Instant Pot Salt Potatoes [Syracuse, New York]

Name: Instant Pot Salt Potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 3 lbs New Potatoes ((bite-sized)); 1 cup Sea Salt; 6 cups Fresh Water ((lukewarm)); 1/2 cup Ghee ((or butter)); 1 Stainless Steel Colander

August 3, 2017 By Jill 81 Comments Modified on January 9, 2019

Instant Pot Salt Potatoes [Syracuse, New York], created by Irish Salt Miners are made with new potatoes boiled in brine, yielding a creamy interior.

Created by local Irish Salt Mine Workers back in the 1800’s for a quick and cheap lunch.

Traditionally, Syracuse Salt Potatoes are made with new, potatoes.

Syracuse is in Central New York.

The Irish Salt Workers would bring a bag of small potatoes to work and boil them in the Salt Springs.

They did not peel them and they were often not premium potatoes.

With the use of an Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker, you can have the same great taste!

Also, called, Canarian Wrinkly Potatoes, in the Canary Islands and served with a Red or Green Mojo.

Cast of Ingredients for Instant Pot Salt Potatoes

Ingredients for Instant Pot Salt Potatoes

New Potatoes
Salt – The Salt can be Sea Salt or Kosher Salt.
Water
Ghee or Butter

As you can see, there are not many ingredients.

The Potatoes should be new and white. And bite-sized, small enough to pop the whole Potato in your mouth.

For a really good “Baked” Potato, make your large Russet Potatoes using this method.

I’ll run for cover now. 🙂

Salt, Lots of Salt!

Unlike the Salt Miners, who boiled their potatoes in the Salt Springs, we’ll use a Pressure Cooker and enjoy the Potatoes in under 30 minutes.

Fine Salt is best to use, as it will quickly melt.

Instant Pot Salt Potatoes is easily altered for smaller portions.

Follow the Salt/Water ratio found in the Recipe Card below, if you would like a larger portion.

If you have a Mini Instant Pot, just cut the recipe completely in half.

Cook time is the same and it works equally as well!

Water + Salt = Salt Spring!

What Type of Salt is Use in Instant Pot Salt Potatoes?

Sea Salt is good.
Some people use Kosher Salt. It works too, just takes longer to dissolve.
Pink Himalayan Salt is very tasty too.

As a huge Potato lover, we eat this with our meals, quite often.

The Salty residue protects the potatoes from becoming water-logged.

Lukewarm Water + Salt = Salt Spring! Hahaha, just kidding.

But, it does make a nice Brine.

Dissolve the Salt

How to Make Instant Pot Salt Potatoes.

Whisk up the salt with the water very, very well.
The salt and water mix up very thick, like the Dead Sea. You won’t want to taste, as you will want to gag.
Small potatoes are added and then cooked under pressure.

I wonder if you can float in it like the Dead Sea.

I went to the High School in Israel. We floated in the Dead Sea. It was salty!

The end result of Instant Pot Salt Potatoes will not be overly salty, as the salt forms a crust.

More New York Recipes

New York Coffee Shop Home Fries.
Instant Pot Dirty Water Hot Dogs – like find in the City!
Air Fryer New York Egg Rolls

I love New York and the food. Can you tell?

Add in the Potatoes

Three pounds of Potatoes fit nicely in a standard 6 quart Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker.

The Potatoes should be bite sized. If you cannot find the New/Small White Potatoes, grab some Fingerlings.

If you can’t find either, but really want to make Instant Pot Salt Potatoes, buy the smallest Potatoes you can find and adjust the cook time.

You can add more Potatoes if you like, just adjust the Salt and the Water.

This is NOT Traditional Syracuse Salt Potatoes

As I mentioned above, Traditional Syracuse Salt Potatoes use small white Potatoes.

The shape doesn’t matter. As long as they are all similar size.

Tri-color potatoes work very well too and after making a batch of the tri-colored, I can honestly say they are equally as delicious.

Drain the Water

Tips and Tricks to Instant Pot Salt Potatoes.

Make sure to use warm water and whisk to thoroughly combine the salt.
Use a Stainless Steel Colander to drain the salt water from the potatoes to let the salty crust form.
Melt a little butter while the potatoes are draining, so the butter is nice and hot.
Chives, Scallions, Rosemary, or other herbs you may like, an be used when you melt the Butter.

Instant Pot Salt Potatoes

These Instant Pot Salt Potatoes are so good on their own.

The Melted Ghee or Butter, make them even better!

Other Variations of Instant Pot Salt Potatoes.

You can add Butter to your Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker to melt.
Then toss in the Potatoes with some herbs and mix to coat.
But, that would be naughty.

Tri Colored Potatoes are so Pretty

And I am! For you naughty people, the Tri-Colored Potatoes are so pretty. They taste good too. There is a difference in taste between the colors.

Go rogue, try them. 🙂

If you have any leftovers, cut them in half and put them in your Air Fryer for delicious Air Fryer French Fries.

More Instant Pot Potato Recipes to Make:

Kitchen Equipment and Essentials

Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker
Culina Stackable (Dry) Stainless Steel Measuring Cups
Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
Rösle Stainless Steel Flat Whisk– a MUST have, probably my most used utensil
di Oro Living Silicone Spatulas Set
Alpha Armour Salt Box with Spoon
6 oz Porcelain Ramekins
Stainless Steel Colander
Sea Salt

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