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Buying an Instant Pot was life changing. I filled it up with chopped sweet potatoes, set it for an hour, and they were perfectly cooked to make mashed potatoes.
by zoklet-enjoyer 4y ago
Buying an Instant Pot was life changing. I filled it up with chopped sweet potatoes, set it for an hour, and they were perfectly cooked to make mashed potatoes. Dry beans cook so fast. It makes rice as well as a rice cooker does. I love it
- klyrs 4y agoI'm with you on the beans, but mashed potatoes take about 20 minutes on a plain old electric stove.
- IanCal 4y agoThey'll have been done well before that. An hour is a long time in a pressure cooker. With kids, I sometimes do things in the instant pot I could probably do quicker outside, I'm happier leaving it on the counter rather than leaving a burner on.
- PebblesRox 4y agoI often use my instant pot instead of a pot on the stove because I don't have much counter space next to my stove. It's much more convenient to chop stuff up on my big counter and toss it into the instant pot that's right there instead of going back and forth between the counter and the stove.
- bombela 4y ago11 minutes in the microwave! Use a bit of water in microwave safe dish with a lid almost closed. This is like steaming and microwave cooking all at once.
- akira2501 4y agoI put the potatoes in a paper bowl and then set another paper bowl inverted over the top of that. It traps just the right amount of escaping steam to effectively do the same thing.
- kzrdude 4y agoAnd sweet potatoes are even faster to mash
- ak217 4y agoThe instant pot's value is the automation. Yes, you can achieve the same results with a stovetop pressure cooker or even a regular pan/pot. You will be spending more of your time on it because if you don't pay attention, adjust the heat, turn it off after 20 minutes, etc. you will end up with a mess or worse on your stove. Regular induction cooktops and ovens are starting to get similar features where they can be set on a timer, sense the temperature of the food, etc. It may not seem like much, but it's very important because it saves people time and makes more of the manual housework optional.
- zdragnar 4y agoI'm going to have to dispute the rice - my instant pot has never produced rice at the same quality as my rice cooker. That said, it makes a better pork shoulder than anything else I've ever done!
- ska 4y agoI think the rice cooker is about as good as a generic cheap rice cooker of the north american variety, but not as good as a good japanese/korean/etc. one. Obviously YMMV
- zdragnar 4y agoThe trick in America at least is to go above the $20 price point. Most of the $40 aroma rice cookers will do just as good as the $200+ zojirushi for a simple long grain white / jasmine rice. If you want sticky rice, congee or a korean style multigrain blend, then yeah, most cheaper American cookers will fall short.
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- glxxyz 4y agoYes I've had a Zojirushi induction pressure rice cooker for 6 years and the sticky rice & porridge it makes is incredible. The instant pot is great but we use it for other things.
- satvikpendem 4y agoYou need to use a pot-in-pot method for rice, not raw rice in the pot [0]. This ensures even cooking of the rice because the water around it gets hot first and then distributes that heat to all layers of the rice, not just near the bottom. This is what I do and I get perfect rice every time. [0] https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/how-to-use-the-pot-in-pot-method-in-your-pressure-cooker-instant-pot/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/how-to-use-the-pot-in-p...
- ska 4y ago> I filled it up with chopped sweet potatoes, set it for an hour FWIW I have trouble imagining needing more than 10 minutes at high pressure for anything like potatoes. Maybe even a few less. Cooking them for an hour would be similar to boiling stovetop for 3+ hours!
- qup 4y agoI cooked whole red potatoes last night in the instant pot using my standard time: 14 minutes. If I cube them, it's more like 9 minutes. Perfectly mashable.
- boosteri 4y agoNot sure I quite understand why chopped up sweet potatoes need an hour in an instant pot. It takes about 15-20 minutes in a pot on a gas burner.
- Jill_the_Pill 4y agoI cook potatoes in the instant pot -- maybe halved or quartered if big -- for 6-8 minutes.
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y agoI don't like having to watch a pot to make sure it doesn't boil over. Also I was drunk so I just hit start and let it do it's thing