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Pressure cooking is a way of cooking food in liquid using a gasket-sealed pan to retain steam and build pressure. By increasing the pressure inside the pan, the boiling point of the liquid in the pressure cooker is raised to 215˚F - 250˚F, which is much higher than normal sea level boiling point. The increased temperature of the water and steam causes the fibers of the food to break down more quickly. This process saves energy since the cooking times are shortened by up to 70%.

Since most second generation pressure cookers require very little liquid, using one prevents the loss of many water soluble vitamins. It also helps to retain colors when preparing vegetables. Another benefit to high pressure is that it pushes flavor deep inside the muscle fibers of even the toughest cuts of meat. The moist heat in a pressure cooker is also an ideal environment for preparing stocks and many egg dishes. The heat in the cooker is much gentler than the dry heat of a typical oven. The liquid creates a water bath which insulates delicate custards and cakes.


Pressure-Cooking Time Tables cooking times for common vegetables, beans, legumes and meat.


Manual List:

Basic Guide to selecting a Pressure Cooker (Adapted from Good Eats):

1st Generation Pressure Cookers - Your Grandma's pressure cooker - uses a weight that jiggles to maintain pressure, many are made of aluminum which is weak, reacts with acids and requires constant finessing, they are loud, not as many safety features, lots of moisture loss but inexpensive, around $30-40.

Modified 1st Generation Pressure Cooker - uses a spring loaded valve instead of a weight to maintain pressure, less noisy, less moisture loss, moderately priced around $60-70

2nd Generation Pressure Cooker - uses a spring loaded rod to maintain pressure, generally made from stainless steel, includes additional safety mechanisms, low moisture loss so requires less liquid, precise, quiet, less attention needed, often more expensive at around $80-250


Manufacturer Recipe Books/Manuals:

Pressure Cooker Manuals

Fagor Index of Pressure Canner Recipes - listed under Details as "Product Manual 2.83 mb" Here is the link for direct download

Fastcooking

All American Pressure Cooker/Canner Recipes & Manual 13 mb pdf

Revere PDF Recipe Book Mother Load - over 15 different manuals with recipes


Recipe Sources:

Hip Pressure Cooking

Dad Cooks Dinner

Serious Eats

The Kitchn

Hawkins Futura Recipes

Presto Index of Pressure Cooker Recipes More Presto Manuals, each one has it's own set of recipes

Mirro WearEver Index of Pressure Cooker Recipes

Cuisinart Pressure Cooker Recipes

Fissler Recipes

Zavor Recipes


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Beef stew

Can’t seem to find the cook time for 1/2 gallon jars

1 Comment
2024/11/30
19:18 UTC

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Can’t find the boil button on my instant pot

I replaced this a couple months ago and always made ricotta cheese by hitting the yogurt button twice and the boil button would come up. The settings looked the same on the new instant pot and so far, everything worked as expected ( just like the old one). Now, I pushed the yogurt button twice and nothing happens. Any idea where the boil button is hidden?

5 Comments
2024/11/29
21:27 UTC

2

Pressure cook a whole smoked turkey

Having a day after Thanksgiving meal, so want to make BBQ and or gravy shredded bird. Turkey is smoked 5 hrs, so it is done. Plan is to pressure cook it with mirepoix to get it to fall off bone (and easily shredded and get gravy liquidl. Thoughts if I will over cook? I was also contemplating soux vide?

3 Comments
2024/11/27
03:25 UTC

1

Breville Fast and Slow coming to pressure

I have a breville fast and slow that is a couple years old but has had minimal use.

When I start pressure cooking, the pressure bar doesn’t build up and just stays on loading. What could be the cause? I have inspected the gasket and it honestly looks okay (maybe a faulty one is not visible to the eye). I had issues like this since I bought it, but usually reopen it and closing it solved them. It’s not the case anymore.

So, I’m wondering if a simple gasket replacement should fix it, or if I should just forget about it and get an instapot on sale

0 Comments
2024/11/26
18:30 UTC

7

Instant pots on sale at Walmart Canada for a pretty good deal

0 Comments
2024/11/26
17:39 UTC

0

Looking for a great gift (pressure cooker NOT crock pot) for my girlfriend

She has made it clear to stray away from croc pots she only wants a pressure cooker for Christmas, one that can make a variety of foods. Any help appreciated thanks.

29 Comments
2024/11/26
00:05 UTC

1

Inner pot - same between the Breville/Sage Fast Slow Pro & GO or not?

Does anyone know if the sizes for the inner pots are the same between the Breville/Sage Fast Slow PRO vs the Fast Slow GO?

Would like to get the stainless steel inner pot for and use it for my fast slow Pro if that's the case.

0 Comments
2024/11/22
17:37 UTC

0

Tefal cy851130 Cook4me concern

Hey guys,

I recently bought this Tefal multicooker and yesterday when I was making chicken, the steam was all over the place.
It was coming out from the top, side handles like from everywhere.

Because it has an opening at the back for steam I was wondering if thats normal or not.

I checked if I had sealed the cooker correctly, but you cant really do it wrong, since its just 1 turn at the top.

If anyone has any idea, please share.

0 Comments
2024/11/21
18:09 UTC

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Bought a Tefal pressure cooker from Aldi today (seems to be a return) and it’s stuck

It’s stuck. It’ll slightly move towards the right, but the lid won’t release and I don’t know how to fix it and make it work? In the instructions it says to put the lid on and turn it right and back to center, but the lid on this one is stuck on in the whole wrong direction and won’t move, it’s stuck on an angle as well so I think whoever bought before me got it all jammed up, turning left instead of right. How do I fix it? Do I have to return it? I only bought it today and still have the receipt. Any help is appreciated

5 Comments
2024/11/21
10:11 UTC

0

Do you even still use normal pots? Looking for advice

Hello!

This Christmas I'll have an opportunity to buy a fairly expensive set of Kitchenware to spice up my home cook journey. I already have a few kitchen essentials in my cart and it got me wondering whether it's still worth it to buy normal pots or should I go with a pressure cooker instead?

I only cook once per week and have all my meals prep.

Do normal pots have other use if you have a pressure cooker? Can't a pressure cooker do the same things as a normal pot, while saving time?

Looking forwards to your comments.

6 Comments
2024/11/21
06:51 UTC

1

How does this pressure weight set work ?

I lost pressure cooker weights for my premier pressure cooker set. I ordered the weight online and I got this. How does this work?

0 Comments
2024/11/18
23:52 UTC

5

black beans in a stovetop cooker

Hi,

I got a new stovetop cooker, but all the recipes refer to the instant pot or electric ones. I am confused about cooking times and amounts of water needed, first time I probably burnt it a bit..

Any resources?

10 Comments
2024/11/18
17:20 UTC

3

Cuckoo Rice Cooker steam release and oozing?

Hey folks, we have a Cuckoo (CRP-CHSS1009FN to be exact) and it has been great for rice. We've recently started using it for other dishes and they turn out great. For pork and beef we use the multi-cook function but sometimes during steam release some of the saucy goodness oozes out.. filling the pot to a third full seems to solve the problem but then the capacity is limited..

Was wondering if anyone have any good tips to prevent this from happening? We are going to try using the porridge mode next time to see if it makes any difference (since from experience, porridge overflows very easily, so it should be good for other dishes?).

Seems like other modes releases steam with equal amount... only if there was a way to configure the unit to release steam after it has cooled down a bit would be awesome...

5 Comments
2024/11/18
09:57 UTC

4

Looking for a 12 qt electric stainless steel pressure cooker

I'm looking for a 12 qt electric stainless steel pressure cooker.

The closest that I have seen that meets this req is Megachef:

https://www.megachef.com/productdetails.php?cat=pressure_cookers&prod=110831

However, the internal lining is nonstick and I'm looking for a stainless steel alternative.

0 Comments
2024/11/18
04:28 UTC

1

How to cook verisoy Taiwanese slices in stove top pressure cooker

IM planning to make chili today in my stove top pressure cooker, ill be using fresh blk/red beans (hydrated a day before), i used TVP many times but never in the pressure cooker, should i hydrate them before adding to pressure cooker or just toss them in the recipe, ill most likely use only 8 pieces at that , either way i was thinking cooking the chili for about 12min (to be safe) and let it rest another 10min when i can open the top.

3 Comments
2024/11/17
20:54 UTC

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What to do with 2 kilos of "sweet potatoes"?

Local "stop waste food market" have given me 2 kilos of "sweet potatoes" for free. I think this is what is called "iams"? I have only ever heard of these in McDonald's as a sweeter version of French fries.

Can I make this just like normal potatoes, just boiled or mashed, and serve with a meat casserole, for instance?

Do I peel them first or after cooking?

How long do they need in the pressure cooker compared to normal potatoes?

33 Comments
2024/11/17
11:37 UTC

4

Hawkins Futura need advice

How does it work if it doesnt whistle, does it work like how you cover and cook food?

Do we have to manually release presure?

Is it safe, in comparison to tradtional pressure cooker?

3 Comments
2024/11/16
15:01 UTC

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Could "wet" Maillard reactions be achieved in a sufficiently pressurized cooker?

Ok, so we all know that pressure cookers work because operating at a higher pressure allows them to cook at a high temperature while still retaining moisture. Your typical pressure cooker is something like 1.5 bar, which elevates temperatures to about 115 C. What if we had a pressure cooker that operated at 5 bar -- 150 C would put it right in the middle of the Maillard reaction temperature range. Could you get browning through the center of a cut of meat?

6 Comments
2024/11/14
18:14 UTC

8

Buying a New Stove-Top Pressure Cooker – What Should I Look For?

Hey everyone! I’m planning to replace my stove-top pressure cooker, which has served me well for over 15 years. I know that there have been quite a few advancements in design and safety since I got mine, so I’m looking for advice on what to consider when purchasing a new one.

What are the differences between a 50$ and a 300$ pressure cooker? I'm kinda lost.

39 Comments
2024/11/12
13:38 UTC

1

Spare Parts for Instant Duo Plus 80 (in Germany)

Im looking for Spare Parts fpr Instant Duo Plus 80 in Germany or a mailadress/ link for a website for contact with a dealer for spare parts. Who can help?

0 Comments
2024/11/07
08:51 UTC

3

Electric pressure cooker without nonstick coating--are they any good?

My Crock Pot brand has finally started to "peel". The non-stick black has come up on my white rice, so it's time to either replace the pot (which is $60 since Crockpot apparently doesn't make this model anymore) but it would be another plastic-coated one, or buy a whole new pressure cooker.

Of course, I could buy some other brand's stainless steel or ceramic non-stick 6qt pot and see if it works with it, but usually you can't return them after use (and I'd have to use it to make sure it pressurizes). This is an option, for sure, so either way my question will cover the options.

So...my question is: which one will be less irritating: stainless steel or ceramic? I pretty much only use it for meal prepping white rice or quinoa, beans, occasionally chicken, and for steaming potatoes. I've tried ceramic stove top cookware before, and the "non-stick" element was a total lie, even insulting. My only experience with stainless steel is a small saucepan, which is pretty much fine as long as I only make soup (certainly not rice). I was hoping a cast iron pot would exist for pressure cookers, but apparently iron is too brittle for that.

Your insight is much appreciated.

20 Comments
2024/11/03
13:50 UTC

0

Please help, I don't want to be scared of my GEEKCHEF YBW40P pressure cooker anymore.

I want to love this, it has everything. I seem to be hung up on not having a specific recipe book/ instructional manual for this 11 in 1, 6Q/1000W.

Pressure cookers in general intimidate me so I need some hand holding to get started. Eventually I want to brave making yogurt and using the sous vide setting.

Is this a reliable appliance? I don't believe it's for sale any longer.

Are all pressure cooker recipes interchangeable as long as they are for the proper size?

8 Comments
2024/11/02
19:28 UTC

5

Cannot decide between Fissler Vitavit Premium 3.5l vs 4.5l

Hello all,

I am trying to choose my first pressure cooker and after some research Fissler Vitavit Premium seems to be a good choice. Now I cannot decide between 3.5liters or 4.5 liters. Usually I cook for 2-3 people. So both are fine, but need recommendation, maybe you can help me with advice.

Thank you.

10 Comments
2024/11/01
18:33 UTC

5

Rotted seal removal, please help.

I ended up with an old pressure cooker from my Grandma but the seal in the lid is completely rotted and stuck. I've tried soaking it in hot water and picking and scraping at this crumbling apart seal for two days and my hands just hurt. I've got replacement seals for once it's clean, but getting the seal out of the groove is proving to be beyond me. Is there some kind of cleaner that can get this junk out so I can actually get this thing working again? It's a presto model number 403 if that's relevant.

9 Comments
2024/10/31
03:44 UTC

1

Question about Using a Hawkins Pressure Cooker as a Stock Pot

I'm hoping someone can help me clarify something. I want to use my Hawkins stainless steel pressure cooker to make stock, but I’ve seen mixed information about whether or not it's advisable to use it for prolonged boiling with the lid off. Here’s exactly what I’d like to do:

  1. Pressure cook chicken and veggies for about 1.5 hours to make a stock.
  2. Remove all the solids, leaving just the stock in the pot.
  3. Reduce the stock by boiling the liquid on medium heat for 30 minutes to concentrate the flavors.

Has anyone used a Hawkins cooker this way? Is there any risk of warping, discoloration, or other issues when using it for a longer boil without the lid? Would love to hear if anyone has done something similar or has any tips!

Thanks in advance!

9 Comments
2024/10/29
20:40 UTC

3

Fagor Rapida Express Gasket Replacement

Anybody know a good universal gasket replacement for a Fagor Rapida? I've had this pot for almost 20 years and it works fine but it seems to be evaporating more liquid than it used to lately and I think the gasket needs to be replaced. Anyone know if the Zavor gaskets will fit?

1 Comment
2024/10/25
00:28 UTC

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