The Instant Pot (pressure/multicooker) thread.

SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I’ll have to give it a try. I was under the impression pressure cooking does force some things apart 🤷‍♀️
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I've found that they come apart when the lid comes off too soon. The pressure in the whatever isn't equalized yet so it depressurizes rapidly. There's that 10 minute wait thing on the IP they call "natural release" opposed to quick release where you flip the valve open. 👍
 
Barriehie said:
I've found that they come apart when the lid comes off too soon. The pressure in the whatever isn't equalized yet so it depressurizes rapidly. There's that 10 minute wait thing on the IP they call "natural release" opposed to quick release where you flip the valve open. 👍
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Good to know. Huge hams are on offer at Morrisons (a supermarket here), I think I might be able to find one that fits in the pot.
 
Barriehie said:
I've found that they come apart when the lid comes off too soon. The pressure in the whatever isn't equalized yet so it depressurizes rapidly. There's that 10 minute wait thing on the IP they call "natural release" opposed to quick release where you flip the valve open. 👍
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Yes absolutely! You should never quick release the pressure when cooking meat....its a surefire way of making the meat tough. Ideally let the pressure release all the way naturally before opening the pressure cooker.
 
MrsDangermouse said:
Yes absolutely! You should never quick release the pressure when cooking meat....its a surefire way of making the meat tough. Ideally let the pressure release all the way naturally before opening the pressure cooker.
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I never have, I’ve always used natural release but when I say always my experience of pressure cooking runs to about 6 or 7 goes at it 😂
I’m pretty inexperienced at pressure cooking. My mum used one (the old hob top sort) and the results were terrifying 🤣
I’m emboldened to try again by having a thermometer and being able to stop the cooking process.
Well that and YouTube tutorials from trusted sources.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I never have, I’ve always used natural release but when I say always my experience of pressure cooking runs to about 6 or 7 goes at it 😂
I’m pretty inexperienced at pressure cooking. My mum used one (the old hob top sort) and the results were terrifying 🤣
I’m emboldened to try again by having a thermometer and being able to stop the cooking process.
Well that and YouTube tutorials from trusted sources.
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Go for it....especially with an electric one, they're night and day compared to the old stove top ones. Ham is the perfect thing to cook - you can hardly go wrong. This website is a great resource for pressure cooking timings....its my go-to for almost everything when I don't have a recipe.

This thread inspired me to do a (rare for me) meat dish in the IP tonight.....we have some braising steak in the freezer that needs using, so we're having braised steak with mash and broccoli. Its very simple recipe:
- Season the steak and sear it (ours was sold as "frying steak", but any cheaper steak cut will work) and remove
- Sauté onions and garlic until soft
- Return the steak to the pot, add a cup of beef stock, a tbsp of Worcestershire sauce & a tsp of thyme
- Cook on high pressure for 20-25 minutes, and let the pressure release naturally (if you're in a hurry you can release after 10 minutes, but I recommend not to)
- Remove the meat to rest, bring the sauce to a boil, add a knob of butter and thicken with cornflour
 
MrsDangermouse said:
Go for it....especially with an electric one, they're night and day compared to the old stove top ones. Ham is the perfect thing to cook - you can hardly go wrong. This website is a great resource for pressure cooking timings....its my go-to for almost everything when I don't have a recipe.

This thread inspired me to do a (rare for me) meat dish in the IP tonight.....we have some braising steak in the freezer that needs using, so we're having braised steak with mash and broccoli. Its very simple recipe:
- Season the steak and sear it (ours was sold as "frying steak", but any cheaper steak cut will work) and remove
- Sauté onions and garlic until soft
- Return the steak to the pot, add a cup of beef stock, a tbsp of Worcestershire sauce & a tsp of thyme
- Cook on high pressure for 20-25 minutes, and let the pressure release naturally (if you're in a hurry you can release after 10 minutes, but I recommend not to)
- Remove the meat to rest, bring the sauce to a boil, add a knob of butter and thicken with cornflour
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Thank-you.
That is a very useful website indeed. I’ve made a note of it for reference. I’m sure it will come in very handy.
The speed is very impressive, although once you take into account the preheating and release it ups it a fair whack.

I cooked the Lash-Zit in it a couple of days ago (Goulash X Ziti or a version of American Goulash if you like) and it took 3 minutes in the pressure cooker. I couldn’t believe it but it tasted great even if the pasta was over cooked due to my mishandling. I’ll be doing it again soon.

Probably should have posted it here as it’s an IP dish.
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With the Ninja Foodi (their instant pot) there was a ‘crisper rack’ which I decided to give a whirl today to cook bacon.
This is their stock photo
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I didn’t look at the pic until AFTER I put my bacon in over one rack only, rather than the two they show 🙄
So 16 slices in one hit rather than the 8

It turned out well anyway which surprised me. 11 mins on air fry and no mess for me to clean up.
I appreciate you can do the same in an oven or frying pan but just plonking the pot and rack in the dishwasher with no other cleaning up to do was lovely.

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The bacon was curlier but better than I expected.
I will definitely be cooking it this way when the weather gets hot.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
With the Ninja Foodi (their instant pot) there was a ‘crisper rack’ which I decided to give a whirl today to cook bacon.
This is their stock photo
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I didn’t look at the pic until AFTER I put my bacon in over one rack only, rather than the two they show 🙄
So 16 slices in one hit rather than the 8

It turned out well anyway which surprised me. 11 mins on air fry and no mess for me to clean up.
I appreciate you can do the same in an oven or frying pan but just plonking the pot and rack in the dishwasher with no other cleaning up to do was lovely.

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The bacon was curlier but better than I expected.
I will definitely be cooking it this way when the weather gets hot.
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My new Ninja air fryer came with a crisper rack and I can't think of a reason to not use it all the time. 👏
 
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