5 Things I Cook in My Instant Pot (Nearly) Every Week


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  1. Debi Hediger
    Debi Hediger says:

    I do quite a bit of ground beef, frozen on a trivet so fats go into the water, then season it up for what ever dish I plant to make. Or chicken for sandwiches, salads, whatever we want to eat for meals etc.

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  2. ArmyRetGuy
    ArmyRetGuy says:

    The point of rinsing rice is to remove residual dirt, and remove some of the starch (white water is starch being removed). You won’t die or anything just cooking rice out the bag. If you’re like me and don’t like a ton of starch in your diet, you’ll want to rinse rice 2-3 times, and soak potatoes…

    On pasta, replace water with chicken broth for added flavor and a thicker finished sauce. It’s delicious!

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  3. Janet Starr
    Janet Starr says:

    My three favorites to make…
    TEXMEX… pulled chicken breasts with taco seasoning, mixed veggies, cut okra and seasoning veggies. Everything goiles in frozen and comes out yummy. Top with Avacado!
    ITALIAN… chicken, onion, cut green beans, small/cut red potatoes, garlic, italian seasoning
    HARVEST… butternut squash, pumpkin, sweet potato, green apple, purple onion, pumpkin pie spice and afterwards use the submersible blender after and top with bacon crumbles

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  4. Carmen Nooner
    Carmen Nooner says:

    I don't yet own the Instapot, so I have been watching videos in order to determine whether or not it would be a wise purchase for us. We are seniors who live in an active 55+ apartment complex, so space is limited. Buying any new small appliance has to be well thought out. I particularly want to be sure it can replace my well used crock pot so I can swap them out, so to speak. Thus far, I have been seriously considering the 3 quart size, but I would still need to keep my crockpot for the occasional pork butt roast and larger beef roasts. I'm thinking that for us, perhaps the 6 quart would be better, though I don't think it would be as practical for cooking for two. Making large meals then freezing extra portions is a great and practical idea, yet we also have extremely small freezer space as well. This is quite the dilemma for an old lady like me! Maybe I should consider using the oven more for the occasional large meats and buy the smaller Instapot that can be used almost daily? Decisions, decisions!

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  5. Josh Jacks
    Josh Jacks says:

    I use mine to make Chili! I usually soak the beans in the pot with a silicone lid and transfer them to a bowl beforehand. Then the saute feature does wonders with garlic, onions, and meat. Since it's hard to overcook beans I find their texture nearly perfect every time.

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  6. BC Balance and Dizziness
    BC Balance and Dizziness says:

    I eat almost no carbs, so my favourite things to cook regularly are: brisket (so good!), beef heart, beef tongue (delicious!), ribs (finish quickly under the broiler), whole chicken, bone broth, eggs. I've found that rice doesn't bother my gut like other carbs, so I do cook rice, but I still don't eat very much. I also rinse my rice really well, soak 2 cups overnight with 2-3 T of buckwheat groats to reduce the phytic acid (you can't taste the buckwheat in the cooked rice), discard the soaking water and rinse really well again. This reduces the amount of arsenic by about 82%. Some ice doesn't have as much arsenic as others. You can read about that online. You can also cook rice just like pasta in 5-6 times as much water as rice… and NO that does NOT make mushy rice. It's a very common way to cook rice in India. There are YouTube videos on how to do that. It also helps reduce the arsenic. Children, especially babies take in more arsenic than adults because of their size, so please rinse rice that you plan to feed your baby and avoid things like rice cakes and rice baby cereal. There's lots of research online that you can check. In Canada, one consumer agency did a whole TV show on various rice-based baby food products and it was scary how much arsenic was in them. They also tested both moms and babies, and the babies had significantly more arsenic in their bodies than the moms.

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  7. Mary Janda
    Mary Janda says:

    Great video! It looks like you steamed the potatoes for 15 minutes? I've never tried that. So I love to make pinto beans, ostensibly for refried beans, but the broth is so good, we've been eating it as soup. 1# dried pinto beans, 32oz broth (I like Trader Joe's low sodium if I don't have homemade), 3-4 cups water, minced garlic and jalapeño, diced onion, cumin, oregano, s&p. 30 min pressure, natural release.

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