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Easy Instant Pot Polenta | No-Stir Polenta Recipe

Published May 18, 2017. Last modified February 19, 2019 by URVASHI PITRE 27 Comments

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Stop wasting your time stirring that polenta and use this Easy Instant Pot Polenta recipe. Try this one-step pressure cooker polenta for a creamy, delicious side dish!

Instant Pot Polenta

Instant Pot Polenta

What is Polenta?

If you’re not familiar with polenta, it’s a dish made from boiling cornmeal. It’s a simple, savory dish that makes a great side dish or snack. It has a texture and consistency that is similar to grits, but it is a little chewier.

Traditional Polenta requires some serious stirring which I am a) too lazy to do and b) I often can’t do when I’m flared with my Rheumatoid Arthritis. Enter the Instant Pot, which enables babysitting-free cooking for many things. My first attempt didn’t have enough water in it, and burned badly. Thank goodness for stainless steel inserts that you can scrub, although I would have loved a ceramic insert for this recipe.  The second time around, I increased the amount of water, and it worked well.

Looking for other great side dish recipes? Check out my Keto Creamed Spinach! It’s probably my favorite way to eat spinach and it might become yours too!

Creamed Spinach

Another fantastic side dish is my Keto Cauliflower and Cheese. It’s creamy, delicious and easy to make in your instant pot!

Instant Pot Low Carb Keto Cauliflower and Cheese is a creamy, delicious side dish that you can make in your pressure cooker for the ultimate low carb comfort food!

So whether you’re looking for an easy, no fuss polenta recipe or you’re trying polenta for the first time, you’re sure to love this recipe. It’s a simple, straight forward recipe with only a few ingredients and it takes very little effort on your part thanks to your instant pot or pressure cooker. So whether you’re looking for a side dish, snack or maybe even a full on entree, give this polenta recipe a try!

The steps for this recipe are:

  • Put in polenta, water, and salt into Instant Pot
  • As soon as it starts to boil, shut the lid and cook it at HP for 8 mins, with natural pressure release
  • Whisk in butter, cheese, and half and half

Instant Pot Polenta

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Instant Pot Polenta
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

Make easy Instant Pot Polenta with this recipe. No stirring or babysitting the dish required, and it comes out creamy and perfect every time!

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Easy Polenta Recipe, Gluten Free Polenta Recipe, Instant Pot Polenta, Instant Pot Vegetarian, No Stir Polenta, Polenta, TwoSleevers
Dietary Consideration: Gluten-Free, Vegetarian
Cooking Style: Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker
Ease of Cooking: Pour and Cook, Under 30 Mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 170 kcal
Author: Urvashi
Ingredients
  • 1 cup polenta rough-ground cornmeal/
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • salt
  • 3-4 teaspoons butter
  • 1/2 cup Mexican blend shredded cheese
  • 1/4 cup half and half
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
  1. Turn Instant Pot on sauté and add the chicken broth and polenta and whisk together
  2. As soon as it starts to boil, place and seal the lid, and set your Instant Pot on high pressure for 7 minutes and allow it to release pressure naturally when done.
  3. When you open the lid there will be some excess water in it. Using your whisk, blend in the butter, cheese, and half and half. The polenta will thicken as you whisk it all together. Allow it to rest for a little longer.
Nutrition facts per serving
170kcal | Fat: 6g | Saturated fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 660mg | Potassium: 182mg | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 5g | Vitamin A: 4.3% | Vitamin C: 13.3% | Calcium: 8.1% | Iron: 3.5%

I am not a registered dietician or nutritionist. Nutritional information is provided a courtesy, and can vary depending on the exact ingredients you use.

Don’t forget to check out my Instant Pot Fast & Easy Cookbook! 

This book is full of all kinds of boldly flavored and internationally-themed recipes—Mexican, Thai, Moroccan, and more—with Instant Pot Fast & Easy, fully authorized by Instant Pot. Just like you have come to expect, my recipes will work perfectly every time, and of course taste great too. And because these are Instant Pot recipes, dishes like Japanese Chicken Curry, Chinese Steamed Ribs, and Mexican Pulled Pork are ready in a fraction of the time they would take using traditional cooking methods. As with all of my recipes, the focus is on whole foods instead of artificial convenience ingredients, so the recipes are delicious, easy, and healthful too.
   

 

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Full Liquids/ Soft Foods, Pressure Cooker, Vegetable Side Dishes, Vegetarian Tagged With: Cheese, Gluten Free, Mexican cuisine, Polenta, Pressure Cooker, Soft Foods, Toddlers, Vegetarian

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  1. Susan says

    April 4, 2018 at 10:06 am


    The lightbulb in my head went on this morning when I thought “can you cook polenta in the instant pot?” I made some the other day the traditional way and my arm almost gave out. So here I am and I’m going to try this. My question is, will it firm up the same way to fry up when cool?

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    • URVASHI PITRE says

      April 4, 2018 at 6:51 pm

      Yes it will

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  2. Rhiannon Hanson says

    March 19, 2018 at 12:59 pm


    This was the easiest and cleanest polenta recipe I have ever tried. It was great! I appreciate the recipe very much. Added roasted red peppers to it and it was like my grammie’s used to be. Thank you. This is a keeper.

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  3. Ellen Dvorak says

    February 22, 2018 at 1:50 pm

    I’m bummed. Each time I try to make polenta in my instant it burns. I have a 3 qt. Lux mini. could this be the problem?

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    • URVASHI PITRE says

      February 22, 2018 at 6:42 pm

      No I doubt that is the problem. Are you following this recipe or a different one

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      • Ellen Dvorak says

        February 23, 2018 at 9:27 am

        Following the recipe exactly. Have tried several times and I get the burn code each time. The polenta doesn’t fully burn but leaves a thick layer on the bottom and the IP doesn’t continue to cook them once they start to stick to the bottom.

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        • URVASHI PITRE says

          February 23, 2018 at 10:53 am

          We JUST made it two days ago to take new photos and it didn’t burn. I’m not entirely sure what’s going on with yours. Is your pot overheating in general with other recipes?

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    • Mikela Swenson says

      March 6, 2018 at 10:57 pm


      I use the “pot within a pot” method from Vickie Smith’s Miss Vickie’s Big Book of Pressure Cooker Recipes. I have used a tiffin with lid, a ceramic soufle dish with foil over top and a nice little camp pot with wire bail and D-ring on the lid (no plastic parts) at various times. Set whatever vessel you choose to contain the ingredients on the trivet with 1 to 2 cups water in botton of instant pot vessel and follow recipes. Miss Vickie also describes how to make a little lifter with folded foil strips to go under the pot

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    • lizz says

      March 19, 2018 at 6:03 pm

      I made it 2nite in my 3qt. duo mini…no issues…maybe your saute temp is too high?

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    • Andrew Norris says

      April 4, 2018 at 8:28 pm

      Having the same issue. Follow recipe exactly. Burn code comes on every time. What gives?

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      • URVASHI PITRE says

        April 5, 2018 at 6:05 am

        Do you have a new Instant pot? Bought in November or December? Many of those seem to be running hotter than the old ones

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  4. KQ says

    February 12, 2018 at 1:31 pm

    My husband doesn’t like cheese (don’t ask!). How should I adjust the ingredients if I omit the cheese?
    PS. I bought your Indian cookbook and love it. Ate the coconut-tomato soup for lunch today.

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    • URVASHI PITRE says

      February 12, 2018 at 2:21 pm

      I’m not really sure. I’ve never made it without cheese 🙁

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  5. Andrea says

    November 23, 2017 at 8:36 am


    Another winner! I cut the ingredients in half and it was perfect for 2. We yummied up the entire thing in one sitting!

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    • URVASHI PITRE says

      November 23, 2017 at 9:13 am

      Yay! So glad that worked. 😊

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  6. Cindy says

    October 2, 2017 at 5:32 pm

    Great recipe. I am doing a pressure cooker class and making ratatouille with polenta, and would love to try your recipe. Would it be okay if I printed and distributed a copy of the recipe for each participant and instructor (21 total)? I would include your name and website on the recipe. Thanks.

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    • URVASHI PITRE says

      October 2, 2017 at 6:16 pm

      Not only would I be flattered if you did that, I think it’s wonderful that you asked. Most people would just do it without asking 🙂 Do feel free to post pics of your class in my FB group if you’d like to especially all the dishes they make. People love seeing those.

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  7. Karen says

    May 19, 2017 at 8:29 am

    Oooo, may have to try this tonight! Cook up some garlic butter shrimpies to go with it!

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    • URVASHI PITRE says

      May 19, 2017 at 9:06 am

      Ooh like a shrimp and grits thing! Love it.

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