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The 13 Best Instant Pot Cookbooks

So you finally bought an Instant Pot. Now what?

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It's easy to buy an Instant Pot; everyone's doing it. It's hard to master the sucker. So instead of suffering through experimental, rubbery chicken breasts and soggy grain dishes, let the experts lead the way. We've got 10 pressure cooker cookbooks—many authorized by Instant Pot—to get you started. These cover everything you need to know: tips and tricks, vegan recipes, keto recipes, and recipes for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

1

Party in an Instant Pot

Party in an Instant Pot

This is your must-have Instant Pot recipe resource for game day, dinner parties, brunch, party bites, dips, and desserts. We packed it with more than 70+ recipes for wings, meatballs, sliders, ribs, chili, tacos, monkey bread, frittata, hash, banana bread, cobbler, and much more. If you can dream about eating it, the Delish staff found a way to make it in an Instant Pot. You. Need. This.

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The Instant Pot Bible

The Instant Pot Bible

This bible to the OG pressure cooker has recipes that are authorized for every single Instant Pot model. Plus, there are tips, too—like how to prevent grains from getting soppy and how to get your meat ultra tender.

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Skinnytaste One and Done

Skinnytaste One and Done
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What's great about the 24-recipe Instant Pot section in this cookbook, is the dietary guide on the index. Each dish is labeled Q (quick), V (vegetarian), GF (gluten-free), DF (dairy-free), and FF (freezer-friendly), as they apply.

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The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook

The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook
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Among this book's 2,530 reviews are comments including, "So far, every recipe made has been outstanding." and "Everyone should have this book if you own an Instant Pot!"

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The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook

The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook

Author Coco Morante runs Instant Pot's official recipes page on Facebook—so she might be the most qualified person to write a book like this.

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Dinner in an Instant: 75 Modern Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker, and Instant Pot®

Dinner in an Instant: 75 Modern Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker, and Instant Pot®

No one has ever called risotto, osso buco, or coq au vin easy and simple—until now. Recipes for all three that don't take all day to make are included in the book. As are the prettiest food shots you've ever seen.

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The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot

The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot

So you're not interested in fall-off-the-bone meat Instant Pot recipes? That's cool. There are dozens of vegan dishes you can make in your pressure cooker, too.

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The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook: Wholesome, Indulgent Plant-Based Recipes

The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook: Wholesome, Indulgent Plant-Based Recipes

Another colorful book for those interested in using their Instant Pots for a more plant-based lifestyle.

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The Instant Pot® Holiday Cookbook

The Instant Pot® Holiday Cookbook

Presenting: a guide to how to cook literally everything you'd want on your Thanksgiving or Christmas table—in an Instant Pot.

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Indian Instant Pot Cookbook

Indian Instant Pot Cookbook
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The recipe in here for butter chicken is so good, the cookbook author is now known in Instant Pot circles as the "Butter Chicken Lady." That dish, like many of the others in Indian Instant Pot Cookbook, are all about making complex Indian dishes approachable.

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Instant Loss Cookbook

Instant Loss Cookbook
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Brittany Williams used the Instant Pot to create recipes that helped her lose more than 100 pounds. After her blog about her experience went viral, she turned it into a cookbook. The result: recipes and meal plans that could help you drop pounds, too.

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The Keto Reset Instant Pot Cookbook

The Keto Reset Instant Pot Cookbook

Mark Sisson, a Keto expert and the brains behind the popular Primal Kitchen brand, created this tome. It's dedicated to all-keto pressure cooker recipes—meaning they're low-carb and high-fat.

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13

Williams Sonoma Everyday Instant Pot Cookbook

Williams Sonoma Everyday Instant Pot Cookbook

The recipes are great, but the uber-detailed instruction is almost even better. Plus, the cookbook is gorgeous, as most Williams-Sonoma things are.

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