast to dinner!

Enjoy!

Tools used to make Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

Instant Pot

Steamer Basket I love this collapsible one!

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