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Sweet Potato Mash Instant Pot at home

Sweet Potato Mash Instant Pot at home
mashed sweet potatoes in a white baking dish topped with butter

Why you will love these Mashed Sweet Potatoes Instant Pot style

This recipe for Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes is admittedly one of the easiest recipes of all time. We feel like it’s barely even able to be considered a recipe. It’s that plain! It saves so much hassle and time.

We love mashed sweet potatoes. So good, so sweet, so satisfying. We particularly love them in our Best Ever Sweet Potato Casserole, but we're not picky. We'll eat mashed sweet potatoes anytime!

Our favorite part about this recipe is that not only do you get to avoid peeling the potatoes, but they literally fall out of the skins after cooking. It’s wonderful! They mash so easily, that we often use a fork.

sweet potatoes inside an instant pot

Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes Mashed Ingredients

  • Sweet potatoes
  • Water
  • Brown sugar
  • Butter
  • Cinnamon
cooked sweet potatoes inside of an instant pot

How to make Mashed Sweet Potatoes in Instant Pot

(full recipe card below)

  1. Slice each sweet potato length-wise. No need to peel them.
  2. Pour water into the bottom of the Instant Pot and place the trivet inside.
  3. Pile your sweet potatoes on top of the trivet.
  4. Secure the lid.
  5. Turn the valve to SEALING.
  6. Cook on HIGH PRESSURE for 15 minutes.
  7. Press CANCEL.
  8. Naturally release the pressure, do not quick-release (it will take about 15 minutes).
  9. Once pressure is released, remove the lid and the sweet potatoes.
  10. The insides will easily fall out of the skins. Take the insides of each potato and place them into a mixing bowl.
  11. Add your brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon and mash. Your potatoes will be soft enough to mash with a fork.
  12. Sprinkle with extra cinnamon on top and enjoy!
mashed sweet potatoes in a stainless bowl topped with butter

Instant Pot Sweet Potato Mash Tips and Tricks

  • Be patient and allow the Instant Pot to naturally release. Doing so results in extra soft potatoes that require little effort to mash.
  • Don’t worry about adding more water. If you want more potatoes, add more, but the water amount can stay the same.
  • If you want a lighter version, use a brown sugar substitute rather than real brown sugar.

Sweet Potato Mash Instant Pot FAQs

butter melting on top of mashed sweet potatoes in a white baking dish

Alterations for picky eaters

  • Not much is needed here. It’s a sweet side dish and a pretty texture friendly one. If needed, you can add a little more brown sugar, but it’s pretty sweet as is.

What can we serve with Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes?

Prep 5 minutesCook 30 minutesTotal 35 minutesMakes 12 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs sweet potatoes
  • 5 tbsp butter
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon

Method

  1. Slice each sweet potato length-wise. No need to peel them.
  2. Pour 1 cup water into the bottom of the Instant Pot and place the trivet inside.
  3. Pile your sweet potatoes on top of the trivet.
  4. Secure the lid.
  5. Turn the valve to SEALING.
  6. Cook on HIGH PRESSURE for 15 minutes.
  7. Press CANCEL.
  8. Naturally release the pressure, do not quick-release (it will take about 15 minutes).
  9. Once pressure is released, remove the lid and the sweet potatoes.
  10. The insides will easily fall out of the skins. Take the insides of each potato and place them into a mixing bowl.
  11. Add your brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon and mash. Your potatoes will be soft enough to mash with a fork.
  12. Sprinkle with extra cinnamon on top and enjoy!

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