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About Pressure Cooking
Pressure cooking is an ideal way to make fast, tasty meals for your family!
This method of cooking makes it easy for even the busiest cooks to
prepare meals from scratch. Use your pressure cooker for fish, chicken,
fresh vegetables, rice, legumes, and even dessert -- and everything can
be cooked to perfection in minutes.
The pressure cooker will save you time, energy and money, as well as
valuable nutrients. Boiling liquid inside the tightly sealed pot produces
steam, which is trapped inside to create pressure. The very hot temper-
ature produced reduces cooking time. The steam helps break down the
fibers of whatever you're cooking and infuse the food with flavors. This
also captures all of the water-soluble nutrients, making the food higher in
flavor and more nutritious than with conventional cooking methods.
Additional Safety Tips
•
Always keep hands and face away from steam release valve
when reducing pressure.
•
Use extreme caution when removing lid after cooking.
Always tilt the lid away from you, so any remaining steam is
blocked from your face.
•
Never attempt to open lid while cooking, or before pressure
indicator has dropped. Do not attempt to defeat the safety
lid-release button by forcing it.
•
Do not cover or block the pressure valves.
•
Do not touch the pot or lid except for the handles immediately
after using.
•
To avoid burns, allow food to cool before tasting.
The temperature of the food gets considerable hotter than
with conventional cooking.
•
Do not attempt to make applesauce in your pressure cooker.
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Using Your Pressure Cooker
1
Gather all ingredients and be familiar with your recipe. Pour required
amount of liquid into pressure cooker, then add food. Use the cooking
rack, if desired.Never load cooker above the maximum ingredient
level line. Foods that expand while cooking (i.e. legumes) should
never go above the halfway level.
2
Make sure gasket is securely positioned in the inner lid. Always
examine the gasket before installing and before each use. Make sure
it is in good working order and free of any tears.
3
Secure cover on pressure cooker by first lining up the arrows printed
on the lid and the cooker. Then twist the lid clockwise to secure in
place (cover handles should be directly above the body handles).
4
Plug power cord into unit first and then into a 120-volt 60 Hz AC only outlet.
5
Set the pressure regulator to 10 or 15 PSI by lining up the circle with I
for 10 or II for 15. (Most recipes call for 15 PSI, or 15 pounds of pressure.)
Turning the regulator to the right increases PSI, and turning to the left
decreases PSI. Make sure pressure release valve is in the up position.
6
Set temperature dial to desired setting. Heat the pressure cooker until
the pressure indicator pops up, indicating high pressure has been
achieved. Adjust heat as indicated in your recipe to maintain
pressure. Cooking time begins at this point.
7
Set a kitchen timer and cook for the length of time specified in recipe.
Then reduce pressure as specified. When recipe states "let pressure
drop on its own," turn temperature dial to OFF and unplug the cooker.
When recipe states "reduce pressure at once" or "reduce pressure
manually", flip the pressure release valve to release steam and
reduce pressure.
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Pressure is completely reduced when the pressure indicator has
dropped. Only then is it safe to remove pressure cooker lid and serve
food. Remove lid by pressing green lid-release button and twisting lid
counter-clockwise. As a safety feature, the lid-release button will not
engage unless all pressure is reduced.
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