Favorite Kid Friendly Instant Pot Recipes

Enjoy over 20 of our Favorite Kid Friendly Instant Pot Recipes that are easy to make, budget friendly and kid approved. Perfect for dinner tonight!

Looking for super easy Instant Pot recipes? Want to make a delicious budget-friendly dinner that your kids will actually eat? Then, you’ve come to the right place!

I’ve put together a collection of over 20 of our favorite kid friendly Instant Pot recipes just for you. Right here.

And how do I know these recipes are kid and picky eater approved? Because these easy dinners are all my kids’ favorites. And friends, I have some of the pickiest eaters ever!

So, whether you’re looking for easy chicken dinners or recipes with ground beef or pasta, I’ve got you covered. Check them out, try them, and let me know what you think!

Favorite Kid Friendly Instant Pot Recipes

Recipes with Ground Beef

Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce cooks together in one pot for easy clean-up! For a meatless version, skip the ground beef!

Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce

Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce is a quick and easy pasta dinner made with ground beef and tomato sauce in the pressure cooker. Ready in 30 minutes!

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Instant Pot Creamy Shells and Beef is my most popular recipe, and everyone — I mean EVERYONE loves it. You can also make it with Italian sausage or chicken!

Instant Pot Creamy Shells and Beef

Instant Pot Creamy Shells and Beef is an easy one pot dinner made entirely in the pressure cooker. It's like homemade hamburger helper, with ground beef and pasta in a tomato cream sauce and very kid friendly!

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Instant Pot BBQ Macaroni and Beef is made with barbecue sauce. What kid doesn’t like BBQ sauce?

Instant Pot BBQ Macaroni and Beef

Instant Pot BBQ Macaroni and Beef is an easy pressure cooker dinner recipe made with ground beef, cheddar cheese, pasta and corn in a creamy barbecue sauce. It's ready in about 30 minutes and kid approved!

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Instant Pot Creamy Taco Pasta combines ground beef tacos and pasta all in one dish!

Instant Pot Creamy Taco Pasta

Instant Pot creamy taco pasta is an easy ground beef dinner that's loaded with shells, beef, cheese and salsa and takes less than 30 minutes to make in the pressure cooker.

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Instant Pot Beef Taco Meat makes the perfect ground beef for tacos, burritos or burrito bowls!

Instant Pot Beef Taco Meat

Easy Instant Pot Beef Taco Meat made with ground beef, black beans and spices is a quick and easy dinner perfect for busy days. Makes delicious taco bowls!

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Instant Pot Cheeseburger Macaroni is like homemade Hamburger Helper!

Instant Pot Cheeseburger Macaroni

Instant Pot cheeseburger macaroni is homemade Hamburger Helper made with ground beef and pasta in a creamy cheese sauce. This quick and easy dinner is super kid friendly!

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Instant Pot Hamburgers are perfect to make when you can’t grill and don’t want to mess up your stove!

Easy Instant Pot Hamburgers

Make Easy Instant Pot Hamburgers for a quick dinner in your electric pressure cooker using ground beef and a few other ingredients in foil packs. This easy recipe is perfect when you can't grill or fry hamburger patties, and even picky eaters approve!

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Mom’s Best Instant Pot Chili is very mild and not spicy at all.

Mom's Best Instant Pot Chili

Mom's Best Instant Pot Chili is an easy mild chili recipe made with ground beef in the pressure cooker. It takes about 30 minutes to cook but tastes like it's been cooking all day long!

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Instant Pot Ground Beef Stroganoff is an entire meal made in one pot!

Instant Pot Ground Beef Stroganoff

Instant Pot Ground Beef Stroganoff is an easy dinner made in the pressure cooker with hamburger meat and pasta but without cream of mushroom soup. It's delicious, budget friendly and kid approved! 

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Recipes with Chicken

Instant Pot Lemon Chicken Pasta is perfect when you want a lighter pasta dish. My kids requested this twice last week!

Instant Pot Lemon Chicken Pasta

Instant Pot Lemon Chicken Pasta is a super easy recipe made with chicken, penne pasta, lemon, cream cheese and Parmesan. It's creamy, delicious and kid approved!

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Instant Pot BBQ Chicken is an easy pulled chicken recipe perfect for sandwiches!

Instant Pot BBQ Chicken

Instant Pot BBQ Chicken recipe makes tender pulled chicken in the pressure cooker in about 30 minutes with minimal prep. It's a quick, kid friendly dinner for busy days!

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Instant Pot Hawaiian BBQ Chicken is sweet, savory, and it has pineapple chunks in it!

Instant Pot Hawaiian BBQ Chicken

Instant Pot Hawaiian BBQ Chicken cooked a sweet and tangy sauce with pineapple is a quick and easy pressure cooker dinner made in just 30 minutes! Even picky eaters love it!

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Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken is perfect when you don’t want to order takeout!

Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken Recipe

This simple Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken recipe is quick and easy to make and so much better than take out! A delicious dinner ready in 30 minutes!

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Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Casserole is comfort food and a great way to use up leftover chicken!

Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Casserole

Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Casserole is an easy dinner made with leftover chicken, egg noodles and vegetables in a creamy cheese sauce. Ready in 30 minutes!

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Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta has everyone’s favorite flavors in one dish!

Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta

Instant Pot creamy chicken bacon ranch pasta is a quick and easy dinner made with chicken, crispy bacon and pasta shells in a cheesy ranch dressing sauce.

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Instant Pot Dump and Start Dinners

Instant Pot Smoked Sausage Mac and Cheese is easy, cheesy and gets extra protein from kielbasa slices.

Instant Pot Smoked Sausage Mac and Cheese

Instant Pot Smoked Sausage Mac and Cheese recipe is a quick and easy homemade dinner that’s perfect for busy days. Just add the ingredients and cook!

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Instant Pot Creamy Kielbasa Tortellini is another one of my kids’ favorite dinners! You can make it on the stove, too!

Instant Pot Creamy Kielbasa Tortellini

Instant Pot Creamy Kielbasa Tortellini pasta is a quick and easy one pot dinner made in the pressure cooker with smoked sausage, pasta, peas and lots of cheddar cheese

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Instant Pot Pasta and Meatballs uses frozen meatballs for convenience, but you can use fresh if you want!

Instant Pot Pasta and Meatballs

Instant Pot Pasta and Meatballs is a quick and easy one pot dinner made in the pressure cooker. It's perfect for busy days and when you're on vacation!

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Instant Pot Pizza Pasta is like a big pot of pepperoni pizza!

Instant Pot Pizza Pasta

Instant Pot Pizza Pasta is a super quick and easy dinner made with penne pasta, sausage, pepperoni and lots of cheese. Done in 30 minutes and kid approved!

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Creamy Instant Pot Mac and Cheese is an easy meatless meal, and you can use any cheese here!

Creamy Instant Pot Mac and Cheese

Creamy Instant Pot Mac and Cheese takes is made with a few simple ingredients and no evaporated milk! It takes just a few minutes to make homemade mac and cheese in the pressure cooker, and it's a quick and easy dinner or side dish that everyone loves. It's definitely kid approved!

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Instant Pot Tuna Noodle Casserole is a favorite for kids of all ages!

Instant Pot Tuna Noodle Casserole

Instant Pot Tuna Noodle Casserole made from scratch with pasta, peas and carrots in a cheesy creamy sauce is a quick and easy dinner in under 30 minutes.  

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Soup Recipes

Instant Pot Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is light, fresh and goes well with grilled cheese!

Instant Pot Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

Instant Pot Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is a quick and easy pressure cooker soup recipe that requires minimal prep and takes minutes to make! You'll love this easy Instant Pot soup!

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Instant Pot Creamy Lasagna Soup is thick, cheesy and tastes like lasagna in a bowl!

Instant Pot Creamy Lasagna Soup

Easy Instant Pot Creamy Lasagna Soup is loaded with Italian sausage, ground beef and pasta in a creamy tomato broth. This easy dinner is lasagna in a bowl in under 30 minutes!

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I hope you and your kids enjoy these easy pressure cooker recipes as much as we do!