

Then once you get the hang of it, super easy to halve most any 6-qt recipe down to 2-qt. Cooking with a pressure cooker is a fast, easy, and convenient way to prepare delicious and healthy meals. Our delicious tried & true Instant Pot Recipes & Pressure Cooker Recipes developed in our Test Kitchen. Again, you can totally cook any of Barbara’s recipes in a 2-qt – never had a fail yet & had no idea what I was doing when I first started. You can also bring your pot with you when grocery shopping until you are able to eyeball what fits 😉 One of those frozen Cornish hens from Walmart fit perfectly – whole or cut up (plus, cute). For meats, like a roast, I just have the meat department cut it in half or thirds for me, then wrap & freeze. Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice Thanks to the pressure cooker, everyone’s favorite New Orleans dish can be made in no time. Once Instant Pot released the 3-qt, I cook mainly in 2 of those, use the 2-qt now mostly for sides or rice. Instant Pot Potato Corn Chowder So hearty, cozy and creamy perfect for those cold nights. I use recipe app called ‘Paprika’ on my tablet, add Barbara’s recipe to the app, then use the app to calculate the reductions by selecting ½, ¼ recipe, etc, app does calculations for you.) As Barbara recommends, keep notes so you can tweak a recipe if need be – very seldom necessary with her recipes though. 31 Quick Dinner Recipes for Your Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker Harissa (Armenian Wheat and Chicken Porridge) Pressure Cooker Corn Risotto Pressure Cooker. (Online cooking calculators are great or some apps allow you to scale recipes ½, ¼, etc.

If half recipe is too much for your pot, just reduce everything a bit more, keeping ingredient/liquid ratios the same. The only thing you need to watch out for is not exceeding your max fill, or half fill for beans, pastas, frothy foods & make sure you use your model’s minimum recommended liquid. Gradually add beef broth, tomato sauce, and boullion. 3 Ratings Best Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup.

Barbara’s recipes usually halve perfectly, same cook times. Add red wine to the pot, scrape any brown bits off the bottom and sides of the pot and into the liquid. Pressure Cooker Recipes Cochinita Pibil (Mexican Pulled Pork in Annatto Sauce). Kateela & S J: my first pressure cooker was a Cosori 2 qt & was my only cooker for a long time.
