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July 24, 2019

5 Ingredient Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Recipes

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5 Ingredient Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Recipes–When I think of instant pot and crockpot cooking I think “easy.” These recipes are easier than easy! With 5 ingredients or less they take minimal time to prepare. Many of these recipes have super easy ingredients that you already have in your pantry.

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5 Ingredient Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Recipes--When I think of instant pot and crockpot cooking I think “easy.” These 10 recipes are easier than easy! With 5 ingredients or less they take minimal time to prepare. Many of these recipes have super easy ingredients that you already have in your pantry.

5 Ingredient Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Recipes

Adobo Chicken–A Filipino recipe of tender chicken thighs braised in vinegar and soy sauce with lots of garlic.

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Instant Pot Chicken Adobo--an easy 6-ingredient recipe for the tastiest chicken ever! A Filipino recipe of tender chicken thighs braised in vinegar and soy sauce with lots of garlic.

Cheater Beef Stew–if you’re looking for the easiest beef stew recipe you may have found it! No sauteing, chopping or browning. And best of all it tastes great!

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Instant Pot Cheater Beef Stew--if you're looking for the easiest beef stew recipe you may have found it! This recipe is made quickly in your Instant Pot and requires little to no prep and only 5 ingredients. No sauteing, chopping or browning. And best of all it tastes great!

Cheater Lasagna–if you love the flavors of lasagna but don’t like the effort it takes this recipe is for you!

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Instant Pot Cheater Lasagna--if you love the flavors of lasagna but don't like the effort it takes this recipe is for you! You can make this Instant Pot lasagna pasta recipe with 6 ingredients and in just a few minutes.

Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwiches—tender shredded chicken coated with a honey mustard sauce and then served with pickles on top of freshly baked buns.

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Instant Pot Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwiches--tender shredded chicken coated with a honey mustard sauce and then served with pickles on top of freshly baked buns.

Creamy Salsa Chicken—tender bites of chicken with an amazing sauce of just 3 ingredients: salsa, lime juice, and sour cream.

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Instant Pot Creamy Salsa Chicken--tender bites of chicken with an amazing sauce of just 3 ingredients: salsa, lime juice, and sour cream. This chicken and sauce tastes great over rice or rolled up in a tortilla. Plus it's so fast and easy to make, you can even use frozen chicken.

No Peek Chicken–that easy 3-ingredient chicken and rice recipe from your childhood that has cream of mushroom soup in it. Only this time it’s made in your Instant Pot.

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Instant Pot No Peek Chicken--that easy 3-ingredient chicken and rice recipe from your childhood that has cream of mushroom soup in it. Only this time it's made in your Instant Pot.

Taco Meatloaf–Ground beef is combined with crushed tortilla chips, salsa, and taco seasoning.

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If you love tacos and you love meatloaf then you'll love this Instant Pot Taco Meatloaf. Ground beef is combined with crushed tortilla chips, salsa, and taco seasoning. With only 5 ingredients and the help of your Instant Pot dinner will be on the table in no time!

3-Ingredient Rump Roast–an easy beginner recipe for the Instant Pot or slow cooker. Beef pot roast is cooked until tender in the electric pressure cooker. If desired you can also make carrots and potatoes with the roast.

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Instant Pot 3-Ingredient Rump Roast--an easy beginner recipe for the Instant Pot. Beef pot roast is cooked until tender in the electric pressure cooker. If desired you can also make carrots and potatoes with the roast.  

Hawaiian Chicken–a super fast and easy, 5-ingredient, dump and go recipe of slightly sweet chicken and pineapples.

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Instant Pot Hawaiian Chicken--a super fast and easy, 4-ingredient, dump and go Instant Pot recipe of slightly sweet chicken and pineapples. Serve this chicken on Hawaiian rolls or over rice.

Firecracker Chicken—sweet and spicy tender pieces of saucy chicken.

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Instant Pot Firecracker Chicken--sweet and spicy tender pieces of saucy chicken made quickly in your electric pressure cooker.

4-Ingredient Banana Bread—an easy recipe that uses a cake mix, some ripe bananas and your electric pressure cooker. This steamed banana bread is very moist, the consistency is more like a bread pudding than bread.

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Salsa Rice–With just 5 ingredients and a few minutes you can make a delicious dinner that your family will love. A saucy, cheesy rice with browned sausage.

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Instant Pot Salsa Rice--With just 5 ingredients and a few minutes you can make a delicious dinner that your family will love. A saucy, cheesy rice with browned sausage.

Enchilada Chicken–a fast and easy dump and go recipe. The saucy chicken can be served in tacos, burritos, salads, nachos, quesadillas or over rice.

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Instant Pot 5-Ingredient Enchilada Chicken--a fast and easy dump and go recipe. The saucy chicken can be served in tacos, burritos, salads, nachos, quesadillas or over rice.

Garlic Butter Corn on the Cob–sweet corn is slathered with minced fresh garlic, butter, salt and pepper. The easiest and tastiest corn on the cob! You’ll never go back boiling corn on the stove again.

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Instant Pot Garlic Butter Corn on the Cob--sweet corn is slathered with garlic, butter, salt and pepper. The easiest and tastiest corn on the cob! You'll never go back boiling corn on the stove again.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Hummus–make a chocolate dip that’s a little healthier using chickpeas! This is great as a dip for fruit and pretzels. Dried chickpeas can be cooked very quickly in the Instant Pot.

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Instant Pot Chocolate Peanut Butter Hummus--make a chocolate dip that's a little healthier using chickpeas! This is great as a dip for fruit and pretzels. Dried chickpeas can be cooked very quickly in the Instant Pot.

3-Ingredient Chicken and Gravy–an almost embarrassingly easy recipe for a good old fashioned dinner. Serve the chicken and gravy over mashed potatoes, rice, noodles, toast or biscuits.

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Salsa Verde Chicken is the perfect recipe to have in your back pocket on those days when you don’t have the time or energy to cook. With just 2 ingredients this recipe is quick and easy. It tastes great and can be served in many ways including over rice, in tacos, burritos or quesadillas or on top of salad.

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Instant Pot Salsa Verde Chicken is the perfect recipe to have in your back pocket on those days when you don't have the time or energy to cook. With just 2 ingredients this recipe is quick and easy. It tastes great and can be served in many ways including over rice, in tacos, burritos or quesadillas or on top of salad. 

5-Ingredient Pot Roast Dinner–a chuck roast is cooked until moist and tender in an hour in your Instant Pot (mine was frozen!) along with seasoned vegetables. The meal is finished off with homemade gravy.

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a chuck roast is cooked until moist and tender in an hour in your Instant Pot (mine was frozen!) along with seasoned vegetables. The meal is finished off with homemade gravy

3-Ingredient Lime Chicken Tacos (from frozen)–this is the easiest and tastiest shredded chicken that you can serve in tacos (or other ways). The best part is that you can use frozen chicken and it takes about 2 minutes of prep time.

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Slow Cooker 2-Ingredient Balsamic Chicken–tender, moist bites of shredded chicken flavored with a light balsamic dressing. With literally only 2 ingredients and the fact that it’s made in the crockpot, this recipe couldn’t be easier to make. This balsamic chicken tastes great on salads, over rice or with a baked potato.

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Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps–shredded chicken coated with buffalo sauce and topped with blue cheese crumbles is wrapped up in crisp lettuce leaves. You can make these flavorful lettuce wraps with just 4 ingredients.

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Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps--shredded chicken coated with buffalo sauce and topped with blue cheese crumbles is wrapped up in crisp lettuce leaves. You can make these flavorful lettuce wraps with just 4 ingredients!

Slow Cooker 2-Ingredient Coconut Pecan Fudge–if you’re looking for a way to make fudge that is so super easy that your 5-year-old kid could make it, you’ve found it. With just two ingredients, chocolate chips and frosting, this fudge couldn’t be simpler to make.

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Ranch Mashed Potatoes–creamy, buttery mashed potatoes with flavorful ranch dressing mix that gives the potatoes a tangy twist. And they are made so fast in your electric pressure cooker!

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Instant Pot Ranch Mashed Potatoes--creamy, buttery mashed potatoes with flavorful ranch dressing mix that gives the potatoes a tangy twist. And they are made so fast in your electric pressure cooker!

Garlic Beef–fork tender roast beef that is flavored with garlic and other filipino adobo flavors.

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Instant Pot Garlic Beef Sandwiches--fork tender roast beef that is flavored with garlic and other filipino adobo flavors. Perfect to serve on rolls or over rice for a quick and easy dinner that can feed a crowd.

Shredded BBQ Cream Cheese Chicken Recipe–tender chicken breasts mixed with cream cheese and BBQ sauce. This 3 ingredient chicken is addictive! Perfect to serve on sandwiches, rolled up in tortillas or on pizza.

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Slow Cooker 3 Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake–all you need to make this recipe is a cake mix, cherry pie filling and butter. Dump all the ingredients in your slow cooker and turn it on. This recipe is so easy and hands off but tastes amazing especially when served with vanilla ice cream.

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Slow Cooker 3 Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake--all you need to make this recipe is a cake mix, cherry pie filling and butter. Dump all the ingredients in your slow cooker and turn it on. This recipe is so easy and hands off but tastes amazing especially when served with vanilla ice cream.

Pesto Mushroom Chicken–tender bites of chicken and mushrooms enveloped in a basil pesto sauce.

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Instant Pot Marinated Pork Chops–The easiest pork chops ever. Plus they have tons of flavor!

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To make Instant Pot Marinated Pork Chops you just throw some pork chops in a bag with some easy homemade marinade and refrigerate or freeze. Then toss the pork chops into your Instant Pot, push a button and walk away. The easiest pork chops ever. Plus they have tons of flavor!

3-Ingredient Slow Cooker Turkey Breast and Gravy: This slow cooker turkey breast is so super easy to make (it only has 3 ingredients) and turns out moist and flavorful every time. My favorite part of making turkey is the leftovers!

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Easy Instant Pot Chicken Pesto Pasta–4 ingredient chicken and pasta with basil pesto sauce. Start with frozen chicken breasts and a few minutes later you’ll have an amazing dinner in front of you.

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Creamy Mushroom Sauce Pork–the easiest recipe ever. With only 2 ingredients the prep for this pork dinner is minimal. Plus you make it in the slow cooker or Instant Pot so it’s completely a hands-off recipe.

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Creamy Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate–this is the best hot chocolate of my life!

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16 Comments Filed Under: 5 ingredients or less, All Recipes, Collections, Instant Pot, Slow Cooker Tagged With: easy

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  1. Paulette J Herron says

    December 4, 2020 at 1:24 pm

    I really want to buy your new cookbook, but is there anyway to learn the shipping costs, before committing to the purchase AND providing payment information? I hate to agree to a purchase by providing card info, without first knowing bottom line. Thx.

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    • Karen says

      December 5, 2020 at 9:14 pm

      Are you in the U.S. Paulette? If so the shipping is free.

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      • Paulette J Herron says

        December 6, 2020 at 5:47 am

        Yes, I’m in FL. Terrific! I’ll order today. Thank you for all you do. I love your recipes.

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  2. Laura says

    March 14, 2020 at 2:31 pm

    Thanks for these recipes…..I found 5 I figure I can use. The simpler the better!! I’m new to this IP & haven’t learned to trust it yet! I just can’t imagine why there are so many recipes where you ‘pull’ or ‘shred’ the meat!!?? Don’t people carve a roast or a chicken anymore? Hubby would look at me like I’d lost my mind if I served him meat all shredded up! Anyway…….thanks so much for all the tips, tricks and recipes!

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    • Karen says

      March 14, 2020 at 4:15 pm

      The meat because so tender so it’s easy to shred or pull. I think that’s probably why there are so many instant pot and slow cooker recipes like that. Hope you enjoy the recipes you try out!

      Reply
  3. Barney says

    December 10, 2019 at 11:48 am

    I have just noticed the “SAVE” option on the recipes, where are they “saved” to?

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    • Karen says

      December 10, 2019 at 11:58 am

      Hi Barney, I don’t see where is says save. Can you tell me more?

      Reply
  4. Cliff Shackelford says

    March 4, 2019 at 6:05 pm

    a lot of your recipes use a manual button. my pot does not have a manual button. i have a CROCK-POT
    EXPRESS CROCK multi-cooker. what button doe i use?

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    • Karen says

      March 4, 2019 at 9:03 pm

      Does it have a pressure cook button?

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      • cliff shackelford says

        March 6, 2019 at 4:06 pm

        it,has a pressure adjust button

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        • Karen says

          March 7, 2019 at 9:20 pm

          I just looked at a pic. I bet it’s just the start button.

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  5. Dana Read says

    March 4, 2019 at 4:14 pm

    I am interested in your 5 Ingredient Slow Cooker Cookbook but I am curious as to if the book includes conversion instructions to use in an Instand Pot instead of a slow cooker? Thanks!

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    • Karen says

      March 4, 2019 at 9:03 pm

      No it does not 🙁

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  6. ken says

    February 12, 2019 at 2:39 pm

    It probably won’t help your situation, but I always push the off before switching from saute to manual or the reverse.

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  7. Darleen Atik says

    September 24, 2018 at 4:42 pm

    I am loving this website. There are so many new recipes I’ve tried, some with more success than others, but that is due to figuring out how to correctly use my IP. I can’t find any site I can go to to ask “I-need-help” questions so thought I’d try right here. I made the IP Creamy Lemon Parmesan Chicken. When done sautéing I pushed the manual cook button which on my pot read 12 (minutes) from a previous recipe. I changed the cooking time to 10 but the #10 never appeared on the screen once the pot reached pressurization so ended up having to keep track of time on a clock. Can you help me?

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    • Karen says

      September 26, 2018 at 2:01 pm

      Wow that is really weird! I am not sure why it would do that. Have you had problems with it since?

      Reply

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