Instant Pot Sausage, Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans

Do you have a hankering for a classic meal that can be put together in less than 15 minutes?  Smoked sausage, sweet potatoes, and green beans are the perfect combination to make a quick meal in the Instant Pot. 

If you enjoy this recipe you may also enjoy Air Fryer Sausage, Potatoes & Sauerkraut.

Instant Pot Smoked Sausage and Sweet Potatoes

When craving sausage and potatoes we often think of our Sausage and Potato Skillet or Old Fashioned Sausage, Potatoes and Green Beans in the Instant Pot. Our family thinks the best combination of potatoes is sweet potatoes and smoked sausage!  We like to add some green beans to get more vegetables in our diet.

This is my first successful meal in the Instant Pot and we’re so excited about how easy it is that we’ve made it three times in the past week!  This is such a classic meal we’ve tried it with smoked sausage and kielbasa, Yukon gold potatoes and sweet potatoes and different types of green beans.

The type of sausage is based on personal preference.  We only had a slight preference for smoked sausage over Kielbasa.  As long as it   We all agree that we like the sweet potatoes best!  The sweet potatoes add such a great flavor and twist on this classic farmhouse favorite meal. 

Italian cut green frozen beans are wider than traditional green beans and hold up better in the Instant Pot.  We have learned when making vegetables in this meal or in our Italian Sausage, Peppers and Onions that bigger pieces of vegetables hold up under pressure.  

Potatoes on the other hand need to be cut smaller to cook through since they are so dense.

How to Make Green Beans, Sweet Potatoes & Sausage in the Instant Pot

1. Brown sausage on the saute setting in the electric pressure cooker
2. Remove sausage and set aside on a plate
3. Add chicken broth, cut potatoes and green beans to Instant Pot
4. Cook on high pressure for two minutes then do a quick release
5. Add sausage back in the pressure cooker to absorb heat and serve warm

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Tips to Make Easy Sausage, Potatoes and Green Beans

• Browning sausage is optional, but browning does add flavor.
• Begin by browning sausage in the instant pot on the saute setting, remove sausage before pressure cooking.
• Cut sausage in half lengthwise and then cut into largest sections that will fit in the Instant Pot .
• Cut potatoes into bite-size pieces so they can cook in 2 minutes
• Use only frozen green beans, avoid canned beans because Instant Pot will obliterate them.
• We like Italian cut green beans because they are bigger, so they can cook together with the potatoes.
• Any kind of liquid will work, but chicken broth adds the most flavor to the potatoes.

More Easy Instant Pot Recipes:

• Best Instant Pot Pulled Pork
• Farmhouse Instant Pot Loaded Lasagna
• Instant Pot Chicken and Bacon Carbonara
• Instant Pot Chinese Chicken Salad
• Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin with Cranberry Apple Sauce
• Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce

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Originally published on 10/16/2018 pictures updated on 2/8/2021.