These Instant Pot Maple Chipotle Mashed Sweet Potatoes are an elegant side dish for Thanksgiving or Christmas, but are great as a side dish for a weeknight dinner. A little sweet and a little spicy, these mashed sweet potatoes are fast and easy and made entirely in your electric pressure cooker.
Scrub your sweet potatoes. No need to peel them as the peels come right off when they are cooked.
Add 1 cup of water to the instant pot and place the trivet in the pot. Put the sweet potatoes on the trivet.
Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. Allow to naturally release and then open the pot. Don't let them sit in there much longer or they could over cook.
When cool enough to handle, remove the skins from the sweet potatoes.
Meanwhile, melt the butter in the instant pot, long with the half and half, chipotle pepper and maple syrup.
Add the sweet potatoes back into the pot. Sweet potatoes can be mashed by hand with a potato masher or with an immersion blender for a smoother texture
Notes
Makes approximately 5 cups.This recipe is easily adapted for those who don't have an instant pot. Simply bake the sweet potatoes by pricking them with a fork and baking in the oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 45-60 minutes. Melt the butter mixture in a small pot on the stove top. Once baked, peel the skin off the sweet potatoes, add them to a large bowl with the butter mixture. Then mash with a potato masher or immersion blender.THIS is the Instant Pot I use. (affiliate link)