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Post by Cindy in NY on Apr 30, 2019 22:10:00 GMT
Any one have one? I use my crockpots a lot but not sure if I need or would use an Instant Pot. I've heard they make great hard boiled eggs buy haven't heard much more. What do you use yours for and what brand do you recommend?
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Post by AD in WNC on Apr 30, 2019 23:42:37 GMT
I got an instant pot for Christmas this year. I've made lentil soup and a stew with it. 10 minutes after the pressure comes up, dinner is ready! Love it! Lots of recipes online.
Mine is a 6 qt. If I had the largest one, I could do some pressure canning. I didn't know that when I asked for it.
I am looking forward to doing more cooking in it when school is out.
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Post by solargeek on May 1, 2019 4:00:27 GMT
Love my Power Pressure Cooker XL 6 qt. Use it for tons of foods and today kicked myself for NOT remembering to make the turkey soup in it. Not at all like a crock pot.
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Post by katievt on May 1, 2019 20:14:53 GMT
My mother has two Instant Pots (different sizes) and uses both of them regularly - sometimes both for the same meal! It can be used as a rice cooker, for yogurt, soups/stews, meat dishes, and much more. She recently made spaghetti in it - both the pasta & sauce at the same time and said it came out great (and was super quick!).
I don't use mine as often, but it is very useful. I can take a whole, frozen rabbit, stick it in the Instant Pot, and it's done in 60 minutes (after coming to pressure)!
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Post by feather on May 1, 2019 20:30:27 GMT
I don't have one but that is because I have too many gadgets for the kitchen, big appliance type gadgets. I think I would use one for the pressure cooking element of it, if I was cooking meats, or beans, but since I already pressure can these foods, I can't see using an instapot. Still I can certainly see why most people could find good uses for them.
Katievt, that is cool that it can be used for pasta and sauce all in one pot!
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Post by mountainlover on May 13, 2019 14:48:37 GMT
We have an Instant pot and use it frequently. We meal prep on the weekends and the pot is handy with cooking vegetables and meat in a short of amount of time when compared to baking. There are various forums and groups online that share recipes due to its popularity and ease of use. These days you can manage to make most of your meals with the pot if you look up how to cook it. We have found the slow cook option doesn't work well so we use a separate slow cooker when needed.
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Post by katievt on May 13, 2019 19:15:12 GMT
Katievt, that is cool that it can be used for pasta and sauce all in one pot! feather, I'm going to try a recipe tonight for Taco Pasta. You brown/cook the ground beef and onions in the Instant Pot on the Sauté setting, then add salsa, uncooked pasta, taco seasoning, broth, and chilies (which I'm leaving out) and pressurize for 5 minutes. Then mix in shredded cheese. The recipe suggests topping with olives, red onion, and sour cream.
We'll see how it turns out - the recipe pictures look yummy. Sounds like it'll be like homemade Mexican Hamburger Helper.
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Post by BrewDaddy on May 14, 2019 4:03:02 GMT
I got an Instant Pot Mini (3 qt) not long ago... I'm just cooking for one so couldn't justify the larger size...
To test it out I made a batch of pinto beans - worked great - and quick!
Then I made spaghetti a couple of times... passable...
Whipped up a batch of chili colorado with some chunks of stew meat and it was awesome!
I like the options it gives me if I don't plan ahead and want to make something savory w/o some huge time commitment...
brew
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Post by feather on Aug 26, 2019 15:29:14 GMT
This video is about preserving nutrients in different vegetables, comparing steaming, boiling, pressure cooking, and pressure steaming. The instant pot was in the video and I know a lot of you use those. Enjoy.
(EDIT: this video came out today)
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Post by solargeek on Aug 26, 2019 19:01:57 GMT
I now have both the Instant pot 6 quart duo, and the electric power pressure cooker XL. Here's what I did today with them. Rainy Day=Busy morning❤️ Scored huge thighs and leg portions for $.79 a pound so bought 8 pounds. I took the THE PRAIRIE HOMESTEAD COOKBOOK recipe for "Maple Glazed Pork Chops" And used it on 6 pounds of chicken thighs and legs that I de-skinned. And really really tasty as I snuck a piece! These are packaged for freezing right now.
Then I took the last 2 pounds of the chicken and made "Chicken Merengo" (recipe from a friend of mine from 1978) for dinner tonight.
Then there is the 4 pound round steak roast and 1.5 lb sirloin tip roast that I made in the Instant Pot (rather than the oven) with Jill Winger's recipe "Saturday Night Roast Beef".
Also made 3 pounds of ground round in the instant pot for use in chili and tacos! Still need to drain it and package it for freezer. I love rainy days! All of this (except for cooling to package) took less than 2 1/2 hours start to finish.
I can't live without these things. Luckily we have a solar powered house so we have electricity pretty much or free.
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Post by feather on Sept 8, 2019 19:14:49 GMT
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Post by Tim Horton on Sept 11, 2019 16:33:57 GMT
As this appliance seems to have evolved, it started out advertised as a counter top pressure canner, and is what it is today. Seems it didn't work well in the first few generations of the appliance.
With the research we have done, we decided not to try this appliance. Now we see them starting to show up at garage sales. At what seems quite high prices even for garage sales. But being moved on none the less.
Sweetie wasn't keen on another counter top appliance consuming space. So we have stuck with crock pots, and a counter top roaster that is a very handy appliance for us.
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