Other Random Uses

Boiled Eggs 

I love to make several of these and keep them in the fridge for a quick protein snack.

Place approx 2 cups of water in InstantPot, place rack at bottom, add eggs onto rack and cook on "Manual" for 4 minutes for soft yoke (the larger the egg, the softer the yoke). Make sure the valve is on "Sealing"!  When 4 minutes are complete, do a quick release. Eggs peel very easily!

                          

     

Frozen to Cooked Hamburger Meat or

Place 1 cup of water in bottom of pot. Place frozen hamburger on provided rack. Lock lid-Valve to "Sealing"- "Manual" mode- Time 22 minutes is sufficient for 1 pound, (30 was not sufficient for 3 pounds of solid frozen venison so I'd do 40 for that). Natural Release. The cooked meat will stay in a ball, or tube, on rack. Place meat in bowl and manually chop. or if you have a mixer, use the paddle to "grind" it. 

Note: If your meat is not done when cook time is complete (as was mine when cooking 3 pounds of venison from solid frozen state for 30 minutes), then drain the liquid from bottom of pot, place meat directly in bottom of pot and "saute" until brown. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly it browned! 

 



Frozen to Cooked Shredded Chicken Breasts

Place 1 cup of water in bottom of pot. Place frozen chicken breasts in pot. Lock lid-Valve to "Sealing"- "Manual" mode- Time 10 minutes- Walk away. (I had to run an errand and returned 30 minutes after the chicken was done cooking, so I did a natural release but I believe it would be cooked enough to do a quick release. If the chicken, or any other dish, is not thoroughly cooked, just put the lid back on, valve to sealing, manual for 5 minutes. It will come to pressure very quickly as the food is already very hot.) Remove from pot and shred. I placed 2 cups of shredded chicken in quart sized freezer baggies and froze for future use. Talk about convenient!!