Instant Pot Roll Call / Recipe Swap

[rm2013]

Any ladies have an Instant Pot? I just got one and I'm over the moon with it, but I'm still trying to find a good rotation of go-to recipes. I figure if there's interest we could share good recipes here - especially ones that work well for food aversions.

If you're game, let me know!

How about the following to start off:
How long have you had your IP?
What's your favorite thing about it?
Any recipes you recommend?

[rm2013]

I guess I'll start! Hopefully I'm not the only one! 😄

How long have you had your IP? One month

What's your favorite thing about it? That you can cook frozen solid meat in it!! That's a game changer!

Any recipes you recommend? Still a newb and getting my bearings.

[sweetc129]

How long have you had your IP? Christmas
What's your favorite thing about it? Ease
Any recipes you recommend? Ribs and pot roast

If you haven't already join the FB Instant Pot Community, there are a million recipes.

[Leaf 🌱]

Please explain these to me. How long does this really take to make stuff? Does it taste just as good as slow cooking? I want to be into it but I'm super skeptical. I also am concerned I'll mess it up and it'll blow up.

[sailsandstitches]

This is on my birthday wish list for next month for sure!

[mrsmonogrammed]

All this talk of them and I kind of want one now. I'm the queen of forgetting to take meat out of the freezer so cooking frozen is what's getting me on board👌🏻

[rm2013]

Leaf 🌱 it's like an anti-slow cooker. Same concept but instead it's SUPER fast. Like last night I put in 2lbs frozen solid pork loin, and with 35 minutes cook time it was done and so tender it fell apart when I tried to take it out. (Which was fine because it was going to be shredded).

Back in the day there were manual pressure cookers which could explode but these are all computer controlled with safety mechanisms so it's super easy once you learn the steps.

[rm2013]

Aug 30, 2017 9:31:51 GMT -6 mrsmonogrammed said:

All this talk of them and I kind of want one now. I'm the queen of forgetting to take meat out of the freezer so cooking frozen is what's getting me on board👌🏻

Me too! My freezer is PACKED with frozen meat that I never plan ahead to defrost and then I still have to go buy fresh meat. That's what sold me. You can even cook ground beef from frozen and it will still crumble up!

Here's the marinated pork loin I did last night. I put the frozen meat in, and one onion cut in quarters. That's it!
(Edited to remove meat image)

[Leaf 🌱]

rm2013 does it take a long time to heat up/release the pressure?

[rm2013]

Aug 30, 2017 9:37:26 GMT -6 Leaf 🌱 said:

rm2013 does it take a long time to heat up/release the pressure?

It takes 10-15 min to come to pressure. Once it's done cooking you can release the pressure right away and serve, or let it come down on its own. Depends on the recipe and your preference.

Also different than a slow cooker - it has a sauté function. So you can brown your meat first or make a sauce all in the same pot. If you sauté first, it will get to pressure quicker because it's already hot.

[richaroo]

I'm putting one on my Christmas list. I've heard amazing things so I'm excited to try.

[rm2013]

Leaf 🌱 mrsmonogrammed richaroo here's a good article.
mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/dining/instant-pot-electric-pressure-cooker-recipes.html?referer=https://www.google.com/

Also, I'm adding a picture because looking at that meat pic in the feed makes me wanna hurl 😖

[ovenrack]

(I'm team no meat pics)

[rm2013]

Can anyone help? Even though I deleted the meat pic and added a new pic, the meat pic is still showing up in the feed ☹️

[nuggetrn]

I really want an IP!! I have already told my husband, my mom, and my brother... Trying real hard to get one for Christmas. Haha

The most exciting to me is being able to throw frozen meat in!! I suck at remembering to put stuff out to thaw!!

[alwayscheese]

C&P from the food board:
So tonight I did a sausage and pasta meal that was so yummy! 😊 my favorite thing was that it always seems like sausage takes so long to cook in the skillet and I always end up scorching it, so this was a better way for me to cook sausage.
-I sauteed bell pepper, onion and garlic in butter/oil in the IP -remove from IP
-Sauté sausage in a bit more butter in the IP. I cut it into 3"links to make it handier.
-meanwhile cook pasta. I did fettuccine
- add a cup of water and pressure 15 min. -remove and slice
-add bouillon and a little more water and a cup or so of cream -you just want enough liquid to make a nice sauce for the amount of sausage, peppers and pasta that you have
-I had a little leftover parmesan so I added it with the cream
-dump in some parsley(optional) and add the sausage and peppers etc back in.
-taste and adjust salt seasonings to taste
-directions said to add pasta and cook till sauce thickened. I did enough for leftovers and I didn't want all my pasta soaked up so I just cooked the sauce and then mixed at the table.
-serve with halved cherry tomatoes as garnish. I would skip this since DH dislikes but I had orange ones and they looked nice with the red bell peppers.

Here's a link but I only half followed since I was using the IP.

[rm2013]

Don’t mind me, just posting more images trying to get rid of the meat pic in Tapatalk 😫

[alwayscheese]

rm2013 you can set tapatalk so you don't see the preview picture

[rm2013]

alwayscheese It’s so weird - on other posts in the board, the preview shows the last picture posted in the thread. For some reason, I still see the meat pic, even though 2 pics have been posted since. And.... on the main HIH activity feed I see it with the latest picture, but in this board I still see meat. Just trying to figure out what the heck Tapatalk is doing. It’s been acting up other ways too, but I checked and I have the latest version. 🤔

[rm2013]

Sorry, long story short I just want to figure out why I’m still seeing it, I don’t want to turn off pics

[rm2013]

LOL! So now it finally updated to show pic # 2 in here. I’m not going to worry about it anymore, still weird. But no more meat, yeah!!

[yianna]

My IP bit the dust with some sort of error code AFTER warranty. So I need to get a new one... probably wait until the After Thanksgiving day sales!!

But you can seriously make STEW in like 45 min.

Dried BEANS in like 60 minutes with it coming up to pressure and back down (so it's really like 1.5 hours).

It's so perfect.

[rm2013]

Oh no! yianna did you pay with a credit card? Some cc give you an extended warranty on stuff you buy

[yianna]

Oct 4, 2017 9:03:23 GMT -6 rm2013 said:

Oh no! yianna did you pay with a credit card? Some cc give you an extended warranty on stuff you buy

Pretty sure I got it at Kohls almost two years ago with Kohls Cash.. so not a huge loss lol.

[nuggetrn]

I'm still waiting for someone to buy me an IP. Lol. A girl can dream.

[babybean]

I don’t really like gadgets but the speed of cooking sounds ideal. I think i’ll look for the 8 quart duo around Christmas time.