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    Home » Instant Pot

    Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata

    Published: Feb 17, 2019 · Modified: Apr 2, 2025 by Maria Bravo · This post may contain affiliate links · 7 Comments

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    Delicious Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata, effortlessly pressure cooked for you. Zero chance of burning if you forget it and basically a quick and easy recipe that is delicious.

     cold as leftovers. Have it with a cup of coffee for breakfast, brunch, lunch... al fresco or al desko
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    • Ideas to serve this Chorizo Frittata
    • What cake pan do I use?
    • Instant Pot Maintenance
    • Other recipe ideas to use up eggs
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    📖 Recipe

    Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata

    Maria Bravo
    Delicious, quick, tasty and effortless Chorizo Frittata. Fluffy eggs while you get on with other things, like making your favourite coffee to have it as a filling breakfast
    5 from 4 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 40 minutes mins
    Total Time 50 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast, Brunch, Main Course
    Cuisine Spanish
    Servings 2 people

    Equipment

    • 1 Pressure Cooker like an electric Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi or stove-top pressure cooker
    • 1 cake tin to fit your pressure cooker, it needs to be 2 cm smaller in diameter than your pressure cooker

    Ingredients
      

    • 6 large eggs beaten with salt and black pepper
    • 100 g onion finely chopped
    • 90 g carrot grated or finely chopped
    • 175-200 g potato (medium potato) very thinly sliced (as thin as you can by hand or, if you're brave enough to have one, use a mandolin)
    • 60 g chorizo sausage sliced twice lengthways then sliced (think ½ cm slices), use the chorizo that is sausage shaped if you can
    • 100 g mature cheddar cheese or cheese of your choice grated (divided in two as you'll use it at different stages)

    Instructions
     

    • Mix the beaten seasoned eggs, chopped onions and carrot and pour about half of it into a greased 18 cm cake pan (my springform moulds leaked so don't try those, use a solid cake tin). I brush olive oil all over the inside of the cake pan to grease it.
    • Place approx. half of the sliced potatoes in the egg mix.
    • Place the rest of the potato on top. Let it sink into the mix or help it along.
      Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe by Feisty Tapas
    • Then evenly distribute the chorizo and half of the cheese, sinking it a bit with a spatula.
      Photo of step 5 of Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe by Feisty Tapas
    • Pour 250 ml cold water from the tap into the inner pot.
    • Place the trivet.
    • Put the cake tin on top of the trivet.
      Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe by Feisty Tapas
    • Lock the lid in, steam release Sealed. Pressure Cook on high pressure for 25 minutes. At the end of the pressure cooking time, let it do a Natural Pressure Release (NPR*). You can let out the rest of the steam trapped inside (if any) after 10 minutes if you're in a hurry (perform a Quick Pressure Release, QPR*, for this). It's ok if you leave it on Warm for a bit. *See terminology below.
      Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe by Feisty Tapas
    • Drain any liquid. Distribute the rest of the cheese evenly over the top and grill or air fry for 3-5 minutes, keeping an eye so that it doesn't burn. The air fryer lid or a standalone air fryer will both do a great job
      Photo of Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata seen from above on a wooden table with a tea towel on the top right of the photo

    Notes

    Potatoes can behave differently (and thickness will be a factor) so check with a fork that they're done before getting the frittata under the grill or in the air fryer.
    As with all of my recipes, make sure your Instant Pot is well loved because I like to push the limits of how much liquid to add. For that, follow the Give your Instant Pot some Love document in the Instant Pot UK Beginners’ Guide which you can download from here.
    *Terminology
    Quick Pressure Release (QPR) means venting the steam as soon as the pressure cooking process finishes. You do this by turning the steam release handle from Sealing to Venting and waiting for the float valve to pop back down. QPR is handy for delicate foods such as vegetables or fish that you don’t want to overcook. Never QPR porridge!
    Natural Pressure Release (NPR) means letting the float valve pop back down of its own accord (naturally, no pun intended). So basically with NPR you don’t need to do anything at the end and can keep your feet up. If the NPR takes over 15 minutes and you are keen to eat, you can release the rest of the steam, if any, by performing a QPR (see above). Bear in mind that the food keeps cooking during the NPR. NPR is useful for meat as a QPR can toughen meat. NPR is also essential for soup.
    As you can see in this recipe, sometimes I talk about doing an NPR followed by a QPR.
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    Ideas to serve this Chorizo Frittata

    Perfect for a savoury breakfast. Or for brunch or lunch with a nice salad.

    Fabulous for a delicious work lunch too, whether al fresco or al desko. For a picnic too!

    Of course, also perfect for Tapas, have you seen our guide to Tapas here?

    What cake pan do I use?

    All you need is a cake pan that is at least 2 cm smaller in diameter than the inside of your cooker (or inner pot).

    The 2 centimetre clearance is because you need space to allow for the steam to circulate safely.

    In the case of most Instant Pots or electric pressure cookers that are 5.7 litres / 6 litres or 6 quarts in capacity, you can use a 17-18 cm cake pan.

    If your cooker is over 7.5 / 8 litres / 8 quarts, you can use a 20 cm cake pan which you probably already have in your cupboards.

    Some cake pans do have a large rim around them though so be wary of that.

    Both the long-handled trivet and the cake pan used for this frittata belong to the Instant Pot Steamer Set which I don't think is sold anymore.

    Instant Pot Maintenance

    As with all of my recipes, make sure your Instant Pot is well loved because I like to push the limits of how much liquid to add.

    For that, follow the Give your Instant Pot some Love document in the Instant Pot UK Beginners' Guide which you can download.

    And I have a post and videos to help you do Instant Pot Maintenance.

    A delicious slice of Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe by Feisty Tapas. An easy recipe for your Instant Pot to cook with no chance of it burning if you forget it in the oven while you have your feet up

    Don't forget, your Instant Pot is all about convenience so make sure you put your feet up or while it's pressure cooking.

    Other recipe ideas to use up eggs

    • Instant Pot Chard and Sweet Potato Frittata
    • Instant Pot Duo Crisp Crustless Quiche
    • Thermomix Spanish Potato Omelette (Tortilla de Patatas)
    • Cheesy Chorizo Crustless Quiche (Thermomix and conventional instructions)

    Step-by-Step Photos

    Step 1.

    Mix the beaten seasoned eggs, chopped onions and carrot and pour about half of it into a greased 18 cm cake pan (my springform moulds leaked so don't try those, use a solid cake tin).

    Step 2.

    Place approx. half of the sliced potatoes in the egg mix.

    Step 3.

    Pour the rest of the egg mix.

    Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe by Feisty Tapas

    Step 4.

    Place the rest of the potato on top. Let it sink into the mix or help it along.

    Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe by Feisty Tapas

    Step 5.

    Then evenly distribute the chorizo and half of the cheese, sinking it a bit with a spatula.

    Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe by Feisty Tapas

    Step 6.

    Pour 250 ml cold water from the tap into the inner pot.

    Step 7.

    Place the trivet.

    Step 8.

    Put the cake tin on top of the trivet.

    Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe by Feisty Tapas

    Step 9.

    Pressure cook

    Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe by Feisty Tapas

    Step 10.

    Drain any liquid. Distribute the rest of the cheese evenly over the top and grill or air fry for 3-5 minutes, keeping an eye so that it doesn't burn.

    Enjoy

    PS-Have you noticed the hole in the photos, I *may* have tried a little bit before taking a photo!

    Maria

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    About Maria Bravo

    Kitchen Gadget Geek extraordinaire. Tester of all things kitchen appliance. Clumsy cook, if I can't break it and get the most of it, you know that's a good kitchen gadget! Architect of online communities for kitchen gadget lovers

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    Comments

    1. Chris says

      October 11, 2019 at 5:50 pm

      5 stars
      This is delicious! So quick and easy too!

      Reply
    2. Mary says

      January 09, 2020 at 6:41 pm

      5 stars
      The whole family loved it. Thanks!

      Reply
    3. Dahn says

      January 28, 2020 at 2:35 am

      5 stars
      The frittata looks fabulous and so does the new look!

      Reply
      • Maria says

        January 28, 2020 at 10:59 am

        Thank you Dahn!

        Reply
    4. Jan says

      May 02, 2020 at 1:22 pm

      5 stars
      Simple to make delicious to eat. Thank you!

      Reply
    5. Rachel says

      June 19, 2022 at 1:41 pm

      Can you make this with celeriac instead of potato? I’m doing low carb. Thank you Maria

      Reply
      • Maria says

        July 01, 2022 at 3:19 pm

        I've not tried it Rachel, sorry

        Reply

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