11 Meals to Make in Your Instant Pot This Winter

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Make no mistake; Instant Pots are going nowhere in 2024, so if you haven’t experienced firsthand just how magical this kitchen appliance is, you still have time.

While Instant Pots are useful year-round, including during the summer months when you’re craving tender pulled pork and during the holidays, like Thanksgiving, it’s during the cooler fall and winter months when Instant Pots are particularly handy.

Craving a hearty bowl of butternut squash soup or a veggie-loaded minestrone soup with a rich, herby broth but have very little time left in your day to make dinner? Or want a classic French dish or a seafood dish that’ll fill you up, warm you up and leave you with minimal cleanup? Use an Instant Pot.

Ahead, we’ve gathered 11 Instant Pot recipes you’ll want to make this winter. And be sure to invite friends, family or your S.O. over, because all these recipes serve at least four. (Unless you want all the leftovers for yourself. Then go solo. We get it.)

Chicken Provençal

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If you’re craving a classic French meal, skip the upscale restaurant for this chicken Provençal recipe, which is ready in about 40 minutes.

Get the recipe from How to Feed a Loon.
Pot Roast

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Chilly Sunday evenings call for a hearty pot roast complete with meat, potatoes, carrots and gravy — and this recipe can be ready and on the table in just 60 minutes.

Get the recipe from Damn Delicious.
Shrimp Boil

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An Old Bay-seasoned low-country boil with shrimp, andouille sausage, baby red potatoes, corn and more in just six minutes? Count us in.

Get the recipe from Damn Delicious.
Lobster Mac & Cheese

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Pick up two lobster tails for an elevated mac and cheese that’s ready in mere minutes.

Get the recipe from The Yum Yum Factor.
Smothered Pork Chops

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Savory pork chops, bacon, garlic and mushrooms are smothered in a creamy sauce. Plus, this recipe is gluten-free, low-carb, paleo and Whole30-compliant.

Get the recipe from Beauty and the Foodie.
Ribs

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When you’re craving sticky, messy barbecue ribs, this recipe from Foodie and Wine takes anywhere from 25 to 35 minutes to make in your Instant Pot.

Get the recipe from Foodie and Wine.
Coq au Vin

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On particularly cold nights, slow-braised chicken will warm you right up. And this coq au vin recipe from Half Baked Harvest is not only a healthier version of the classic French dish, but it takes just 30 minutes to make.

Get the recipe from Half Baked Harvest.
Buttered Lobster Tails

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For tender, juicy lobster tail drenched in butter sauce, follow Corrie Cooks’ 10-minute recipe.

Get the recipe from Corrie Cooks.
Chicken Fricassee

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This classic French chicken stew complete with tender chicken and a chock-full of veggies swimming in a silky broth may look complicated, but My Kitchen Love’s recipe makes it easy.

Get the recipe from My Kitchen Love.
Lobster Risotto

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Have we gone overboard with the lobster recipes? Absolutely not. And once you set your eyes on this six-minute Instant Pot lobster risotto recipe from Copy Me That, you’ll want to try it ASAP.

Get the recipe from Copy Me That.
Gumbo With Shrimp & Sausage

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An Instant Pot gumbo with jumbo shrimp and chunks of sausage that would make any New Orleanian proud.

Get the recipe from A Fork’s Tale.
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