The best vegan Instant Pot pressure cooker recipes, cookbooks, resources and tips for easy plant-based cooking. From vegan Instant Pot chili and soups to risotto and even cake, here are the best recipes! Just so you know, this post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small commission when you order through them. 

The best vegetarian, vegan, plant-based Instant Pot recipes! From healthy vegan Instant Pot dinners, to soups, chili, risotto, and chocolate cake, this is the ultimate list of vegan Instant Pot recipes.

It’s funny how often the Instant Pot comes up in conversation. Friends ask me all the time if it’s worth it. Just last week while shopping at Trader Joe’s, one of my friends who works there said, “hey do you  have one of those Instapot things?” The next comment is often that people think Instant Pots are only helpful for cooking meat. 

This sentiment couldn’t be farther from the truth. The first year I had my Instant Pot it sat in its box, as I was too intimidated by it. But now that I’ve gotten the hang of it, the Instant Pot is one of my favorite kitchen tools. I love it far more than my slow cooker, and it’s wonderful for plant-based food. Let me share why, some of my favorite healthy Instant Pot cookbooks, and finally the best vegan Instant Pot recipes on the internet. Let’s goooooo! 

What is an Instant Pot? 

Two bowls of lentil soup sit on a cutting board in front of an Instant Pot pressure cooker.

Instant Pot is the most popular brand of electric pressure cooker. While it doesn’t cook everything faster, necessarily, it is a set-it-and-forget-it method. I can get my recipe going in the Instant Pot and not need to mess with it while I help my kids with homework or clean up. In that way it’s like a slow cooker, but it’s opposite in terms of cooking time. The Instant Pot has multiple functions, which, depending on your model may include: yogurt, saute, rice, soup, steam, slow cook, and more.

Note: I don’t recommend the slow cook function on the Instant Pot, as I’ve found it to be much slower than traditional slow cookers.

Unlike the old stovetop pressure cookers, which terrify me, the Instant Pot has built-in safety mechanisms that make it much more user-friendly. You can buy an Instant Pot at most cooking stores these days, including Williams-Sonoma, Amazon is an easy option (affiliate links).

An Instant Pot pressure cooker filled with a vegan Minestrone soup.

Plant-Based Uses for the Instant Pot 

  • Quickly cook dried beans without soaking. 
  • Easily cook dried lentils
  • No-fuss rice and quinoa
  • Steam beets quickly and easily. 
  • Easy soups and stews. 

Best Vegan Instant Pot Cookbooks

A cookbook author holds a copy of Vegan in an Instant, a healthy vegetarian and vegan Instant Pot cookbook.

 

I’m thrilled to announce that I have a new cookbook available January 7th, 2020! Vegan in an Instant is an official Instant Pot cookbook I wrote to help make plant-based meals easier and tastier. wherever books are sold, including Target, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, and Amazon

A vegan Instant Pot cookbook.

When friends ask about getting started with the Instant Pot I always recommend getting a cookbook. There are Instant Pot cookbooks for just about every style of cooking and diet. Some of my other favorite vegan Instant Pot cookbooks include: 

I personally own Vegan Under Pressure by Jill Nussinow and it’s a wonderful resource. Her recipes are a lot like my own: simple and made with real food ingredients. There are also cooking timetables for nearly everything  you’d ever want to cook in the Instant Pot. The only downside is that there are very few pictures. 

I shared one of Manali’s recipes from this cookbook here. Though it’s vegetarian, most of the recipes are vegan or can be made vegan. 

Other Resources for Vegan Instant Pot Recipes

Facebook Group: The Instant Pot Vegan Recipes group is very helpful. It’s a closed group but you can request to join.  

Best Vegan Instant Pot Recipes

Without further adieu, let’s get to the recipes already! These are the best vegan Instant Pot recipes I could find. Many are from right her on Yummy Mummy Kitchen, and others are those I’ve asked my blogging friends to share with us. If you have any favorite Instant Pot recipes I’ve missed, please share them in the comments. 

Vegan Instant Pot Recipes

The best plant-based, vegetarian, vegan Instant Pot recipes from Yummy Mummy Kitchen and around the internet! From breakfast, to healthy vegan soups, to side dishes, and even cake, you don't want to miss these incredible vegan Instant Pot recipes!

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Vegan Instant Pot Recipes

40 of the best must-have vegetarian, vegan, plant-based recipes to make in your Instant Pot. All of these recipes are made with real food ingredients, from staples like quinoa to one-pot meals like chili and risotto! These delicious vegetarian and vegan Instant Pot recipes are easy and delicious.

A vegetarian Chipotle inspired burrito bowl with brown rice, black beans, salsa, corn salsa, romaine, and guacamole.

Ingredients

  • Quinoa
  • Rice
  • Beans
  • Lentils
  • Herbs
  • Vegetable Broth

Instructions

  1. Get your Instant Pot ready and try one of the recipes from this post to try this week!

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