The best Instant Pot recipes for game day, plus Instant Pot deals
Make your life easier with an Instant Pot on game day. The incredibly versatile appliance is a relatively hands-off way to throw together your own delicious snacks and meals.
Top products in this article:
Instant Pot Pro Crisp 11-in-1 (8 quart), $200 (reduced from $270)
Instant Pot Pro 10-in-1 (6 quart), $130 (reduced from $170)
Instant Pot Duo Crisp 11-in-1 with air fryer lid (8 quart), $152 (reduced from $200)
What is an Instant Pot?
Instant Pot is a line of multi-use pressure cookers that promise to replace other kitchen gadgets, including slow cookers, yogurt makers, rice cookers, steamers and air fryers.
Pressure cooking is a technique that prepares beans, meats, stews and more under high-pressure conditions. Pressure cookers cook food much more quickly than a similarly shaped slow cooker. Instant Pots come with safety features, such as overheat protection and a safe-locking lid, making pressure cooking seem like -- well, a low-pressure endeavor.
Easy Instant Pot recipes
Professional chefs and home chefs alike have gotten creative with this popular kitchen appliance. You can find countless recipes designed for the Instant Pot, available in cookbooks and online. If you're looking for a larger collection of great recipes you can make in an Instant Pot, check out the book "Party in an Instant Pot: 75+ Insanely Easy Instant Pot Recipes from the Editors of Delish."
Here are some great deals on Instant Pots, plus game day recipes you can create with them.
Instant Pot Pro Crisp 11-in-1 (8 quart): $200
The Instant Pot Pro Crisp comes with an air-fryer attachment. The 8-quart model can accommodate a whole chicken. Its fry temperature goes up to 400 degrees. You can use this Instant Pot to reheat french fries, experiment with a healthier version of fried chicken and so much more.
Instant Pot Pro Crisp 11-in-1 (8 quart), $200 (reduced from $270)
Instant Pot Duo Plus 9-in-1 (6 quart): $130
This 9-in-1 model functions as an electric pressure cooker, rice cooker, slow cooker, yogurt maker, steamer, sauté pan and food warmer. But you also get two other tricks: a sterilizer and a function that allows you to keep your cooking water at a constant temperature (for sous vide cooking). The machine has 15 customizable programming options.
Instant Pot Duo Plus 9-in-1 (6 quart), $130
Instant Pot Pro 10-in-1 (6 quart): $130
Like the Instant Pot Duo Plus, the Instant Pot Pro can be used for pressure cooking, slow cooking, rice cooking, sous vide cooking, sautéing, sterilizing, yogurt making, warming and steaming. But the Pro does the Duo Plus one better and adds a 10th function: cake baking.
There are 28 program settings for essential meals, and five programmable settings for your own favorite Instant Pot recipes. This model has an upgraded gentle steam release switch with a diffusing cover, to reduce noise and prevent splashing on your countertop.
Instant Pot Pro 10-in-1 (6 quart), $130 (reduced from $170)
Instant Pot Duo Crisp 11-in-1 with air fryer lid (8 quart): $152
The Duo Crisp is the Instant Pot Duo, but with the ability to air fry. It comes with a multi-level, air-fryer basket.
If you're keeping count, the 11-in-1 Instant Pot Duo Crisp can do all of these things: air fry, pressure cook, slow cook, bake, broil, roast, steam, sauté, proof, sous-vide cook and warm food.
Instant Pot Duo Crisp 11-in-1 with air fryer lid (8 quart), $152 (reduced from $200)
Instant Pot recipes to try for game day
- Pork carnitas tacos (from Julie Hartigan)
- Duo Crisp chicken wings (from Instant Pot Cooking)
- Boston baked beans (from 365 Days of Slow + Pressure Cooking)
- Chewie's chili (from Chop Secrets)
- Philly cheesesteak (from The Salty Marshmallow)
- Sausage and shells with spinach and artichoke hearts (from Jeffrey Eisner)
- Instant Pot "rotisserie" chicken (from Audrey Johns)
- Taco mac and cheese (from Audrey Johns)
- Fried pickles (from The Tasty Travelers)
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