6 No-Stress Instant Pot® Sides for the Holidays

• Prep:  15 min
• Total:  4 hr 0 min
• Ingredients:  5
• Servings:  16

Our take on classic homemade cranberry sauce is made even easier with a little help from your trusty multicooker. With just 15 minutes of prep, you’ll have enough deliciously sweet-tart sauce to share with a crowd. Best of all, you can make this tasty side dish ahead of time and avoid any day-of stress! Simply refrigerate until you’re ready to serve.

Our take on classic homemade cranberry sauce is made even easier with a little help from your trusty multicooker. With just 15 minutes of prep, you’ll have enough deliciously sweet-tart sauce to share with a crowd. Best of all, you can make this tasty side dish ahead of time and avoid any day-of stress! Simply refrigerate until you’re ready to serve.

• Prep:  10 min
• Total:  35 min
• Ingredients:  6
• Servings:  8

No need to make extra room in the oven! Our Instant Pot® method for making this classic holiday side dish takes 35 minutes from start to finish. Top it with a cup of crunchy French-fried onions and get ready for the compliments to roll in.

No need to make extra room in the oven! Our Instant Pot® method for making this classic holiday side dish takes 35 minutes from start to finish. Top it with a cup of crunchy French-fried onions and get ready for the compliments to roll in.

• Prep:  15 min
• Total:  30 min
• Ingredients:  13
• Servings:  8

Please the kids (and adults!) this season by including this simple side dish on your holiday menu. From the creamy three-cheese mixture to the buttery garlic bread crumb topping, this dish should come with a clean-plate guarantee.

Please the kids (and adults!) this season by including this simple side dish on your holiday menu. From the creamy three-cheese mixture to the buttery garlic bread crumb topping, this dish should come with a clean-plate guarantee.

• Prep:  10 min
• Total:  25 min
• Ingredients:  6
• Servings:  8

This Instant Pot® Brussels Sprouts and Bacon recipe gives you all the more reason to include vegetables in your holiday lineup. Once cooked, toss your Brussels sprouts with butter, salt and pepper and top with crispy bacon. Make it fancy: Add a splash of balsamic vinegar to the tossed Brussels sprouts before topping with bacon!

This Instant Pot® Brussels Sprouts and Bacon recipe gives you all the more reason to include vegetables in your holiday lineup. Once cooked, toss your Brussels sprouts with butter, salt and pepper and top with crispy bacon. Make it fancy: Add a splash of balsamic vinegar to the tossed Brussels sprouts before topping with bacon!

• Prep:  20 min
• Total:  50 min
• Ingredients:  7
• Servings:  8

It’s hard to imagine a complete holiday spread without a bowl of mashed potatoes on the table! Rather than spend all that time at the stove, our creamy mashed potatoes cook up in the Instant Pot® in less than an hour. Pro tip: Make this side up to one hour ahead of your meal and keep your multicooker on its warming setting until you’re ready to serve.

It’s hard to imagine a complete holiday spread without a bowl of mashed potatoes on the table! Rather than spend all that time at the stove, our creamy mashed potatoes cook up in the Instant Pot® in less than an hour. Pro tip: Make this side up to one hour ahead of your meal and keep your multicooker on its warming setting until you’re ready to serve.

• Prep:  15 min
• Total:  30 min
• Ingredients:  7
• Servings:  8

This easy, 30-minute side dish is so incredibly easy, you’ll wonder why you haven’t always made sweet potatoes this way! Sweetened with a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon, these candied taters are topped with chopped pecans for unbeatable flavor.

This easy, 30-minute side dish is so incredibly easy, you’ll wonder why you haven’t always made sweet potatoes this way! Sweetened with a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon, these candied taters are topped with chopped pecans for unbeatable flavor.