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.

Definitely worth the extra. Use the code. The yoghurt function is also just right for proving dough.

I was going to wait until payday, but I think I'll have to get it now!

I did some chicken breast marinated in lime juice garlic an parsley, nice and tender - loads of stock left so chucked in some baby potatoes and now have lunch for work tomorrow :)
Yesterday eve did a mince and peas curry- took ages! Sautéed first and put on stew setting- what do other ppl do curries on ?taste was fine but took 2-3 times to get it right.
And today have made some chick pea pilau which was nice and easy - done in 5 mins!
Love that there's very little smell and love how easy it is to wash the bowl out :)
Thanks - feel like I have to cook every day now as its so easy so will be googling recipes - their booklet is rubbish! Who eats turnip cake??

I made chicken breasts in salsa tonight from Skinnytaste recipe for the Instant pot. Very easy and tasty.
I'm getting confident now:)!

Right, it's ordered, mainly because I can't live without my combined slow cooker and rice cooker.

I made some quinoa, bulghar wheat and buckwheat last night - aka 'mixed grains'. I don't eat pasta so love this as a pasta or rice replacement. I cooked them all together in veg stock and it only takes 7 minutes on high pressure. Then I stirred some chopped red onion, olives, feta cheese and herbs in.

'Right, it's ordered'

Well done. You won't regret it. Quick and easy to prepare good meals.

Can it be set up when you go out to come home to a cooked meal?

Yes it has a timer feature. Haven't tried it so I don't know too much about it.

"How does the Delayed Cooking work? Why does cooking starts right away if I set the timer to 2 hours?

Instant Pot IP-CSG and revision 1 IP-LUX timer based delayed cooking shows the ready-to-eat time. That is, if you set the delay timer to 8 hours at 9am, the food will be ready at 5pm, 8 hours later. The revision 2 of IP-LUX and IP-DUO changed this to delayed starting time.

Since pressure cookers cannot be opened immediately after cooking is done, the delayed cooking takes into account the time needed to depressurize. Furthermore, the length of pre-heating time depends on the volume of food and temperature of the liquid and food. Because of these, delayed cooking has to start early and finish before the specified time. If the program completes earlier than the specified time, automatic keep-warm function kicks in and maintains the food ready to serve.

Due to these design considerations, if you set the timer to 2 hours, some cooking program, such as “Multigrain” function, may start right away. During delayed cooking, the starting time depends on specific cooking functions.

How long will the Instant Pot keep the food warm ?

After cooking, Instant Pot automatically starts the keep-warm function and lasts for up to 10 hours."

instantpot.com/faq/questions-after-your-purchase/

Thanks Claig! It sounds really tempting.

Arghhh my post from last night didn't post.
So I made risotto and whilst it turned out ok it reminded me why I don't like risotto. Can't fault the cooker though.
Tonight just need it to cook some plain rice so nothing too taxing!
Pork at the weekend was lovely and tonight we're having the rest shredded with teriyaki sauce.
The cheesecake was lovely but in a 7 1/2 inch tin it was a tad too large for us so I need to look for a smaller tin.

I just had macaroni cheese. It was the best I've ever had.

Im going to do coconut and chocolate rice pudding later this evening.

This thing is worth every penny and more. I am over the moon with it. Thank you for starting this thread OP.

U2 what recipe did you use for the macaroni cheese?

I made garlic and herb marinaded chicken thighs in the instant pot today. I can't believe how incredibly easy it is. I marinaded them in the morning and then at 4pm today I put the on the trivet with a little bit of water in the pot. They were beautifully done by the time I picked up dd from school.

I'm going to try putting some potatoes and chicken in at the same time tmrw.

I used the one in my new pressure cookbook

This one

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0083LUDX2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o00_

I can't be bothered to move right now and get the book but the recipe was basically two cups of chicken stock to one cup of macaroni. Brown some bacon and red onions, put the stock and macaroni in and cook for 6 minutes on high pressure, quick release. Afterwards I put in some grated cheese and some cream cheese and mixed.

I can give you the full recipe if you want it.

Just had the coconut and chocolate rice pudding which is from the same book. It was lovely, a little bit too watery for me so I will decrease the amount of coconut milk next time, which you add after it's been cooked in water.

Amazing meals! Tonight I've made sausage casserole. I had literally 10 minutes at home today, so I quartered an onion, sliced two red peppers, peeled some carrots and put them all in the IP with some garlic paste and a stock pot. 20 minutes on manual. I've come back tonight and added a tin of tomatoes, some broccoli and green beans, which has been put on 0 minutes steam. Meanwhile pot two is cooking some rice for me.

Why wouldn't you add the tomatoes during the cooking stage? Is it too thick?

DH is thinking of doing a sausage casserole while I work tomorrow.

oh and how much water did you add for how many sausages? There are a lot of us so we will be doing 16 sausages.

Simply because I forgot to add them before. I used 2 cups of water. No need to worry about how many of something you are cooking -as long as there is enough water to create the steam it takes to come to pressure, the sausages will cook whether there are 5 or 25.

Mine is now on its way! So it is quick despatch. Can't decide what to make first. Any recommendations?

Lougle did u brown the sausages first?

No. I did think about browning them but couldn't be bothered

So dh could just brown the sausages, onions, etc.. stick in the tomatoes and put in on HP for 10 minutes?

Good to know that more of something doesn't mean a longer cooking time.

Also, what would be the best way to put dumpling in do you think?

I have 2 IP's and would recommend them to anyone. Seriously the best thing we have bought over the last year.

Re asking about tomatoes in the above post, IP doesn't like tomatoes, they tend to burn badly on the bottom of the pan and you will get the OVHT message.

We do a one pot pasta dish (which we eat with microwaved scan meatballs) and the way that works for that is to plonk all the veggies at the bottom of the pan, then cover those with dry pasta, add the water, then top the pasta with the tomatoes and purées and don't stir at all. Cook it and do quick release and then stir and it works every time.