Instant Pot Chili
The easiest Instant Pot chili recipe ever and costs less than $10 total to make. Healthy pressure cooker dinner that even my kids go crazy over! We make this at least once a week and serve it as is topped with cheese or on top a bowl of rice.
I’ve been obsessed with my crockpot for years and my site is filled with tons of crockpot recipes but when I saw this new thing called the Instant Pot it got me curious. I use my rice cooker, slow cooker, and steamer on a weekly basis so having all 3 and more functions all in one appliance got my attention!!
Instant Pot Chili
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Easy Instant Pot chili recipe that can be made quickly in your pressure cooker or cook it a bit longer for softer beans. Either way it's a hearty dinner that can be spiced up or left plain.
Course: Entree, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 5 ingredient, best, chili, dump, easy, instant pot, pressure cooker
Servings: 6
Calories: 211 kcal
Ingredients
1 lb ground beef or turkey, or omit if making it vegetarian
1 can diced tomatoes 14.5 oz, we prefer petite diced
1 can kidney beans 15 oz.
1 small can tomato sauce 8 oz.
2 tsp Lawry's seasoning
1 tbsp minced onion or 1/2 c. fresh diced onions, this is optional
1/2 bell pepper diced, optional
2 tsp chili powder can omit or increase depending on spice level desired
1 tsp garlic powder (or instead of spices listed you can just add 1 packet of chili seasoning from the store)
1/2 c water
Instructions
Set instant pot to saute and brown meat, add onions and bell peppers if desired. Cook until onions soften a bit. Drain if desired.
Empty cans of beans, tomato sauce, water and diced tomatoes on top (do not drain cans before adding).. Add seasonings and stir the top layers gently leaving most of the meat on the bottom (helps to avoid getting burn notification).
If you have a bit of time to let it simmer hit the chili/beans setting and adjust the time to 20 minutes, this will make beans a bit softer.
If you are in a hurry set it to manual, pressure, high for 15 minutes. The beans will be a bit more firm this way but still soft. Do a natural release.
Done! Serve by itself with cheese on top or on top of rice or potatoes.