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Instant Pot weeknight dinners

Eight Instant Pot dinners ready in 60 minutes or less, with what each costs a serving at Walmart, cheapest first.

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Some of the dinners in instant pot weeknight dinners
$199average a serving
In this post9 sections
  1. Instant Pot Mac and Cheese$0.84
  2. Instant Pot Barbacoa$1.30
  3. Instant Pot Lentil Soup$1.65
  4. Instant Pot Chicken Taco Chili$1.70
  5. Instant Pot Spaghetti$2.10
  6. Instant Pot Fiesta Chicken Burrito Bowl$2.39
  7. Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin With Chipotle Orange Sauce$2.86
  8. Instant Pot Stuffed Peppers$3.04
  9. How we priced these

Every dinner on this list is ready in 60 minutes or less, and that includes the time the Instant Pot takes to come to pressure. We priced each one at Walmart and put them in order from cheapest to priciest.

The recipes belong to the sites that published them, so we credit each one by name and tell you what the dinner is, what it costs and how long it takes. For the method, head to the original recipe.

Instant Pot Mac and Cheese

This is the cheapest dinner on the list at $0.84 a serving, and it makes 8 servings from 11 ingredients. Spend With Pennies lists it at 20 min hands-on, then 10 min in the Instant Pot. It's also vegetarian, so it works for a meatless night.

Instant Pot Barbacoa

Barbacoa from TwoSleevers is a beef dinner at $1.30 a serving. It makes 8 servings from 11 ingredients, which is a lot of dinner for a short shopping list. The time is 15 min hands-on, then 45 min in the Instant Pot.

Instant Pot Lentil Soup

Pressure Luck Cooking's lentil soup costs $1.65 a serving and makes 6 servings. It's vegetarian and uses lentils as the main protein. Plan on 20 min hands-on, then 25 min in the Instant Pot. It has 14 ingredients, so the cart is a bit longer than some others.

Instant Pot Chicken Taco Chili

Skinnytaste's chicken taco chili comes to $1.70 a serving and makes 10 servings, the biggest batch here. That makes it a good pick if you want leftovers. It takes 25 min hands-on, then 35 min in the Instant Pot, and it uses 19 ingredients.

Instant Pot Spaghetti

This beef spaghetti from Spend With Pennies costs $2.10 a serving and makes 6 servings from 11 ingredients. The time is 15 min hands-on, then 40 min in the Instant Pot. It's a familiar weeknight dinner with a short ingredient list.

Instant Pot Fiesta Chicken Burrito Bowl

Allrecipes' chicken burrito bowl is $2.39 a serving and makes 4 servings from 11 ingredients. Most of the time here is your own: 40 min hands-on, then just 5 min in the Instant Pot. It suits a night when you'd rather be at the counter than waiting on the pot.

Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin With Chipotle Orange Sauce

TwoSleevers' pork tenderloin with chipotle orange sauce costs $2.86 a serving and makes 4 servings. It uses 12 ingredients and takes 15 min hands-on, then 20 min in the Instant Pot. That makes it the shortest total time of any dinner on this list.

Instant Pot Stuffed Peppers

Well Plated's stuffed peppers are the priciest dinner here at $3.04 a serving, and they make 4 servings. It's a turkey dinner with 14 ingredients, and Well Plated gives the time as 50 min total.

How we priced these

Each price is what the ingredients a recipe uses cost at Walmart, divided by its servings, checked on October 4, 2026. Pantry staples like salt and oil aren't counted. Across all eight dinners the average is $1.99 a serving, from $0.84 up to $3.04. Prices move, so we re-price this list every month.

Pick a few dinners that share a protein or a few ingredients, and your cart gets cheaper and simpler. Then you can price the whole week in one Walmart cart.

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