Instant Pot Pork Roast

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This delicious Instant Pot Pork roast cooks up in its own gravy and is tender, flavorful and sure to be a hit with the family! This recipe for a pork roast in an Instant Pot is not only super simple and easy to make, but it is also insanely fast as well!

Make sure to refer to this super simple seasoning guide for Pork Roast Seasoning for your pork roasts (included in the recipe card). If you are looking for a pork shoulder recipe you could also make my Instant Pot pulled pork.

Instant Pot Pork Roast

The only annoying thing about making a delicious pork roast for the whole family is how long it takes. Hours in the oven, constantly checking its temperature and hoping that it doesn’t get too dry – surely there’s an easier way?

Instant Pots are an incredibly handy thing to have in the kitchen, but there can be a bit of buyer’s remorse once you’ve made the few recommended recipes that the manufacturer provides. However, an Instant Pot is basically an instant cheat code into turning meals like a pork roast into a fast and easy meal that comes out perfect every time. If you build a good flavor base by browning the meat and deglazing, you basically cannot go wrong.

Instant Pot Pork Roast Ingredients

Check out the exact quantities for this recipe in the card down below.

• Pork shoulder or pork butt – not usually the best for roasting, but a pressure cooker turns this into a wonderfully tender, sliceable roast! A great way to enjoy this cut of meat instead of the usual pulled pork.
• Olive oil
• Dried rosemary
• Garlic
• Dried thyme
• Dried sage
• Black pepper
• Salt
• Chicken broth
• Onion

Instant Pot Pork Roast Seasoning

• Combine the oil, rosemary, garlic thyme, pepper, and salt in a small bowl
• Dry the meat with paper towels and then rub the herb paste all over the meat
• Heat, your Instant Pot with the Sauté button, add the oil and then sear your pork roast inside the Instant Pot
• Remove the pork, and then pour in the broth and deglaze by scraping the browned bits with a wooden spoon
• Add the onions, add your pork back in on top of the trivet, and cook at high pressure for 60 minutes
• Let the pot naturally release for 20 minutes and serve your pork

Why Use an Instant Pot?

Instant Pots are basically a home cook’s cheat machine, using the power of pressurized cooking to turn long cooking times into a delicious meal incredibly easily.

The biggest challenge of making any dish involving pork shoulder is getting enough heat into the collagen in the tough meat so that it becomes delicious rather than rough and chewy. The extreme pressure Instant Pots create makes cooking pork shoulders an absolute breeze, turning what could be a multi hour cooking process into only 60 minutes.

Cooking the Roast Until it Shreds

This roast is sliceable, which isn’t usually how you want a pork shoulder but the pressure cooking renders such a tender roast that you can eat it like you would a normal roast. If you want a pork roast that shreds, you will need to cook it another 60 minutes. You have two choices with this recipe and both are great!

How Do You Know When Your Pork Is Done?

Anyone that has ever spent multiple hours fraught with anxiety over accidentally overcooking your pork shoulder (or, worse, undercooking it and getting someone sick!) knows the pain of trying to perfectly cook a pork dinner.

While a handy instant read thermometer like a Thermapen is super useful, an Instant Pot makes the whole thing a breeze. Assuming your pork shoulder is around 3 pounds (a pretty typical weight for a pork roast), then it should come out perfectly cooked after an hour in the Instant Pot.

Using a thermometer, a pork roast is done when it hits 145 Fahrenheit. Keep in mind, though, that this will produce medium rare pork that is a little bit pink inside. While this is perfectly safe to eat, some people get a bit squeamish about pink pork, so if you want to take it all the way to 155 Fahrenheit and serve it medium well, that’s totally fine as well.

The Instant Pot is going to cook this roast well past any of those temperatures, and thankfully the moisture in the pot is going to prevent it from drying out like it would in a conventional oven!

What to Serve with Instant Pot Pork Roast

Try some of these side dishes that are reader favorites!

• Jiffy Corn Casserole
• Hasselback Potatoes
• Roasted turnips
• Jiffy cornbread 

Looking for more delicious Pork recipes? Try these:

• Saucy Brown Sugar Baked Pork Chops
• Instant Pot Pulled Pork
• Mushroom Soup Baked Pork Chops and Rice

Happy cooking! If you are looking for another unique way to cook a pork shoulder or butt, try my Boston butt recipe!

Love,

Karlynn

Instant Pot Pork Roast

This perfectly seasoned Instant Pot pork roast is pressure cooked in its own gravy and and is the perfect fast and easy dinner! You can cook it until it's sliceable OR cook longer to shred it!

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Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

1 hour 20 minutes

Course

Main Course

Cuisine

American

Servings

6

Calories

237

Author

Karlynn Johnston

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Ingredients

 

• ▢ 3 pound pork shoulder or pork butt
• ▢ 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
• ▢ 2 teaspoons dried rosemary
• ▢ 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• ▢ ½ teaspoon dried thyme
• ▢ 1/4 tsp dried sage
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• ▢ 1/2 tsp salt
• ▢ 2 cups chicken broth
• ▢ 1/2 cup chopped onion

Instructions

 

• In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, rosemary, garlic, thyme, sage, pepper and salt.
• Pat the pork roast dry with paper towels. Leave the strings on if you want to retain the shape. Strings help with more uniform cooking as well.
• Rub the herb paste over the pork roast.
• Select the Sauté button to heat the Instant Pot.
• Once heated, add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil.
• Place the pork roast into the Instant Pot, and sear until browned nicely on all sides.
• Remove the pork roast from the Instant Pot and place on a plate.
• Pour the broth slowly into the Instant Pot, deglazing the bottom by scraping any browned bits from the bottom with a wooden spoon. Add in the onions.
• Press the cancel button on the Instant Pot.
• Place the Instant Pot trivet in the bottom of the Instant Pot.
• Place the browned roast on top of the trivet.
• Cover the Instant pot, lock on the lid according to the manufacturer’s directions.
• Set the steam release valve to Sealing.
• Select high pressure and make the cook time to 60 minutes.
• Once the 60 minutes has elapsed, let the pot naturally release for another 20 minutes. This is a great time to prep your vegetable side dish etc.
• If needed, do a quick release according to the manufacturer’s directions.
• Remove the roast and plate. Remove the strings, slice and serve!

Pork Gravy

• Once you remove the pork from the Instant Pot, whisk 2 tablespoons of cornstarch into 1/3 cup of cold water. Turn the Instant Pot to sauté, then whisk just enough of the cornstarch slurry into the drippings in the pot to thicken it. Cook a couple of minutes more, whisking. Taste test, add salt and pepper to taste, then transfer to your gravy server.

Recipe Notes

• If you want a roast that shreds, you will need to cook it another 60 minutes on high pressure, for a cook time of 120 minutes on high pressure.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 237kcal, Carbohydrates: 2g, Protein: 28g, Fat: 12g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 93mg, Sodium: 586mg, Potassium: 554mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin C: 8mg, Calcium: 29mg, Iron: 2mg

All calories and info are based on a third party calculator and are only an estimate. Actual nutritional info will vary with brands used, your measuring methods, portion sizes and more.

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