The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook: 200 Deliciously Simple Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker

by Coco Morante

A collection of easy, surefire recipes for the incredibly popular electric pressure cooker, the Instant Pot, all beautifully photographed and fully authorized.

The 200 well-tested, fully authorized recipes in The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook cover every meal of the day, making this the ultimate collection of recipes for the home cook. This is the only book you'll need when looking for tried-and-true classics like creamy tomato soup, ground beef stroganoff, chicken mushroom casserole, or peach cobbler; international favorites like carnitas, chicken tikka masala, or refried beans; and crave-worthy treats like French toast casserole and triple chocolate cheesecake. With recipes for every meal, from breakfast to dessert, this book is your one-stop source for mouthwatering weekday meals.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food, Adult, Reference

310 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 31, 2018

Reviews

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book offers numerous recipes and tips for using an Instant Pot pressure cooker. I bought one about six months ago, and although I feel as though I have a good grasp on how to use mine for the recipes I make often, I wanted to experiment a bit. I wanted to make some different meals and use some of the menu options on my cooker that I haven't tried yet.

The first recipe I made from this book is the Beef Goulash, which I thought was fantastic, but wasn't as highly rated by the rest of my family. sigh... I also want to make hard boiled eggs, yogurt, a cake, and steamed vegetables, just to mention a few.

[Beate · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the author's writing, but I'm wishing for more pictures. Now the library wants it back, so I'll have to borrow it later to cook more.

[Gennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book. The recipes are easy to execute, full of flavor and inventive. I really enjoyed the ones I tried. Additionally, the book is well organized with just the right amount of cooking detail so that you can't mess up. If I was only going to have one instant pot cookbook this would be it.

[ValerieC · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

This is a lovely cookbook. Wonderful photographs and plenty of them. It has an easy to read Table of Contents and Index. It has heavy, slick paper. A visual delight.

I opened the shipping box and just went aaaaahhhh with a big smile! Really, this might be the prettiest cookbook I own out of 50 or so different kinds I still have around.

I just love to read cookbooks, and that goes back to my 20s. (I'm not able to cook much anymore due to neurological issues with my hands, but an Instant Pot is workable for me in some cases if I use precut ingredients.)

There are quite a few recipes I will try from this book. I have a lot of IP cookbooks, but this one has more things that I will try to make than many. I bought it for the large Soup/Stews chapter, but there are many other recipes I found to try. The Beef Stroganoff looks really good. This author covers every single step in operating the IP, so no guesswork is necessary.

There is also a short introduction to using an electric pressure cooker (they are all pretty similar) and a FAQ, which will help some people. You can use this book even with another brand of electric pressure cooker.

My one problem, which is certainly my own problem, is that there are really big seasoning lists. In some cases I will substitute mixes from the store, like with the 5 Alarm Chili (because nothing is better than Wick Fowlers Chili Kit). At any rate, so many ingredients make some of these recipes pretty expensive. After all, I can get excellent Hot and Sour Soup at my local Chinese restaurant (I buy several to freeze), for less than $3.50 each. I find this pretty common in many books, and if you want to eat as cleanly as possible, using fresh ingredients and spices is optimum.

At any rate, this is certainly an IP cookbook I would recommend and the hardcover is only $1.00 more on Amazon than the Kindle edition.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tasty. Easy to follow.

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not sure at what point you call a cookbook "read" since the average person doesn't make all the recipes in a cookbook, but I'm ready to review this one so let's go!

This book is great for figuring out how to use an Instant Pot--lot's of tips and instructions. However it leans a little too hard into the whole "cook anything with your Instant Pot" thing because some things should NOT be made in an Instant Pot.

Tough meats or braised meats, Beans/Grains, Stocks, etc. All are great in an Instant Pot. Chicken Adobo is now a regular in our household because it's so good and easy in the Instant Pot.

Seafood, some veggies--basically anything that overcooks easily--should NOT be put in an instant pot. Just tear out the Seafood section because the result will be mush.

I would recommend sticking to the recipes with simpler ingredients. The recipes that put every piece of your rice-pasta-chicken-broccolu dinner through the Instant Pot should be avoided. Or at least cook most of it the usual way and reserve only part of it for the Instant Pot.

I had some high highs and some low lows with this book. I had to chuck out an entire nasty Seafood Stew. But I'm glad I have it and will continue using it as a reference for dry beans, batches of boiled eggs, things like that.

[BookBec · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good assortment of recipes, including an impressive number of different kinds of chili.

Some recipes turned out tasty as written (Bigos = yum), while others needed adjustments. For example, chicken drumsticks straight out of the Instant Pot have slimy white skin, but with a few minutes under the broiler (and a few minutes of reducing the sauce), the results are far tastier and prettier. And the sauce for sweet potatoes with black beans and quinoa worked better with half the water. I recommend this book as long as you stay alert to possible tweaks that make sense for you.

[Jodi Geever · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in Target Starbucks while I was hungry--but still,

The recipes in this book are absolutely drool-worthy! Everything included was made in an Instant Pot, most recipes from pot to table in 30 minutes or less. Each recipe called for completely accessible ingredients--not fresh ostrich truffle oil! I was so impressed with this book I asked Santa for it for Christmas and I'm excited about the Instant Pot again!

[Whitney Stanfield · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful book but not my favorite recipes but that just might be due to my taste and cooking style. I recommend checking it out from your local library to see if it is right for you. My sister-in-law cooks a lot of the type of meals listed so I bought her a copy and she loves it. So to each their own. It is super beautiful and is a well-made hardcover that lays flat on the counter making it easy to use while cooking.

[Rachael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good book. It has a little bit to try from a lot of different areas. Most of what I like about it is things like cooking times for how much of what you're making on what settings using what kind of cookware and release information. I feel like we definitely got our money's worth there, and the rest is scouring the internet.

[Salamah · Rating 2 out of 5]

With over 200 recipes, I was surprised to find not many appealed to me. Too many ingredients for me and not many recipes that I can complete fast. This book is perfect for someone who has the time.

[Saman Usman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a great collection of usable recipes, and I love the little details and tips and tricks filled through out the book... but why oh why leave out pictures for half the recipes! Such a shame... otherwise this would have been a 5 star book.

[CSD · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great recipes with easy to follow instructions.

[Sheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good recipes

[Sarah Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of interesting ideas especially for cozy Winter foods. All though some recipes it seems like it would be easier to just cook on the stove top.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has a fair number of fusion recipes along with goodies like vegan sausage, might but a copy.

[Cassandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how simple the recipe format is

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Would definitely be worth buying!

[Noel Morales · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written, but not enough photos in my opinion. To be fair, most cooking books have the same problem.

[Kaitlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how there's a pantry section in here! I found some really good recipes that I am definitely going to make.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

None of the recipes really appealed to me

[Janet Sketchley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of variety of recipes, some of which will definitely be keepers, and some very helpful tips and tricks.

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was given to me. I will try some recipes next year.

[Kristin Renfro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its good assortment of recipes, is easy to read. As another commenter said, I wish it had more pictures. But I really appreciate that this has recipes for different meals.

[Pooja Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really good recipes

[Ryen O'Meara · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cannot recall much of anything about it and don’t see myself referring back to it

[mairead! · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally picked this up from the library today! Only some of the intro, vegetarian, vegetable & side dishes, and pantry section is applicable to vegan but definitely happy to have a simple source for how to pickle onions, and cook various vegetables and beans in my instant pot, so extra star for that.