| Hop on the bandwagon. No Images? Click here  How to Really Use an Instant Pot and Other Multi-Cookers If you own an Instant Pot, what you really own is a multi-cooker. As the name implies, what's most appealing about a multi-cooker is the range of cooking options it offers. It steams! It sears! It simmers! It cooks beans! It cooks rice! It cooks stews! It cooks chili! It makes yogurt! It's a pressure cooker! But are all these features really all that useful? Here's our analysis of the most useful functions on the Instant Pot and other multi-cookers.  If you don't own an Instant Pot, but have been debating whether or not to pick one up, it's worth noting that there are many other multi-cooker brands on the market, some of which are worth considering.  The Breville Fast Slow Pro is the Cadillac of pressure cookers. A feature-packed, high-performance countertop model that leaves the other contenders in the dust—for a price. With 1,100 watts of power and a roomy six-and-a-half-quart cooking insert, it's the perfect tool for feeding a family of two to six.  The Instant Pot Duo60 is one of the most popular pressure cookers around, and with good reason: It's a fantastic value. It boasts many of the same functions as the Breville, plus a yogurt-making setting for incubating milk.  Now that you know how to use your multi-cooker—Instant Pot or otherwise—let's put it to work. These recipes cover everything from corn risotto (above), to chicken stock, to red sauce, to chile con carne. 
Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. |
