Don’t feel like cooking? Feeling lazy and can’t get motivated to make dinner? You’re in luck. Here are 7 Instant pot lazy dinners (you can also make these in the slow cooker). These lazy recipes require very little of you. In fact, these dinners are just a little more work than ordering a pizza or warming up a frozen burrito.
Instant Pot Lazy Dinners
Raise you’re hand if you’re like me and don’t want to cook in the summer. The kids have it off of school, don’t moms and dads get to take off cooking dinner too? I wish! But a bowl of cereal for dinner 7 days a week is probably not the best thing all summer long. For some reason in the summer I feel especially lazy about cooking dinner. I am all about those types of recipes that have shortcuts, few ingredients and are dump and go. I’ve compiled 7 especially easy Instant Pot recipes. I think you’ll like these!
Instant Pot 3-Ingredient Chicken and Gravy
An almost embarrassingly easy recipe!
Dave said, “This was such an easy and amazing dish. It’s going to be a regular rotation and so fast to put together and cook!!”
Instant Pot 2-Ingredient Balsamic Chicken
With literally only 2 ingredients and the fact that it’s made in the Instant Pot, this recipe couldn’t be easier to make.
Kim said, “OMGoodness! Was sooooo delicious! I have NO leftovers, my husband oinked out on this one.”
Instant Pot Baked Potatoes
Make fluffy, moist baked potatoes in your Instant Pot without foil and in just a few minutes!
Make it a full meal by adding fun toppings or a can of chili. Sharon said, “Turned out great. Served it with bacon, sour cream, butter and scallions.”
Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce
This recipe tastes AMAZING and only takes a handful of easy ingredients and a few minutes in your pressure cooker. Bonus–if you want to cook a spaghetti squash at the same time as the sauce you can!
Sandy said, “Nice take on Marcella Hazan’s famous sauce! I love to see recipes like this adapted to the pressure cooker.”
Easy Instant Pot Tortellini Lasagna
Delicious flavors of lasagna with hardly any of the work. This recipe only has 6 ingredients.
Donna said, “This is so fast, easy and delicious that I will probably never make “traditional” layered and baked lasagna ever again!!!”
Instant Pot Mexican Quinoa and Black Beans
Flavorful quinoa with salsa, black beans and sliced avocado. A fast and easy meatless meal or an amazing side dish.
Billie said, “WOW… Just made this.. it’s AMAZING! This will definitely be in my rotation of sides ( or even a meal!)”
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.
Linda said, “It was great. We love the lime juice! You have made cooking fun again.”
You can make this in the slow cooker as well. See the note in the recipe card for instructions.
More Lazy Recipes…
5-Ingredient Dump and Go Instant Pot Dinners
Work ahead of time with Cook and Freeze Instant Pot Freezer Meals
What do you make when you’re feeling lazy? (Besides take out!)
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How about for those of us that don’t do so much chicken? ? ? ?
Anything:
Pork?
Beef?
Seafood?
Occasional Pasta?
I thoroughly enjoy my Electric pressure cooker, and frequently use Guinness Stout in place of water or broth.
Karen, every time I look at your recipes, a pop-up comes onto the screen regarding Free Mail Bonus, Five Secrets to Master Your IP. I have filled it out in hopes that it would go away, but it pops up EVERY SINGLE TIME! Is there any was to stop this?
Are you using an incognito browser? It shouldn’t be doing that.
I use Karen’s recipes (sometimes tweaked to my taste) for 90% of my Instant Pot cooking. I particularly like the all in one pot recipes as I’m lazy! The Cheater Lasagne is one of my favorites. Today I plan on making the Ground Beef Stroganoff. Has anyone tried to make it with the noodles cooked at the same time? If so, would love to know how much additional liquid for how many ounces of noodles.
Noodles don’t do too well in the IP. They turn to mush SOOOO fast. Don’t do it.
Hi Cathy, usually I use 1 cup of water per 8 oz of noodles. Good luck! You can see my chicken stroganoff recipe because I did the noodles and chicken at the same time: https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/instant-pot-chicken-stroganoff/
I’m a 69 year old man. I love your recipes and my wife loves that I cook them. I look forward to the emails containing your recipes, so please keep sending them. I also use your website.
Thanks, I’m going to cook one now!
Oh you are a gem Tom! Your wife is so lucky!
Mix 2 tablespoons cornstarch with 1/2 cup milk, cream or half n half (slurry) and add at end to make it creamy! A little shredded cheese and deliciousness!
Wrong recipe! Lol this was for the smoked sausage potatoes and green beans…
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How do you rinse quinoa without losing it through straining
Mesh strainer! 😁
I use a mesh strainer. It works great! https://amzn.to/3fUQFov