To tell you all about my Instant Pot electric pressure cooker?

[lougle]

In ridiculously sad excited. I got given an Instant Pot Duo 60 for Christmas and it is utterly fantastic!

I cooked a cheesecake in 25 minutes. It's delicious. Then I pot roasted a 2kg joint of beef in 45 minutes -beautifully tender and still just ever so slightly rare in the middle.

Thanks for the cheesecake tin tips lougle

I did it for 25 minutes as chicken.frozen but maybe that was a bit long.

Hmmmm. I'm feeling a bit down as got this to make life easier. Instead I've done two meals a night for two nights out of the last three plus surviving on 4 hours sleep a night.

I think I'll stick.slavishly to the recipes on.the Facebook site from now on

Yeah I started my curry on the chicken setting but it overheated twice. Lots of liquid but it was coconut milk mostly so I think perhaps that was the problem, maybe like the cream. I switched to manual mode on low pressure and it did the trick.
I think maybe if you'd have tried low pressure it might have worked.....but I have used mine ONCE so definitely no expert lol :)

Milk based foods are definitely trickier. Could you have done in pot in pot?

I have a release question - natural release seems so very slow here, is that normal? For the water test, the manual said it will take 10-15 minutes, but it took over 35, and that only because I chucked a wet towel on the lid. Now I am making stock, and it's been 45 minutes, it is still not releasing pressure. What am I doing wrong?

best - yes, mine took yonks on the water test too and at other times the shin of beef took so long I had to cook pizza for tea

I am feeling cheerier today after watching some YouTube videos during last night's night feeds. Thanks for the tip claig

I will be attempting creme caramel tomorrow along with the Mongolian best. Then chicken soup on Monday

Lougle - yes, I think I need pot in pot for the cream.

Will also be doing beef bourg too. An off to search for a Boulanger potato recipe too

I have the Heston Blumenthal one which is a thing of beauty but twice the price of the IP.

But will join this thread as an interloper and pick up some recipe ideas. There are loads of recipes on Pinterest too.

I'm getting along quite well with mine. Except when I tried to cook some large potatoes using steam on the trivet and ended up putting them in the microwave to cook because they took so long.

So I've done a tomato sauce, using the sauté and manual pressure cook options; steamed some frozen salmon fillets in foil parcels with lemon in an oven proof dish on the trivet (that was really good! From frozen to cooked in about 20 mins including the time taken to come to pressure); potatoes for mash (set to manual for 10 mins but took ages to come to pressure so next time I'll use boiling water from the kettle) the potatoes were falling to bits so I think I'll do just 5 mins next time.

I'm going to do a curry at some point but having read the thread I think I'll add the coconut milk/cream at the end just before serving. I usually do that any way with cream in goulash or whatever. Mmmm goulash

I have made a steamed chicken and mushroom suet pudding tonight - using the slow cooker function - it's fab.

I use the pot in pot method for rice and it's the first time ever that I have managed to cook rice properly.

YANBU I bought a pressure cooker after I had my second child, and I've loved it ever since. My favorite thing is a proper Italian risotto, done in six minutes. Soups are a breeze too.

And this cookbook is really useful, I still use it.

Hooray for successes! I've done a 13.5 hour shift today at the hospital, so no IP prowess to declare, but I did get a text message to say that my girls love the cheesecake I made yesterday!

Gobbolino heed my words: you should at least half the sugar in the Mongolian beef. It was almost sickly sweet. The recipe calls for 2/3 cup of brown sugar, which the converter said was 140g. I reckon 40g would be more than enough.

140g of sugar?? That's pudding!

Thanks Frustrated - that book is available at my local library so I've just reserved it to have a read through.
Expecting delivery of the IP on Monday. eek!

I've succumbed! Can't wait to test it...

I'm still waiting for mine

Apparently should be here tomorrow.....

Thanks for the tip re: sugar Lougle.

I think I'm going to.use another recipe for the beef I've found with less sugar and hope that works.

Not done any cooking today as we want out for an early tea. Mongolian beef and creme caramel tomorrow though

I've found some terrifying stuff online - people doing pressure deep fat frying (whatever the hell that is) although they say the instructions specifically say not too. I'll just be very pleased if the beef turns out well and I don't blow you the house

I've done the water test (it felt a bit scary, and I actually struggled working out how to put the lid on - felt stupid!).

Anyway next step is to actually cook something I guess. I was thinking soup - would that work? Or shall I just try something from the FB group?

Oh and I am not trying deep fat frying!!!

The lid can be tricky.

Today I'm going to do beef bourguignon.

I hoped mine would arrive today - it's with parcelforce and as of Friday evening it had been 'prepared for delivery' but there's been no change on that status since then so I don't think it's coming today
Is yours coming via parcelforce too McButton?

I had wanted to try beef bourguignon today too lougle but absence of pot movement meant I decided to put it in the oven instead. At least when I try it in the IP I'll have something to compare with...

I've had mine for a few months now and love it. I use it 3 to 4 times a week. I've just made a Thai green chicken curry. I made the paste, sauted the chicken and added the coconut milk. Then slow cooker for 4 hours. I'll add some vegetables for the last 20mins or so. I've washed and prepared the rice in the rice cooker and that will cook in 20mins. Dinner is sorted.

Do you have 2 inner pans for that Steamy? sounds lovely.
Update - it arrived this afternoon. Have tested it and then cooked some new potatoes (adventurous me). They turned out lovely. Impressed so far.

So I decided I'm going to get one for sure.

I even did a 12 hour night shift to earn the money but I will have to wait until the 25th to buy it.