Question about pressure cookers (mushrooms, crockpot, steam, pudding)
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Mine makes perfect rice. The Instant Pot comes with a measuring cup for rice which is about 3/4 cup. I use one cup water for every measuring cup of rice, and add a bit of salt and butter, then cook on high for 3 minutes and leave it to do a natural release for 12 minutes. That method has worked every time. It has a rice button, but I prefer the other method.
Most of the rice problems I see in the IP group come from too much water or too little water.
Thanks. Yes, we eat beans. It seems the reviews are mixed about how well pressure cookers cook rice though.
I cook brown rice in my 6 qt IP. I prefer that rice to the rice my rice cooker does, and it was state of the art when I bought it in the early aughts.
In answer to another question about rice, I cook 1 C of brown rice and then reheat portions in the micro, when needed for us two. So far this works fine. If I owned another, smaller cooker, I'd use it to make smaller quantities of brown rice at a time, in place of my rice cooker. So far, I haven't made up my mind to purchase the 3 qt, which is what I see myself doing to cook rice and potatoes in, to accompany an IP meal.
I did have to do rice several times to finally get it right.
I have the 6qt Duo and love it. I talked my sister into the Cosori and she loves hers. if i were buying now I would get the Cosori for the functions mine doesn't have. Just today I made a dozen hard cooked eggs, then I made 6 medium potatoes to use various ways with the ones not eaten at dinner. Check youtube for videos that compare the two. Happy cooking!
I forgot the Cosori comes with an extra sealing ring and a glass lid. Instant Pot does not and they will cost about $22 or more to buy for the Instant Pot. Also the pot has better markings inside than my Instant Pot's 1/2 and full markings.
...Even with a stovetop PC, a 4 hour soak before cooking produced superior beans...
I tried several soaking times with the pressure cooker. My stovetop beans are just so much better than pressure cooker beans.
BTW - I just completed a slow-cooked batch of beans on the stove and put them in the fridge twenty minutes ago. I like to have something cooking while I'm working through the night.
I looked at the 6 quart Instant Pot today at Kohl's, and that thing is HUGE ! I'm re-thinking the pressure cooker idea.
I had a hard time with that originally, but my intention was to replace my oblong crockpot with the IP, so storage-wise, it fit in the same place. Unfortunately, I decided that I couldn't give up my crockpot so I had to do some re-arranging so the IP would fit inside the pantry cupboard when it wasn't being used. I have limited counter space and the only appliances that don't get relegated to the pantry are my coffee pot and toaster oven.
It's been worth it I tell ya - I find myself dragging it out of the cupboard several times a week. I have really enjoyed using it and cooking different things I didn't expect to at first.
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