SWMBO on a girls trip so I indulged in MCS

[JCBBQ]

It’s only fair. Actually it’s become a family joke - she goes galavanting and I stay home w our 12 year old dog and buy myself kitchen equipment.

This time it was an 8 qt Instant Pot. I consulted The Pit Library, to see what the experts had to say, only to discover the last thread on Instant Pots was mine, almost a year ago, asking if I should get one. The overwhelming response was, yes, dummy, just get one. So this time I did.

Hey I resisted for 10 months. 🙄🙄

The only thing I definitely knew I wanted to cook in it was bone broth. So my Maiden Voyage was chicken stock. And I was not disappointed! This was THE most beautiful, clean and clear stock I’ve ever made… and it could not have been easier or faster. Man! I’m so happy with this purchase!

I put some aromatics in as well as 3 chicken carcasses and 1.5 lbs of chicken feet. Filled it to the top of the bones with water and cooked on high pressure for 2hrs and let it release steam naturally. I saw somewhere if you use the quick release it boils and agitates the contents making a cloudy stock.

This is beautiful stuff!




After straining and cooling I stuck it in the fridge overnight, removed the layer of fat and was left with a gallon of gelatinous chickeny goodness.


Wanting to put it to use immediately, I embarked on possibly The most complicated chicken noodle soup ever - Thomas Keller’s Chicken Soup with Dumplings from his Ad Hoc at Home cookbook. Ooph this took a lot of time. Each component was a separate recipe 🤬🤬🤬 In the end, it was delicious, and the broth was silky smooth so I was happy.

Here’re the components, the final product and look at what’s under the broth prior to filling the bowl.







Gang, what do you recommend I make next with my Instant Pot.

[dpearce]

Oh man... MCS, and I am so screwed. That stock looks top notch!

[JCBBQ]

There’s a woman I follow on instagram, Sarah Gavigan who uses instant pots to make her ramen broth. Definitely worth a follow if you get one.

[JCBBQ]

Here’s Sarah Gavigan making beef stock

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ6w4YGDpJq/?dlrf=MWUxbmNxMWVwbWs1aQ==

[Alan Brice]

Love the IP! Roast the bones in the oven or smoker first to get some brown on. I get two $4.99 Roti chickens at Costco and harvest as much meat as poss then IP everything else. Add a cpl Tbls ACV to reclaim the calciyummm.

[JCBBQ]

PS my quenelle technique is very sad.

[Oak Smoke]

Where are the onions?

[Hulagn1971]

Oak Smoke the main dude Meathead recommends using the outer layers of onions too for the very same reason.

[Alan Brice]

When you are completley done with the onion skins, toss them in the garden. Anything that is not meat or dairy goes into compost!

[Meathead]

Yes, onion skins are good for cvolor. Just be careful. No mold or black spots, dirt, and note the bring just a nice touch of astringency.

[WI Bubba]

Mid week pot roast is a great thing to do in a pressure cooker.
Just about anything you would do in a crockpot can be done in a quarter of the time in one. A site I use often is this one.
One of the best chicken stocks I've made in mine came from here.
Serious Eats also has a a fair few recipes for the pressure cooker that are pretty good.

[JCBBQ]

Cool! Thanks.

[Alan Brice]

Ad for Combustion Inc wireless, no thanks.

[WI Bubba]

Alan Brice there is good information there if you look past the ad, but I get your point.

[SheilaAnn]

I love my IP! It’s the 6 qt one. My takeaway is that you filled it THAT full? Maybe it’s different in the 8qt? I have a “fill line” stamped in the pot. I just made some myself this week. I roast the bones first. And…. Chicken feet FTW!!

[JCBBQ]

Also, I famously don’t read instructions. 😲😬 I did see that line you mentioned but enthusiastically blew past that warning. Turned out great.

[SheilaAnn]

Maybe I can go past the line… but I’m sceert to 🤪🤪🤪

[Alan Brice]

That just keeps it from boiling over.

[Michael_in_TX]

And that InstantPot is an excellent rice cooker. I use it nearly every week for brown rice.

I do two cups of brown rice to 2.5 cups of water. 15 minutes high pressure followed by 10 minutes of natural release (with brown rice I don't use the rice preset). And you're right, doing a quick release causes the contents to boil for a moment, which you often don't want.

My favorite rice recipe is Rick Bayless': https://www.rickbayless.com/recipe/red-tomato-rice/ (Watch the video, his description is bit confusing. I don't add the parsley.) Unlike brown rice, the Rice preset works just fine for this one. Absolutely the best rice I've ever made.

[Dan Deter]

That's the one thing I don't use the IP for, because, well, I have a rice cooker, and have had one for much longer than the IP.

[shify]

Rice is by far my #1 use for my Instant Pot.

Calrose rice - 1:1.25 rice to water ratio by weight (e.g., 235 grams rice, 290 grams water). 6 min on high, 10 min natural release. Perfect rice

[jfmorris]

Second this. I use mine for rice more than anything else. I have settings on my off-brand instant pot for white rice and brown rice, which makes it easy. I am down to a 1:1 ratio of water to rice though, as I am usually making it for fried rice.

[Hulagn1971]

Pot roast, beef stew, chicken noodle soup are all some of my favorites. Also hard "boiled" eggs which aren't boiled. Shells peel off in one piece.

[Skip]

+1 on boiled eggs.

[Dan Deter]

Absolutely the best way to do hard boiled eggs. You can get double layer egg holders that fit in the IP and keep the eggs from banging on each other. I can do up to 14 in a go.

[Hulagn1971]

Dan Deter thanks for that tip. I never knew of that. Add to he list.

[bbqLuv]

instant pot for the win. we enjoy ours.

[Panhead John]

I have instant pot only because my dealer lives next door.

[Panhead John]

JC,

https://babylonbee.com/news/millions-of-texans-seen-crossing-rio-grande-into-mexico

[JCBBQ]

Panhead John 😆😆😆😆😆

[fzxdoc]

Panhead John,

Kathryn

[Draznnl]

Tallk to Kathryn, fzxdoc about cooking some Rancho Gordo beans in there.

[JCBBQ]

Oh yeah, beans! I forgot. Definitely one of the reasons I got an IP.

[gboss]

Chris Young's Pressure Cooker Rotisserie Chicken Stock recipe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k20zFlbFfE

[JCBBQ]

Thanks

[realdocBBQ]

I've never made my own stock - but I remember watching Chris Young's video on it, which gboss just posted - beat me to it by an hour! lol

Long video, but just like all of chefchrisyoung's other stuff, very in depth, very well explained and really excellent. I would like to try that method one day.

[realdocBBQ]

Just watched it again in its entirety... "Pappy Van Cluckles". Love it. I really like his sense of humor blended with his scientific explanations and they do a great job with animations to show the concepts. I enjoy his videos a lot.

[fzxdoc]

Welcome to the dark side.

Kathryn

P.S. it took you long enough!

[JCBBQ]

Hahaha no kidding! Kathryn do you put the interior pot in the dishwasher? I’m only concerned bc mine has rubber/silicone handles. Wasn’t sure if they’d get ruined.

[fzxdoc]

JCBBQ , you've got a newer Instant Pot model than I have. I have a 6 quart and a 10 quart Instant Pots and both have stainless steel inserts without handles. So yes, they go right into the dishwasher, as does the silicone gasket from the lid. The silicone gasket likes to pick up odors, so I purchased an extra one when I bought each IP. I've never used the extra ones. The smell goes away in a while; plus no smell if washed on the dishwasher's top shelf.

K.

[dpearce]

Corporate Accounting is not on board with an Instant Pot. Dang it. I need to build a second kitchen outdoors. This is getting expensive.

[SheilaAnn]

realdocBBQ since I am the Executive Director of Food/Kitchen, expenses are always approved. But I hear ya on space. Gotta thin the herd!!!

[dpearce]

realdocBBQ us too... I've even got stuff stored in a cabinet in the adjoining dining room, and a 8 foot wire shelf in the basement... I need to go through a lot of it in the basement, and get a handle on that area. Trouble is, I've got bins of kids stuff stored in that area also, and the light is blocked by a clothes rack I put up for the laundry, so access sucks.

[realdocBBQ]

I need to start filling the trash can every Wednesday night with some things before I push it out to the street...