Pressure Cooking - Cook's essentials CEPC800 Owner's Manual

PRESSURE COOKING

By cooking in the Cook's Essentials
high temperature and pressure you are able to reduce the cooking time of
most foods by up to 70 percent.
1. Place the Removable Cooking Pot in the Cool-to-the-Touch Housing.
Brown ingredients, if you wish, then add remaining ingredients.
2. Add at least 1 cup (8 ounces) of liquid to the Removable Cooking Pot
when cooking under pressure. Do not fill the Removable Cooking Pot
more than one-third full when cooking dried beans and legumes; no
more than half full when cooking soups and stews; and no higher
than the MAX Fill Line when cooking vegetables or whole pieces of
meat.
3. Place the Self-Locking Lid on the Pressure
Cooker. Slide the Safety Lock to LOCK position.
4. Turn the Pressure Regulator to PRESSURE.
5. Press the PRESSURE MODE Button for HIGH
or LOW, as called for in the recipe. Typically, most
foods are cooked under HIGH pressure.
6. Press COOK TIME for the cooking time called for
in the recipe or recommended in the Suggested
Cooking Times section of this book, pages 17-23.
The cooking time begins from the moment pres-
sure is reached and does not include the time it
takes for the cooker to come up to high pressure.
7. Press START/STOP Button until the Green Indicator Light appears. If
cooking under HIGH PRESSURE, the Red Indicator Light will blink
slowly; the Green Indicator Light blinks when cooking under LOW
PRESSURE. The lights will blink faster as pressure builds and the
cooking countdown begins.
8. The Pressure Indicator Rod will rise as pressure builds. After cooking
under pressure for the desired programmed time, the Pressure
Cooker will beep three times and the Red STOP Light will illuminate.
9. Quick Release/Natural Release. Release pressure using either the
Natural Release or Quick Steam Release feature. (See pages 7-8.)
10. The Natural Release Feature is preferred when cooking foods like
stocks, sauces, and certain large cuts of meat which will benefit from
continued cooking in the Pressure Cooker as the pressure and tem-
perature drop naturally as the unit cools. DO NOT use with foods that
can over-cook easily and quickly. When pressure is completely
released, the Pressure Indicator Rod will drop.
Programmable Pressure Cooker at
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