Move over, slow cooker–you’ve been replaced! This roundup of Whole30 Instant Pot recipes will help you save tons of time and eat ridiculously well while meeting your nutritional goals.
Looking for more Whole30 recipes? Check out these 16 Whole30 Sheet Pan Dinners. Also, there are over 80 Whole30-compliant recipes in my cookbook, Paleo Planet!
If you don’t have an Instant Pot yet, you are missing out! This electronic pressure cooker has quickly become my number one kitchen gadget because it saves me so much time without sacrificing any flavor. I have this model, which is just $99 right now, but there’s also a new bluetooth version that looks pretty amazing.
With the Instant Pot, recipes that take all day in a slow cooker are done in just an hour or two, which is perfect for people like me who don’t excel at planning ahead. It also has a sauté feature, so you can brown meats right in the pot before pressure cooking.
And if you enjoy being able to have dinner simmering away slowly all day while you’re at work, worry not–in addition to high and low pressure settings, the Instant Pot also has slow cooker settings.
It’s perfect for making rice, too, so you can basically replace your crockpot and your rice cooker with this one miracle appliance. It’s also a great steamer, and has settings for pasteurizing milk and making yogurt (I have yet to use those, but I like knowing they’re there).
If you’re doing a January Whole30, these Instant Pot recipes will save you from food boredom while also saving you tons of time. Even if you’re not doing a Whole30, these healthful, real-food recipes are perfect for feeding you and your family any night of the week.
Looking for even more Whole30 Instant Pot recipes? Find ten more right here!
Whole30 Instant Pot Chicken Recipes:
Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Soup from Real Simple Good
Cheesy Chicken & Green Zoodles from The Castaway Kitchen
Pressure Cooker Lemongrass & Coconut Chicken from Nom Nom Paleo
Instant Pot Chicken Stock from A Calculated Whisk
Instant Pot Chicken Soup with Kale from The Domestic Man
Curried Chicken with Potatoes from I Breathe I’m Hungry
Pressure Cooker Butter Chicken from The Primal Desire
How to Make an Instant Pot Whole Chicken from Raising Generation Nourished
Instant Pot Chicken Wings from Dr. Karen S. Lee
Fresh Fennel Shredded Chicken from Castaway Kitchen
Pressure Cooker Salsa Chicken from Nom Nom Paleo
Instant Pot Lemon and Garlic Chicken from Little Coconutty
Whole30 Instant Pot Pork Recipes:
Five-Ingredient Instant Pot Carnitas from A Calculated Whisk
Jamaican Jerk Pork Roast from I Breathe I’m Hungry
Instant Pot Pork Cheek Stew from Meatified
Thai Five-Spice Pork Stew from I Heart Umami
Low-Carb Pressure Cooker Pork Roast with Cauliflower Gravy from Health Starts in the Kitchen
Pressure Cooked Pulled Pork from Healing Gourmet
Cuban Lechón Asado from The Curious Coconut
Pressure Cooker Kalua Pig from Nom Nom Paleo
Whole30 Pulled Pork Taco Bites from The Organic Kitchen
Whole30 Instant Pot Beef & Lamb Recipes:
Instant Pot Ground Lamb Curry from My Heart Beets
Smoked Parsley Meatballs from The Castaway Kitchen
Sesame Garlic Beef Short Ribs from Savor & Fancy
Beef Stew from I Heart Umami
Creole Puchero from The Domestic Man
Instant Pot Spicy Beef Stew from What Great Grandma Ate
Paleo Beef Barbacoa from Jay’s Baking Me Crazy
Hawaiian Oxtail Soup from The Domestic Man
Pressure Cooker Lamb Shanks from Nom Nom Paleo
Whole30 Instant Pot Vegetables & Sides:
Easy Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes from A Calculated Whisk
Pressure Cooker Beet, Cabbage, & Apple Stew from Paleo Flourish Magazine
3-Minute Pressure Cooker Butternut Squash from Carrie On Living
Instant Pot Hard-Boiled Eggs from Jay’s Baking Me Crazy
Instant Pot Saag from My Heart Beets
Instant Pot Artichokes with Lemon Tarragon Dipping Sauce from Paleo Flourish Magazine
How to Cook Spaghetti Squash in the Instant Pot (and two ways to turn it into dinner) from Raising Generation Nourished
Tomato Basil Soup from The Domestic Man
Instant Pot Curried Cream of Broccoli Soup from Nom Nom Paleo
Pressure Cooker Applesauce from Against All Grain
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You can’t have rice on Whole30.
Yes, that’s correct! None of these recipes call for rice as an ingredient. There is rice in the picture with the carnitas but it’s not actually a part of the recipe–you can serve the pork with whatever you like! I recommend cauli rice (or avocado crema and a fried egg: http://acalculatedwhisk.com/carnitas-con-huevo/).
Actually the new guidelines say you can have some white rice occasionally on the paleo diet, but probably not on the whole 30.
There’s not one standard set of guidelines for paleo, but rice is, of course, not grain free. I do well with white rice myself and I eat plenty of it! It’s not allowed during a whole30, though, and I will be completely shocked if they ever change their minds to allow it :). I know a change was made a few years ago to allow white potatoes, but I think a grain is quite a different matter.
I love these! I have had an instant pot for over a year now and we use it almost daily from making chicken to shred for salads or whatnot, stocks, soups, even posole and rice! I will have to try some of these recipes they all look so good!
Thank you so much, Shanna!
Thank you so much for sharing all these incredible recipes, Becky! Sadly, the Instant Pot has not yet entered my life so I’ll have to make due with my slow cooker! Sharing this with my GF mom as well 🙂
Thanks for sharing, Christine! A lot of these recipes have slow cooker instructions, too, so hopefully you can still give some of them a try!