Instant Pot Beets

Last Updated on September 5, 2019

You’re going to love how easy it is to make beets in the Instant Pot pressure cooker. Here’s an easy, mess-free way to cook them.

If you’ve ever made beets in the oven, you know it takes a lot of time and can be very messy. The Instant Pot cooks them in a mere 12 minutes on high pressure, and then you can just use a paper towel to wipe off the skins. It’s so easy!

Picking Beets

Beets are a summer vegetable, but you can find them throughout the whole year nowadays. I like to buy them fresh at the farmers’ market where they often have red beets, orange beets, yellow beets, and candy cane beets which are striped red and white.

How to Prep Beets

Unlike oven cooking where you have to wrap each beet in foil, all you have to do to prep beets for the Instant Pot is to cut off the ends and give them a scrub.

How to Make Instant Pot Beets

1. Cut off the greens and the ends of each beet. Scrub the beets and rinse them well.
2. Add one cup of water to your Instant Pot and place the trivet in the bottom.
3. Place the beets on top of the trivet. You can generally fit about 6-8 beets into the pot without them getting too crowded.
4. Set the time to 12 minutes on high pressure. Once the cooking time is up, let the pressure come down naturally for 10 minutes, and then use the quick release.
5. Use tongs to carefully transfer the beets to a plate. Use a clean paper towel to gently wipe off the skin of each beet.
6. Serve warm or place the cooked beets in the refrigerator to serve later.

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How to Eat Beets

It’s just amazing how easy it is to make beets in the Instant Pot. I love to eat them plain, freeze them and put them into smoothies (see my Strawberry Detox Beet Smoothie), blend them into desserts as a hidden vegetable, or serve them with a salad.

If you like this easy Instant Pot vegetable recipe, you might also like:

• Instant Pot Artichokes
• Instant Pot Butternut Squash
• Instant Pot Carrots
• Instant Pot Whole Sweet Potatoes
• Instant Pot Whole Red Potatoes
• Vegan Instant Pot Recipes

Learn about the health benefits of beets! They aid in detoxification, blood pressure, and energy.

Here’s my printable recipe for Instant Pot Beets:

Instant Pot Beets

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• Author: Carrie Forrest, MPH in Nutrition
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 12 minutes
• Total Time: 32 minutes
• Yield: 2 1x
• Category: Side dish
• Method: Instant Pot pressure cooker
• Cuisine: healthy, vegan, paleo, gluten free

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Description

Learn how to make beets quickly and mess-free in your Instant Pot pressure cooker.

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Ingredients

• 1 pound beets
• 1 cup water

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Instructions

1. Cut off the greens and the very top 1/2-inch of the top. Cut off the end root.
2. Scrub the beets and rinse them well.
3. Add one cup of water to your Instant Pot.
4. Place the trivet in the bottom.
5. Place the beets on top. You can generally fit about 6-8 beets into the pot without them getting too crowded.
6. Set the time to 12 minutes on high pressure. 
7. Once the cooking time is up, let the pressure come down naturally for 10 minutes, and then use the quick release.
8. Use tongs to carefully transfer the beets to a plate. Use a clean paper towel to gently wipe off the skin of each beet.
9. Serve warm or place the cooked beets in the refrigerator.

Notes

Note: 1 pound of beets is equal to about 5 small beets or 3-4 medium beets

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