Instant Pot Crispy Potatoes
- Yield 4 servings
- Prep 10 minutes
- Cook 11 minutes
- Total 40 minutes
Instant Pot Crispy Potatoes sits in the Vegetables section of Regbie. The card serves 4 servings. Plan on 40 minutes from the first measure to the plate. The amounts and the method are both written on this page.
Ingredients
Yield: 4 servings
- 1 pound fingerling or Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into uniform 1 – 1½ inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons ghee, or avocado oil
- Diamond Crystal kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup minced chives or Italian parsley, skippable
- Juice from ½ medium lemon, skippable
Method
Tip in ½ cup of water (or the minimum recommended by the manufacturer) to the cooking insert of an Instant Pot or 6-quart stove top pressure cooker fitted with a steamer insert. Dump in the potatoes.
If you’re using an electric pressure cooker like an Instant Pot, simply press the Manual or Pressure Cook button and program it cook for 5 minutes under high pressure. Lock the lid, with the valve in the sealing position and let the Instant Pot do it's thing.
When the potatoes are done cooking, turn off the Instant Pot and let the pressure release naturally (~10 minutes). Instant Pot users can manually release the pressure manually at the 10 minute mark if the pressure hasn’t completely dropped by then. You can fry the cooked potatoes right away or refrigerate them in a covered container for up to 4 days.
Melt the ghee or avocado oil over medium a hot burner in a wide skillet. Once it starts sputtering, carefully add the potatoes to the pan in a single layer.
Leave the potatoes undisturbed for 1 minute before flipping to brown the other side for an additional minute or so. Move the potatoes to a serving dish.
Salt generously with salt and pepper while the potatoes are hot. Squeeze on the juice from half a lemon and toss with fresh chives or Italian parsley.
Kitchen notes
- Keep the pressure cooked potatoes in the fridge in a sealed container for up to four days and fry them to order whenever you want to eat crispy potatoes!
- If you aren't frying the potatoes in a skillet, you can crisp them up in an air fryer or oven: Air Fryer Instructions: Heat the air fryer to 400°F and spray the cooked potatoes liberally with avocado oil.
- Air fry the potatoes in a single layer for about 6 to 8 minutes or until crispy all over, tossing at the halfway point.
