So the wife got an instant pot, the best-selling countertop low pressure cooker, for Christmas and it had been sitting for a couple months before I unboxed it a couple weeks ago to make a stew on a cold and rainy day.
Stew was great. Used sub-prime chopped chuck beef, potatoes, onions and other typical stew fixins. Cooked it 45 mins, came out fully cooked with much better flavor infused into what is otherwise a cheap piece of beef.
Next I moved onto chicken breasts, the frozen ones with rib meat you get at Costco. Usually takes an hour to defrost or you can cook for 3 hours in a low temp oven or 6 hours in a slow cooker. 40 mins from frozen to delicious.
I've used it maybe a dozen times since then. Today made a chicken stew in 30 mins with a mix of veggies, broth and more of the frozen chicken. Red peppers cut up into pieces along with a punch of poultry seasoning gave it a strong flavor.
Even better is the fact that clean up is a breeze because there is only one stainless steel pot to mess with.
Not saying that I'm done bbqing, but there's something about the simplicity and time efficiency of this little device that's pretty amazing.
Stew was great. Used sub-prime chopped chuck beef, potatoes, onions and other typical stew fixins. Cooked it 45 mins, came out fully cooked with much better flavor infused into what is otherwise a cheap piece of beef.
Next I moved onto chicken breasts, the frozen ones with rib meat you get at Costco. Usually takes an hour to defrost or you can cook for 3 hours in a low temp oven or 6 hours in a slow cooker. 40 mins from frozen to delicious.
I've used it maybe a dozen times since then. Today made a chicken stew in 30 mins with a mix of veggies, broth and more of the frozen chicken. Red peppers cut up into pieces along with a punch of poultry seasoning gave it a strong flavor.
Even better is the fact that clean up is a breeze because there is only one stainless steel pot to mess with.
Not saying that I'm done bbqing, but there's something about the simplicity and time efficiency of this little device that's pretty amazing.
