So far, I like my new instant pot! For me, it's a little too heavy to carry because I am crippled from an accident I had last November. However, I can move the pot from cabinet to counter in three pieces...outer pot, inner pot and lid. Once it is in place on my counter, I only need to worry about the weight of the food in the inner pot.
After reading the instruction booklets and following them, I was ready to try my first meal. Before receiving delivery of my new pot, I watched quite a few videos on You Tube. These helped a lot!! For my first meal, I cooked a couple of hamburger steaks with mashed potatoes and gravy and whole okra. It turned out fairly well and was so easy. Yes!! To be fair, my hamburger steaks were a little tough....I use 90/10 meat. So, I probably used the wrong amount of time. On the cooking chart I didn't see a time for hamburger steaks.....I'll do more research.
For my second meal, I cooked chicken noodle with green chilis and cheese soup. It was very easy and turned out well.
I realized that with a lot of meals I need some basic accessories, so I've been doing more shopping on Amazon. I've probably bought a lot of accessories that I won't use often, but have lots of ideas about things I want to cook in my new electric pot and want to have the tools to do them. It's fun and I'm wondering why I was so intimidated before buying one. I like the pot in pot cooking so the meat and sides can be done at the same time in the same pot.
I have questions, mostly about times, that I need to ask experienced instant pot users, but there seems to be a lot of help and information online. Also, trial and error will answer some of my questions.
The bottom line for this review is that, so far, the Instant Pot is a "winner" and easy to use. Since I had no experience at all and could start out cooking meals, that should speak for itself. I glad that I made this purchase and if the pot keeps working, I'll be happy. It has made cooking fun once again!
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Food cooked in Instant Pot tastes great!
I have friends who have been talking about the Instant Pot, so I decided to try it out! We purchased the 3-qt Instant Pot Duo Nova a couple months ago and really like cooking with it! It's convenient to saute your meats and vegetables and then pressure cook your food in the same pot. I often hear how some people are fearful of pressure cooking. I found that the newer Instant Pots now have the pressure release button located away from the release valve so there would be less chance of getting scalded from the steam that is being released.We've watched several YouTube videos in order to discover new recipes from Instant Potters like Sandy Clifton, pressure luck and Six Sisters Stuff. While the 3-qt pot was sufficient for cooking for my wife and me, I've found that most of the recipes on YouTube are geared more towards 6-qt or larger. Because of that, we have since purchased the 6-qt Instant Pot Duo Nova, which this review is about. It is similar to the 3 qt size, but of course is heavier and takes up a little more space on the counter!
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JOSE EMMANUEL TRUJILLO SANTOS
Excelente calidad y precio!!
Reviewed in Mexico on January 3, 2022
