Easy, straightforward, and quick Italian sausage recipe for the instant pot. This Italian sausage recipe for the Instant Pot is excellent for weeknight and weekend dinners. It is delicious, low carb and keto.
Italian sausage is a hearty pork sausage that has been heavily spiced with fennel, garlic, and chili flakes. Italian sausages is fatter than regular sausages. It is typically sold in three varieties in North America: hot, mild, and sweet. In Italy, Italian sausages can be any variety of sausages.
Sausages makes for great breakfast and weeknight dinners. Making sausages in the instant pot is a game changer. Compared to baking it, it is easier and faster. This recipe for sausages in a pressure cooker yields juicy, flavorful sausages in just 20 minutes.
For this recipe, I used the sautee and pressure cooker functions of the Instant Pot because I like my sausages to have a nice browned exterior. You can skip the browning step before pressure cooking if you don’t want the outside to be browned. I enjoy Instant Pot sausages because they only need one pot and are simple to clean. While the sausages cook in the pressure cooker, you have free access to your hands so you can cook while doing other things.
Both regular sausage and Italian sausage can be made using this Instant Pot recipe. Both recipes use the same technique; the only difference is in the cooking times. You can use chicken and beef sausages. I’ve noted how long regular sausages and Italian sausages need to cook under pressure.
Although I used my 6-quart Instant Pot Duo, you can use any other electric pressure cooker, such as the Pressure King Pro or the Ninja Foodie.
Ingredients, a recipe, and a video are all included in the recipe card at the end of this post.
Vegetable oil – If you don’t brown the sausages, you won’t need this.
Can i make it in Ninja Foodi pressure cooker
This recipe for frozen sausages will actually work great with Ninja Foodi. Not only because its a pressure cooker. Ninja Foodi has an AirCrisp function built in. While they are still in the same pot, you can brown the sausage.
Consequently, prepare the frozen Italian sausage in a pressure cooker as directed on the recipe card. then empty the water and switch the air fryer’s lid for the pressure cooker’s. Air fry for couple minutes until sausages reach desired color.
Of course, this recipe works with any type of sausage. You can cook any of the more than 200 varieties in the Instant Pot to perfection. The sausage I used is shown in the picture below; it was a straightforward Great Value Italian sausage. Very affordable and easy to find. Undoubtedly not the best, but hey, you can purchase it at the nearby Walmart.
You can also use breakfast sausage, blood sausage, bratwurst, kielbasa, and a plethora of other types of sausage. Pick your favorite and make this recipe yours.
How To Cook Italian Sausage In The Instant Pot
Cooking Italian sausage in the Instant Pot is very simple. All you need is sausage and water!.
Add a single layer of sausage links to the Instant Pot along with 1/2 cup of water. Press the “Pressure Cook” or “Manual” button, set the timer for 15 minutes, and then close the lid and turn the valve to the “Sealing” position. When it’s done cooking, quick release (QR) the steam. Italian sausages that are perfectly cooked and tender are ready to eat!
You can either cook the sausage in the oven under the broiler for a few minutes or saute it in the Instant Pot on the “Saute” setting if you prefer a more “browned” appearance. I simply eat it as is because I am lazy and dislike taking extra steps.
If you want to prepare more than one package of sausage at once, you can do so by loading the Instant Pot to the “Max Fill” line with as much sausage as you can. The quantity of water remains the same (1/2 cup). The sausages taste just as good, but if presentation is important, be aware that when they overlap, they stick together, and when you separate them, they have odd marks on them. The layers of sausage should be separated by sheets of foil to avoid sticking.
Simply add 5 minutes to the cooking time (making a final cooking time of 20 minutes) to prepare Italian sausages from frozen. So, if you have a package of frozen sausage in your freezer, you can enjoy a delicious hot meal in less than 30 minutes!
If the salad on the plate with the sausages in the image above looks appealing to you, you can find the recipe here: Tomato and Fresh Mozzarella Salad. Check out my recipe for Instant Pot roasted sweet potatoes to see how I made these roasted sweet potatoes, which, believe it or not, were also made in the Instant Pot. Enjoy!.
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Italian Sausage in Instant Pot
It goes without saying that sausage, in all of its wonderful varieties, is a family favorite. Sausage is always a hit, whether we’re making breakfast sausage links in the morning, chicken sausage for a quick lunch, or the traditional sausage and pepper for dinner.
And while using your pressure cooker for dinner sausage may not have occurred to you, our Instant Pot Italian sausage recipe is here to demonstrate just how incredible pressure cooking sausage links can be.
Even our Italian sausage links can appear and taste like they were grilled or pan-fried by beginning with a saute!
The final step is to choose how to serve our Instant Pot sausage links. Some of our family’s favorite techniques include stuffing an Instant Pot sausage that is perfectly cooked right into a roll, serving Italian sausage links with peppers and onions for a traditional combination, or choosing homemade baked beans and coleslaw.