A healthier take on sweet potato casserole, this sweet potatoes recipe is cooked in the Instant Pot, then easily mashed for a versatile side dish. They're a creamy, vitamin packed comfort food!
6servings
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 22 minutesminutes
Natural Release Time 5 minutesminutes
Total Time 37 minutesminutes
Ingredients
2poundssweet potatoesscrubbed
1cupwater
1Tablespoonbutter
1Tablespoonmaple syrup
½teaspoonsalt
Instructions
Add water and an Instant Pot trivet or vegetable steamer basket to your Instant Pot. Add sweet potatoes. Cook sweet potatoes for 22 minutes. After cooking time is completed do a quick release.
When vessel is depressurized, pierce sweet potatoes to make sure they're cooked through. Knife should easily slide when inserted. If cooked through, remove sweet potatoes using tongs and set on a plate to slightly cool. Slice the skin and remove skins. (They will come off easily)
If your sweet potatoes are not cooked through, which may depend on their size, return them to the Instant Pot and cook for 5 minutes longer.
Return "naked" potatoes to the Instant Pot. Add butter, salt and maple syrup. Use a potato masher to mash the potatoes to your liking.
Honey or brown sugar may be substituted for the maple syrup.
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Notes
Honey or brown sugar may be substituted for the maple syrup.