Pressure Cooker Sweet Potatoes

Sliced sweet potatoes coated in a spiced orange juice and brown sugar glaze are ready in just half an hour using your pressure cooker.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 12 mins
• Total Time: 27 mins
• Calories: 254 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
• 2 large sweet potatoes
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.25 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.25 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 0.5 cup dark brown sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a small bowl. Mix well.

Step 2

Lock the lid into place and bring the cooker up to full pressure (15 pounds per square inch) over high heat. Once pressure is reached, reduce heat to low and cook for 7 minutes.

Step 3

Remove the steamer basket from the cooker and carefully place potatoes into a serving dish. Return the cooker to the stove and bring cooking liquid to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, stirring frequently, until the cooking liquid is reduced and syrupy, 5 to 7 minutes. The mixture should coat the back of a spoon.

Step 4

Pour syrup over sweet potatoes and serve.

Step 5

Peel and cut sweet potatoes in half lengthwise, then cut each half into 1/4-inch slices. Place the slices into the pressure cooker's steamer basket. Sprinkle slices with salt.

Step 6

Pour orange juice into the cooker (see Editor's Note, below). Place the trivet and the steamer basket with the sweet potatoes into the pot. Sprinkle the potatoes with brown sugar mixture. Place butter pieces on top.

Step 7

Quickly release the pressure using the method recommended by your cooker's manufacturer. Do not discard the cooking liquid.