Post by wilderness on Jan 18, 2020 7:27:02 GMT -5
3 Instant Pot Secrets You Will Use Over And Over
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If you haven't gotten into the Instant Pot craze, yes you're a little late to the table, but not too late. There are plenty of great sites with tips and tricks to use this tricky cooker-- this is not your mom's Crockpot -- this is a kitchen gadget that is a slow cooker, pressure cooker, rice cooker, steamer and so much more. If only it would go to the grocery store too.
Our best advice to anyone who's new to the Instant Pot world: Follow recipe directions to the "T." Don't deviate or improvise, especially when it comes to adding liquids to the pressure cooking settings. Trust us. We've had our share of burnt chicken, beef and veggies.
What is the Instant Pot?
The creators of the Instant Pot set out with a goal in mind: "To find solutions that would enable busy families and professionals to prepare quality food in less time, promoting better eating and reducing the consumption of fast food."
The Instant Pot was introduced in 2010 and quickly became a fan favorite.
With the ability to be a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker, cake maker, egg cooker, saute, steamer, warmer and sterilizer, the Instant Pot can take care of pretty much whatever it is that needs to be done.
If you have one of these amazing cookers, you know how simple it is to use. However, there are some neat tricks that you might not know about. Let's talk about them.
Buy extra Instant Pot sealing rings
This was a great piece of advice someone gave us when we first started using Instant Pots -- order multiple sealing rings that you use for specific purposes. For example, you might want to order one for seafood, one for beef, one for veggies, and one for sweets. You'll find them in different colors (see link to Amazon below), so you can assign colors to food types: black to beef, blue to seafood, green to chicken, for example.
Instant Pot is already a super fast way to prepare your meals. It's designed to cook food up to 70 percent faster than normal. That's fantastic!
But here's a little trick that can speed up the cooking process.
While you are prepping your food, turn on the Instant Pot saute function.
Doing this will preheat the cooker and save you valuable time during the cooking process. Let it heat up while you're slicing and dicing everything that you're about to cook.
Here's how the saute function works:
• Press the "Saute" function key.
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• Select a temperature with the "Adjust" key for "Normal," "More" or "Less."
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• When Instant Pot reaches the given working temp, it displays "Hot" and it's ready to use.
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• One full "Saute" session normally runs for 30 minutes, but you can cancel it at any time by pressing the "Cancel/Keep Warm" key and continue with a pressure cooking function.
Cook from frozen in your Instant Pot (be careful)
Remember at the start of this article when we said to be careful not to deviate from recipes? This is especially true when you go from a frozen state straight to your pressure cooker. Scroll below and join one of the Facebook groups devoted to Instant Pot cooking.
With Instant Pot you can cook food and meals from frozen in a jiffy. No longer do you have to scramble to find a healthy home-cooked meal when you forgot to thaw out that chicken.
Now, you can simply put the frozen food directly into the Instant Pot and voila, you'll have a fully cooked meal in no time. For example, a whole chicken only takes about 35 minutes to cook from frozen in the Instant Pot.
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If you haven't gotten into the Instant Pot craze, yes you're a little late to the table, but not too late. There are plenty of great sites with tips and tricks to use this tricky cooker-- this is not your mom's Crockpot -- this is a kitchen gadget that is a slow cooker, pressure cooker, rice cooker, steamer and so much more. If only it would go to the grocery store too.
Our best advice to anyone who's new to the Instant Pot world: Follow recipe directions to the "T." Don't deviate or improvise, especially when it comes to adding liquids to the pressure cooking settings. Trust us. We've had our share of burnt chicken, beef and veggies.
What is the Instant Pot?
The creators of the Instant Pot set out with a goal in mind: "To find solutions that would enable busy families and professionals to prepare quality food in less time, promoting better eating and reducing the consumption of fast food."
The Instant Pot was introduced in 2010 and quickly became a fan favorite.
With the ability to be a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker, cake maker, egg cooker, saute, steamer, warmer and sterilizer, the Instant Pot can take care of pretty much whatever it is that needs to be done.
If you have one of these amazing cookers, you know how simple it is to use. However, there are some neat tricks that you might not know about. Let's talk about them.
Buy extra Instant Pot sealing rings
This was a great piece of advice someone gave us when we first started using Instant Pots -- order multiple sealing rings that you use for specific purposes. For example, you might want to order one for seafood, one for beef, one for veggies, and one for sweets. You'll find them in different colors (see link to Amazon below), so you can assign colors to food types: black to beef, blue to seafood, green to chicken, for example.
Instant Pot is already a super fast way to prepare your meals. It's designed to cook food up to 70 percent faster than normal. That's fantastic!
But here's a little trick that can speed up the cooking process.
While you are prepping your food, turn on the Instant Pot saute function.
Doing this will preheat the cooker and save you valuable time during the cooking process. Let it heat up while you're slicing and dicing everything that you're about to cook.
Here's how the saute function works:
• Press the "Saute" function key.
•
• Select a temperature with the "Adjust" key for "Normal," "More" or "Less."
•
• When Instant Pot reaches the given working temp, it displays "Hot" and it's ready to use.
•
• One full "Saute" session normally runs for 30 minutes, but you can cancel it at any time by pressing the "Cancel/Keep Warm" key and continue with a pressure cooking function.
Cook from frozen in your Instant Pot (be careful)
Remember at the start of this article when we said to be careful not to deviate from recipes? This is especially true when you go from a frozen state straight to your pressure cooker. Scroll below and join one of the Facebook groups devoted to Instant Pot cooking.
With Instant Pot you can cook food and meals from frozen in a jiffy. No longer do you have to scramble to find a healthy home-cooked meal when you forgot to thaw out that chicken.
Now, you can simply put the frozen food directly into the Instant Pot and voila, you'll have a fully cooked meal in no time. For example, a whole chicken only takes about 35 minutes to cook from frozen in the Instant Pot.
