InstantPot Duo User manual

How to adapt conventional pressure cooker
recipes to your Instant Pot DUO or LUX
“Closethelidandbringtohighpressure.Cookfor30
minutes,thenallowtodroppressurenaturally”
Conventional pressure cooker speak:
Instant Pot language:
“Lockthelidin.PresstheManualbutton.Programme30
minutes.Putyourfeetupandletitgoautomaticallyto
KeepWarmuntilyou’rereadytoeat”
There's no need to wait for your
Instant Pot to reach pressure in order
to set a timer, neither do you have to
switch anything off at the end. Unlike
stove-top presssure cookers, the
Instant Pot does it all automatically
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Terminology
Conventionalpressurecookerstendtohaveahigherpsi,theInstantPot
hasapsiof10.2~11.6psi(70~80kPa)so,whenfollowing
conventionalpressurecookingrecipesyoumaywanttoincreasethe
cookingtimeby1or2minutes.
Withabitofpractice,youwillsoongetusedtoitandwilladaptrecipes
withouteventhinking.
Fast/Quickrelease
(QR)
Natural/slowrelease
(NRorNPR)
LetthesteamoutassoonasyourInstantPotbeepsto
indicatethatithasfinishedthepressurecookingcycle.
Thisbasicallymeansslidingthesteamreleasehandle
totheVentingpositiontoletthesteamout,untilthe
floatvalvedropsdown.WerefertothisasQuick
ReleaseinourManuals.
LetyourInstantPotcooldownnaturallyattheendof
thepressurecookingcycle,untilthefloatvalvedrops
down.YourInstantPotautomaticallygoestoKeep
Warmattheendofthepressurecookingcyclewhich
meansthat,oncethefloatvalvehas
droppedbackdown,itwillkeepitscontentswarmso
thereisnoneedforyoutorushtoitifyou’redoing
otherthings.Somerecipesmayspecify“slowrelease
for10minutesanddoafastrelease”.Allyouneedto
doislettheInstantPotgotoKeepWarmandthen10
minuteslater(thescreenwillcounttheminutesfor
you)slidethesteamreleasehandletoreleasethe
steamthatmaybeleftinsidethepot.Werefertothis
asNaturalReleaseinourManuals.
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Recipe wording
It'seasytoadaptconventionalpressurecookerrecipes,
allyoureallyneedtodoissimplifythem.
YourInstantPotmakestheresteasy.
Heatgentlyin
thepressurecooker
Bringuptohighpressure
forfiveminutes
PresstheSautébuttonofyourInstantPot.Ifyouwere
alreadysauteingsomethingyouwillhavetopressthe
KeepWarm/CancelbuttonfollowedbytheSauté
buttonandthentheAdjustbuttontwicetosetyour
InstantPottoLow.
PresstheManualbuttonofyourInstantPotandthen
pressthe(minus)buttontoprogramme5minutes.
AfterafewsecondsyourInstantPotwillstartheating
up,whenitreachespressureitwillcontinuethehigh
pressureprogrammeautomatically.Noneedforyouto
hangaround.
Bringuptolowpressure
forfiveminutes(DUOonly)
PresstheManualbuttonfollowedbytheAdjustbutton
toselectLowPressure.Afterafewsecondsyour
InstantPotwillstartheatingupthecontents,whenit
reachespressureitwillcontinuethelowpressure
programmeautomatically.Noneedforyoutohang
aroundforthisoneeither.
Slowreleasethepressure/
Releasethepressureslowly
Attheendofthepressurecookingcycle,lettheInstant
PotgoautomaticallytoKeepWarmandletthefloat
valvedropdownonitsown.
Fastrelease/
Fastreleasethepressure
WhenyourInstantPotbeepstoindicateithasfinished
thepressurecookingcycle,slidethesteamrelease
handle.Whenthefloatvalvedropsdown,thelidwillbe
readytoopen.
ThesafetymechanismsofyourInstantPotwillnotletyouopenthelid
untilallsteamhasbeenreleasedandit’ssafetoopen
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