Name: Instant Pot Carrots Recipe
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 pound baby carrots; 1 cup water; 2 tablespoons butter; Salt; Fresh chopped parsley to garnish, optional

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Instant Pot Carrots are an easy and delicious side dish. They pair beautifully with an abundance of meals. Below we’re sharing a simple 1 2 3 method to ensure the perfect cooking times.

How to cook Instant Pot Carrots

Let’s break down this recipe and make it easy peasy lemon squeezy. Start by purchasing a one pound bag of baby carrots. You will notice that each bag of baby carrots varies a bit in size. Some are petite, some are a typical size and sometimes they are jumbo sized baby carrots. Below is the 1 2 3 method to break down cooking times for each size.

Petite baby carrots cook on high pressure for 1 minute and quick release
Regular sized baby carrots cook on high pressure for 2 minutes and quick release
Jumbo sized baby carrots (larger then typical) cook on high pressure for 3 minutes and quick release

What to make with Instant Pot Baby Carrots

You can serve these perfectly cooked baby carrots with almost any meal. Might I suggest this incredible Bone in Pork Chop Recipe featured below…

Other Delicious pairings

Instant Pot Carrots Recipe

Author: Whisking Mama
Total Time: 15
Yield: 4 1x

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Ingredients

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1 pound baby carrots

1 cup water

2 tablespoons butter

Salt

Fresh chopped parsley to garnish, optional

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Instructions

Add 1 cup of water to the Instant Pot

Add steamer basket with carrots to the instant pot

Pressure cook on high for 1, 2 or 3 minutes depending on the size of the baby carrots (1 minute petite baby carrots, 2 minutes regular baby carrots and 3 minutes for larger baby carrots)

Quick release and remove the steamer basket to drain the water

Add the carrots back to the instant pot and add butter and salt

Serve immediately and enjoy