Best How to Cook Beets in an Instant Pot

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This Instant Pot Beets recipe is super simple and all you need are beets and water. Cooking whole beets is so easy in an Instant Pot. If you like this, check out my other Instant Pot recipes.

I have to admit that I never liked beets growing up. But I realized that is because I was served canned beets. Canned vegetables can be so different than freshly cooked veggies. Have you ever had canned green beans compared to fresh from the garden? Not even comparable! So I decided to give beets another chance.

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1 Instant Pot Beets Ingredients

2 How to Make Beets in an Instant Pot

3 FAQs

4 Serving Suggestions

5 How to Make Beets in an Instant Pot

Instant Pot Beets Ingredients

Instant Pot Beets are great because you only need 2 ingredients. You can buy whole beets at your local grocery store.

Beets
Water

How to Make Beets in an Instant Pot

It is so easy to make beets in an Instant Pot.

First start by cleaning up your beets. Wash them and cut off the steams.
Add water to the Instant Pot and also the trivet. Now place the beets on top of the trivet.
Set Instant Pot on manual, high pressure for 8 minutes. After the 8 minutes is up, do a quick release.
Using pot holders, dump the beets into a strainer.
Now you are going to skin the beets. Set up a big bowl of cold water. Grab one beet and run the sides of it inside the cold water bowl. The outside of the beet should easily slide off.
Repeat for all of the beets.
You can eat your Instant Pot beets whole, cut up or enjoy however you like.

FAQs

What is a Beet?

A beet is a root vegetable that has an earthy flavor that depends upon what kind of soil in which it grew. Added to the grittiness of canned beets, this turns off most people. ut grown and cooked correctly, beets are great when paired with goat cheese and dill, made into a hummus, or used in salads.

Serving Suggestions

Beets are great to serve as a side dish, in a salad, roasted, or in a beet dip.

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How to Make Beets in an Instant Pot

Author: Emily Pecoraro

This Instant Pot Beets recipe is super simple and all you need are beets and water.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 8

Total Time 18

Course Side Dishes

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 146 kcal

Equipment

Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus 6 Qt.

Ingredients

▢ 8 medium beets
▢ 1 1/2 cups water

Instructions

First start by cleaning up your beets. Wash them and cut off the steams.
Add water to the Instant Pot and also the trivet. Now place the beets on top of the trivet.
Set Instant Pot on manual, high pressure for 8 minutes. After the 8 minutes is up, do a quick release.
Using pot holders, dump the beets into a strainer.
Now you are going to skin the beets. Set up a big bowl of cold water. Grab one beet and run the sides of it inside the cold water bowl. The outside of the beet should easily slide off.
Repeat for all of the beets.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 146kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 5gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 270mgPotassium: 1105mgFiber: 10gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 112IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 3mg

The nutrition information is calculated using online nutrition calculators and may not be accurate. It is provided as a general guide only.

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