Instant Pot Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes

Instant Pot Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes are bursting with fall holiday spices and fresh cranberries, sweet onions and peppers.

A festive twist to my ever popular Instant Pot Sloppy Joes (Pressure Cooker) recipe.

Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes combines the flavors of the fall and the fall holidays with ground turkey and vegetables and then adds wonderful whole cranberries. The meat mixture quickly cooks in your Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker and will be ready in under 30 minutes!

 

During Thanksgiving and Christmas cranberries are made into cranberry sauce and used in French toast and bread pudding, such as my Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French Toast and my Instant Pot Spiced Cranberry Sauce.

In my Instant Pot Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes we’ll use whole cranberries with the seasonings of fall

Pro Tip: Turn my Pressure Cooker Picadillo Stuffed Delicata Squash recipe into a festive holiday side or main dish by substituting the ingredients for this Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes recipe. Your Thanksgiving and Christmas table will look very colorful.

 

During Thanksgiving, it would be fun to add some orange and yellow peppers.

Red peppers would be very colorful as well. If you love stuffed peppers, I have a wonderful recipe in my This Old Gal Pressure Cooker Cookbook for stuffed peppers and this Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes recipe would be perfect for Halloween stuffed peppers.

Creamy & Crispy Air Fryer Avocado Fries would be wonderful as a side dish.

Instant Pot Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes is a great freezer meal for busy people!

How to Make an Instant Pot Cranberry Turkey Freezer Meal

• Mix together the ground turkey, seasons and onions and pepper. Make sure the turkey is smashed up really well.
• Add all ingredients into a freezer safe container, which I have explained below and then place into freezer.
• When you are ready to cook, simply add the contents of the package and set the timer for 4 minutes.

 

While the onions and peppers are in their hot oil bath, it is a good time to rinse off the cranberries.

If you would like to prepare Instant Pot Sloppy Joes to cook at a later day, making this into a freezer meal is very easy.

How to Freeze Leftovers

Use a freezer safe containers like Reditainer Extreme Freezer Containers or use a FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System, so that all the air is out and the food stays nice and fresh.

 

The ground turkey joins the party. I like to use a very good and heavy duty spatula when sautéing the onions and peppers so that the tip does not burn nor become discolored. This di Oro Living Silicone Spatulas Set is very good and a solid buy.

Pro Tip: Try using a Meat Chopper/Masher to smash the turkey.

Can Ground Chicken Be Used instead of Turkey?

• If you prefer to use ground chicken, that would be fine.
• Ground beef, ground lamb, bison, etc. can be used in any or my Sloppy Joes recipes.

Check out that link for more Sloppy Joes recipes. There are delicious flavors and the list is growing.

Whenever you see a recipe for ground turkey or ground beef, most other ground meats can be used. My Pressure Cooker Turkey Meatloaf [Instant Pot] is super delicious and just as good made with ground beef!

 

Remember, cranberries are rather bitter and if you want to add more, you may need to sweeten up the sloppy joes.

How to Reheat Instant Pot Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes

• The best way to reheat leftovers is to use the pot in pot method.
• Add one cup of water to the pressure cooker cooking pot and place a trivet inside the pot.
• Place frozen or thawed Sloppy Joes into a flat bottom pan, such as the Ekovana Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker Stackable Pans Set and place on top of the trivet. For frozen, set the timer for 8 minutes. If you have first thawed the Instant Pot Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes, set your timer for 5 minutes.

Tips and Tricks for Instant Pot Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes

1. Check for twigs in the bag of cranberries and toss.
2. A Meat Chopper/Masher helps to smash the turkey into tiny piece.
3. Use sweet Hawaiian buns to compliment the bitterness of the cranberries.

 

Make sure to check out some of my other Sloppy Joes recipes. You’ll take one bite out of your Instant Pot Cranberry Turkey Sloppy Joes and all will be right with the world!

More Instant Pot Turkey Recipes to Make:

• Pressure Cooker Ground Turkey Stroganoff
• Pressure Cooker Drive Thru Tacos [Instant Pot]
• Instant Pot Turkey Breast w/Gravy (Pressure Cooker)

Kitchen Equipment and Essentials

• Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker
• di Oro Living Silicone Spatulas Set
• Salbree 3 quart, 6 quart or 8 quart Steamer/Strainer Basket
• Meat Chopper/Masher

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