Quick Start Guide
Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Recipes
35 
Fresh or Frozen Vegetable 
When cooking vegetable, fresh or frozen, it’s recommended to use steaming to pre-
serve vitamins and minerals to the maximum. Steaming also retains the nature look of 
the vegetable, adding aesthetic value to your dish. 
When steaming vegetable, you need at least one cup of water (250ml), an ovenproof 
or steel bowl on a trivet. Due to short pressure keeping period, leaving the cooker natu-
rally cooling down without using the steam release will add some extra cooking time to 
the food. 
Vegetable  Fresh 
Cooking Time 
(in Minutes) 
Frozen 
Cooking Time 
(in Minutes) 
 Artichoke, whole, trimmed without 
leaves 
9 – 11  11 – 13 
 Artichoke, hearts  4 – 5  5 – 6 
 Asparagus, whole or cut  1 – 2  2 – 3 
 Beans, green/yellow or wax,  
whole, trim ends and strings 
1 – 2  2 – 3 
 Beets, small roots, whole  11 – 13  13 – 15 
 Beets, large roots, whole  20 – 25  25 – 30 
 Broccoli, flowerets  2 – 3  3 – 4 
 Broccoli, stalks  3 – 4  4 – 5 
 Brussel sprouts, whole  3 – 4  4 – 5 
 Cabbage, red, purple or green, 
shredded 
2 – 3  3 – 4 
 Cabbage, red, purple or green, 
wedges 
3 – 4  4 – 5 
 Carrots, sliced or shredded  1 – 2  2 – 3 
 Carrots, whole or chunked  2 – 3  3 – 4 
 Cauliflower flowerets  2 – 3  3 – 4 
 Celery, chunks  2 – 3  3 – 4 
 Collard  4 – 5  5 – 6 










