Perfect for parties and potlucks! These Instant Pot Hawaiian Meatballs are a delicious and easy dish that everyone will love.

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I mean YEAH! I love these Instant Pot Hawaiian Meatballs, so perfect and tasty, you’re going to want to make them again and again.

Savory tender meatballs cooked to perfection in the microwave covered in a sweet and tangy sauce just begging to be served over rice or pasta. These Instant Pot Hawaiian Meatballs have it ALL.

This Instant Pot Meatball Recipe makes a NICE BIG batch of meatballs. Make them when you’re going to have a crowd in the house. OR make them and put half away in the freezer for later.

Hawaiian Meatballs for Friends

This Instant Pot Meatball recipe is the PERFECT dish to make for friends who are in need of a meal. Got friends on a mealtrain or take them a meal? THIS RECIPE IS FOR YOU! Or them I guess…

I’m always wondering what meal to make for friends and this would be so nice. If you sent it over with cooked rice, in the right packaging they could eat half for dinner and put the other half in the freezer.

And by the right pacakaging I mean:

Make and Cool the Hawaiian Meatballs
Make and Cool Rice
place 1/2 of each in a container for dinner THAT night
place the OTHER half in a freezer container for dinner later
label them clearly
send both over with reheating instructions

How to Change Up this Hawaiian Instant Pot Meatballs Recipe

Oh there’s a lot of ways to change this Instant Pot meatball recipe. Try ANY of the variations below:

add an EXTRA can of crushed pineapple
substitute ground pork for half of the ground beef
add chunky pineapple instead
add a good squirt of Sriracha to the sauce
use a Korean BBQ sauce instead of the normal sauce
add a TBSP of brown sugar to the sauce

How Many Meatballs in a Pound of Ground Beef?

A pound of ground beef usually makes about 16 to 20 meatballs if you’re rolling them at a standard golf ball size, which is what most people think of for dinner-sized meatballs. If you make smaller, bite-sized meatballs for appetizers, you can get closer to 24 to 30 from a pound. Larger, restaurant-style meatballs will give you fewer, usually around 12 to 14.

Our OTHER Favorite Instant Pot Meals

The Instant Pot is such a great kitchen tool. Especially if your range is on the fritz, the IP has been a life saver for our house. Imagine being able to pull of a full dinner like Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala when you’re kitchen is in’t fully operational.

Instant Pot Hawaiian Meatballs

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Perfect for parties and potlucks! These Instant Pot Hawaiian Meatballs are a delicious and easy dish that everyone will love.

Course: Beef Recipes, Instant Pot

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Additional Time: 20

Total Time: 40

Servings: servings

Calories: 409kcal

Author: Laura

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Ingredients

2 pounds lean ground beef
1 cup panko bread crumbs
1/2 cup sesame seeds
2 eggs
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper
1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder or Granules
2 teaspoons onion powder
Tablespoon dried parsley

Meatball Sauce

2 cups barbecue sauce
1 10 ounce can crushed pineapple
5-6 green onions chopped

Instructions

place trivet in Instant Pot, add one cup of water
In a mixing bow combine everything from the beef through the dried parsley
make into 40 meatballs, you can make them bigger or smaller if you like
stack the meatballs on the trivet in your prepared Instant Pot, yes you can stack them on top of each other!
place the lid on the pot, sealing it, be sure to turn the knob to sealing
press manual high pressure, adjust time to 7 minutes
let the Instant Pot do its thing
when it’s finished remove the meatballs and the trivet, drain off the water
put the sauce ingredients in the inner pot set to saute, and just gently warm the sauce
add the meatballs back and cook another 2-3 minutes with the sauce
Serve over rice or noodles, or with bread