[ladyvet]

I was given an electric pressure cooker for Christmas. I'm looking for TRIED and true recipes to use with it or time saving uses. Curiously the owners manual didn't have much. Thanks!

[FrdmLvr]

You’re going to love your pressure cooker. I used to use mine all the time - haven’t much lately, though. You can cook anything in it, it cooks most standards, just in about half the time, and you don’t have to watch it like you do when it’s on top of the stove. You can brown the meat and onions right in it, then add the water, pressure cook it a little while, then add the other ingredients, pressure cook it and it’s all done in about 35-45 min.(start to finish). I’ll try to find my old cookbook that came with it and post some recipes.

[SwatTeam]

Google ‘pressure cooker recipes’ and you will probably find
a lot of help. That’s how I find everything.

[mason-dixon]

Have used a pressure-cooker for many years.
Great for doing “cooked all day” stew dishes for my family...in about 30 minutes — perfect for working mother/father.

Will post a couple of favorite beef stew recipies later when I get home.

Generally speaking, take your favorite “cooked all day” stew recipe and do the following alterations:
1. Cut the meat up into bite-sized pieces
2. Saute the vegetables (especially onion, garlic)
3. Reduce the liquid/water by about half (that’s the half that would have steamed away cooking all day).
4. Cook at high pressure about 20 minutes.

I approach cooking as an experiment, rather than rules. Adjust recipies (ie add wine, add spice) to suit yourself.

Bon Eating!

[rightly_dividing]

I dont have any specific recipes for you, but I will tell you that a pressure cooker will become a favorite kitchen accessory. They cook quickly, and make even the cheapest cuts of meats absolutely fork tender, and I believe they keep more flavor from escaping from the food during cooking. My mom used one for many years, and I have one too.

[illiac]

Pressure Cooker Chicken

Ingredients
6 large carrots, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
2 large onions, halved and thinly sliced
3 potatoes peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
4 long strips lemon zest
4 sprigs fresh rosemary, plus 2 tablespoons chopped
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus additional for seasoning
4 bone-in chicken breast halves, skin removed (2 1/2 to 3 pounds)
2 cups chicken broth
Directions
Put the carrots, onions, potatoes, lemon zest, rosemary sprigs, and olive oil in a 7-liter pressure cooker. Season the vegetables with the 1/2 teaspoon salt and the chicken with salt, to taste. Pour the broth in the pot, then nestle the chicken meat side down on top of the vegetables.

Close the pressure cooker lid, bring the pressure up to high (this can take up to 10 minutes). Adjust the heat, if necessary, to maintain an even high pressure for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and use the quick-release method to bring down the pressure.

Stir the chopped rosemary into the chicken stew. Put 1 chicken breast in each of 4 large soup bowls and ladle some carrots, potato, and broth over each one.

[bgill]

I was given an electric pressure cooker for Christmas

Go to your pressure cooker's website for recipes. Check out it's competition's site's as well.

The Kerr and Ball sites have canning recipes and those are definitely tried and tested.

Another great source is your local County Agent/Home Extension Agent. Look in the yellow pages under county/local government offices for their address or phone number, or ask a friend who's kids are in 4H because that's who is in charge of 4H. Stop by their office and they'll load you up with free recipes and tips. They will also safety test your pressure cooker for free (not that a new one would need testing but older ones do).

Use your own tried and tested recipes. The main thing is to get the timing right.