Instant Pot Butternut Squash

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Instant Pot Butternut Squash. Learn how to cook a whole butternut squash in the instant pot pressure cooker in just 15 minutes. Our no fail instant pot butternut squash halves are a must make and perfect for a quick healthy lunch or dinner.

Instant Pot Butternut Squash

Welcome to our 7 days of butternut squash recipes here on Recipe This. Teaching you how to cook instant pot butternut squash halves is day 6 of 7.

We have already shown you:

• Day 1 – Air Fryer Butternut Squash Fries
• Day 2 – Air Fryer Butternut Squash Cubes
• Day 3 – Instant Pot Butternut Squash Cubes
• Day 4 – Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup
• Day 5 – Soup Maker Butternut Squash Soup

Today is all about updating our old post from early 2018 of instant pot butternut squash.

When we originally shared with you instant pot butternut squash back then, it was part of another series which was dedicated to showing you how to cook delicious vegetables in the instant pot.

We covered everything from instant pot broccoli to instant pot carrots to instant pot cabbage and beyond.

But I am sure you think that with the hundreds and hundreds of recipes on Recipe This that some will get published and then get forgotten about.

But not instant pot vegetables. It is one of our true favourite uses of buying an instant pot or other brand of electric pressure cooker.

Butternut squash in our household are a family winner. We love them and could give up potatoes (well almost) for butternut squash cooked like this.

My husband Dominic is not much of a butternut squash fan but cooked like this and here is there enjoying them just as much as me.

I learned how to cook butternut squash whole in the oven many years ago and fell in love with how easy it was to do. In the old oven method, you added a little olive oil, seasoned it, and cooked them as halves in the oven.

But if you had a large butternut squash then you would often be talking well over an hour for it to bake. Imagine the instant pot reducing the cook time by 80%.

By the time you have decided what you are going to load on to of your butternut squash the instant pot has beeped and you have delicious perfectly cooked butternut squash halves.

Instant Pot Butternut Squash Whole

Whenever there is a discussion on Facebook about what foods cook much faster in the instant pot compared to regular cooking methods, whole instant pot butternut squash is always mentioned.

The fact that you can trim down the cook time from 1 hour 15 minutes in the oven to 15 minutes is truly amazing.  

But that’s not what I love most about whole butternut squash. It is the little prep.

Who wants to peel and dice butternut squash and remove all the seeds so that they can have some steamed butternut squash on their dinner plate?

Of course, we do this ourselves sometimes, but overall, the instant pot is there to bring us fast food.

If you have not yet tried instant pot butternut squash whole method. Then I urge you to give it a go and see what you think.

Instant Pot Butternut Squash #1 Tip

The #1 tip to Instant Pot Butternut Squash is the art of removing the seeds. Out of the whole process this takes the longest if you do it the classic way.

Many people will spend ages chopping and removing seeds from butternut squash.

But if you cook your Instant Pot Butternut Squash with the seeds still in, then it’s like scooping it out, like you scoop yoghurt.

It is genuinely like magic!

How To Instant Pot Butternut Squash?

Cooking butternut squash in the instant pot is one of the EASIEST EVER instant pot methods.

1. Chop the ends off your butternut squash and half it.
2. Place a cup of water into the instant pot.
3. Add the trivet and load in the butternut squash halves.
4. Steam the butternut squash halves in the instant pot.
5. When it beeps season and serve.

How Long To Instant Pot Butternut Squash?

When you cook a butternut squash in the Instant Pot it takes just 15 minutes on the manual setting for the butternut squash to cook.

You don’t need to use the natural pressure release and you can quickly release pressure and eat your butternut squash as soon as the instant pot beeps to tell you to release pressure.

Instant Pot Butternut Squash Paleo

Our love for butternut squash halves started when we first found the paleo diet back in early 2015. Back then we were carb lovers and were looking for a low carb version of a lot of our favourite meals.

Instead of baked potatoes we made butternut squash halves. Then loaded the butternut squash with bolognese and had it for lunch. Perfect for the two of us and a butternut squash half each.

If you follow paleo or another low carb diet, then instant pot butternut squash is ideal for you.

Instant Pot Butternut Squash Mash

Add another 5 minutes cook time to your instant pot butternut squash halves and you can scrape out the butternut squash with a fork and it is like delicious mash. Plus, much quicker than peeling and dicing lots of butternut squash to make mash with.

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