35 Instant Pot Side Dish Recipes and Instant Pot Soup Recipes for Any Budget!

Oh my soul! Call me late to the party, but I just recently picked up an electric pressure cooker and holy smokes! Talk about making my life easier! Not only does it allow me to cook quicker, but it paved the way for Mr. Six Dollar to cook as well since he really doesn’t have a whole lot of cooking skill when it comes to the stove. Over the last few weeks, we have done our fair share of testing Instant Pot recipes and have come to a few conclusions! These 35 instant pot side dish recipes and instant pot soup recipes are some of our absolute favorites so far! I wanted to share them with you so that you could enjoy them too!

While I didn’t buy an Instant Pot, I did buy something that is close enough that these Instant Pot side dish recipes and these Instant Pot soup recipes are interchangeable. I actually bought the Farberware 6 quart electric pressure cooker. I love it and even though I was a bit leery due to the reviews, I have no regrets. It cooks the same, it is super easy to run (Emma runs it all the time at 12-years-old) and it has held up to almost daily use like a trooper. The only difference that I can see is that it was cheaper. I will very likely upgrade eventually to a 6 quart Instant Pot for two reasons; it has more options as far as what I can do lke the ability to make homemade yogurt and I can’t currently adjust high/low pressure. Sure, it’s easy enough to figure out, but I’d like to have that ability.

Instant Pot Side Dish and Soup Recipes

If you, like me, have a different electric pressure cooker, these Instant Pot side dish recipes and Instant Pot soup recipes will work for you! Just adjust them to fit your pressure cooker and you’re good to go! I’ve found that when an Instant Pot recipe says High Pressure that it works in mine to use the chicken/meat setting.

I Was Born to Cook brings us this Quick pressure cooker potato salad recipe. It’s perfect for taking along to any picnic or family get together and would pair well with our Easy Macaroni Salad Recipe!

These Instant pot garlic butter new potatoes from Recipe This are so good! We love to serve them along side of grilled chicken or my Not Your Momma’s Meatloaf Sliders recipe!

Yum! If you like mushrooms, you’ll love this Pressure cooker easy mushroom risotto recipe from Living Sweet Moments!

Beans are a cheap food staple that we should all have in our pantries and these pressure cooker Mexican beans with avocado-poblano salsa from Kalyn’s Kitchen drive away the bland!

Butternut squash isn’t only for your fall menu plan! This Pressure cooker butternut cauliflower soup recipe by Peas and Crayons is delicious anytime of the year!

This Maple mustard glazed carrots recipe didn’t sound all that great to me at first, but after trying it? Major Hoff Takes a Wife has hit it out of the park!

Real Mom Reviews brings us an amazing Instant pot chicken tortellini soup recipe that will make you wonder why you’ve ever made it any other way!

I am a huge fan of asparagus and this Instant pot cheesy asparagus wrapped in bacon by Recipe This is one of my favs!

Forget to plan dinner? Try this 10-minute pesto chicken pasta recipe from ABC’s and Garden Peas takes only 10 minutes!

Like broccoli? Make this Instant pot 2-minute steamed broccoli from Recipe This!

Need something soul soothing? Try this Instant pot cheddar broccoli soup recipe from My Blessed Southern Life!

Still hungry? You’ll love the rest of these Instant Pot side dish recipes and Instant Pot Soup recipes!

Perfect pressure cooker rice recipe from Pressure Cooker Recipes

How to make the perfect eggs in instant pot from Pressure Cooker Recipes

Minestrone in the instant pot from I Was Born to Cook

Instant pot corn on the cob wrapped in bacon from Recipe This

Zucchini and yellow squash soup with rosemary and parmesan from Kalyn’s Kitchen

Instant pot hard boiled eggs from Smashed Peas & Carrots