Instapot? Is it the kitchen saviour it proclaims to be? ve?

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AIbu to think everyone has one? Should I buy one? It there anything better? Is it as amazing as everyone says???

Can anyone tell me how you know how long to cook things for. I am really scared of food poisoning or burning stuff .

I’ve had mine for a couple of years and love it. I use it most days. It is best at soups, stews, risottos, rice and quick pasta dishes. I am not usually one to enthuse about a cooking appliance but I don’t know how I managed before I had it.

Follow a recipe, mydc, or use one of the function buttons.

It’s not like cooking on the stove where you can test the food.

When I was toying with how to combat the problem of my clients being rehoused with no cooker and our local furniture bank stopping electrical items being donated I got all my employees a PKP and asked them to test it for me and let me know what they thought.
Obviously I asked nicely if they could do it without using another cooking source not even one person who agreed to do the test came back with anything negative to say

I google instant pot and the ingredient to find cooking times. Hasn’t let me down yet.

I've just made a Biryani in mine for the first time, pretty much made it up as I went along and it was delicious! All plates cleaned and so little mess, just the Pot used for cooking and it cleaned straight out - and while it was cooking I did a bit of crochet.

Google is your friend for cooking times! And lots of trial and error. I have not really had any failures with it. A rule of thumb I use is approximately half the cooking time compared with on the hob.

Madison I'd love the recipe for your biriyani please?

Wtf it's a real cheat's biryani as I needed something quick to do with what I had in the fridge.

I sautéed some chicken breast and a chopped onion, then deglazed the pot with a bit of water, added 250g of chopped cherry tomatoes, half a jar of masala paste and a cup of rice per person, covered with water and stirred it around a bit, set it to manual for 8 minutes and then did 12 minutes natural pressure release.

Yummy Christmas dinner cooked in Instapot? Come on. it's an electric pressure cooker. You a. Would NOT fit a turkey in it. b. It would be NOT roasted and would be a yuck colour. I do not fink so.

pisacake I made meatballs with 50/50 pork and beef mince, mixed with 1/2 and egg, parmesan, a handful of bread crumbs, garlic salt and mixed herbs. Chucked the balls in the pot with an onion, chopped peppers, carton of passata, oxon cube, more mixed herbs, good slug of wine and some spaghetti. 5 mins to get up to temp, 8 minutes to cook.
I can assure you it was delicious.

Whatever you're doing with yours, you're doing it wrong!

Should proof read before posting

"Whatever you're doing with yours, you're doing it wrong!"

I'm cooking the meatballs in a pan to get them browned = more flavour, then cooking the tomato sauce for 60 minutes at high pressure to get more flavour.

why not try it ;)

also the pasta should be cooked al dente (about 8 minutes at normal boiling temperature, i.e. not pressurised) then sauced, can't really imagine how it would be with 8 minutes under pressure (over cooked).

but yeah if you want to be super-low-effort fine, but it's not going to be the best result....

Cheated tonight. Threw in 2 jars of Lloyd Grossman tikka sauce and a load of frozen chicken, meat setting 13 minutes.
Made a bloody lovely, quick curry.

I bought an Instant Pot just over a year ago with the hope it would help me make faster but hearty meals after work etc. I absolutely love it! A complete convert. I'd never used a pressure cooker in my life, didn't love my slow cooker at all. Yes the dishes sound quick and you do have to factor in slightly longer to add pressure time, but sometimes that's only 5 mins, sometimes longer if meat is frozen or larger quantities. Overall though it's greatest benefit is the convenience of it, turn it on a walk away. Fav dishes: risotto, roast lamb (did Xmas dinner lamb in it freeing up oven for roast veg!), pasta, gammon, cheesecake, chocolate puddings. Oh and the IP customer support fb group is amazing!! That alone makes it stand above other brands.

But low effort is the point pisacake

When I saw the thread title I thought instapot was a new type of very quick marijuana

I am a convert - I bought a pressure king pro from currys - it is fab! I had forgotten to take some chicken out of the freezer last night as I wanted to pre prep lunch for work - I put it in the EPC for about 20 minutes then left it to sit for another 10 mins maybe, anyway it was beautifully cooked and moist, also cooked salmon in 4 mins and have made a casserole in 30 mins - love it!

I didn’t even know what one was. we have a sousvide and it’s the best thing ever.

"But low effort is the point pisacake"

less time/effort not necessarily no/time effort.

I mean I can wait an hour for my dinner but typically not four.

I’ve just cooked 2 types of risotto (1 non spicy for the child) in the pot at once.

If I were doing just the child’s risotto you don’t even need to sauté the chicken first, you can literally throw all the ingredients in give it a stir and then lid on and select 6 mins.

Release the pressure and then stir thru butter and Parmesan til melted.

So that one dish takes about 15 mins end to end (chopping up bits n pieces etc)

But it could be anything in the bottom. Curry, chilli etc and I could still balance the child’s dinner on top and it’d be cooked (in a small balti dish)

pisacake You can wait an hour, but when I'm trying to squeeze in dinner between getting 3 children to various activities and then going off on a night shift, 8 minutes is perfect.

DailyFail has been visiting Mumsnet again

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5232757/One-pot-miracles-load-hot-air.html

nothing from mumsnet there, to save anyone the click

I prefer my Thermomix, which is admittedly a LOT more expensive. Apart from my oven, it is the only kitchen device I need - weighs, chops, makes dough, grinds, steams, sautees, mixes, cooks (except deep fry and bake)...flipping brilliant!