Instant Pot Chard and Sweet Potato Frittata

This Instant Pot Chard and Sweet Potato Frittata happened thanks to one of those days when I had ingredients to use up and didn't know quite what to do with them.

Frittata is a great way to use up ingredients.

Think of it as: as long as you have 6 eggs and a potato, you can make a frittata happen!

Just add whatever you have that needs using up that you think you'll enjoy and use the timings below.

Don't have sweet potato? Use a normal potato.

I actually have an Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata recipe here too.

Don't forget anything goes.

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What peeler do I use to get the potato super thin?

I have a potato peeler I love!

In fact, I love it so much I've gone through many of them.

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If you remember the above photo? Yes, it is from 2013. Crazy, eh?

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What's that fancy Instant Pot in the photos?

That's the new Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus that has just arrived in Europe.

Huge screen with progress indicators, tons of new presets, dial, steam release switch, self-sealing lid, steam diffuser... the list of features is long.

But, my favourite feature?

The inner pot has handles!!

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What cake pan do I use?

I use the cake pan (broiler) from the Instant Pot Steamer Set that Instant Pot UK sells on amazon.

It's a very handy set, the long-handled trivet is very useful too.

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Instant Pot Chard and Sweet Potato Frittata 

Snazzy printable recipe card further down

Ingredients

6 large eggs

Half a teaspoon of paprika

A large handful of chopped rainbow chard, or whatever chard you have

50 g of sweet potatoes very thinly sliced, use a peeler rather than a knife, to get them as thin as possible 

40g cheddar, grated

Method

1.

Beat the 6 eggs with the sea salt and paprika. Stir in the chard until well mixed. Stir in the sweet potatoes and half of the cheese. 

2.

Pour into the Instant Pot cake pan, grease it first by brushing a bit of extra virgin olive oil all over the inside.

3.

250 ml cold water in the inner pot. Trivet in place. Cake pan on trivet (read the notes to see what I use).

4.

Lid on. Steam release pointing to sealing if you don’t have a self-sealing lid (and if you don’t, check out the Instant Pots with self-sealing lids, so handy!). 

5.

Programme 20 minutes by pressing Manual / Pressure Cook and using the - and + buttons (or the dial if you have the Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus).

6.

I did a natural pressure release as I was busy but it would have been okay to do a pressure release after about 5 minutes on Keep Warm. You can transfer it to the grill or air fryer with a bit of extra cheese (or not) to brown the top but it's not strictly necessary.

Instant Pot Chard and Sweet Potato Frittata

A delicious Chard and Sweet Potato Frittata pressure cooked in the Instant Pot while you have your feet up

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine British

Equipment

• Instant Pot

Ingredients

  

• 6 large eggs
• Half a teaspoon of paprika
• A large handful of chopped rainbow chard or whatever chard you've got
• 50 g of sweet potatoes very thinly sliced use a peeler rather than a knife, to get them as thin as possible, if you don't want to do that, increase the cooking time to about 25 minutes
• 40 g cheddar grated

Instructions

 

• Beat the 6 eggs with the sea salt and paprika. Stir in the chard until well mixed. Stir in the sweet potatoes and half of the cheese.
• Pour into the Instant Pot cake pan, grease the pan first by brushing a bit of extra virgin olive oil all over the inside.
• 250 ml cold water in the inner pot. Trivet in place. Cake pan on trivet.
• Lid on. Steam release pointing to sealing if you don’t have a self-sealing lid (and if you don’t, check out the Instant Pots with self-sealing lids, so handy!).
• Programme 20 minutes by pressing Manual / Pressure Cook and using the - and + buttons (or the dial if you have the Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus).
• I did a natural pressure release as I was busy but it would have been okay to do a pressure release after about 5 minutes on Keep Warm. You can quickly transfer it to the grill or air fryer with a bit of extra cheese to brown the top if you want

Notes

Only got normal potatoes? It will work too but you could always try my Instant Pot Chorizo Frittata.

*Terminology

Quick pressure release (QPR, also called quick release or QR) means venting the steam as soon as the pressure cooking process finishes, i.e. moving the steam release handle from Sealing to Venting.

Natural pressure release (NPR, also called natural release or NR) means letting the float valve pop back down of its own accord, so basically you don’t need to do anything at the end and can keep your feet up. If it takes over 15 minutes, you're ok to release the rest of the steam (by turning the steam release handle to Venting) that may be left in order to unlock and open the lid. 

Sometimes you'll see me talk of a combination of NPR followed by a QPR. For example a recipe may have a 4 minute NPR followed by a QPR. You wait for 4 minutes at the end of the pressure cooking time and then do a QPR by moving the steam release handle from Sealing to Venting. 

Keyword chard, eggs, frittata, Instant Pot, picnic food, sweet potatoes