{"id":557,"date":"2018-08-10T15:55:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T15:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drkarenhudes.ca\/?p=557"},"modified":"2018-08-10T15:55:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T15:55:43","slug":"instant-pot-recipes-for-the-beginier-aka-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drkarenhudes.ca\/index.php\/2018\/08\/10\/instant-pot-recipes-for-the-beginier-aka-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Pot recipes for the beginier (aka me)"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I got a new Instant Pot<\/h1>\n

It was Amazon Prime day in July… I couldn’t help it. I bought an instant pot to my husband’s chagrin. (we already have way too many kitchen gadgets).<\/p>\n

I am hopeful this new gaget will replace my slow cooker – It should, and take it’s cupboard space.\u00a0 ANNNNDDD I hope it solves another problem – the one I have with forgetting to take out meat to thaw in the morning.\u00a0 With the instant pot you can cook from frozen in 30 minutes – its true! I tried it!<\/p>\n

At first I was a bit scared of the pressure cooker feature – while I never had one growing up my mom regailed me with stories of exploding pressure cookers in the 70’s – she was scared, and passed it to me.\u00a0 Hence I have never had one.<\/p>\n

Nowadays they make these things way safer… still though at first I was scared and ran out of the kitchen.\u00a0 Old habits die hard.<\/p>\n

Ok so here are two beginer recipes I have tried and one I will try this week:<\/p>\n

Instant Pot hard boiled eggs<\/h2>\n

This one is so simple its crazy.\u00a0 And it makes the perfect, most easily peeled hard boiled eggs.<\/p>\n

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A perfect starter place…<\/p>\n

Place eggs in the instant pot on the rack. Put in 1 cup of cold water into pot.\u00a0 you can cook 6-8 eggs at a time – close the lid of the instat pot and make sure the steam valve is closed and in the sealing position – cook on high pressure for 5 minutes (manual or pressure cook setting).<\/p>\n

When it beeps do a quick release of the steam (careful not to burn yourself! I always do this with silicone oven mitts on…) and submerge the eggs in ice water for 5 min so they dont over cook – use tongs!<\/p>\n

Done! perfect and easy to peel every time!<\/p>\n

Instant pot poached chicken breasts<\/h2>\n

Also super easy!<\/p>\n

To make it easier make sure you freeze the chicken breasts individually – then you don’t have to fight to separate them – and they do need to be separated!<\/p>\n

Ok so you can put in lots – you can stack the chicken breasts but make sure to separate – I did 6 the first time!<\/p>\n

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Steps:<\/p>\n

put frozen chicken breasts in pit<\/p>\n

add 1 cup of water or chicken broth and season with salt and pepper<\/p>\n

Close the lid of the instant pot and move valve to sealing and press manual or pressure cooker setting and set timer to 10-12 minutes (12 was too long for me last time).\u00a0 When it beeps let the pressure release naturally for 5-10 min and then release the remaining pressure – so easy!<\/p>\n

If you do longer on the cook time the chicke shreds nicely for chicken salad.\u00a0 Shorter and you get perfectly poached chicken… just make sure the internal temp of the chicken is 180F when you are done to make sure it is cooked through if you are worried.<\/p>\n

Keto Pork Tenderloin in the instant pot<\/h2>\n

This one I haven’t yet tried as of the writing of this post – I will be trying it this weekend or early next week though… credit to this blog and more instant pot keto goodness here!\u00a0https:\/\/www.savorytooth.com\/instant-pot-pork-tenderloin\/<\/a>\u00a0 I totally stole this whole thing from there…<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/h3>\n
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