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On top of all that, traditional pressure cookers are scary for a lot of people. Not everyone can stand in front of a stove, even for the mere ten minutes required. Not everyone has confidence in the kitchen.
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They're excellent labor and time saving devices though. You also don't need a food processor or a toaster or a nonstick pan. Just like nobody technically ever needs a pressure cooker in the first place unless they live at altitude. You're obviously right that you don't need it. Your repeated insistence that it "does nothing" and that it is just as easy on a stovetop is just plain incorrect, and can be proven so with a minimal amount of reading and common sense. The stovetop technique here requires constant work and stirring, and the pressure cooker eliminates that. Throw in a bowl with some rice and steamed broccoli with some of that yummy sauce on it. You can thicken the liquid in the pan on a low sauté with very small bit of a flour roux. Then I’ll take it out and I’ll usually chop it up a bit or shred it as it is very tender. Once it clicks I usually give it another ten minutes to rest in there. Let it do its thing and then when it is down let it do its own gradual steam escape. Make sure your steam vent is sealed and turn on the unit to manual for 12 minutes.
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Let it come to a simmer and then close it up. I take frozen chicken breasts, throw them in on a high sauté with spices (I usually put a nob of butter or coconut oil in the pot and sort of toast my spices before adding the chicken - I use salt, cracked pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, hot paprika, and a dash of chili powder) for just a minute to get some color on it then deglaze the pan with some broth (I like half a cup of bone broth and a cup of water) and whatever else you want to season your sauce with. Users who only dump links to their sites/channels will be banned. It is okay to be a redditor with a website, it is not okay to be a website with a reddit account. Repeat offenders may be banned.ĥ) No spam. Abusive comments will be subject to removal. Pictures of unique decorations (like decals) are allowed.Ĥ) Be excellent to each other. We understand your excitement (we've been there too!) but we all know what the IP looks like and these types of low effort posts can become tiresome. Community Guidelinesġ) All posts must be related to Instant Pot brand products.Ģ) When posting pictures of your Instant Pot creations, please include the recipe in the comments.ģ) Please no pictures of just the Instant Pot. A place for Instant Pot owners to discuss, debate, divulge, digress and digest.