Ninja Foodi Sweet Potatoes

Pressure Cooker Sweet Potatoes cut making sweet potatoes down from an hour to a quarter of the time! Perfect for the Ninja Foodi all in one or the IP Pressure cooker, sweet potatoes the EASY way and both instructions are below. 

So simple to make, peel, place, and pressure, you can use your nearly instant sweet potatoes to make a variety of delicious recipes without the hassle or turn straight into a slightly sweetened (or super sweetened!) mashed potato. Yum, yum, yum! Once you learn how to make pressure cook sweet potatoes, you can turn them into a much quicker sweet potato casserole, mix with herbs or simply just enjoy without the hour oven time. 

Pressure Cooker Sweet Potatoes: IP or Ninja Foodi? 

Scroll to the bottom for a printable version of this post, including all measurements and instructions, so you can follow along in your kitchen with your specific pressure cooking device.

Here is what you need to gather to get started: 

• 2 lbs raw sweet potatoes – peeled but left whole (about 5 potatoes)
• water

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Ninja Foodi Sweet Potatoes

• Peel sweet potatoes and place into Ninja Foodi inner pot.
• Add 1 cup water directly to the pot.
• Place pressure cooker lid onto the Ninja Foodi and seal shut.
• Close the pressure release valve.
• Set the Ninja Foodi on Pressure Cooker HIGH for 12 minutes. 
• When cooking cycle is complete, let pressure naturally release for 10 minutes and then quick release any remaining steam.
• Carefully twist open the Foodi. 
• Remove potatoes from pot with tongs and mash with a potato masher (if you want).
• Season as you like. 

Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

This recipe should work with almost any pressure cooker, but you may need to adjust the times just slightly. You really only know till after you test it out and see if you need a softer potato, but it SHOULD be close to working well for you. Once you learn how to cook sweet potatoes in a pressure cooker, it takes a quarter of the time over making them in the oven. Then you can use your soft sweet potatoes for other recipes like Sweet Potato Mashed Potato Blend or to skip some steps in a classic sweet potato casserole. 

• Peel sweet potatoes and place into an ovenproof bowl that fits into your instant pot.
• Place trivet into the instant pot and add 1 cup water.
• Place the bowl on top of the trivet.
• Place the lid onto the instant pot and seal shut.
• Close the pressure release valve.
• Set the instant pot to manual, high pressure for 12 minutes.
• When cooking cycle is complete, let pressure naturally release for 10 minutes and quick release any remaining steam.
• Carefully open instant pot.
• Remove potatoes from pot and mash with a potato masher.

 

 

Pressure Cooker Timing

No matter which pressure cooker you use, I find that 12 minutes on high and natural release for 10 works perfect.

Sweeten those Sweet Potatoes! 

Stir in butter, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Mix well and serve immediately. Top with additional butter or even mini marshmallows if desired.

Serves 8-10

 

What is Quick Release vs Natural Release?

Quick releasing pressure means you put a towel over the valve and open it. The steam shoots out and is absorbed by the towel. it’s SUPER HOT so be careful! I prefer to cover it with a towel because I swear that steam sticks to walls and cabinets.

The other way to release pressure is naturally. You can leave it on (The L and time will show, it counts UP, to show you how long it’s been on Low) and just let it be. Eventually the pressure comes down. That time varies for every item you put in it. Even though you naturally release something for X amount of time, all the pressure may not be released and then you’ll need to also do a quick release.

Once the pressure is released, you can open the lid. Pressure must be released for the lid to open.

Note about coming to pressure: The exact instant pot in this post is the IP DUO60 V2. Time for IPs is challenging.

You turn it on and it has to come to pressure before it begins cooking. That time will depend on what is in it.It typically takes about 15 minutes to come to pressure and then the cooking time begins. This pressure cooker counts DOWN for cooking. When it comes to pressure, it will say 15 (minutes) and then goes down until the pressure is done. When pressure is set, this pressure cooker stays on low until you set the cooking times. Pressure cookers can vary in how this is done – for my Ninja Foodi, you put the time on and it does the pressure and begins cooking immediately once its to pressure. 

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