Who has an Instant Pot?

I do! I love it as well. I use it to poaching chicken breast, whole chicken, boiled eggs, broth or stock, lots of soup(LOTS), rice, stew, so much stuff. Last thing I made was a turkey meatball soup from stuff I just had, no recipe really. Added 1 egg, 1/4 cup panko, 2 Tbsp. Parmesan, grated onion and garlic to 1 lb. turkey. Formed into meatballs. Browned in the pot in a little olive oil on saute and removed. Added rest of the onion chopped, 2 ribs celery sliced, 2 carrots, chopped, 8 oz mushrooms sliced, saute until begins to soften. Deglaze the pot scrapping the bottom clean with chicken broth. Added 6 cups chicken broth total then put meatballs back in. Cooked on soup for 13 minutes, NPR 5 then released the rest of the pressure. The meatballs were so good. next time I will add some pasta or white beans.

Before that I made a Bahn Mi style bowl. The chicken is AMAZING!!!! littlespicejar.com/chicken-banh-mi-bowls/

There is a group on MFP. It is not very active but several things posted there. I post there when I cook something. community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/115500-pressure-cooker-recipes-and-tips

Got it a month or 2 ago, love it. I've steamed veggies, made brown basmati rice, coconut milk yogurt, chicken wings, beef brisket, eggs, and probably some more I can't remember

And hard boiled eggs. . Even fresh ones are easily peel-able if hard boiled in a pressure cooker.

CandyCoatedKaty wrote: »

I love my Instant Pot and use it several times each week, but never with super healthy recipes! What are your go to?

TIA!

Never heard of it. What is it and how does it compare to a slow cooker?

spiritrunner24 wrote: »

@earlnabby it's an electric pressure cooker. Very handy and also won't heat up the kitchen in the summer. Very easy to. Can just dump stuff in like a slow cooker and does it in an hour or so vs 4-8

Thanks.

Chicken tikka - homemade in less than 10 minutes. Love the instant pot!!!

Mostly for chicken breasts, hard boiled eggs, steel cut oats, and Mongolian Beef. Super easy, food always comes out perfectly and its super fast.

Here's a great link for pressure cooking times for just about any kind of food you can think of, plus altitude adjustment if that applies to you.

https://www.hippressurecooking.com/pressure-cooking-times/#meat

madwells1 wrote: »

Chicken tikka - homemade in less than 10 minutes. Love the instant pot!!!

Do you have the recipe? Looks great!

I bought an IP a few months ago. I make this recipe regularly- super easy; it comes out tender and very spicy. You can add it pasta, rice, or make soft tacos- a versatile staple.

2-2&1/2 lbs boneless chicken breasts
1 tsp Cumin
1tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp kosher salt
16 oz salsa verde

Instructions:
1. Place all the ingredients in your Instant Pot.
2. Set cooker to high pressure for 25 minutes.
3. When the timer goes off, quick release the pressure and shred the chicken with two forks.

lucys1225 wrote: »

madwells1 wrote: »

Chicken tikka - homemade in less than 10 minutes. Love the instant pot!!!

Do you have the recipe? Looks great!

So easy:



Saute briefly:

1 TBSP olive oil
.5 to 1 C chopped Red onion (You can use yellow/white onions as well)
1 chopped fresh jalapeno or fresh red chili pepper (depending on how spicy you want it)
2-4 cloves chopped garlic
1 inch fresh ginger minced

Throw in:

1 C chopped cilantro
.5 to 1 C greek yogurt (plain...I usually just use 1 single serving Fage container)
2 - 4 TBSP Garam Masala (see notes)*
Cut up chicken breast (~1lb chunked)
2 TBSP tomato sauce (I sometimes also throw in a cut up tomato as well--but it isn't needed)
1 tsp kosher salt

Stir together. Set it on 10 minutes and voila.

I like my sauce a little thicker so sometimes I thicken it with something at the end after it's done, or reduce it a bit. Depending on how much water is released for your chicken you may not need to do this. It's all personal taste.

*For the garam masala, I usually use a combination of Shahi which comes in a box and you can find online or in some random stores, and some fresh garam masala that my friend makes for me because I am too lazy and she makes it all the time. I know they sell regular garam masala in the spice isle at regular groceries and that works too.