The First 10 Recipes to Make in Your Instant Pot - Simply Happy Foodie (2024)

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What should I make first in my new Instant Pot? ›

When it comes to breaking your Instant Pot in, it's a good idea to start with some basic foods and simple meals you're already familiar with, then slowly expand your Instant Pot repertoire from there. Try making staples like eggs, sweet potatoes, rice, or lentils using just the pressure cooker function.

Add in all the liquid ingredients first and the more dense ingredients to the top. This allows steam to build without scorching things on the bottom. We know it sounds crazy, but never ever stir! Add Enough Liquid – Make sure there is enough thin liquid in the pot so pressure can build without overheating.

For the pressure cooker part of the Ninja Foodi, you can use Instant Pot recipes. For the air fryer part of the Ninja Foodi, you would want to use air fryer recipes. I recommend getting an Instant Pot and/or Air Fryer cheat sheet for times and temperatures.

As explained by Kitchn, stirring the pasta with the liquid before locking the appliance and setting it to pressure cook will cause the dish to go sticky and gummy as it cooks, due to the way pasta releases starch under pressure.

The recall involves batch codes 1728, 1730, 1731, 1734, or 1746, which are printed on the rating label on the underside of the device. The recalled Instant Pots were sold at Walmart stores nationwide and online between August 2017 and January 2018 for about $80.

The Instant Pot's burn message simply means that your Instant Pot has detected that its inner pot has gotten too hot. There may be a slight amount of burned food at the bottom of your pot, but not enough to ruin whatever you're cooking.

Let's clear up this myth. While 2 cups of liquid is certainly way too much for cooking most foods, even the new 1 cup recommendation may be too much as well. It really does depend on the type of food being cooked.

They are most commonly used in industrial settings to quickly prepare meat or stocks. However, in most scenarios, Elite Chefs avoid using pressure cookers because they provide less control over the final dish. Chefs often prefer slow cooking techniques that accentuate and pull out the flavors of the food.

Their names give us an indication of their differences, as a pressure cooker uses high pressure and air-tight sealing to cook food. Air fryers rely on hot air circulation to cook through foods. This means that they are each used to create rather different meals.

Can you layer food in a pressure cooker? ›

Using a steamer rack, basket or trivet, you can create layers within the pot and cook two dishes at once. Steam fish up top while a sauce or grain cooks below. Cook a vegetable stew or curry in the bottom of the pot and steam rice in a bowl or ramekin above.