How to Make Instant Pot Yogurt
November 8, 2024Making homemade yogurt in an Instant Pot is easy! Learn how to make Instant Pot yogurt that is creamy and delicious.With just two ingredients, minimal effort, and a little patience, you can easily make yogurt right at home.
Equipment
- Instant pot
- Food thermometer
- Large Bowl
Ingredients
- ½ gallon whole milk
- 2 TBS yogurt (with live and active cultures)
Instructions
- In the clean inner pot of the Instant Pot, add half a gallon of milk. Place the lid on top (there’s no need to turn the vent to sealing) and press the yogurt button until it says boil. The boil process will take about 25 minutes.½ gallon whole milk
- Once the boil process is complete, the instant pot will beep several times and the screen will say “end.” Remove the lid and check the milk's temperature. It should be at 180º F.If it isn't 180º F, press the sauté button and heat the milk up that way, stirring often to avoid scorching the bottom. Once it's to temperature, press the cancel button.
- A thin layer of of skin will have formed on the surface of the milk. With a large spoon, carefully skim this off and discard it.
- Let the milk cool down to 105º F. You can either have it sit in the Instant Pot and cool or take the inner pot out of the Instant Pot and set it in a large bowl partially filled with cool water. Check the temperature every 5 minutes until it's cooled to 105º F.
- Once it’s cooled to 105º F, place the inner pot back into the Instant Pot (drying off the bottom of the inner pot if needed) and thoroughly stir in a couple tablespoons of yogurt that contains live and active cultures.2 TBS yogurt
- Place the lid back on the top (again, there’s no need to seal the vent), and press the yogurt button until it says 8:00. Leave it at 8:00 or, using the + button, you can adjust the time to 10:00 or up to 12:00 for tangier yogurt. Make sure the light for normal is lit. The yogurt will now incubate for the set amount of hours.
- After the set amount of hours have elapsed, the yogurt will be fully incubated. Do not stir the yogurt at this point, just remove the inner pot from the Instant Pot, cover it with plastic wrap or a large plate, and let it chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours or preferably overnight.
- When the yogurt is fully chilled, you can scoop yourself a bowl of delicious creamy homemade yogurt and enjoy. Put the rest of the finished yogurt in an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.