Questions tagged [pressure-cooker]
A pressure cooker is a pot with a special lid that cooks food faster by regulating the pressure inside the cooker.
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Does cooking food inside a pressure cooker and then leaving it locked preserve it similar to canning?
I have made some food in my pressure cooker and left it in room temperature for over a week. When I opened it, there was no mold. I threw it out because it might have still been bad, but this got me ...
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Fix for Greasy Pulled Pork?
The Problem: Recently, I've been on a pulled pork kick. My go-to method has quickly become pressure cooking, since it's relatively quick and it allows me to set the timer and forget about cooking for ...
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How can I tell if the food inside a pressure cooker is done cooking?
I've been looking into getting a pressure cooker since it works on the premise of increasing the boiling temp of water thereby cooking things more quickly. Operating on the premise that a pressure ...
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What types of cooking are pressure cookers most useful for?
We were just clearing out our kitchen and stared at this brand new, unused pressure cooker we got for our wedding over 10 years ago! We've never felt the need to use it before. I know it's supposed ...
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Why do I get a 'food burn' alert every time I use my pressure cooker?
I have an Instant Pot that I love to use to prepare food, and for the first dozen meals it operated without issue. Lately, however, I get a 'food burn' alert every single time I use it. As expected, ...
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What is this flat metal sieve that came with my pressure cooker for?
What is this tool used for and how to use it? It came with a pressure cooker I've bought...
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Maillard in a Pressure Cooker
I was reading about frying in On Food And Cooking this weekend and it mentions that frying works so much better than oven cooking because oil has a far higher specific heat than air so it is able to ...
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What kinds of pressure cookers are there, and what are they good for?
I have never owned a pressure cooker, nor been in a kitchen which has one. But they have been a topic around the site and the blog lately, so I got curious. When I took a look, I noticed that they ...
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Why would a pressure cooker shorten a braise time?
Say I'm braising a pork shoulder. As i understand it, the point is to maintain a temperature that will melt collagen, while staying below a temperature that would toughen the meat. A good temp for ...
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Pressure cooker rice quality vs high-end rice cooker
I'm considering buying a proper rice cooker, as we've eaten most of the non-stick coating of the cheap one. The forums rave about induction heating, Zojirushi, Tiger, Toshiba RC-18NMF with its cast-...
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Why is a pressure canner needed when canning?
I keep reading the same tip, when it comes to preserves, which essentially is:
Botulism spores can survive 100°C and require hotter than boiling water temperature.
Source: https://www.thespruceeats....
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Pulled beef in pressure cooker: Is it necessary to sauté beef before pressurizing?
In most recipes I've found about pressure-cooking pulled beef, the meat is sautéed before the pressure is applied. Why is this? Could I pressure-cook pulled beef without first sautéing it?
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Does the beef cut matter when making stroganoff?
I would like to make a stroganoff recipe I have that calls for cubed Sirloin Tip Roast, but I was recently given some raw steak that I would like to use in its place. The steak I was given was not ...
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Would pressure cooking stock create a different result?
I have always made bone stocks by simmering them for a long, long time, either on the stove or in a slow cooker. My new housemate insists this can be done in a pressure cooker. I'm sure this is true, ...
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How long do you have to cook adzuki beans in a pressure cooker before they're edible?
I'm not talking about taste, I'm talking about them not being a health hazard.
I cooked unsoaked adzuki beans for maybe a little less than 20 minutes on the lower pressure setting (don't know the ...
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When to put a dry cloth over an electric rice cooker?
I have bought a (roughly five litre volume) electric rice cooker that looks like this:
Notice the small hole at the top lid, that I suppose is for letting out steam.
During cooking, is it ever needed ...
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Can pressure canning be replaced water bath canning?
I wanted to make and can, my Grandma's tomato soup. However I don't have a pressure canner.
I made the soup in a 15 PSI pressure cooker and then poured it into sterilized jars and then canned it in a ...
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pressure cooker overflowing while cooking soup
All my life I've cooked soup in a big, old (over 30 years old) pressure cooker. I'd boil all the vegetables in it, open it to blend them all together, then add cabbage and let it boil anew.
Now, in ...
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Using Pressure Cooker to Make Bone Broth
I have always read that when making bone broth you should keep the heat to around 180F and do not let it get to an aggressive boil because it will emulsify the fat into the broth and also because you ...
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What am I doing wrong with my pressure cooker?
Every time I try to cook beef in my pressure cooker it gets dry and inedible.
Today I tried with 2 x 450 g (2 x 1 lb) beef, with .5 l (2 cups) water and 25 minutes.
The result was very dry and there ...
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Why does the Instant Pot use pressure while steaming?
I think this question falls under "equipment", but if it's off-topic, please close and I'll delete it.
I recently acquired an Instant Pot. To my surprise, its "steam" setting generates and uses ...
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How to convert slow cooker recipes to pressure cooker with different cooking times?
Google results for this question either don't answer the question at all or don't address what happens when multiple ingredients have different pressure cooking times. I'm specifically looking to ...
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New potatoes in pressure cooker with salt: how to optimize water amount and cooking time?
I am trying to replicate a recipe that my father-in-law performed once at home… well, not much of a recipe, rather a cooking style, as you'll see.
The idea is to cook new potatoes (specifically, new ...
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Are there advantages of soaking rice overnight as opposed to only for 30 minutes?
All these years I've just washed rice, put it into a pressure cooker (a regular pressure cooker; not a rice cooker), added the right amount of water and cooked it until the first whistle. Both for ...
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The pressure cooker gauge was wrong for cans of soup I processed in the past 5 weeks. What can I do with the soup?
I've been pressure canning zucchini soup the past 2 years and it's a beautiful thing. This year I used a different pressure cooker, and I've just found out that 15psi on this pressure cooker is ...
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Does pressure cooking preserve alcohol?
I use my pressure cooker a lot and for one recipe I'm practically bathing a few pork loins in white wine. I know that pressure cooking only reduces liquid by less than five percent, and I know that ...
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Is it sensible to add steamed vegetables to a vegetable curry to reduce cooking time?
The objective is to make an Indian mixed vegetable curry like this one. However, the last time I tried it, I had used more vegetables than what the recipe specifies, and needed to cook it for around ...
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Can you make popcorn in a pressure cooker?
Will the temperature become too high and will the popcorn burn? Can anything bad happen?
Edit: Picture tells the tale.
On the left, 5 minutes under pressure. On the right 3,5 minutes without ...
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Quick pressure release vs natural pressure release
I have read recipies that suggest letting the pressure naturally release when cooking grains in a pressure cooker. I've always just released the pressure quickly through the pressure relief valve.
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Substitute glass jar for Mason jar in pressure cooker
I'm trying to make a recipe in my Instant Pot that calls for ingredients to be placed inside a Mason Jar, which is then put in the Instant Pot filled with water. I have a glass jar with a metal screw ...
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How to use a pressure cooker for frozen chicken?
I would like to cook frozen chicken breasts in a pressure cooker for shredding and making chicken mole. I do not want to add anything except water, but I'm having a hard time finding specific ...
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Converting a recipe from 6qt Instant Pot to 8qt
I have an 8qt Instant Pot. Most of the recipes online are for 6qt Instant Pots. I find that since my 8qt takes a lot longer to come to pressure (about 18 minutes, depending on the amount of liquid ...
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Hot-canning non-acidic, pressure cooked food
The reason given for pressure-canning non-acidic food is that botulism spores can survive boiling temperatures, which would spoil the food while in the jars.
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why use a pressure cooker for collagen to gelatin conversion?
I was watching S13E16 of Good Eats and to cook his chicken for "chicken and dumplings", he places an old hen (instead of a rooster) in the pressure cooker at the maximum temperature & pressure. I'...
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Glass bowl safe in pressure cooker?
I have this Anchor Hocking glass bowl that I am thinking of using in my pressure cooker, curious if its safe or not? I used it in the microwave no issues.
I plan to throw some chicken in it with no ...
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Does cooking in a pressure cooker destroy nutrients?
I've read that because of the higher temperature specially vegetables lose more nutrients in a pressure cooker as opposed to a normal cooking method. Is this true?
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Pressure Cooker "Safety Fuse Plate" Bubbles During Use
I recently bought a 9.5 Quart Tramontina Pressure Cooker for the purpose of cooking dried beans and legumes since I've moved to an altitude that makes simple stove top cooking impractical.
I've only ...
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Converting Pressure Cooker recipes for cookers with lower PSI
Most of the recipes I'm using (mainly Modernist; stocks, caramelized vegetables, confit) suggest cooking at 15psi. My pressure cooker has two settings 12psi and 7psi. I've always had success just ...
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Is aluminum pressure cooker reactive? Will it give "off" flavors?
I have an aluminum (not stainless steel) 5 qt pressure cooker that I bought fairly cheaply at a kitchen ware outlet store. It seems the traditional pressure cooker application for canning doesn't ...
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Split beans in a pressure cooker?
I just got a Presto 6qt. Pressure Cooker. Its manual states that I shouldn't cook split peas in it; does that include split mung beans or dal, or does it refer only to "green peas?"
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How does one thoroughly clean the silicone seal from a multicooker's lid?
We've got a Redmond RMC-P350 multicooker with pressure-cooking capabilities. While we're very satisfied so far, one thing that bothers me is that the silicone (?) seal ring on the lid now has the ...
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How do I stop the pressure cooker from clogging up when cooking lentils?
When I cook yellow lentils at home, the valve of the pressure cooker seems to clog up. How do I prevent this? By clog up, I mean that the pressure cooker sits quietly on the burner and then all of a ...
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Differences between rice/pressure/multi/slow cooker?
I'm really confused about what these products are supposed to do, and if some products can do the same as others in the following list.
What are the differences between the following devices?
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Is it possible to make pork belly very soft with a pressure cooker?
I recently bought a pressure cooker and I have been learning about all sorts of different ways to make things that I normally would slow cook faster with the pressure cooker.
However, a lot of forums ...
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Cooking two pieces of meat in pressure cooker
I know that I need to cook beef for 15 minutes per pound (500 g) in the pressure cooker for well done.
So one 4 pound (2 Kg) roast would cook for one hour. But what if I cook two 2 pound (1 Kg) ...
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Safe to use pressure cooker for beer stew?
I was thinking of using a pressure cooker to prepare the Flemish rabbit. This requires stewing the rabbit legs in beer.
Is it safe?
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Can I use parboiled basmati rice just like ordinary non-converted basmati?
tl;dr Do the cooking time, behavior, taste, and texture of parboiled rice differ significantly enough from non-converted rice such that a simple substitution will yield undesirable results?
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Meatballs and Spaghetti in the InstantPot separately
I am pretty much a newbie at pressure cooking.
I've been following this recipe for meatballs and spaghetti, and it comes out great. The thing is that my kids would prefer that the spaghetti is not ...
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Can you make Sous Vide Steak in a Pressure Cooker?
I have been reading about sous vide cooking and it seems like sous vide cooking is done under pressure. I want to try cooking a steak sous vide in a pressure cooker and then searing it to create a ...
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How do I avoid a burnt underlayer with pressure cookers?
I use my pressure cooker a fair bit but sometimes I struggle in translating a regular recipe to it and I get a charcoaled underlayer at the bottom of the pressure cooker. Some of the time the rest is ...
