Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce | Food Under Pressure
Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce is sure to impress all your Thanksgiving guests!
Don’t think you like cranberry sauce? You MUST try this!
Only EVER had canned cranberry sauce? You definitely MUST try this!
Confession… I used to HATE cranberry sauce.
2nd confession… when I say I used to HATE cranberry sauce, it’s kind of fabricated because the truth is I had always REFUSED to try cranberry sauce.
3rd confession… I eat this Instant Pot Cranberry sauce for days. It is so good on toast like jam, over ice cream as a topping, on pancakes and waffles, or just by the spoon full.

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As a child, growing up, we ALWAYS had the canned stuff. I apologize if you like canned cranberry sauce, because I don’t mean to offend you I swear but the stuff disgusts me. Something about it being so gelatinous that you can cut it into circles… and the marks on the circles that result from it being in that can. I just can’t…
Let’s get on to the good stuff…

- 2 tbsp canola or vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup carrots diced
- 1/4 cup red pepper roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup scallions (lighter & white ends only, reserve green ends) diced
- 1 tbsp garlic minced
- 2 tbsp ginger (fresh or jarred) minced
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1-2 tbsp sambal oelek optional
- 1 tsp cilantro (dried, or 1 T fresh)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 lb chicken cooked & shredded
- 1 1/4 cup basmati rice rinsed
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2-3 tbsp lime juice freshly squeezed
- toasted sesame seeds optional for serving
- additional soy sauce optional for serving
- additional Sambal Oelek optional for serving
- scallions (green ends) optional for serving
- lime slices optional for serving
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Prepare all ingredients and set aside - this is key to making this as simple as possible!
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Turn on Pressure Cooker to browning or sauté setting. For Instant Pot, press “Sauté” button and press “Adjust” to set Sauté to highest setting.
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Add oil to pressure cooker pot, then add carrot, pepper, scallions, garlic and ginger and sauté for 2 minutes.
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Add egg and sauté an additional 2 minutes.
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Add all seasonings, fish sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, lime juice, sambal oelek, chicken, rice, soy sauce and water. Stir.
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Close lid of Pressure Cooker. Close vent knob. Choose Manual High Pressure setting, and set cook time to 6 minutes.
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Once cook time is complete, quickly release pressure (QPR).
Open lid, fluff rice gently.
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Serve immediately with optional garnishes.
Step by Step Directions

Gather your ingredients

Add all ingredients
This is the zester I have!

Close Lid

Release Pressure

Stir, stir, stir

Serve or Store
Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce
Serve in a variety of ways… Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce is so not limited to your turkey dinner. Try it on sandwiches, or pork chops, or fried chicken. If you’re like me, as I admitted earlier, you might want to try this over vanilla ice cream… I’ve also had it on peanut butter toast, on english muffins over cream cheese, pancakes, waffles, toast, crepes, oatmeal, yogurt…