Okay ladies, talk me into keeping this Instant Pot!
#41
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Dakotas
Posts: 3,025
I too was terrified of the old style pressure cooker. Always remembered my mother's horror story of 'trying' to make green split pea soup and having it end up all over the kitchen. Happy to say I made ham-split-pea soup in my instant pot and was very satisfied with it. No soaking of dry peas, quick cooking, and no mess all over the kitchen.
Read the directions! Follow a recipe, at least at first to get an idea on cooking time and GO FOR IT GIRL.
Just make sure to stay away from the release if you do a quick release. That steam escapes with a very hot stream.
I use a long wooden spoon to move the release and stay a long way away from it. Happy Instant potting.
Read the directions! Follow a recipe, at least at first to get an idea on cooking time and GO FOR IT GIRL.
Just make sure to stay away from the release if you do a quick release. That steam escapes with a very hot stream.
I use a long wooden spoon to move the release and stay a long way away from it. Happy Instant potting.
#43
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: ND
Posts: 2,817
I use my Instant Pot for everything. I have a 3 qt and a 6 qt and they are both very active. Start by trying some small things like boiled eggs. The Mississippi Pot Roast is quick and fantastic. You do not need books, Pinterest has loads of fantastic recipes. A cheese cake is to die for when made in the IP.
#45
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 9,299
I thought I'd use mine more than I have. Got the 6 qt because I was cooking for the homeless once a month. The thing I like is that, unlike a crock pot that is sometimes too hot to carry to a function after cooking all day, the IP can cook everything fast in the morning, then you turn it off, let it cool till you are ready to transfer food to a smaller container for transporting. (It's too heavy for me to carry when full, and a bit cumbersome to store overhead, which is where it fits in my upper pantry.) If you don't have need to transport large quantities of food, you can still just cook things fast in the IP in the morning, let food cool, and divvy it up into freezer portions for yourself.
Whenever I actually used it, I loved it (boiled eggs came out great!). Roasts that you can sear in the IP and then pressure cook is fall-off-the-fork tender. Boneless chicken breasts stay moister in the IP rather than baking. (I'm making myself hungry and ready to get back to using my IP.) I tend to use my smaller pots because they're easier to lift, wash, and store, BUT they don't work for mega-cooking which you'd like to do . There are 3 of us here now so I do cook small meals most nights, but I think I've just about talked you and me both into ramping up our game so we don't have to cook as often, yet still have tasty homemade meals. I love to pull out chili and serve it over noodles or a baked potato on a cold night!
Whenever I actually used it, I loved it (boiled eggs came out great!). Roasts that you can sear in the IP and then pressure cook is fall-off-the-fork tender. Boneless chicken breasts stay moister in the IP rather than baking. (I'm making myself hungry and ready to get back to using my IP.) I tend to use my smaller pots because they're easier to lift, wash, and store, BUT they don't work for mega-cooking which you'd like to do . There are 3 of us here now so I do cook small meals most nights, but I think I've just about talked you and me both into ramping up our game so we don't have to cook as often, yet still have tasty homemade meals. I love to pull out chili and serve it over noodles or a baked potato on a cold night!
#46
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 9,299
klswift, funny that you mentioned meal prepping because I just started doing that about a month ago. I found a chef on YouTube that is really great, and she had a 7-day healthy meal prep series with 7 breakfasts, lunches and dinners. I jumped right in and tried it and her recipes were terrific. Many things I had not ever done before, but all was quick and fairly simple and now I have a bunch of already-prepared meals in my freezer.... can't argue with the convenience of that! And that is one of the reasons I wanted the Instant Pot, so I could have things ready to eat and not be resorting to "grazing" on whatever is around the house.
#47
I've used mine 3 times this week. I love it because it is forcing us to try new recipes. After 41 years, I feel I hit a dry spell. It's like learning to cook again. Even my husband is enjoying the new menus!!
#48
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Upstate SC
Posts: 683
When I posted earlier I forgot about this website.....they offer detailed instructions on using the Instant Pot and lots of recipes that I have found pretty much on target with time and method.
I signed up and get an email once a week with new ideas....this week they are offering ideas on Christmas recipes.
https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/...er+Dec+14+2018
I signed up and get an email once a week with new ideas....this week they are offering ideas on Christmas recipes.
https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/...er+Dec+14+2018
#49
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Finger Lakes of upstate NY
Posts: 3,572
Great thread. Maybe I'll get mine out of the basement, where it sits in the box that I came in when I bought it...
Some posts refer to it being different than a pressure cooker. I thought that Instant Pot was just a rebranding, if you will, to make people not think about the scare tactics from the old days?
Some posts refer to it being different than a pressure cooker. I thought that Instant Pot was just a rebranding, if you will, to make people not think about the scare tactics from the old days?
#50
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 9,299
Great thread. Maybe I'll get mine out of the basement, where it sits in the box that I came in when I bought it...
Some posts refer to it being different than a pressure cooker. I thought that Instant Pot was just a rebranding, if you will, to make people not think about the scare tactics from the old days?
Some posts refer to it being different than a pressure cooker. I thought that Instant Pot was just a rebranding, if you will, to make people not think about the scare tactics from the old days?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
KerryK
Recipes
11
05-31-2016 03:57 PM