Instant Pot Red Potatoes for Potatoes Salad

I made Instant Pot Red Potatoes and used them for my favorite potato salad recipe. I've been playing with my Instant Pot electric pressure cooker again.

This Instant Pot recipe for red potatoes makes a creamy and tender potato you can serve any way you like or use the cooked potatoes to make your favorite potato recipe.

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I also made Instant Pot Salt Potatoes.

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Favorite Chicken Instant Pot Recipe

So far I have made a few things in the Instant Pot. The more I use my Instant Pot the more attached I am getting to it.

The first Instant Pot recipe I made was Instant Pot Salsa Chicken. It's so good I have made this recipe twice so far using two different flavors of salsa.

Last week we had family visiting and the entire family was here for lunch.

My Instant Pot was sitting on the counter and I got to talking to my brother in law and mother in law about how much I love it.

I was explaining how easy it was to make Instant Pot Chicken Salsa and how good it was.

I just happened to have a family size pack of boneless skinless chicken breasts in the fridge so the next day when they came over for another visit I made my Instant Pot Chicken Salsa recipe.

This time I used a regular jar of Pace Chunky Salsa instead of the Pace Mango Peach Salsa I used the first time.

I wasn't sure if everyone - kids and adults would like the flavor of the mango peach salsa so to be safe I went with a regular salsa I know everyone likes.

Everyone loved the Instant Pot Chicken Salsa recipe!

If you don't have an (affiliate link) Instant Pot yet I have a very similar Crock Pot Salsa Chicken recipe you can make in a slow cooker.

Before I had the magical electric pressure cooker I would pile all my red potatoes in a huge pot, fill it with water, salt the water and boil the potatoes on the stove.

It could take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour from start to finish.

I would have to keep a close eye on the pot full of red potatoes to make sure it didn't boil over, keep the water level above the potatoes, and move the potatoes around in the pot so they would cook evenly.

It was a big pain!

Enter the Instant Pot electric pressure cooker and it took about 30 minutes for the red potatoes to cook.

And all I did was load the potatoes in, add the water and push a button!!

It was so much easier cooking the potatoes in the Instant Pot versus cooking them on the stove.

Instant Pot Red Potatoes

• 5 lbs whole red potatoes (not baby potatoes)
• 1 cup water
• ½ teaspoon salt

1. Scrub and wash potatoes well. Place the rack in the bottom of the Instant Pot and add the water. Stack potatoes into the electric pressure cooker.Place the lid on.
2. Cook on the steam setting 10 minutes. Let pressure cooker release steam naturally. Open and check potatoes.
3. If not fork tender re-close the pressure cooker and set to the steam setting and cook an additional 3-5 minutes and allow the pressure cooker to release steam naturally for about 25 minutes before opening.
4. Immediately remove the potatoes from the Instant Pot and run under cold water to cool off and to stop the potatoes from cooking.
5. Peel potatoes if desired and cut up into pieces in a large bowl if making homemade potato salad.

Instant Pot Red Potatoes

Arlene Mobley - Flour On My Face

Make Instant Pot Red Potatoes and used them to make Potato Salad or any recipe that calls for cooked potatoes. Make perfect fork tender red potatoes in the pressure cooker in only 35 minutes.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Natural Release 20 mins

Total Time 35 mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 12 Servings

Calories 132 kcal

Ingredients  

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• ▢ 5 lbs whole red potatoes not baby potatoes
• ▢ 1 cup water
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt

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Instructions 

• Scrub and wash potatoes well. Place the rack in the bottom of the Instant Pot and add the water and salt. Stack the potatoes in the electric pressure cooker and put the lid on.
• Cook on the steam setting 10 minutes. Let pressure cooker release steam naturally. Open and check potatoes.
• Allow the pressure cooker to release steam naturally for about 25 minutes before opening.
• Immediately remove the potatoes from the Instant Pot and run under cold water to cool off and to stop the potatoes from cooking.
• Peel potatoes if desired and cut up into pieces in a large bowl for potato salad.
• Makes about 4 pounds of peeled steamed potatoes.

Notes

• Cooking times: If using extra large potatoes and they are not fork tender after you have cooked them reclose the pressure cooker and set to the steam setting and cook an additional 3-5 minutes

Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 132kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 132mg | Potassium: 860mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 13IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg

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