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PRESSURE COOKING
Pressure cooking uses pressurized steam to quickly and evenly
cook foods.
Pressure cooking programs
Your Instant Pot Duo Crisp includes 4 Smart Programs for pressure
cooking: Steam, Rice, Oatmeal and Pressure Cooking.
Default
Pressure
Default
Cooking Time
Min Cooking
Time
Max Cooking
Time
Pressure
Cook
High
35 minutes
(00:35)
0 minutes
(00:00)
4 hours
(04:00)
Steam
High
30 minutes
(00:30)
0 minutes
(00:00)
4 hours
(04:00)
Rice
Low
12 minutes
(00:12)
1 minute
(00:30)
1 hour
(01:00)
Oatmeal
High
5 minutes
(00:05)
1 minute
(00:30)
1 hour
(01:00)
How to pressure cook
Prep
Cut, chop, season or marinate your ingredients according to your recipe.
Preheat
1.
Place the inner cooking pot into the cooker base.
2.
Add ingredients to the inner cooking pot.
3.
Place the pressure cooker lid on top of the cooker base and lock the
lid making sure the sealing ring is installed properly.
See ‘How to lock the pressure cooker lid’ below
4.
Choose a Smart Program for cooking and press its button on the
Control Panel.
See ‘About pressure cooking programs’ above
Test run
Setting up your new Instant Pot Duo Crisp for a test run is a great way
to familiarize yourself with how the unit works before you actually cook
a meal.
To perform a test run:
1.
Follow the instructions for pressure cooking on page 11.
2.
Use 3 quarts water, but no food.
3.
Set the cooking time to 5 minutes.
4.
After the cooking session is done, discard any remaining water.
5.
Wash and dry the inner cooking pot.
Now you’re ready to cook a meal in your Instant Pot Duo Crisp!
