If you love new potatoes and you love carrots, then you will loving pressure cooking instant pot potatoes and carrots.
Serve these potatoes and carrots with butter and garlic and seasoning for the wow factor at your next roast dinner.
Carrots And Potatoes
If there are two sides that appear on almost all roast diners then it is carrots and potatoes.
Here in the UK we will often have a roast dinner and there will be roast potatoes or mashed potatoes (or maybe both) along with roasted carrots or steamed carrots.
Over in the US I am obsessed with the beef pot roast and how a roast beef is paired with carrots and potatoes. In fact, I love it so much we have both air fryer pot roast and instant pot frozen pot roast on our blog.
But no matter where you live and what kind of roast dinner you are eating carrots and potatoes will be served.
However, thanks to the amazing talents of the instant pot and its electric pressure cooker, you can in fact cook both the carrots and potatoes at the same time and then have them ready for dinner.
You can mix up your carrots and potatoes with favourite seasonings, choose to finish by roasting them or not roasting them and they make a fantastic serving dish of roast dinner sides.
Today, we are going to show you the most simple way to cook carrots and potatoes together in the instant pot.
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Are You Potatoes And Carrots?
I always find it interesting which way around people say things. I mean we would never say pepper and salt would we as it would be so, so weird.
Just like its swede and carrot mash not carrot and swede mash.
Yet carrots and potatoes, or potatoes and carrots both work, and its up to you what you call it, but do let us know in the comments.
Can You Cook Carrots And Potatoes Together?
Yes, you can cook carrots and potatoes together but be mindful of the cook time for them both and focus on going with a similar sized carrot and potato.
For example, when I do carrots and potatoes, I do the baby carrots and baby sized potato sizes. This will ensure that the carrots and the potatoes are both perfectly cooked and one isn’t hard or that one is not overcooked.
Do Carrots And Potatoes Cook At The Same Rate?
Yes, carrots and potatoes do cook at the same rate. But they must be of the same size to cook at the same rate. For example, sliced carrots vs sliced potatoes or baby carrots vs baby potatoes.
Can You Cook Carrots And Potatoes In Instant Pot?
Yes, you can cook carrots and potatoes in the instant pot and it really speeds up the cook time. You see carrots and potatoes are root vegetables and this means they take a lot longer to cook compared to some other veggies.
By cooking carrots and potatoes in the instant pot, you can speed up this process and it can take the effort out of dinner.
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Carrots And Potatoes Instant Pot Ingredients
Carrots – We recommend using baby carrots. Less prep time and they taste amazing after they have been pressure cooked. Though depending on where you bought them from, they may need a scrub first.
Potatoes – Then for potatoes we recommend baby potatoes, or if you can’t get potatoes, chop the potatoes to the size of baby potatoes. Because what is important with your ingredients is that the carrots and potatoes cook at an equal time.
Extras – Then for the best instant pot carrots and potatoes we recommend some butter, and seasoning. But of course this is optional, you could just serve them with salt and pepper.
Decorations – Then we finished off with decorating the instant pot cheesecake. We kept it simple and added sliced crème eggs and some toffee sauce drizzled on top.
Then for the kitchen gadgets that we have used in this potatoes and carrots instant pot recipe it has just been our Instant Pot. We have this one and it’s my favourite and great for a lot of different instant pot sides.
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How To Cook Potatoes And Carrots In Instant Pot?
- Load. Pour 2 cups (480ml) of water into your instant pot inner pot. Add the trivet or tall steamer basket and then load it up with your carrots and potatoes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Cook. Then your potatoes and carrots are ready for pressure cooking. Place the lid on the instant pot, set the valve to sealing and pressure cook the carrots and potatoes for 10 minutes followed by a quick pressure release.
- Mix. When the potatoes and carrots are cooked and you have your perfect carrot and potato recipe, lets make it even better. Add the carrots and potatoes into a bowl and add the butter and seasonings and mix well. The butter will melt from the heat of the potatoes. Then place into a serving bowl and serve.
And I am sure you can see now how simple and easy this recipe for potatoes and carrots in instant pot is and why you should be doing the same.
How Long To Pressure Cook Carrots And Potatoes?
The instant pot potatoes and carrots cook time is JUST 10 minutes. Plus of course, the time it takes for the carrots and potatoes to go to pressure, which isn’t long.
You can then plan your carrots and potatoes around the other things you are serving for dinner and then have everything ready at a similar time.
If you are looking for some meat to go with your instant pot carrots and potatoes then we recommend:
- Instant pot frozen pork loin
- Instant pot frozen whole chicken
- Instant pot ham
- Instant pot turkey crown
- Instant pot beef shin
More Delicious Instant Pot Sides
- Instant Pot Carrots
- Instant Pot New Potatoes
- Instant Pot Buttered Cabbage
- Instant Pot Brown Rice
- Instant Pot Quinoa
- Instant Pot No Drain Mashed Potatoes
Your potatoes and carrots in instant pot recipe is below, note you can print it out with or without photos, adjust servings, or click between metric and imperial depending on where you are in the world.
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Instant Pot Potatoes And Carrots
Ingredients
- 450 g Baby Carrots
- 500 g Baby Potatoes
- 1 Tbsp Butter
- 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 Tsp Onion Powder
- 1 Tsp Dried Dill
- Salt & Pepper
Kitchen Gadgets
- Instant Pot
- Trivet
Instructions
- Place 2 cups (480ml) of water into your inner pot. Add your steamer basket and load up the steamer basket with your potatoes and carrots. Generously season with salt and pepper. Place the lid on the instant pot, set the valve to sealing and pressure cook carrots and potatoes for 10 minutes followed by a quick pressure release.
- After a quick pressure release, check with a fork that the potatoes and carrots are fork tender, then remove the potatoes and carrots by the steamer basket and then load into a bowl.
- Add the butter and seasonings and mix well with a spatula.
- Transfer to a serving dish and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
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Thank you for giving the option to butter the veggies AFTER they are cooked!! Trying to be healthier and all the other recipes want it in the pressure cooker. Bless you
Like that your recipe gives conversion option for metric or imperial measurements!
I know you did not mash yours together but I mashed mine together and love the potatoes and carrots with some butter, but thank you for cooking them together, really helped me with my pressure cooker.