15
Cooking with Your Instant Pot
Pressure Cooking
The following procedure is for “Rice”, "Soup", "Poultry", "Meat/
Stew", "Bean/Chili", "Multigrain", "Porridge", "Steam" and
“Manual” functions.
1. Follow steps in the "Cooking Preparation" section of this
manual.
2. Connect power cord. The LCD display shows “OFF”
indicating that it’s in standby state.
3. Select a cooking function, e.g. “Soup”. Once a function key
is pressed, its indicator lights up.
Within 10 seconds after pressing a function key, you
can still select any other function keys and adjust cooking
duration.
4. Select cooking time.
You may use the "Adjust" key (except the “Manual” and
“Rice” functions) to adjust cooking duration.
Press the "Adjust" key repeatedly to change
between “Normal”, “Less" and “More" modes
which will light up on the display.
If necessary, change the cooking time with
“+” and “-“. Press and hold the “+” or “-“ key for
faster changes.
The built-in cooking time is suitable for general purpose food. Please
use the cooking time table in the recipe book to determine the
appropriate cooking time based on the specific food, the quantity of food
and your texture preference.
5. Select cooking pressure.
All functions except “Rice” defaults
to High Pressure. For “Rice” function, the default is
Low Pressure. Low Pressure operates at half of the
regular working pressure (around 5.8psi or 40kpa). It
is used to avoid overcooking tender food materials
such as vegetables and for certain recipes that may
call for using low pressure setting.
6. Cooking starts automatically in 10 seconds after the last
key press.
Three audible beeps will sound to indicate the cooking
process has begun. The LCD display shows "On"
indicating that the pre-heating state is in progress.
Please note: Depending on the food content, the quantity and its temperature (frozen
or not),
the preheat cycle can range between 10 to 40 minutes.
As the pressure increases inside the cooker, it is perfectly normal for traces of steam to
escape from the float valve until the float valve pops up.
Once the cooker reaches working pressure, the LCD display changes from “On" to the
programmed cooking time. The cooking time counts down to indicate the remaining
