This recipe is good however like others who commented i found i had to increase the cook time to fully cook the squash halves. Wash scrub your acorn squash. It is flavorful and delicious and can be served in a variety of ways. You only need a few ingredients to cook acorn squash. Press the pressure cook button and set to high then cook for 5 minutes.

Add acorn squash halves on their sides. Slice acorn squash in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds. Butter salt and pepper but you can jazz it up to be sweet or savory. Close lid set pressure valve to sealing set to manual high pressure for 5 minutes. Close the instant pot lid then turn venting knob to sealing position.

Place the lid on the instant pot making sure the valve is set to sealing set the timer for manual 8 minutes. When time is up use the quick release method. Lightly season acorn squash with a bit of coarse salt. Place trivet on the bottom of instant pot and pour in water. If you prefer to cook the acorn squash whole just put the whole acorn squash and 1 cup of water in the instant pot and pressure cook on high for 30 minutes.

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Add your squash halves to your instant pot and lightly sprinkle with sea salt. Right out of the instant pot you can serve the acorn squash halves as they are. Perform a quick release of the pressure immediately after the cooking program finishes. For smaller acorn squash 13 circumference pressure cook at high pressure for 4 minutes then 10 minutes natural release. 1 cup filtered water.

You can also scoop the squash from the skins and mash with a bit of vegan butter or a touch of olive oil if you re in the mood for something richer more akin to a sweet potato casserole. Always add water to your instant pot mealthy multipot or pressure cooker cooking pot. Place the trivet and then add your lovely acorn squash. Never miss a recipe i publish a new recipe several times per week. Acorn squash is an under appreciated winter squash.

Find out what my favorite and must have instant pot accessories are. If you need to cook more than one acorn squash you can certainly wait and add the butter and seasonings after the squash is cooked. Click here for all my instant pot recipes. Set the acorn squash on the trivet. Like most squashes acorn squash is incredibly high in nutrition it s texture is similar to that of a pumpkin but it has a slightly nuttier flavor.

This recipe has brown sugar and cinnamon. Pour 1 cup of water into the instant pot add the trivet. In the instant pot squash cooks evenly in a fraction of the time it takes in the oven and keeps its great texture that is lost when it s cooked in the microwave. The only difficulty i had in getting the squash out of my instant pot was that the squash was soft once cooked through. Place steamer basket into your instant pot along with your 1 2 cup of water.

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Place steamer basket into your instant pot along with your 1 2 cup of water. This recipe has brown sugar and cinnamon. Find out what my favorite and must have instant pot accessories are. You can also scoop the squash from the skins and mash with a bit of vegan butter or a touch of olive oil if you re in the mood for something richer more akin to a sweet potato casserole. Add your squash halves to your instant pot and lightly sprinkle with sea salt.

The only difficulty i had in getting the squash out of my instant pot was that the squash was soft once cooked through. Place the lid on the instant pot making sure the valve is set to sealing set the timer for manual 8 minutes. Add acorn squash halves on their sides. This recipe is good however like others who commented i found i had to increase the cook time to fully cook the squash halves.