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

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lougle · 01/01/2016 10:25

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.

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LurkingHusband · 07/01/2016 12:24

(added to Amazon wishlist) Smile

McButtonwillow · 07/01/2016 13:12

ruhrpott

I ordered mine directly as well 2 days ago and it's showing as processing too. Hopefully it won't be too much Ionger- I'm impatient to get started 😀

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lougle · 07/01/2016 13:16

Have faith!

I discovered that spaghetti doesn't need to be put on the trivet -I ended up with a spaghetti place matGrin. Next time I'll put it directly in the water.

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ReedBunting · 07/01/2016 13:21

ok... so I've been reading this the past few days and my order has just gone in. Stupidly excited really!

ReedBunting · 07/01/2016 13:26

posted too soon. Used the discount code up thread so thank you for posting this.

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lougle · 07/01/2016 13:50

I'm excited for you, Reed

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firesidechat · 07/01/2016 14:11

Just one last question I promise. The Duo comes with two presssure settings - high and low. What do you cook on low pressure and is it worth having that feature?

firesidechat · 07/01/2016 14:11

I just hope they don't run out of stock while I'm dithering. Grin

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 07/01/2016 14:12

You folks waiting, you did order off the UK site didn't you? It took me to the Canadian (or pos USA) one first and then I found the UK one. It was about 18 hours from order to delivery.

So... the salmon plans were abandoned because it got a bit late. However, I did lob in the left over chicken and veg from a roast with Boulanger potatoes one pot jobbie, added some water and did an hour on the pressure cooker setting. When I opened it up it wasn't quite stock/soup so I set it to do another hour pressure cooking for 6 hours time and checked it when I got up this morning.

It was rich, golden stock. I left it in keep warm mode until lunchtime and had chicken soup for lunch. It was very nice! Then I separated remaining broth and chicken to use later. The only odd thing I found was that the chicken bones had gone very, very soft and crumbly and were disintegrating when I took them out.

I'm now well on my way to Mumsnetting the fuck out of this chicken and I think this keep warm and delay timer business is going to suit us very well! Poor old slow cooker may be relegated to the back of the pantry.

One final observation, the thing is a behemoth. It dwarfs my Kitchen Aid on the work top .

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lougle · 07/01/2016 14:19

I presume low pressure is for things that are more delicate....not sure.

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Sallystyle · 07/01/2016 14:20

I'm still tempted to buy it.

Even if I can't get my head around it, which means I will have to buy a book or two on them.

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 07/01/2016 14:24

In the user guide it says all functions except rice default to high pressure (p13 sec 5). "It [low pressure] is used to avoid overcooking tender food materials such as vegetables and for certain recipes that may call for using low pressure setting."

orangepudding · 07/01/2016 14:34

I use low pressure for rice only.

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lougle · 07/01/2016 14:36

U2 I promise that you won't need books to learn how to use it. All you need to know is that pressure=steam=water. So every thing you cook must have water available to turn into steam -either water in the bottom, stock, or a cup of water added to a thicker sauce.

Then it's just a matter of reducing the cooking times in recipes. No tricky rules.

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Gobbolinothewitchscat · 07/01/2016 14:50

I'm back to say that my shin of beef from yesterday is really excellent. Had some for lunch today

I'm a bit worried about using the timer and keep warm functions. I'm assuming that no one would get food poisoning from that (obvs would not do rice)? It's one of the things that put me off slow cookers

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lougle · 07/01/2016 15:07

Gobbolino the minimum safe temperature for 'hot holding' (that is, keeping warm food that has not been cooled after cooking) food is 63c (145f) or above. The IP keeps warm at 63-78c (145-172f).

The timer delay isn't intended to be used for meat, fish or other very perishable foods. It also shouldn't be used for very foamy or sticky foods (eg oats, barley, etc) which can clog the valve.

Having said that, on the FB group someone was missing about freezing a layer of water in the bottom of the pot, which would act as an ice block, then pouring the food on top just before going out. The logic being that the food would be chilled for some time before cooking.

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Ruhrpott · 07/01/2016 16:48

I ordered it from the link, think it was the uk site. It now says order complete but it's not been delivered yet Sad

ReedBunting · 07/01/2016 17:22

18 hours between ordering and delivery Moving? Wow that was quick!
When did you order yoursRuhr?

user7755 · 07/01/2016 17:35

I ordered mine on Tuesday night I think and got the email saying its been posted out today.

McButtonwillow · 07/01/2016 18:12

I ordered mine on Tuesday from the instant pot UK site. Just checked and it still says processing.

Maybe they've been busier as a result of this thread 😀

alwaysme22 · 07/01/2016 18:56

They are probably like the elves in Santa's Grotto Grin Wonder if anyone has pointed them this way.

Well due to you lot I have now got a new kitchen gadget. I have been eyeing it suspiciously most of the afternoon and then attacked it. Gave up on reading just got more confused. There is a beef stew in there, says it will be ready in 15 more mins. Guessed at how much fluid. How do you do the dumplings, have decided to put it on saute when it's finished and do them that way.

Will report back later!!!

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 07/01/2016 19:16

always - I used this recipe here

It is for shin of beef stew with dumings - pressure cooker specific. Apparently you just put then in at the end of cooking and out the lid back on. I have done mine in another pot on the cooker tonight that I used to warm the stew back up. They look good!

lougke thanks for the info on food warming etc.
I need to read the manual more it as it can be used as a slow cooker (I think) I wondered if it could keep meat warm for the day but see not. Will follow the instructions!

alwaysme22 · 07/01/2016 19:25

Thank you :) They are doing on the saute at the moment which is a bit of a rapid boil instead of simmering! Will try that recipe next time. So far it looks good though.

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lougle · 07/01/2016 21:51

Gobbolino I think I've confused you. It can keep meat warm all day. Not a problem. What it shouldn't be used for, is to store raw meat/fish/milk for several hours at room temperature while the timber delay function ticks away, because they will be at perfect temperature for bacteria multiplication.

So:

  • fine to set it to cook and leave it on keep warm all day.
  • fine to put it on slow cook all day.
  • not fine to put raw meat/fish/milk, etc., in the IP at 0800 and set it to cook at 1500 on timer delay.
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lougle · 07/01/2016 21:52

Don't use timber delay. Sounds bad Grin

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