20+ International Pressure Cooker Dinner Ideas
Enjoy different ethnic cuisines with ease by choosing one of these international pressure cooker dinner ideas. With enough meals, including beef, chicken, lamb, and vegetarian options, for almost a month’s worth of dinners you can explore around the world without ever leaving home.
I have found that my children are more open to trying new foods when I connect our food with virtual field trips that help us explore different cultures. I like to make lots of different recipes from around the world as part of our effort as a family to explore different cultures.
If this is something that you think you would like to do but you worry that your kids won’t eat anything like this, check out my guide on introducing international foods to kids.
If you feel like dinner times have been kind of boring, this list has chicken, pork, beef, and even lamb and vegetarian options for you to cook in your pressure cooker. Fingers crossed that you can find something for you no matter your budget or taste.
Don’t have a pressure cooker? No worries. I’ve got a list of international dinners for slow cookers as well or try one of these international cookbooks that we love.
International Pressure Cooker Recipes
Enjoy different ethnic cuisines by choosing one of these international pressure cooker dinners. With enough meals, including beef, chicken, lamb, and vegetarian options, for almost a month's worth of dinner ideas you can explore around the world without ever leaving home.
Instant Pot Chinese Pork Shoulder Soup made with baby bok choy, shittake mushrooms, and egg noodles in a rich broth seasoned with Chinese Five Spice.
This simple Peruvian inspired one pot chicken and rice dish has a few unexpected ingredients like mint and butternut squash paired with common Latin American ingredients like tomatoes, garlic, and lime.
Lots of spices give this Caribbean Jerk Pulled Pork a nice kick topped with sweet pineapple.
Easily recreate the traditional Hawaiian Kalua Pork for a delicious plate lunch.
This Instant Pot Jamaican Jerk Chicken and Rice is a quick and easy pressure cooker recipe that pairs a yummy coconut rice with black beans and mango.
This quick weeknight version of chicken mole made with a simple blender sauce is an easy recipe to introduce kids to more traditional Mexican flavors.
Pineapple Pork Carnitas are a sweet twist on carnitas and an easy dump and go recipe. Pork shoulder cooked in pineapple juice along with onions and peppers makes for a tasty weeknight dinner!
This tender, fall-off-the-bone chunks of oxtail, beans, and carrots are all cooked together in a deliciously seasoned sauce in the Instant Pot.Â
This humble pigeon peas quickly comes together for a satisfying vegan stew, straight from Haiti.
This chicken and spinach curry dish is also known as Chicken Saag or Palak Chicken and is a very popular Indian Dish.
This French onion soup comes together in less than 30 minutes and tastes like you have been labouring all day in the kitchen to make it.
With simple ingredients and tons of flavor, these Chinese Sticky Ribs are an easy and delicious meals that kids will love!
This Thai chicken red curry chicken is a one-pot dish of tender chicken, whatever vegetables you have on hand, curry paste, and coconut milk.
This Instant Pot Italian Beef Ragu with Pappardelle is made with chuck roast cooked until tender with garlic, herbs, and plenty of tomatoes for a delicious and hearty pasta.
Pozole is a classic comfort food in Mexico – especially during the winter holiday season. It’s a chili based hominy soup and usually simmered all day with cuts of pork or chicken but this version is vegan, easy, and can be made in less than an hour.
Pasta puttanesca is the ultimate tasty, easy after-work dinner. Simply dump all the ingredients into your Instant Pot and press go! Huge flavours with barely any effort.
Asopado is a traditional chicken dish of the Caribbean, kind of a Latin American version of Spanish paella.
This red lentil dal is a creamy, hearty dish and a perfect comfort food meal. So easy to make, and so easy to customize the spices and veggies to your taste.
This madras lentils recipe is an affordable Indian dish that is packed with protein and full of flavor. This is a rich vegetarian dish that can be the main meal, a side dish, or part of a buffet.
German Goulash is a unique soup with chunky beef with a thin soup like broth that has many layers of flavor.