What Can I Cook In a Pressure Cooker

Are you asking this question “what can I cook in a pressure cooker” yourself? The answer is that you can cook almost anything starting from the grains to the meat. Here we have enlisted some easy recipes that you will be able to cook with a instapot in a short period. With these recipes, we will try to let you understand that it is possible to prepare any food in a pressure cooker.

Pressure Cooker Brown Rice

Serve: you will be able to serve 6 cups of brown rice

Ingredients

  1. Brown rice: 2 cups. Use short grains
  2. Water: 2 ¾ cups
  3. Salt: 2 tablespoons

Procedure

Take your pressure cooker and put all the ingredients in the pot and combine them. Then lock the lid and select the high-pressure mode. Select cooking of 22 minutes. When the beep sound let you know that the cooking time is over, then choose the natural pressure release and turn the heat source off. Rest the rice for 20 minutes. Move the lid with care and fluff the rice with the help of a fork. Serve it as the side dish with any food.

Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients

  1. Idaho Russet potatoes: 2 lbs. Peel them and cut into quarters.
  2. Water: 1 cup
  3. Whole milk: 2/3 cup
  4. Thick butter: 4 tablespoons
  5. Salt
  6. Pepper
  7. Procedure

Take the peeled and quartered potatoes. Put them in the steamer basket of your pressure cooker. Add water to the cooking pot. Select the pressure setting of high pressure. Cook for around 5 to 7 minutes. Use the natural pressure release after the cooking time. Take the potatoes out. In a saucepan put the butter and milk together and warm them. Warm those until the butter melt. Take the hot potatoes and the mixture of milk and butter and mix them with an electric mixer. During the mixing, you have to add the butter and milk mixture slowly. At first the potatoes may seem sunny but within a minute they will get thicken. Serve before they turn cold. Try this when you are thinking about what can you cook in a pressure cooker in a short time.

Smokey Beef Brisket

Spiced beef brisket with smokey bbq sauce.

Ingredients

  1. Beef brisket: 3 lb. Trim the extra fat
  2. Seasoned meat tenderizer: 1 teaspoon
  3. Celery Salt: 1/4 teaspoon
  4. Lowry’s seasoned salt: 1/4 teaspoon
  5. garlic salt: 1/4 teaspoon
  6. liquid smoke: 2 tablespoons
  7. Worcester sauce: 1 tablespoon
  8. Water: 1/2 cup
  9. BBQ sauce: 1 cup. Get some extra to add to the servings.

Procedure

Take the celery salt, meat tenderizer, garlic salt and seasoned salt in a small bowl and mix them. Take the basket and rub the mixture nicely all over it. Take the rib and put it in a Ziploc bag with the Worcester sauce and liquid smoke. Then seal the bag. Place the bag in your refrigerator for overnight to marinate the rib. Take your pressure cooker and put the water and barbecue sauce in the cooking pot. Add the brisket along with all the juices from the Ziploc bag. Close the lid of your pressure cooker. Select high-pressure mode and set the timer for sixty minutes. After the time is done release the pressure by natural release method. It will take around 15 minutes. If any pressure remains after the 15 minutes, then you can quick release them. Remove the lid gently and carefully take the rib out. Put it on a large platter. When you are slicing the meat, make sure you are doing it across the grain. When serving take the additional barbecues sauce and mix it with the liquid of the cooking pot and drizzle over the ribs. If you have pressure cooker less than 10 quarts, then you have to cut the ribs in half to accommodate it in the cooking pot.

Rice with Creamy Chicken and Broccoli

Ingredients

  1. Olive oil: 1 tablespoon
  2. Butter: 1 tablespoon
  3. Chicken breasts: 2 large. Need to be skinless and boneless
  4. Chopped onion: 1/2 cup
  5. Chicken broth: one 14 oz. can
  6. Salt: 1/2 teaspoon
  7. Black pepper: 1/2 teaspoon
  8. Red pepper flakes: 1/8 teaspoon
  9. Dried parsley: 1 tablespoon
  10. Cornstarch: 2 tablespoons
  11. Water: 2 tablespoons
  12. Light cream cheese: 4 oz. should be cut into cubes
  13. Shredded cheddar cheese: 1 cup
  14. Broccoli: 3 cups. Should be steamed lightly and chopped.

Procedure

Take the chicken breast and then salt and pepper it nicely. Take the cooking pot and put butter and oil into it. Select the browning function. Keep doing until the butter melts down. Then add the chicken breast and brown it. Get it out and put on a plate. Put the onions in the cooking pot of the pressure cooker and cook it until it gets tender. After the browning of the onions and the salt, red pepper flakes, pepper, parsley and chicken broth in the cooking pot. Stir and mix them together. Add the chicken breast then. Put on the lid and lock it. Select the high-pressure mode and add 5 minutes to the timer. When the time is elapsed, select the quick pressure release. Take the chicken out from the cutting board and cut into pieces. Adopt a small bowl and add the cornstarch in 2 tablespoons of water. Select the simmer mode and add the cornstarch mixture. You have to keep the liquid stirring at this time. Take the shredded cheese and the cream cheese and add them. Keep stirring until the chess melt down nicely. Take the dice chicken and the broccoli and add them too. Then you have to cook for another five minutes until the broccoli, and the chicken get heated thoroughly. Take the meal out and serve it hot with the rice. You can add extra shredded cheese too if you want. So you can cook this quickly when you have the “what can I cook in a pressure cooker” question in your mind.

New York Cheesecake with a Cookie Crust

Serve: you will be able to get eight serves from this recipe

Ingredients

For the Crust

  1. Shortbread Toffee Cookies: 1/2 cup. You have to crush them, and you will need around six cookies.
  2. Pecans: 1/2 cup. Need to be chopped.
  3. Melted butter: 2 tablespoons

For the Filling

  1. Cream cheese: two 8-ounce packages
  2. Sugar: 3/4 cup
  3. Heavy cream: 1/3 cup
  4. Sour cream: 1/3 cup
  5. Vanilla extract: 2 teaspoons
  6. All-purpose flour: 2 tablespoons
  7. Eggs: 3

Procedure

Get a 7-inch pan and springform it by coating with a non-stick spray or grease it. Take a bowl and combine butter, chopped pecans and the cookie crumbs in it. Take this mixture and spread it evenly at the bottom of the pan. Take the pan and put it in the freezer for 10 minutes. Take another mixing bowl. Put the sugar and the cream cheese into it. Then mix it at a medium speed until it gets smooth. Then add the sour cream, heavy cream, flour and vanilla into it and mix. At last mix one egg at a time. Make sure that you don’t over mix it. Then pour the batter over the prepared crust. Take a trivet and place it at the bottom of the cooking pan of the pressure cooker. Add two cups of the water in the pot. Take the springform pan and lower it on the trivet and lock the lid of the pressure cooker. Select the high-pressure mode and cook for 30 minutes. After cooking then wait for ten minutes to release the pressure naturally. Let the cake cool for 1 to 2 ten hours and then put it into the freezer for another 2 to 3 hours. You can add the caramel or any other extra toppings of your choice when serving it. Slice it into bite pieces when serving it.

If you go through this article, then you won’t have to worry about what you can cook in a pressure cooker. Whenever you feel this, you can choose any of these recipes to cook. By following these recipes, you will be able to cook starters to deserts with your pressure cooker. In case of you thinking whether you can cook all the types of meat then you have already the answer now. We have given two meat recipes here. So it shows that it is possible to cook any kind meat in a pressure cooker. Keep in mind that the time that the time given in all the recipes may change slightly due to the variations of the pressure cooker.

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