Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote
by 3-ingredient Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote with fresh strawberries ready in 1 minute. Healthy Strawberry Compote sweetened with orange juice with no added sugar in chunky fruity jam texture. Perfect for Paleo waffles, pancakes, ice cream, or healthy dessert !
Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote
I’m absolutely in love with this Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote – 3-ingredient, 1 minute, fresh strawberries pressure cooked in fresh (blood) orange juice. Healthy, easy, and absolutely delicious !
Fresh or frozen strawberries ?
This Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote is so delicious and quick. I made it several times with fresh, frozen strawberries, or mixed frozen berries. They all taste very good and simple to make. Personally I really prefer fresh strawberries because they give this Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote some chunky texture and fruity bites.
What is strawberry compote ?
My Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote is a delicious healthy dessert that’s pressure cooked/simmered into a fruity sauce with no added sugar. Since it’s summer season here, I sweetened it with blood orange but any fresh squeezed orange juice will work wonders !
What’s the difference between Compote and Jam ?
Compotes are fresh diced fruit simmered/cooked with simple syrup until the fruits release juice and break down to soft pieces yet still have some chunky fruits in the mixture. They have thinner (and a slight more runny) texture than jam so it’s best to enjoy compotes as a dessert. I also like to add them to breakfast pancakes, waffles, ice cream, or my favorite Paleo Strawberry Chia Pudding.
Jam is also made from whole or diced fruit and cooked with small amount of fruit juice and sugar until the natural pectin in the fruit are activated. The liquid is simmered further until the texture thickens and begins to gel. The pulp of the fruit remains in the jam and is not strained. It has firmer texture than compote but less firm than jelly. Check out my 3-ingredient blackberry jam here with no pectin.
The Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote will thicken and gel further once it’s cool. I add a few teaspoons of chia seeds to thicken the compote. It’s completely optional but personally I really like the slightly thicker Strawberry Compote texture.
Add a few spoonful of my Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote over Paleo Oatmeal, Japanese-Style Souffle Pancakes, or Paleo Strawberry Chia Pudding . You’ll find yourself absolutely in love with these juicy and sweet strawberries !
So my friends this Paleo Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote –
- Has only 3 ingredients
- Takes 1-minute to make
- Is naturally sweet
- Is cooked in fruit juice
- & With chunky strawberries !
If you give this Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote a try, let me know ! Leave a comment and rate the recipe. And don’t forget to take a picture and tag it #IHeartUmami on Instagram. I’d love to see what you come up with. XOXO !
Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote
Ingredients
- 1 lb. fresh strawberries, rinsed, top trimmed
- 4 tbsp fresh orange juice, cara cara or blood orange the best
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- ⅛ to ¼ tsp vanilla bean powder, optional
Instructions
- Roughly chop/dice strawberries. Add them to the inner pot with orange juice and vanilla bean powder (optional). Seal the lid and valve. Press 1 minute. When it’s done cooking, wait for 10 to 15 minutes before opening the lid.
- Press saute function, add chia seeds, stir about 2 minutes, press cancel/off. Remove the inner pot and allow it to cool completely before storing in a glass container in the fridge. The strawberry compote will become thicker and gel further as it cools. Best finish in 10 days.
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Notes
- If use frozen berries, add 3 tbsp orange juice instead.
- For stovetop, add chopped fruit and juice to a saucepan and bring to a gentle boil. Reduce the heat to simmer and use a wooden spoon to stir and mash the fruit to combine. Cook for about 10-12 minutes until the juice is reduced further. Stir-in chia seeds and set aside to cool before storing.
- The nutrition label is calculated by per tablespoon.
- If you prefer sweeter taste, stir-in Monk fruit sweetener or honey to taste after the compote becomes cooler.
Nutrition
Love healthy snacks ? Check out my Strawberry Men with Apples, Chocolate Almond Butter Crepes, Blueberry Lemon Jam Thumbprint Cookies, Roasted Kale Chips, and Taiwanese Chicken Nuggets.
Also check out my Paleo Strawberry Chia Pudding recipe. It goes perfectly well with Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote !
Love your stuff. Thank you.
Thanks, Michael!
I love the combination of ingredients and am excited to make this soon in my IPOT!! Thanks!
I made this and put it on sugar free coconut milk yogurt. So easy and so good!
That’s so wonderful. Thank you!
I have a pile of strawberries right now, so this is so perfect! Also, how can you beet 1 minute!?!
You had me at 1 minute! How amazing?! Love that pink background it really makes the colours pop. Can’t wait to give this a go <3
I’m envious at how you can make something so delicious with so few ingredients! Love this.
Thank you, Darryl. Flattered!
Hi ChiYu, your recipe looks delicious! I’m wondering if there’s a way to make it without chia seeds as they don’t sit well with me. Could I just leave them out or is there something else I could use in place of them? Thanks so much!
Hi Marietta, thanks so much ! Skip the chia seeds if you can’t have them. Once the compote is completely cool it will gel further. You could also use a little less orange juice. Usually after storing in the fridge overnight it will become thicker too. Compote naturally has thinner texture than jam. It’s absolutely delicious !
Love this! Easy peasy and yum – look at them strawberries!
Would vanilla extract work if I don’t have vanilla bean powder?
Yes. Vanilla is completely optional ! 🙂
Gosh this looks so yummy! The Instant Pot makes the best compotes and my goodness this is so pretty.
Is there an alternative to using orange juice? I need to avoid citrus. Thanks!
HI Alicia, Compote is usually fruit cooks in it’s own juice with sugar. We avoided the added sugar by replacing it with orange (or blood orange) juice. I’m not sure if you wouldn’t mind a little added sugar…if you can that’s a good replacement for citrus. Otherwise, try without it and just strawberries only. Find the berries that are in deep red and juicy looking usually that means they are ripe and have sweeter taste.
Do you have directions for this using a regular pot, not instant pot?
Hi Trisha, yes it’s in the Notes section.
What’s an alternative to blood orange juice?
Yes ! Orange juice will work too !
I love that this is so easy! This would be excellent on waffles or ice cream. My mouth is watering! Thanks for sharing.