Any Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker owners here?

Francl27

meganridenour wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

meganridenour wrote: »

Ok, maybe I'll try the egg thing if they are so easy to peel, but I'm holding you all to it!!!
I still maintain my mashed potatoes on the stove are just as fast and though

All this instant pot talk, I think I'll make some beans today!

I like potatoes in the IP. 20 minutes vs 40+.

Again, I don't know how you people are getting potatoes to take so long to cook! Maybe it's because I only cook for two people but my mashed potatoes can't take longer than 20 minutes. Now I can see if you're cooking for six, it would take the water longer to boil and therefor everything else takes longer... Maybe that's what it is.

It's funny actually because I've seen recipes say that potatoes will be cooked in 20 minutes, and they're still hard as brick after that time. But yeah I typically make enough for 4 and leftovers.

Heartisalonelyhunter

meganridenour wrote: »

Ok, maybe I'll try the egg thing if they are so easy to peel, but I'm holding you all to it!!!
I still maintain my mashed potatoes on the stove are just as fast and though

All this instant pot talk, I think I'll make some beans today!

The egg thing is pretty cool. It doesn't save you time as much as effort to get perfect results.

As for mashed potatoes they take about the same time so meh, not really worth it . The only time it's helpful is if you're cooking 2 things in it at once (you can cook meatloaf on the trivet and potatoes on the bottom at the same time. I do really like you can cool an entire meal in one pot

23susu23

I cooked the potatoes and hard boiled eggs together at the same time and then made them into potato salad. I have another brand of pressure cooker.

markrgeary1

meganridenour wrote: »

Ok, maybe I'll try the egg thing if they are so easy to peel, but I'm holding you all to it!!!
I still maintain my mashed potatoes on the stove are just as fast and though

All this instant pot talk, I think I'll make some beans today!

Try your mashed potatos at 7500'! Water seems to boil here in the 190s so everything takes much longer to cook.

We love the thing. Every thing cooks fast and at a consistent time. When you adapt recipes there's no exact formula so it all about trial and error. Not with the pressure cooker! Its cooks in the same time no matter how high you are.

Francl27

markrgeary1 wrote: »

meganridenour wrote: »

Ok, maybe I'll try the egg thing if they are so easy to peel, but I'm holding you all to it!!!
I still maintain my mashed potatoes on the stove are just as fast and though

All this instant pot talk, I think I'll make some beans today!

Try your mashed potatos at 7500'! Water seems to boil here in the 190s so everything takes much longer to cook.

We love the thing. Every thing cooks fast and at a consistent time. When you adapt recipes there's no exact formula so it all about trial and error. Not with the pressure cooker! Its cooks in the same time no matter how high you are.

Actually I think it's not completely true, and altitude can affect the pressure cooker too, it's probably not as obvious.

markrgeary1

Francl27 wrote: »

markrgeary1 wrote: »

meganridenour wrote: »

Ok, maybe I'll try the egg thing if they are so easy to peel, but I'm holding you all to it!!!
I still maintain my mashed potatoes on the stove are just as fast and though

All this instant pot talk, I think I'll make some beans today!

Try your mashed potatos at 7500'! Water seems to boil here in the 190s so everything takes much longer to cook.

We love the thing. Every thing cooks fast and at a consistent time. When you adapt recipes there's no exact formula so it all about trial and error. Not with the pressure cooker! Its cooks in the same time no matter how high you are.

Actually I think it's not completely true, and altitude can affect the pressure cooker too, it's probably not as obvious.

I've found a couple of references to that statement. I'll have to experiment more.

However compared to the 45 minutes I cooked steel cut Oatmeal to almost done. I'll take 3 minutes plus 20 of release!

cmtigger

meganridenour wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

meganridenour wrote: »

Ok, maybe I'll try the egg thing if they are so easy to peel, but I'm holding you all to it!!!
I still maintain my mashed potatoes on the stove are just as fast and though

All this instant pot talk, I think I'll make some beans today!

I like potatoes in the IP. 20 minutes vs 40+.

Again, I don't know how you people are getting potatoes to take so long to cook! Maybe it's because I only cook for two people but my mashed potatoes can't take longer than 20 minutes. Now I can see if you're cooking for six, it would take the water longer to boil and therefor everything else takes longer... Maybe that's what it is.

Altitude and the size and freshness of the potatoes all affect the time.

cmtigger

Francl27 wrote: »

Actually I think it's not completely true, and altitude can affect the pressure cooker too, it's probably not as obvious.

Altitude does affect pressure cookers. It's still faster than cooking outside of a pressure cooker, but not as fast as cooking in a pressure cooker at a lower elevation.

I even notice it at 2500 feet.

jelly_potato

I love nothing more than cooking leeks with chicken and tomatoes in my pressure cooker. Turns out amazing with some pepper and bay leaf.

FreyasRebirth

Soup. A hundred varieties of soup.

cmtigger

I just put rice in my little GoPro. (I bought it because I can cook single servings in it smaller than my IP will allow. The IP is easier to use overall.)