Discover how to pressure cook Haggis easily! This method means you can get on with other things and you won't steam up the kitchen.
Follow our step-by-step guide to get started and serve with Neeps and Tatties (Swede and Potatoes) for which our trick to pressure cook a whole Swede (or Turnip) will be really handy! It makes it way easier to peel and slice.
Below the recipe card you also have step-by-step photos.

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How to pressure cook Haggis
Equipment
- 1 Pressure Cooker either stove-top or electric like an Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi etc
- 1 Trivet or steam rack it tends to come with your pressure cooker, otherwise you can use a steaming basket covered in holes (never a solid bowl)
Ingredients
- 1 Haggis you can pressure cook more haggis at a time, pressure cooking timings remain the same, it'll just take longer to reach pressure
- 250 ml water cold (500 ml water if you have a bigger pressure cooker like the
Instructions
- Add 250 ml water to the inner pot (500 ml if you have a 7.5 or 8 litre pressure cooker or bigger).
- Place the trivet / steam rack / steamer basket in the inner pot.
- Pierce 1 Haggis (you can pressure cook more at a time, timings remain the same) and place it on the trivet / steam rack / steamer basket.
- Pressure cook the haggis, high pressure, 30-45 minutes (let’s face it, don’t think you can overcook it!).
- At the end, do a natural pressure release (i.e. do nothing) and, if you have an electric pressure cooker leave on Warm until you’re ready.
- Remove film before eating
Step-by-step photos
Step 1: add water to inner pot
Step 2: place trivet / steam rack in place
Step 3: pierce haggis, this will be way easier if you're not also filming or taking photos with the other hand!
Step 4: haggis on trivet / steam rack
Step 5: remove pressure cooked haggis out the cooker, it will be hot so be careful!
Step 6: remove the packaging film and enjoy!
Traditionally served on Burns Night with Neeps and Tatties.
As an alternative, you could try it with Pressure Cooker Carrot and Swede Mash (Carrot and Rutabaga Mash)
Steaming under pressure
With this method, we're essentially steaming the haggis in the pressure cooker, faster and without releasing steam into the kitchen.
Discover how to steam in an Instant Pot electric pressure cooker and open a whole world of possibilities, from Corn on the Cob to Fish and Ribs.
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