Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce

Making cranberry sauce in the instant pot is so easy that it removes any excuses for buying the canned stuff. This dump and go recipe takes about 30 minutes and requires very little effort.

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No Exploding Cranberries!

One of the only problems when making fresh cranberry sauce is that the berries tend to explode. It can be quite jarring the first time you experience it. The berries turn into little bombs! Shooting juice all over the place. It can be a heck of a mess.

Using the instant pot to make your cranberry sauce eliminates this issue entirely. With everything sealed up inside the instant pot there are no flying juices to deal with.

Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce, SO EASY!

Normally Dad would go through and do an in-depth post with lots of info, tips and shots of the recipe as you go through making it. That seems like a waste in this case. You literally dump everything in the instant pot, stir it and cook. Make sure to do this a day ahead as it will need time to cool in the refrigerator.

How to make instant pot cranberry sauce

Wash the fresh cranberries and remove any "bad" ones. This would include soft or discolored ones.

Place all of the ingredients in the Instant Pot and stir.

Put the lid on the instant pot and set the toggle for sealing. Set the unit to Manual and 5 minutes. Once the instant pot beeps you can do a quick release. Remove and refrigerate overnight.

Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Cranberry sauce is pretty easy to make. Using the instant pot makes is SUPER simple to make. This dump and go recipe is so easy anyone can do it.

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Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: holiday recipes

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 200kcal

Author: Dad

Equipment

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  Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

• ▢ 24 oz Fresh Cranberries Two 12 Ounce Packages
• ▢ ¾ cup White Sugar
• ▢ ¼ cup Brown Sugar
• ▢ ⅔ cup Orange Juice
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions

• Wash the fresh cranberries and remove any "bad" ones. This would include soft or discolored ones.
• Place all of the ingredients in the Instant Pot and stir.
• Put the lid on the instant pot and set the toggle for sealing.
• Set the unit to Manual and 5 minutes.
• Once the instant pot beeps you can do a quick release.
• Remove and refrigerate overnight.

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Nutrition

Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 164mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 123IU | Vitamin C: 29mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg

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