Instant Pot Dressing (Thanksgiving Stuffing)

Instant Pot Dressing is one of my favorite side dishes of any holiday meal!

This recipe is the best dressing for the beautiful Thanksgiving turkey that you work so hard on. 

Making pressure cooker stuffing can help simplify your extravagant dinner ever so slightly. Since you won’t have to watch it in a pan over the oven, you can focus on other details of the meal.

When you make stuffing in an Instant Pot you can also cut down on the cooking time, which is always helpful when you are trying to make a lot of dishes at the same time. 

Ingredient Notes

• Butter
• Celery
• Onion
• Apples
• Fresh sliced mushrooms
• Ground sage
• Dried thyme
• Fresh ground black pepper
• Chicken broth
• Cubed seasoned stuffing
• Water 

How To Make Instant Pot Dressing

1. Push the SAUTE button and wait for the pot to heat up. Add butter to the bottom of the insert and let it melt.
2. Stir in celery, onion, apples, mushrooms, sage, thyme, and pepper. Saute for 2 minutes. Pour in chicken broth.
3. Add stuffing to a large bowl. Pour the chicken broth mixture on top of the stuffing and mix until completely combined.
4. Spray an oven safe pan that fits in your Instant Pot with non-stick cooking spray (I used a deep 7 inch cake pan that fits perfectly in my 6 quart Instant Pot). Carefully spoon in stuffing mixture, being sure to not pack it in tightly.
5. Clean out the insert of the Instant Pot, then place it back inside the Instant Pot. Pour 1 cup of water in the bottom and add the trivet inside of the insert. Place the pan on top of the trivet.
6. Place the lid on top, turn the valve to SEALING and press the MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK button. Set the timer for 10 minutes.
7. When it is finished cooking, let it do a complete natural release, which will take about 15-20 minutes.
8. Serve as is or if you want a more golden top, place pan in the oven for a few minutes to brown the stuffing.

Storing and Other Tips

Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Premade stuffing cubes or make from scratch?

This recipe it calls for a box of stuffing cubes, but if you’d rather make your own from scratch you can always do that too!

If you don’t have a recipe that you already use to make stuffing cubes, take a look at A Bountiful Kitchen’s bread cubes for stuffing recipe and use 10 ounces of that instead (it will be delicious!).

Other Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes

• The BEST Candied Yams without Corn Syrup
• Slow Cooker Creamed Corn
• Apple, Onion and Celery Stuffing
• Homemade Cornbread Dressing

Instant Pot Dressing

This Instant Pot Dressing recipe is the perfect side dish to any turkey dinner!

ServingServing: 8 servings

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Natural Release 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 40 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

• ▢ ½ cup butter
• ▢ 1 cup celery, diced
• ▢ 1 cup onion, diced
• ▢ 1 cup apples, diced
• ▢ ¾ cup fresh mushrooms, sliced
• ▢ ½ teaspoon ground sage
• ▢ ⅛ teaspoon dried thyme
• ▢ ⅛ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• ▢ 1 cup chicken broth
• ▢ 10 ounces cubed seasoned stuffing, store bought or homemade
• ▢ 1 cup water

Equipment

• Instant Pot
• Cake Pan (7″ Round)
• Instant Pot Trivet
• Spoon (Wooden)

Instructions

1. Push the SAUTE button and wait for the pot to heat up. Add butter to the bottom of the insert and let it melt.
2. Stir in celery, onion, apples, mushrooms, sage, thyme, and pepper. Saute for 2 minutes. Pour in chicken broth.
3. Add stuffing to a large bowl. Pour the chicken broth mixture on top of the stuffing and mix until completely combined.
4. Spray an oven safe pan that fits in your Instant Pot with non-stick cooking spray (I used a deep 7 inch cake pan that fits perfectly in my 6 quart Instant Pot). Carefully spoon in stuffing mixture, being sure to not pack it in tightly.
5. Clean out the insert of the Instant Pot, then place it back inside the Instant Pot. Pour 1 cup of water in the bottom and add the trivet inside of the insert. Place the pan on top of the trivet.
6. Place the lid on top, turn the valve to SEALING and press the MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK button. Set the timer for 10 minutes.
7. When it is finished cooking, let it do a complete natural release, which will take about 15-20 minutes.
8. Serve as is or if you want a more golden top, place pan in the oven for a few minutes to brown the stuffing.

Notes

Once you take it out you can serve it as is, or place it in the oven for a few minutes and let the stuffing brown on top a bit.

Nutrition

Calories: 186 kcal · Carbohydrates: 13 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 15 g · Saturated Fat: 8 g · Cholesterol: 31 mg · Sodium: 392 mg · Potassium: 157 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 4 g · Vitamin A: 531 IU · Vitamin C: 5 mg · Calcium: 26 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Cuisine: American

Cost: $5

Author: Steph Loaiza

Course: Side Dish

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