What's your favorite thing to make in your Instapot?
 

I just got the small one for Christmas. I realize there are lots of recipes on Pinterest but would like to know what are your favorites so far. My sister said she makes sweet potatoes in it in 10 minutes. I assume you can also do squash.

Any protein we come out tender, and in very little time. What is your favorite meal in oven or stovetop. Get Pinterest recipe split your meal between oven and instapot and compare.

You can do a dozen perfect hard boiled eggs in 6 minutes. Put in cold water bath afterwards and the shells slide right off.

Sounds great! I take deviled eggs to parties sometimes. Thanks for the tip.

I just bought a six quart one to be delivered soon. I was wondering if you make soup in yours? I love making soup.

Favorite is Orange chicken.

Hard boiled eggs in 6 minutes works great, but also soft boiled in 3 minutes and shells come off easy. Always do eggs on low pressure, quick release and into cold water to stop cooking.

Be sure to read directions
 

That insapot is merely an electric pressure cooker. While I do not own the instapot I do own and use several pressure cookers. I expect the directions and the recipes are about the same.

AN IMPORTANT CAUTION-while the pots are sold as 6 qt, i expect like a pressure cooker it says to use it HALF FULL so a 6 qt is only 3 qt usable. You may find trouble locating a recipe for pea, lentil or any bean soup. The reason is that they tend to expand in cooking and people who do not read directions can get into trouble over filling the pot.

Any of the tough meats such as pot roast, corned beef come out great in a pressure cooker so I will assume the same is true of the insapot.

Good advice when pressure cooking, but pressure cooking is not all the Instant Pot does.

Re: Soup
 

As stated elsewhere, I do not own an insapot but do regularly use a pressure cooker-I have four of them. Cooking three different dishes in three pressure cookers at the same time is an adventure.

To soups-a peas soup, lentil soup etc in a pressure cooker is 22 minutes for the peas or beans to cook. Celery, Carrots, onions cook for 7 minutes. So what you do is soak the beans for at least an hour to wash off the surface starch. You put the beans into your soup stock for 22-7=15 minutes after you reach pressure then you cool pot. Using a pressure cooker you put it under cold water.
For the instapot read directions. One you are certain the pressure is gone you remove the top add the vegetables and bring the pot back to pressure for 7 minutes.

I’m also awaiting the arrival of an Instant Pot. Mom had this gigantic pressure cooker when we were kids....used on the stovetop. A menacing piece of cooking equipment and it took both Mom and Dad to get it working. The new electric pressure cookers appear less menacing and considerably safer when used according to directions.

Daughter-in-law uses hers for cooking beans, soups, grains...she’s vegan. We’ll be using it more for an omnivore diet...;). There are lots of recipes online and there are also Facebook Instant Pot groups where people share recipes, hints, etc. Daughter-in-law says once you use it a few times, you will easily set up cooking menus, but must remember the capacity limits of your particular machine. Looking forward to trying some of the delicious plant based foods she makes....quickly and easily.

Now, what’s the recipe for orange chicken???:laugh:

When I got my Instant Pot, I was able to retire my 46-yr-old Miro 4-quart old-fashioned pressure cooker for which I can no longer find replacement parts easily. BTW, I had no trouble making bean soups in a 4-quart pressure cooker. Our favorite was a vegetarian lentil soup that had a tablespoon of brown sugar in it, plus a tablespoon or two of tarragon vinegar added at the end. No need to pre-soak the lentils, either--just rinse them.

I can brown things in the Instant Pot, add other ingredients, and then switch to slow cook. It takes the place of two kitchen appliances in our cottage-of-little-storage-space.

I have a 40 year old pressure cooker that I have also retired. I have always loved using it just a little afraid the older it got. Really looking forward to using my instapot.

Just got my 8QT InstantPot a few weeks ago. So far I've made 3 things and have enjoyed all of them.

The first was Beef & Broccoli which I made for Xmas dinner - I was really taking a chance as my first meal. The only thing I would change on that recipe was to use low salt soy sauce because it was a bit on the salty side but really good!

The second meal was Stuffed Peppers. I loved the fact that I didn't need to cook the rice first like in a traditional recipe. The only thing I would change with that recipe have some extra tomato sauce to use after they cooked, they needed a bit more.

The third meal was mac & cheese which turned out great! The only thing I would change is add more pepper.

All three meals were easy and fast. So far I'm loving the InstantPot!

I like making cheesecakes in mine.

I have an 8 quart Instant pot. I can cook 2 pounds of soaked beans in nine minutes. Then let it slow release pressure.

Our favorite recipes are from the Pressure Luck Cooking website: Mushroom Soup, Meatballs, and Butternut Squash Risotto. Also have made cheesecakes, chocolate lava cakes and rice pudding from others on Youtube.

Our crock pot is getting tired. The Instant Pot can be used as a slow cooker as well, but from various comments on the internet, it doesn't do as good of a job in this mode compared to a regular slow cooker.

Does anybody have experience using their Instant Pot as a slow cooker, and did it produce good results?

Thanks.

I use mine as a slow cooker all the time. I don't see a difference between that and my old crock pot. Plus I like the fact that I can brown food in it--one less pan to have to wash.

I like the fact that it automatically switches itself to warm after the time is up. My crock pot (I allow that it's a cheap one) needs to be manually switched.

And lastly, if you are adventurous and try a few things in the pressure cooker part of it, you will soon be hooked. There are recipes for that all over the internet. It's very safe, and much easier than using a pressure cooker on the stove top.

Love the Instapot. Got the 14 QT and use it all the time. Two of our favorites are Chicken & Rice plus Corn beef and Cabbage. As others have stated there are hundreds of great recipes on YouTube. Just experiment and make your own. Got to try the rice pudding!!!

:confused: You stated "Insta-pot" and other posters mention "Instant-pot". Same? Different? Two brand names? Is one better than the other?:shrug:

My wife makes awesome chicken noodle soup in our Instapot. Pretty much everything she cooks in it is great.

The funny thing about ours is that our kids gave it to us and my wouldn't try it for over a year; was scared it would blow up. Our daughter came for a visit and cooked something in it and the wife has used it at least once a week ever since.

We love our Instapot. Some of the best you tube channels I have found are Flo. Lums instapot recipes, Pressure Luck cooking (as mentioned above) Have made great Baby Back ribs with his recipe in only 45min & also here is a link to one called Mississippi pot roast which turned out really well and only uses like 3-4 ingredients.
[url]https://youtu.be/jIMOIKcigAc

Potatoes for potato salad in 4 minutes

Pea soup, bean soup, pulled pork and hot beef for sandwiches. All turned out wonderful.