Instant Pot, What a Machine


 
My first attempt at Hot and Sour soup. Not quite as good as my favorite restaurant but pretty darn good for my first attempt.

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And with practise you'll get more adventuresome too!

Looks good to me :) By the way, post the recipe in the Odds and Ends Recipe forum ��
 
The recipe I used was very similar to this one. I used both shiitake and Baby Bella mushrooms-all traditional vegetarian though. Next time I'll try some chicken or pork strips.
 
Don't know if I posted this earlier but sous vide a steak with the Ultra
http://www.instantpottips.com/sous-vide/instant-pot-sous-vide-steak/

Thinking about trying this weekend. One steak per bag. Unfortunately, I like med-rare and wife likes med-well (how anyone could eat med well I don't know :confused: ) but it's a small challenge to try to get both done at the same time.

Figure I'll do both at my temp then take mine out and up the temp/leave her's in for say another 10-15 min?

Anyone tried to do two levels of doneness to arrive cooked at the same time?

edit--I had posted earlier but I'll leave it in this post.
 
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Len Dennis said:
Don't know if I posted this earlier but sous vide a steak with the Ultra
http://www.instantpottips.com/sous-vide/instant-pot-sous-vide-steak/

Thinking about trying this weekend. One steak per bag. Unfortunately, I like med-rare and wife likes med-well (how anyone could eat med well I don't know :confused: ) but it's a small challenge to try to get both done at the same time.

Figure I'll do both at my temp then take mine out and up the temp/leave her's in for say another 10-15 min?

Anyone tried to do two levels of doneness to arrive cooked at the same time?
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You should see what my wife makes me do a steak. You'd cry. When I do steak I start hers like 30 minutes before I even let the rest of our's touch the grill. Yeah it's that bad
 
Len Dennis said:
Thinking about trying this weekend. One steak per bag. Unfortunately, I like med-rare and wife likes med-well (how anyone could eat med well I don't know :confused: ) but it's a small challenge to try to get both done at the same time.

Figure I'll do both at my temp then take mine out and up the temp/leave her's in for say another 10-15 min?
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I'd sous vide both to the same temp and just reverse sear hers for another minute or two on each side.
 
have you figured out the temp & seasonings yet? Maybe roast some garlic next time you have the oven on & squeeze some of that in there, or I keep thinking bail or rosemary but haven't tried that.......and salt......and pepper. Or EVOO infused with fresh garlic (I have a jar of that in my fridge I was playing with on potatoes earlier this week).

For the temp - how you gonna do that? I was thinking 115F for an hour or two or ?, then sear to your finished temp, or you could take it to 125 (or whatever your desired doneness) , then chill in the fridge for ~15 minutes & then sear?

I wonder how chicken would be, marinated/sous vide cooked with lemon/pepper/basil/etc..... Jucier?

......i'm still not on the sous vide bandwagon but I have cousins who sing its praises
 
Instapot Accessories: I got the glass lid so I can store the pot in the fridge like a normal stock pot, and I just got a 2nd inner pot.
 
Good idea.

So far I've done prime rib steaks (130o S&P & gran garlic), spares, chicken soup, basmati rice, chick peas for hummus and the piece de resistance: cheesecake :D !

Everything turned out perfect.
 
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Pat G said:
I know that some of you have already discovered the wonders of the Instant Pot. I've had mine less than a week and have been very impressed. These really save some time.

This is the one I have:
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00FLYWNYQ/tvwb-20?tag=tvwb-20
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Got the wife one a few years ago for Christmas. It lives on the kitchen counter and gets a lot of use. She makes yogurt regularly and a cake occasionally. I use it for beans, soups, stock, stews and chili. If you use the sauté or slow cook functions much, be sure to get a tempered glass lid for it.
 
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