Pressure cooking
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Pressure cooking
During Prime week, I got a good deal on a pressure cooker. This is my first ever pressure cooker.
Today I successfully cooked brown rice.
Tomorrow, I'm going to try beans (I need to soak them tonight).
Any tips? The recipes all look like you can have cooked bean in just a few minutes.
Today I successfully cooked brown rice.
Tomorrow, I'm going to try beans (I need to soak them tonight).
Any tips? The recipes all look like you can have cooked bean in just a few minutes.
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Re: Pressure cooking
It's amazing. There is an Instant Pot recipe group on Facebook if you're on there.
We usually pressure cook hard veggies (beets) and beans. I can't think of anything else that comes to mind. We use the slow cooker function more often. I like the saute feature to braise beef before making a beef stew in the winter.
We usually pressure cook hard veggies (beets) and beans. I can't think of anything else that comes to mind. We use the slow cooker function more often. I like the saute feature to braise beef before making a beef stew in the winter.
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Re: Pressure cooking
Sorry, no help here. The only thing that I have use a pressure cooker for is to heat military field rations. I have always had a healthy fear/respect of pressure cookers.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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Re: Pressure cooking
Yes you really can cook beans in 25 min in a pressure cooker. They came out good.
It actually takes a little longer because the 25 min doesn't start until pressure is reached; then you need to let it cool down before venting or you get a big plume of steam out the valve.
The result is that the beans are made and already put in the freezer instead of still cooking.
So now I have moved the rice maker and the crock pot into the back closet and I'll only keep the pressure cooker in the kitchen. I needed to stop using the old rice maker because you couldn't clean under the seal and so mold was growing there. But the new pressure cooker, you can completely remove the seal to wash and dry. So my impulsive Prime Day purchase is working out.
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It actually takes a little longer because the 25 min doesn't start until pressure is reached; then you need to let it cool down before venting or you get a big plume of steam out the valve.
The result is that the beans are made and already put in the freezer instead of still cooking.
So now I have moved the rice maker and the crock pot into the back closet and I'll only keep the pressure cooker in the kitchen. I needed to stop using the old rice maker because you couldn't clean under the seal and so mold was growing there. But the new pressure cooker, you can completely remove the seal to wash and dry. So my impulsive Prime Day purchase is working out.
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Re: Pressure cooking
A friend of mine cooked beans in her pressure cooker and it exploded. Not sure what she did wrong. Maybe she didn't do the "cool down" part?
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Re: Pressure cooking
Jwolf wrote:A friend of mine cooked beans in her pressure cooker and it exploded. Not sure what she did wrong. Maybe she didn't do the "cool down" part?
There are varieties of pressure cookers: electric vs on the stove. Also, if you fill it more than half full, the beans swell beyond the capacity of the pot.
Mine is electric and it monitors the pressure and temperature.
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Spirit wrote:If Dee could see me now!
very jealous. i've had my eye on them for a long time!
which brand did you get? instant pot?
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Re: Pressure cooking
deerdree wrote:Spirit wrote:If Dee could see me now!
very jealous. i've had my eye on them for a long time!
which brand did you get? instant pot?
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Re: Pressure cooking
Jwolf wrote:A friend of mine cooked beans in her pressure cooker and it exploded. Not sure what she did wrong. Maybe she didn't do the "cool down" part?
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Re: Pressure cooking
I might'ev actually cooked something yesterday.
Since I haven't the slightest idea of how to cook, thats pretty good. First time in decades I've even tried.
Since I haven't the slightest idea of how to cook, thats pretty good. First time in decades I've even tried.
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That picture...priceless. Surely the cooker could have been plugged into another outlet instead of trying to draw from the stove
turd ferguson wrote:Jwolf wrote:A friend of mine cooked beans in her pressure cooker and it exploded. Not sure what she did wrong. Maybe she didn't do the "cool down" part?
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Re: Pressure cooking
I bought an instant pot on Black Friday and still haven't used it! I need to take some time to sit and figure it out, and I just haven't. My dad saw something about them on tv the other day (I didn't realize it was a Canadian product!) and said there were so many safety mechanisms that it's almost fool proof. We'll see....
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Re: Pressure cooking
Well anyway, what I made tasted good even on the day after.
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Re: Pressure cooking
Spirit Unleashed wrote:Well anyway, what I made tasted good even on the day after.
What did you cook?
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Re: Pressure cooking
Habs4ever wrote:Spirit Unleashed wrote:Well anyway, what I made tasted good even on the day after.
What did you cook?
Sicilian Vegetable Medley. The recipe is in the Instant Pot direction book. But I didn't follow it exactly. Instead of potatoes, I threw in a package of apple/sweet potato/onion/herbs that I bought in the store produce section.
I should add that I got a lecture from the company PA that I shouldn't cook vegetables in the microwave and then put butter on them. I do think the pressure cooker "sealed in flavor" much more than boiling.
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Spirit Unleashed wrote:I should add that I got a lecture from the company PA that I shouldn't cook vegetables in the microwave and then put butter on them. I do think the pressure cooker "sealed in flavor" much more than boiling.
Why did they say not to microwave and then put butter on vegetables?
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Re: Pressure cooking
eme wrote:Spirit Unleashed wrote:I should add that I got a lecture from the company PA that I shouldn't cook vegetables in the microwave and then put butter on them. I do think the pressure cooker "sealed in flavor" much more than boiling.
Why did they say not to microwave and then put butter on vegetables?
She felt that microwaving was making veggies tasteless; and that butter is bad for cholesterol.
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tayken wrote:That picture...priceless. Surely the cooker could have been plugged into another outlet instead of trying to draw from the stoveturd ferguson wrote:Jwolf wrote:A friend of mine cooked beans in her pressure cooker and it exploded. Not sure what she did wrong. Maybe she didn't do the "cool down" part?
Older pressure cookers weren't electric. They used the stove for heat.
Re: Pressure cooking
deerdree wrote:I bought an instant pot on Black Friday and still haven't used it! I need to take some time to sit and figure it out, and I just haven't. My dad saw something about them on tv the other day (I didn't realize it was a Canadian product!) and said there were so many safety mechanisms that it's almost fool proof. We'll see....
If it's Canadian why do so few stores sell it here??
Re: Pressure cooking
I knew that as my mom still has one. My point was, there is a cable going from the pot to the stove...why not plug it into a standalone outlet
Samantha wrote:tayken wrote:That picture...priceless. Surely the cooker could have been plugged into another outlet instead of trying to draw from the stoveturd ferguson wrote:Jwolf wrote:A friend of mine cooked beans in her pressure cooker and it exploded. Not sure what she did wrong. Maybe she didn't do the "cool down" part?
Older pressure cookers weren't electric. They used the stove for heat.
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Winterman 10km - (1st in age group) - Feb 19,
Chilly Half Marathon - Mar 5 (Done)
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Spring Fling Toronto - June?
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Re: Pressure cooking
tayken wrote:I knew that as my mom still has one. My point was, there is a cable going from the pot to the stove...why not plug it into a standalone outlet
i think that's from the coffee pot. that doesn't look like an electric pressure cooker.
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Samantha wrote:deerdree wrote:I bought an instant pot on Black Friday and still haven't used it! I need to take some time to sit and figure it out, and I just haven't. My dad saw something about them on tv the other day (I didn't realize it was a Canadian product!) and said there were so many safety mechanisms that it's almost fool proof. We'll see....
If it's Canadian why do so few stores sell it here??
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Re: Pressure cooking
deerdree wrote:tayken wrote:I knew that as my mom still has one. My point was, there is a cable going from the pot to the stove...why not plug it into a standalone outlet
i think that's from the coffee pot. that doesn't look like an electric pressure cooker.
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