Instant Pot IP-DUO, Beginner'S Manual

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THE RUSTIC BRIDES
T H E P R E S S U R E C O O K I N G
process
Whether you start from cold or have
sauted your products using the Sauté
function, once you press one of the
pressure cooking buttons and programme
the cooking time your Instant Pot will
need to heat up to create steam. Steam
rises and so it will push the float valve up.
This is why you may see the float valve
trying to pop up and coming back down
again until it stays up. Steam will leak
during this time while the right amount of
steam is generated, this is totally normal.
Cooking
Reaching Pressure
Once the float valve is up, your Instant
Pot has reached pressure. Now it just
needs to reach the right internal
temperature which means that there is a
delay between the float valve rising and
the countdown starting.
When the countdown is done, your
Instant Pot enters the Keep Warm cycle
automatically (unless you have cancelled
it at the start, which is possible in some
versions). The Keep Warm cycle counts
up, not down, this way you know how long
it has been on Keep Warm, starting with
L00:00 then L00:01 and so on. Up to a
total of 10 hours.
QPR = Quick Pressure Release
(sometimes called Quick Release or QR)
means venting the steam as soon as the
pressure cooking process finishes, i.e.
moving the steam release handle from
Sealing to Venting. When quick releasing
starchy foods, foods that foam up, milk
and dairy products, wait a good few
seconds for things to calm down inside the
Instant Pot.
NPR = Natural Pressure Release
(sometimes called Natural Release or NR)
means letting the pressure (and the float
valve) come down on its own, i.e. doing
nothing at the end. The food keeps on
cooking during natural release, it’s
particularly handy for meat as doing a
quick release can toughen it up, it gives it
time to rest. As a rule of thumb, you can
release the rest of the steam after 15
minutes of natural release. Natural
release WILL happen during Keep Warm
so go live your life, put your feet up.
Releasing Pressure
Float valve
Steam release
handle