Jessica Ashley - Instant Pot Cookbook: An Ultimate Guide to the New Electric Pressure Cooker: 200 Fast, Healthy and Delicious Recipes for Your Instant Pot

Instant Pot

An Ultimate Guide to the New Pressure Cooker

200 Fast, Healthy and Delicious Recipes

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Table of Contents

Introduction

T he Instant Pot Pressure Cooker is a handy kitchen gadget with 7 different functions. This means that you have the convenience of a rice cooker, a slow cooker, a browning/saut pan, a pressure cooker, a yogurt maker, a steamer, and a warming pot. All of these functions are performed in one pot! You may not be able to store and use all of those appliances in your kitchen, so the instant pot is a great solution.

This book has been split into two sections. The first will tell you all that you need to know about the Instant Pot, including its history, how to use and clean it, and what to do if problems arise. In the second section, you will find taste bud, tantalizing recipes to try out in your cooker.

What are you waiting for? Start with the background so you know how to use your Instant Pot and then check out the recipes. You may find that it becomes your favorite cooking gadget after the first few times you use it.

Section I

About the Instant Pot

T he Instant Pot Pressure Cooker has a multitude of functions. The sleek, high-tech design has conveniently labeled buttons on the front that work as a browning/saut pan, warmer, slow cooker, yogurt maker, rice cooker, steamer, and of course, pressure cooker. This chapter will teach you all that you need to know about the instant pot, from the history of its design to how to troubleshoot common issues.

The History of the Instant Pot

The instant pot starts with a pressure cooker. A French physicist named Denis Papin invented the pressure cooker in 1679. The original pressure cooker was a sealed cooking vessel, generally used on the stove top. It does not allow steam to escape unless it reaches a certain temperature and since higher levels or pressure raise the boiling temperature of water, it takes longer for water to turn into a steam. This allows food to be cooked more rapidly and also infuses it with steam, resulting in the flavor, juiciness, and tenderness that you get from slow cooking meats.

The pressure cooker first became popular during World War II. Since it allowed cheaper cuts of meat to be cooked in less time, it became highly popular as a means to save energy and money on groceries.

Historians are not sure who is responsible for the electric pressure cooker, which mimicked the stovetop pressure cooker but without the stovetop. Many credit the man who filed the first patent for the electric pressure cooker on January 9, 1991- a Chinese scientist named Yong-Guang Wang.

The electric pressure cooker consists of several parts that work together to simulate the stovetop cooking process used during World War II. Over time, engineers wondered about a pressure cooker that could do more, based on the program it was set on. This is how programmable multi-function cookers, like the Instant Pot, came to be. Meeting the demand for different ways to cook food in limited space lead to the Instant Pot. After all, storing all 7 appliances that you get with the Instant Pot would take up quite a bit of room. After just a few years on the market, it has plenty of fans and is gaining an even greater fan base as more people hear about it.

How to Use the Control Panel and Automatic Cooking Programs

The great thing about the Instant Pot is that it has an easy-to-understand control panel- once you know what you are doing. Here are the buttons you will find on the pot, as well as how to use and adjust each one.

• Manual Buttons - The manual button allows you to use the Instant Pot without any of the pre-set functions. Since a lot of the recipes you will find are for use in all types of multi-function pots, you may find that you use these quite often when reading from a recipe. The manual button allows you to cook on high pressure for a set number of minutes. You will use the + and buttons to adjust the cooking time.
• Cancel/Keep Warm - If you have pressed a function button and need to cancel it or turn of your pot, you use this button. You can also adjust the temperature to keep your food warm without cooking it. The average is 145 degrees, but you can use the + button to warm your food at 167 degrees or the button to warm your food at 133 degrees
• Brown/Saut - This button is useful for using your cooker with the lid off. Pressing saut allows you to saut in the pan. If you press the adjust button once, it will brown your food. If you press the adjust button twice, it will turn down the temperature and allow you to simmer.
• Pressure - The pressure button is used to switch between low and high pressure for the different types of cooking, though it does not work with all of the presets.
• Timer - This is a really handy button, especially if you want to throw everything in the pot in the morning and then have it automatically start cooking later in the day. Set the cooking function first and make any adjustments that you may need to. Then, press the timer button and use the + and buttons to set the time.
• Slow Cooker - The default of this is a 4 hour cook time, but you can use the + and - buttons to adjust the time. You can also use the adjust button to set it for a low cooking temperature of 190-201 Fahrenheit, a normal cooking temperature of 194-205 Fahrenheit, or a high cooking temperature of 199-210 Fahrenheit.
• Steam - This is a high pressure preset that has a 10 minute cook time. You can adjust it to 15 minutes with the adjust button or 3 minutes by pressing the adjust button again. Since you dont want food to come in direct contact with the bottom of the pot, use this with a steamer basket or rack.