Instant Pot Sausage and Potatoes

Name: Instant Pot Sausage and Potatoes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 4 sausages (sliced into ¼ inch slices (kielbasa, turkey, chicken, or veggie sausage)); 5 medium potatoes (peeled and diced); 1 pound green beans (fresh or frozen, but not canned); 1 red onion (¼-inch diced (about 1 cup)); 2 cups chestnut mushrooms (sliced into ½ inch slices); 3 tablespoons butter; 2 teaspoons fajita seasoning (or cajun seasoning); 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon salt and pepper; ½ cup vegetable stock (low sodium)

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By: Diana Posted: 2/2/19 Updated: 12/31/21

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The easiest meal that you can make in the Instant Pot! This Instant Pot sausage and potatoes with mushrooms and green beans will become your go-to recipe on days when you don’t have much time to cook. It’s so cozy, tasty, and comforting.

Instant Pot Sausage and Potatoes in an oval white serving plate

Everyone should know a couple of recipes that they can make quickly on days when they don’t have much time to cook. These recipes should be quick, made with simple ingredients, and ready in no time.

Ingredients needed to make this dinner

Your favorite sausages. You can use cajun sausages, chicken sausage, kielbasa, whatever you like. I normally for veggie sausages to please everyone in our family, as not everyone in our family eats meat.
Potatoes (white or red), green beans (fresh or frozen, but not canned), red onion, and chestnut mushrooms (or white mushrooms).
Butter, and seasonings – I usually for cajun or homemade fajita seasoning, garlic powder (sometimes I add onion powder as well), Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
Water or vegetable stock that I make in the Instant Pot.

Instant Pot Sausage and Potatoes ingredients

Prep your ingredients by trimming and slicing the green beans in halves. Slice the sausage, peel and chop the potatoes into medium-sized chunks. Slice the mushrooms into thick slices, and finally, slice the onion into half-moons.

Instant Pot Sausage and Potatoes ingredients prepped

How to make Instant Pot sausage and potatoes?

It’s a straight-forward dump and start recipe. So all you need to do is dump everything in the Instant Pot and switch it on! (see picture below).

Instant Pot Sausage and Potatoes ingredients in the Instant Pot before cooking

Give everything a good mix so that the seasonings are distributed, and don’t worry about the amount of the liquid. 1/2 cup is enough if you’re using a 6-qt Instant Pot. If you’re making this in an 8-qt then add 1 cup instead.

Instant Pot Sausage and Potatoes before cooking

Cover with the lid, and press on MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK (this depends on what model of Instant Pot you have), and set at 5 minutes. Keep in mind that we want the potatoes to have a very soft texture, and it starts breaking down. However, if you prefer your veggies a bit firmer then reduce the cooking time by 1-2 minutes.

Allow the Instant Pot to come to pressure, and cook for 5 minutes. When it’s done, quickly release the steam and carefully open the lid. Give it a quick stir, and serve warm.

Instant Pot Sausage and Potatoes after cooking

If you’re not a fan of mushrooms, omit them. You could also use cubed butternut squash or pumpkin, and add a couple of whole garlic cloves.

A close up shot of the Instant Pot Sausage and Potatoes

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