lildinks2013

I was watching tv other night and seen an infomercial for the Power Pressure cooker XL. I was quite intrigued but skeptical at the same time. In checking it out on different sites their viewpoints, I decided to go ahead and purchase one anyways. I bought mine from Bed n Bath Beyond, and not from the main site. Reason being is I read it takes several weeks after ordering it to arrive. I figured since we have a BnBb locally, I could exchange it if something was wrong. Reason I was so interested in this product is I can't stand longer than 10-20 min at a time , and I also was interested in the canning aspect of this cooker. I often have small amounts of fresh veggies from my garden , but not enough to can 7 qts at one time in my main pressure canner, which I may add takes about an hour to build up the pressure. I purchased this and in a few days received it. Well I have tried it and wow I must say im very impressed. So far I made spaghetti in 20 min, chili in 20 and both were very very good and not mushy. One thing is to make sure you follow the beginning stage of running the unit on canning cycle for 20 min as they suggest. They have lots of videos on pressure cooking on you tube, but I chose the Power Pressure cooker XL for the canning feature. I make a lot of chili's soups n stews and with lots left overs, which I can preserve some in 2 pints if desired. The canning wrack didn't come with my order so I had to get on the site and order that for $9.00 which is on its way. Pressure cooking is so much faster and it comes with the canning and cook book. You can use your own recipes also. You can do whole chickens-ham-pulled pork -roasts-steamed veggies, lasagna-etc., all in half the time or less. Im not sorry I purchased this. No im not affliated with the company whatsoever. I just thought for us busy quilters, its would be a godsend while being busy quilting, we can still serve our familys nutritious and yummy meals in half the time, leaving us more time to do what we like best.

QuiltingNinaSue

Sounds like a great idea. We have been looking at them, as the two of us can only eat so much of the fresh garden. We do have the larger pressure cooker and I am doing chicken, turkey, pork and beef in it. Turkey was $1.18 per pound at Christmas and it cooked up very nicely. Noticed Amazon had it for sale, along with many models. What has been your favorite thing besides Chili?

lildinks2013

Haven't had it too long. But will try turkey and chicken, since we eat a lot of poultry. I bought a lot of turkeys as they were on sale for .50cents per pound at Walmart at Christmas time. I have like 8 whole all white meat turkeys in the freezer. I want to can some in gravy like I used to do. I also slice up the breast meat for lunch meat sandwiches here. I also shred the meat to make enchiladas or use turkey in casseroles and turkey fingers. Whatever you can do with a chicken-you can do with turkey. Yes there are a lot of different models out there and its really up to personal preference. I just wanted this one for its canning option. I may have to get another one for the veggies like steamed spaghetti squash or broccoli or cabbage etc. and use it while im cooking my meats. I want to try scalloped potatoes in it. I seen someone do a ham in it wow.

lildinks2013

Check on Pinterest for tons of pressure cooker recipes.

quiltingcandy

QVC sells the electric pressure cookers from time to time and great cook books - so I was all excited about them and finally got one. It is so wonderful! The flavor is so great. I originally wanted the smaller 4 quart model, but my husband couldn't find that one, so got the larger model. It can do the canning but I stopped doing that years ago. Have to admit, I am so glad he got the larger model, it can do a lot more and if you want to make less that is okay too. You don't have to fill it each time.

I have used it to make rice - it was wonderful too. But so far, out favorite is chicken stew.

Pinkiris

I buy large quantities of chicken when it's on sale, season it up and pressure cook it. After cooking, I take the meat from the bones, shred or chunk it and vacuum seal meal sized portions for freezing. This way, I always chicken ready for enchiladas, casseroles or one pot meals on the stove top. Also make delicious soup out of the broth that's left in the pressure cooker. The flavor is so concentrated and wonderful! I do refrigerate the broth for a day so that I can skim off most of the fat.

I'm loving my pressure cooker!

lildinks2013

I'm loving the ideas posted here. Thanks ladies. Will all come in handy. I have a vacuum sealer -woohoo.

tkee

I love mine especially for dried beans. I never remember to soak them, and I can pressure cook dried black eyed peas for less than 45 minutes. Beef stew is really good, too. www.hippressurecooking.com has lots of good information and recipes.

themachinelady

Am glad to see your post on the power canner, as I have a small garden in the summer and do like home canned tomato juice. Have a big pressure cooker, but can no longer use it on my flat top stove. At least that is what they tell me, have heard of others using it, one with disastrous results, others with no problem, but I have declined to try it. A lot of time I would not have a big pressure canner full to can so this sounds like the solution to my problem.
Will have to give Bed Bath & Beyond and Amazon both a look-see. Thanks everyone for all the tips, recipe sites and info.

materialgrl

I have a electric pressure cooker and I love it. I can cook a whole chicken and the stew is wonderful, Great investment