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Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce Without Orange Juice (Video)

Published October 29, 2020 Last updated October 30, 2020 By Recipe Garden Leave a Comment

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Instant pot cranberry sauce without orange juice using just 3 ingredients is so simple, quick and easy to prepare, delicious and makes the perfect condiment for Thanksgiving dinner or Christmas holidays.

You can also prepare easy cranberry sauce on stove top (recipe here) but if you have instant pot, preparing cranberry sauce is way more easier than preparing it on the stove top.

instant pot cranberry sauce

You can just dump the ingredients (only 3 ingredients used in this recipe which includes a little water) to the instant pot, cook it and its done!

No need to stand over the stove and wait until the sauce is done which reduces the work so much.

how to make cranberry sauce

As I mentioned, we only use 3 ingredients in this easy instant pot cranberry sauce recipe which includes the cranberries, sugar and water.

how to make instant pot cranberry sauce

I didn’t use any orange juice or anything else for flavor and this was delicious!

perfect instant pot cranberry sauce

Sauces, fruit jams and condiments are super easy to make in the instant pot and this easy instant pot applesauce no sugar recipe is another easy sauce recipe I tried in the instant pot.

I have also made instant pot mango jam, instant pot peach jam, instant pot plum jam, instant pot strawberry honey jam and instant pot blueberry jam which were all so easy to make.

I have made fruit butters too in the instant pot, like this instant pot spiced peach butter, instant pot strawberry apple butter etc and they all turned out so delicious and very easy to make!

So here is how you can make this easy instant pot cranberry sauce.

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1 How To Make Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce Without Orange Juice?
2 Ingredients to make cranberry sauce in instant pot
3 Steps To Follow (The Process)
4 How To Store Cranberry Sauce?
5 Can You Use Frozen Cranberries To Make The Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce?
6 Is This Cranberry Sauce Vegan?
7 Tips To Make The Best Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce
8 What Does Cranberry Sauce Taste Like?
9 More Cranberry Recipes:
10 Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce Without Orange Juice (Video)
10.1 Ingredients
10.2 Instructions
10.3 Video
10.4 Nutrition

How To Make Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce Without Orange Juice?

instant pot cranberry sauce without orange juice

We need the following ingredients to make the cranberry sauce in the instant pot.

Ingredients to make cranberry sauce in instant pot

1.5 cups cranberries (12 oz)

1 cup sugar may use more if needed

1/4 cup water

Steps To Follow (The Process)

Transfer the cranberries (washed very well) to the instant pot.

fresh cranberries
cranberries in instant pot

Add the sugar and water, mix everything until well combined.

cranberries with sugar
cranberries mixed with sugar
preparing cranberry sauce

Close the instant pot with lid in sealing position and cook for four minutes in high pressure.

Once the cooking is done, wait for a natural pressure release.

Once the pressure is all released, carefully and slowly open the lid and stir the content.

how to make cranberry sauce

Add more sugar if needed (maybe taste and decide, be careful as the contents will be very hot at this time).

making cranberry sauce

Also you may simmer the contents for about a minute for the desired consistency. Remember that the cranberry sauce thickens as it cools down so you shouldn’t simmer for more time.

how to make instant pot cranberry sauce

How To Store Cranberry Sauce?

Once the cranberry sauce is prepared in the instant pot, transfer the homemade cranberry sauce to clean, dry and airtight glass jars and store in the refrigerator which can last for about 2 weeks of time or you may freeze this for few more days use.

Can You Use Frozen Cranberries To Make The Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce?

Yes, you can use frozen cranberries. I used fresh cranberries to make this instant pot cranberry sauce, but if the cranberries that you have is frozen, you can use them.

cranberry sauce preparation

The only difference will be that since they are frozen, the instant pot will probably take more time to come to pressure, everything else will probably remain the same I think.

cranberry sauce jarred

Is This Cranberry Sauce Vegan?

Yes, this cranberry sauce is vegan since we only use vegan ingredients. So if you are on a vegan diet also, you can enjoy this cranberry sauce.

Also this cranberry sauce makes an easy, delicious condiment in any vegetarian or vegan Thanksgiving dinner menu.

Tips To Make The Best Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce

Always make sure to use good quality cranberries to prepare the cranberry sauce.

Sometimes the package of cranberries that we buy from the stores may have a few cranberries that are not so good, so make sure to check and discard the ones which are about to go bad.

Only use the good quality cranberries to make the sauce.

The sweetness of the cranberries will depend on the amount of sugar that you add and also the tartness of the cranberries that you use.

So in this recipe, we have used just 1 cup of sugar, but depending on how tart the cranberries are, you may need to add more sugar to balance the sweetness.

You can taste the sauce and add more sugar if needed, towards the end of the preparation.

As you can see, we only used 3 ingredients in this instant pot cranberry sauce. The ingredients that we used are cranberries, sugar and water.

We made this instant pot cranberry sauce without orange juice (which is a popular ingredient in cranberry sauce recipes) but if you wish to add orange juice to it, you may replace the 1/4 cup of water with fresh orange juice, though I haven’t tried this myself so I can’t say how the flavors will be.

cranberry sauce in jars

Instead of orange juice, you may also use lemon juice but I think that would make the cranberry sauce too tart so you may need more sugar to balance the sweetness.

Also you may try adding flavors like vanilla essence if you wish.

What Does Cranberry Sauce Taste Like?

Cranberries are delicious fruits which are usually very sour or tart in flavor.

They do have a bitter taste too in them so when you make homemade cranberry sauce, it is possible that the cranberry sauce may taste slightly bitter and tart in flavor in addition to the sweetness owing to the sugar that we add.

Canned cranberry sauces that we get in market are usually very sweet because of the sugar, but when we make the fresh cranberry sauce at home using fresh or frozen cranberries, the tartness and slight bitterness of the cranberries may be retained irrespective of the sugar or sweetener that we use to make the cranberry sauce.

However the bitterness will depend on the cranberries that we use to make the sauce, so we cannot really say how tart or bitter flavor the sauce will retain despite the amount of sugar that we use in the recipe.

In brief, the homemade cranberry sauce has very strong flavors and will be sweet and tart and slightly bitter too depending on the cranberries used.

If your homemade cranberry sauce has too  bitter aftertaste, then you might add more powdered sugar or honey or maple syrup just before serving.

If you add powered sugar, stir well to combine with the sauce so the sugar will dissolve and blend well with the sauce.

If you use granulated sugar, it will be difficult to dissolve the sugar unless you heat the sauce again, so I recommend using powdered sugar to adjust the sweetness once the sauce is ready and if you want to add more sweetness.

If you love fresh cranberries (they have so many health benefits as well), you may enjoy a few raw or cooked as well, blended with spices for flavor.

Instead of sugar, you can enjoy cranberries spicy or with other mild flavors.

See here how to eat cranberries without sugar for more ideas to enjoy cranberries.

More Cranberry Recipes:

Cranberry Ice Cream Recipe Without Ice Cream Maker

Cranberry Sauce Stove Top Recipe

Cornbread Muffins With Cranberry Sauce Topping

You can see the instant pot cranberry sauce recipe in detail below.

 
instant pot cranberry sauce without orange juice

Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce Without Orange Juice (Video)

Instant pot cranberry sauce recipe uses just three ingredients including fresh cranberries, sugar and water.
This easy 3 ingredient cranberry sauce is made without orange juice but very delicious even without any additional flavors.
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cranberry recipes, cranberry sauce without orange juice, easy cranberry sauce recipe, instant pot cranberry sauce
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 4 minutes
pressure build up and release time: 22 minutes
Total Time: 28 minutes
Servings: 36 tablespoons
Calories: 23kcal
Author: Recipe Garden

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups cranberries (12 oz)
  • 1 cup sugar may use more if needed
  • 1/4 cup water

Instructions

  • Wash the cranberries very well and add it to the instant pot.
    cranberries in instant pot
  • Add the sugar also to the instant pot.
    cranberries with sugar
  • Finally add the water and mix well with the cranberries and sugar.
    cranberries mixed with sugar
  • Close the instant pot with lid in sealing position and cook in high pressure for 4 minutes.
    Once the cooking is done, the pot will beep and you can press the 'keep warm/cancel' button and wait for a natural pressure release.
    Once the pressure is all released, carefully and slowly open the lid (it may appear a little foamy but when you stir it will be fine).
    cranberry sauce foam
  • Stir the contents and you may add more sugar if needed (you can taste and decide if you need more sugar to add sweetness since it will all depend on the tartness of the cranberries that you use).
    how to make cranberry sauce
  • Also you may simmer the contents for about a minute for the desired consistency.
    Keep in mind that the cranberry sauce thickens as it cools down so you shouldn't simmer for more time.
    perfect instant pot cranberry sauce
  • Transfer the prepared cranberry sauce to clean, dry and airtight glass jars and store in the refrigerator for about 2 weeks of time or you may freeze this for few more days use.
    cranberry sauce instant pot recipe

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Nutrition

Calories: 23kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 4mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 3IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg

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