How To Cook Yellow Squash In The Instant Pot
Remove the lid and use tongs to remove the squash to a bowl or cutting board.
How to cook yellow squash in the instant pot. I have an instant pot and use it often and maybe i m missing something here but using a pressure cooker for this recipe doesn t make much sense to me. Place the steamer basket inside the instant pot. Next place the trivet in a 3 quart or 6 quart instant pot along with a cup of water.
Layer the cut butternut squash on top of the instant pot trivet as shown in photo below. Step 1 add all ingredients except water to pressure cooker. Add 1lb 454g zucchini chunks and a pinch of salt in instant pot.
Give it a quick stir. Winter squash takes a notoriously long time to cook in the oven or on the stovetop. If you have a steamer basket for your instant pot you can use that instead.
Lock on the lid and set the time to 10 minutes at high pressure. When the cooking time is up carefully quick release the pressure. Close the lid and close the sealing valve.
Summer squash takes about 5 minutes on the stovetop and you don t have to wait for the pressure to come up or bring it back down enough to get the lid off. Turn the instant pot to steam mode for 2 minutes. Place a whole uncut acorn squash into the steamer basket of the instant pot with one cup of water.
Heat up instant pot using sauté more function and wait until it says hot. Don t worry if some of the pieces fall through the trivet into the water. Lock the lid then turn venting knob to the sealing position.