Anyone use power pressure cooker?

[karliebug]

O I am watching the infomercial and it looks great but I don't want to buy another appliance that I will use a couple of times and then it will collect dust. So who has one? Do you like it? What do you make in it?

 

[powellrj]

I use a regular pressure cooker all the time. I bought one, but I haven't had time to use it yet. It's really nice and I think once I read the directions I will use it often. I love using my pressure cooker.

 

[barkley]

we have an electric pressure cooker-but really only use it when we cook corn beef, cabbage and carrots (super fast, VERY tender). we would probably use it more often if we still worked cuz it was convenient (had everything preprepped to go in when we got home).

I don't use mine for canning just b/c when I can I do larger batches-and the electric models don't hold many jars.

 

[KLAIT]

I do have one and use it all the time. I make everything from beef roast with carrots and potatoes in an hour to ribs and pasta. Makes the best soups and chili. I don't get home from work until 6 each night and can still have a homemade meal for my family before 7 each night. The secret is to not be afraid of it and to be willing to try everything in it.

 

[tina.tina]

I have an electric pressure cooker that has the name Technique on it and I highly recommend it. My parents bought one for themselves, loved it, and bought ones for Christmas last year for me and my two sisters. It has settings for pressure cooking, slow cooking, browning, and steaming. When the timer finishes, it moves to the warm setting so I can set it while I'm doing other things and don't have to worry if I don't get back to it immediately.

My pressure cooker requires 1.5 cups of water. When I cook meat, instead of water, I use chicken or beef broth. If I had some type of rack as an accessory, I could even bake cakes in my pressure cooker. I am looking forward to trying out a cheesecake when I get brave enough (and get around to buying a rack).

I love to cook meat in my pressure cooker because it is fall apart tender. I put an applewood rub on baby back ribs and cook them for 1/2 hour and they are perfect. I can cook several pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breasts from frozen in 45 minutes and they are SO tender.

For barbecue chicken, I pressure cook the chicken. Then, I empty the liquid and turn it to the brown setting, add barbecue sauce and cook the sauce into the chicken. It only uses one pan and I don't have to drag everything out to the grill.

My sister cooks whole chickens in hers and I made a roast last winter. My parents often make a jambalaya with shrimp, chicken, and sausage and they love it. I also made beef and potatoes last winter. I browned my chunks of beef, then I pressure cooked them for about 15 minutes until they were almost done. Then, I added the potatoes and everything finished cooking in about 7 minutes.

This summer, I cooked garden fresh green beans. I turned it on the brown setting, put in bacon and cooked it until it was almost done. Then I added some finely chopped onion and cooked until the onion was almost done. I added the required water, green beans, and salt and pepper. I pressure cooked them for 1/2 an hour and it was like they slow simmered on the stove for hours. My DH and FIL loved them.

 

[powellrj]

OK, I read the directions and have now used mine twice. I love it! I haven't made any recipes per say, but I cooked a whole chicken and a chuck roast. Both came out great! I am using the chicken for 2 different meals, chicken and dumplings and chicken and noodles and I will use the roast to make beef manhattens and hot roast beef sandwiches.

I know many people don't agree with this method, but I like to use a couple of bullion cubes when I cook the meat along with extra water to have lots of broth for my other meals.