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If you have an Instant Pot, you’ve probably already been using it regularly to cook all the typical pressure cooker dishes, like beef stew and chili. You may even have stretched out to making oatmeal for breakfast or making your rice in the Instant Pot. Those are all great uses for this amazing kitchen gadget, but there are so many more magical ways to use an Instant Pot.
If you’ve learned a few tips and tricks for getting more use out of your Instant Pot, that’s a great start, but we want to make sure you know about all the other magical ways to use your electric pressure cooker.
Here are some fun ideas for unusual ways to make the most of your Instant Pot. While these may not be things you’ll make regularly, they are fun to try at least once. You might find some uses you can’t live without. For me, that’s hard boiled eggs.
Magical Ways to Use An Instant Pot
Instant Pot Apple Cider
This Instant Pot Apple Cider is a homemade treat for fall made in the Instant Pot with fresh apples, orange, lemon, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
This Instant Pot jasmine rice recipe eliminates the struggle to make perfectly fluffy rice and it only takes about 15 minutes total in the Instant Pot.
These creamy and smooth Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes can be made in as little as 13 minutes, smashing the record for how quickly you can make this dreamy side dish.
This Instant Pot New York cheesecake is super creamy and decadent, with a smooth but thick texture that will blow you away. Made in the Instant Pot, it's done in half the time it takes in the oven, and it yields a perfect result.
Instant Pot Yogurt with 2 ingredients. Also how to make yogurt without a yogurt button, Greek yogurt, vanilla yogurt, cream cheese and what to do with leftover whey.
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2 thoughts on “16 Magical Ways to Use an Instant Pot”
Roger Dobson says:
How do I use the pip method to cook sliced carrots and potatoes in the PIP unit that i bought from amazon. I put the potatoes in the bottom section and the carrots in the top section with the lid and clamped it together. I put the unit in the inner poy on a tritit with water and preasure cooked it for 5 minutes. They came out uncooked with a skin . Where did I go wrong?
Sorry to hear that your food didn’t turn out well in the pip. I use this recipe for potatoes and carrots https://apressurecookerkitchen.com/instant-pot-potatoes-carrots/. When they are cut to this size, they should only take 3 minutes to cook on high pressure in the instant pot. Maybe the pip is too tightly enclosed for the steam to cook it. Not sure why it turned out with a skin on it. I would try using a steamer basket instead.
How do I use the pip method to cook sliced carrots and potatoes in the PIP unit that i bought from amazon. I put the potatoes in the bottom section and the carrots in the top section with the lid and clamped it together. I put the unit in the inner poy on a tritit with water and preasure cooked it for 5 minutes. They came out uncooked with a skin . Where did I go wrong?
Sorry to hear that your food didn’t turn out well in the pip. I use this recipe for potatoes and carrots https://apressurecookerkitchen.com/instant-pot-potatoes-carrots/. When they are cut to this size, they should only take 3 minutes to cook on high pressure in the instant pot. Maybe the pip is too tightly enclosed for the steam to cook it. Not sure why it turned out with a skin on it. I would try using a steamer basket instead.