Food Digital pressure cooker (instapot)

nomifyle

nomifyle

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Although I've had my digital pressure cooker for awhile I've yet to use it. Its not an instapot, but the same sort of thing. I looked through a whole cook book for this piece of equipment and 99% of the recipes are basically not healthy, particularly anyone with health issues. I don't particularly have any health issues but could if I keep eating the way I have in the last several months.

I know there is information on the forum for instapot cooking, but if someone could pipe in and talk about basically healthy cooking it would be great.

Except for the rare occassion I want to stay away from using creamed soups or anything like that. I've never used them much anyway and never kept any in my pantry. In my infinate wisdom (haha) I have stocked a few varieties only to use them rarely, maybe once a month at the most.

One thing I really want to cook in the cooker is southern green beans, Daddy use to call it low and greasy and DH calls them fried. I call them good.
 
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bluelady

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When I want to make something in my InstantPot, I just Google or search on YouTube for what I want. You can search for a specific meal. For instance, I found some great corned beef recipes; I put a bottle of Guiness in every time now. Or search for a style of cooking: paleo, clean keto, healthy, ground beef, etc. There are zillions to choose from!! You can really make basically anything you're used to, but the trick is knowing the settings and time that are specific for the Instant Pot. I'm still learning that so I always look up a recipe.
 
Fairwillows

Fairwillows

Where I am supposed to be.
I love my instant pot! The best thing I've made so far is the Boston Brown Bread...too bad it can't be canned...at least I couldn't find a recipe to can it....but it makes the best, most delicious BB Bread. I used wide mouth pint canning jars with aluminum foil on top.
One quickie is frozen
fish fillets....the 1 1/2 thick ones....some vinegar and old bay and lemons...quick and yummy
 
Cardinal

Cardinal

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First you should define what you consider "healthy."
I can only eat Keto if I want to control my blood sugar issues.
What is healthy for you?
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
Cardinal said:
First you should define what you consider "healthy."
I can only eat Keto if I want to control my blood sugar issues.
What is healthy for you?
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This^^^ and in spades! Also since your unit is not an actual instapot you will have to find a forum for your unit as the processing times can vary and widely. So the times I’d used for a pot roast in my unit, 60 minutes, may be much longer in your unit.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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Cardinal said:
First you should define what you consider "healthy."
I can only eat Keto if I want to control my blood sugar issues.
What is healthy for you?
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basically low carb, nothing white, as in rice, potatoes, bread. We did have baked potatoes tonight, but that's rare because we generally don't keep potatoes on hand. We use wraps but they are low carb.
 
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bluelady

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nomifyle said:
basically low carb, nothing white, as in rice, potatoes, bread. We did have baked potatoes tonight, but that's rare because we generally don't keep potatoes on hand.
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Then Google "clean" (unprocessed) keto. It will be no starchy veg, no grain. You can always add something in that's non-keto if you choose. There are some really great tasting keto recipes!
Yes, you can use frozen meat. It might change the time a bit but you should be able to Google it.
 
Cardinal

Cardinal

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OK, I use my instapot for cooking meats primarily, and should I ever have to eat my Roos, it will make them edible in a hurry.
I know there is an instapot group on FB that posts recipes, and some folks who have inserts for their pots (I don't) can make cheesecake and other fancy items.
I am still learning to use it for roasts.
 
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Wildwood

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nomifyle said:
Although I've had my digital pressure cooker for awhile I've yet to use it. Its not an instapot, but the same sort of thing. I looked through a whole cook book for this piece of equipment and 99% of the recipes are basically not healthy, particularly anyone with health issues. I don't particularly have any health issues but could if I keep eating the way I have in the last several months.

I know there is information on the forum for instapot cooking, but if someone could pipe in and talk about basically healthy cooking it would be great.

Except for the rare occassion I want to stay away from using creamed soups or anything like that. I've never used them much anyway and never kept any in my pantry. In my infinate wisdom (haha) I have stocked a few varieties only to use them rarely, maybe once a month at the most.

One thing I really want to cook in the cooker is southern green beans, Daddy use to call it low and greasy and DH calls them fried. I call them good.
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I've used mine a few times but I just never got the hang of it. I did like cooking a whole chicken in it but I can't remember how I did it. I loaned mine to my DIL and went back to baking my chickens. I really should revisit it though because my DIL brought it back about a year ago.

Do you use fresh, frozen or canned green beans? I've used canned and frozen and called them fried but I like your Daddy's name better. I saute a few onions and bell peppers for about five minutes and then add the green beans and bacon and fry those for a while before I add a small splash of vinegar and cover them til they are done. I'm sure the more experienced IP users on here could convert that recipe for an instant pot.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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Wildwood said:
I've used mine a few times but I just never got the hang of it. I did like cooking a whole chicken in it but I can't remember how I did it. I loaned mine to my DIL and went back to baking my chickens. I really should revisit it though because my DIL brought it back about a year ago.

Do you use fresh, frozen or canned green beans? I've used canned and frozen and called them fried but I like your Daddy's name better. I saute a few onions and bell peppers for about five minutes and then add the green beans and bacon and fry those for a while before I add a small splash of vinegar and cover them til they are done. I'm sure the more experienced IP users on here could convert that recipe for an instant pot.
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I mostly use canned green beans. DH likes them fried in butter until they are wilted and they are yummy. I just don't want to use my old electric stove for cooking that long.

I cooked a whole chicken last week in my crock pot and put lipton onion soup mix on it for seasoning and it was tender and delicious.

One thing we have not done in a long time is to cook one of our chickens because they are so tough. We do have quite a few chickens and we will have put one in either the crock pot or the digital cooker.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
nomifyle said:
one thing that would be helpful to know is can I put frozen ground meat in it to defrost and cook?
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Again I have no idea which brand you have because you’ve yet to disclose that information. And that makes me wonder if you even have a “digital pressure cooker”. I can put a four pound frozen arm roast, with one cup of water and seasonings, into my instapot and it’ll be cooked to perfection in 60 minutes.

I suggest you join the IP group on Facebook where there are tens of millions of recipes and hacks.membership is two million plus strong.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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packyderms_wife said:
Again I have no idea which brand you have because you’ve yet to disclose that information. And that makes me wonder if you even have a “digital pressure cooker”. I can put a four pound frozen arm roast, with one cup of water and seasonings, into my instapot and it’ll be cooked to perfection in 60 minutes.

I suggest you join the IP group on Facebook where there are tens of millions of recipes and hacks.membership is two million plus strong.
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So many times you are so very nice and then you turn around and are insulting.

I have two Power XL pressure cooker/canners. One is 6 qt and the other is 8 qt. And I have said this in other posts, not this thread but other posts.

And I didn't say jack about a roast, I said frozen ground meat.

As far as I'm concerned to me personally you can keep your opinionated and over bearing comments to yourself. Or better yet put me on ignore, that way you won't see what I post.
 
momma_soapmaker

momma_soapmaker

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My Instant Pot has become my go to kitchen device. I use it multiple times a week.

You can use the Saute function to brown ground beef. I use the pressure cooker to make rice (there's a Rice function that automatically adjusts time based on the weight of your ingredients), soup, stew, and even the most tender ribs you've ever eaten.

If you use it to make boiled eggs, you'll never use another method. They peel like a dream. Put 1 cup of water into the IP, put your food rack in the bottom (I have a stackable egg holder), load your eggs. Set pressure time for 5 minutes, let it naturally release for 5 minutes, then release the rest of the pressure, and put the eggs in ice water for 5 minutes. This is the 5-5-5 method. The shells peel off perfectly for deviled eggs.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
nomifyle said:
So many times you are so very nice and then you turn around and are insulting.

As far as I'm concerned to me personally you can keep your opinionated and over bearing comments to yourself. Or better yet put me on ignore, that way you won't see what I post.
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And I would say the very same thing about you! That ignore function works both ways. ;)
 
briches

briches

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I have one (brand new) that was given to me.
We listed it on Feb marketplace as we have never used it. i use my slow cooker more than anything.

Judy - this doesn’t help answer your questions, but I’m following just in case I decide to keep it instead.
 
Cardinal

Cardinal

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I am also using my appliances more than the stove. In fact, should I be lucky enough to be able to get the land and a tiny house like I want, I intend not to have a stove. An induction cooktop for the counter, and a toaster oven will be all I need along with the rest of my appliances. I use my slow cookers and Instapot a lot.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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Millwright said:
Induction appliances won't work on aluminum canners.
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I even tried using a stainless steel pot on my induction burner and it would not work, kept turning off. I gave up and used the stove. I think someone said something about the bottom needing to be smooth with ss, I didn't check that.
 
Millwright

Millwright

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nomifyle said:
I even tried using a stainless steel pot on my induction burner and it would not work, kept turning off. I gave up and used the stove.
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SS is non magnetic, makes sense.

In a pinch, you might could put a piece of 1/4" steel plate on the cooking surface to heat a non-ferrous pot. Not efficient, I'd guess.

(I moved the canning part of my comment to the appropriate thread)
 
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Wildwood

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nomifyle said:
I mostly use canned green beans. DH likes them fried in butter until they are wilted and they are yummy. I just don't want to use my old electric stove for cooking that long.

I cooked a whole chicken last week in my crock pot and put lipton onion soup mix on it for seasoning and it was tender and delicious.

One thing we have not done in a long time is to cook one of our chickens because they are so tough. We do have quite a few chickens and we will have put one in either the crock pot or the digital cooker.
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Same here. I even canned a few of our chickens and they were edible but a little tough. DS said I should have left them in the fridge for a day or two before canning or cooking.
 
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Wildwood

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nomifyle said:
I mostly use canned green beans. DH likes them fried in butter until they are wilted and they are yummy. I just don't want to use my old electric stove for cooking that long.

I cooked a whole chicken last week in my crock pot and put lipton onion soup mix on it for seasoning and it was tender and delicious.

One thing we have not done in a long time is to cook one of our chickens because they are so tough. We do have quite a few chickens and we will have put one in either the crock pot or the digital cooker.
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I've noticed the french style canned green beans cook down the quickest. I understand using appliances to save money on the electric plus in the summer they don't heat the house up as bad.
 
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summerthyme

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Wildwood said:
Same here. I even canned a few of our chickens and they were edible but a little tough. DS said I should have left them in the fridge for a day or two before canning or cooking.
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Yep... if you don't let them relax out of rigor, they are really hard to get tender.

Summerthyme
 
Cardinal

Cardinal

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nomifyle said:
I even tried using a stainless steel pot on my induction burner and it would not work, kept turning off. I gave up and used the stove. I think someone said something about the bottom needing to be smooth with ss, I didn't check that.
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The only thing I would use on one is my cast iron enamel 10 inch fry pan.
 
Carl2

Carl2

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I use the "Rice" setting on our electric pressure cooker to steam-cook eggs, rather than the "Eggs" setting. This cooks them for 8 minutes versus 3 minutes, making the "hard-boiled" eggs' flesh firmer. Ours is not an Instant Pot brand and you do have to make sure the seal seats once boiling starts. It is so much easier to use than a non-digital pressure cooker; I cook with it several times a week.
 
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