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  • Page 1 Beginners' Guide...
  • Page 2 Stove-top pressure cookers need to first reach pressure then the heat on the stove needs to be adjusted so you have to hang around waiting for that to happen. Not with your Instant Pot®, it does it all for you. ...
  • Page 3 The more you use/do something, the more familiar and second nature it becomes and, before you know it, you will be using your Instant Pot without thinking and it will be giving you time for other things, like browsing for new recipes to try.
  • Page 4 Instant Pot more, you’ll read it a few ingredients and measurements. At three pin for the UK and the other is more times and find that it all the back of the cookbook there is a schuko two pin for use in Europe.
  • Page 5 Your Instant Pot comes with a few THE LID accessories: A happy Instant Pot lid makes for a 7. A spoon and a ladle, which are happy Instant Pot owner. The lid handy for cooking rice. The ladle in has the all-important: particular is super handy.
  • Page 6 Golden know about pressure cooking methods.   Rules of the Instant Pot Way is that it’s necessary to add Typically your Instant Pot can of Cooking (next page), you’ll liquid (water, stock, wine…) as reduce cooking time by up to be off to a great start.
  • Page 7 If using a stock cube or powder make sure you dilute it first. Pressure cooking relies on steam, to generate steam your Instant Pot needs liquid. There is hardly any evaporation in pressure cooking so, at the end, your sauce may be more liquid than you would like.
  • Page 8 Sauté function, once you press one of the pressure cooking buttons and programme the cooking time your Instant Pot will need to heat up to create steam. Steam Releasing Pressure rises and so it will push the float valve up.
  • Page 9 G E T T O K N O W Y O U R I N S T A N T P O T Before starting, make sure the reached, which may take a few Once your Instant Pot is out of the pressure release handle and float minutes or up to 10-13 minutes, box, don't let it intimidate you.
  • Page 10 G E T T O K N O W Y O U R I N S T A N T P O T Buying an Instant Pot is just the start of our journey together  Your Instant Pot comes with...
  • Page 11 Slow Cook: It does what it says on the tin. control. Just press it followed by the - and + Your Instant Pot has 3 Slow Cook settings: buttons to set the time. You will see it Less, Normal and More. Press the Slow Cook...
  • Page 12 Sealing, it Information Sheet with this information. will reach a higher temperature and cook faster. The sticker at the back of your Instant Pot tells you what version you have. DUO v3 control panel Don't forget to read your manual,...
  • Page 13 DUO v1 & v2 DUO v3 MANUAL BUTTON IS NOW THE PRESSURE COOK BUTTON IN V3 OF THE DUO (RELEASED IN JUNE 2018). IF A RECIPE SAYS TO USE THE MANUAL BUTTON, JUST USE THE PRESSURE COOK BUTTON IN V3 OF THE DUO................
  • Page 14 DICTIONARY volume 01  |  Beginners' Guide...
  • Page 15 In the LUX 6 in 1 there is no need to adjust anything. The photo on this page shows an Instant Pot Duo v1 cooking on Steam at high pressure, with 1 minute of cooking time to go. ...
  • Page 16 P O T I N P O T ( P I P ) Pot in Pot means cooking something on the trivet inside a bowl (pot) inside the inner pot with water underneath, or a dish cooking underneath like curry with PiP rice So basically you would have 250 ml water in the inner pot or whatever dish you want...
  • Page 17 Instant Pot and, when the float for things to calm down inside the Instant Pot. Never valve pops back down, the lid will unlock. quick release porridge. Supermarket-own pasta works...
  • Page 18: Maintenance

    Maintenance...
  • Page 19 Instant Pot DUO shown How to store your Instant Pot Try to store your Instant Pot with the lid upside down so that it can breathe. Let the sealing ring breathe too. Remove it (but promise us not to stretch it!) and...
  • Page 20 The key to your sealing ring living a long and happy life is to not to overstretch or damage it. It is an integral part of your Instant Pot.  Always make sure the sealing ring is properly in place, press it down following its circumference.
  • Page 21 How to get rid of sealing ring Have you got a tip to keep sealing smells ring smells at bay?  After cooking something savoury like a curry, Let us know! the sealing ring can discolour (turmeric) which is not a problem but it can also retain some of the smell from your lovely meal...
  • Page 22 Store your Instant Pot as per our instructions on this guide, let it breathe  "Cook" a quartered lemon with 250 ml water for 5 minutes on Manual If you have a dishwasher, make use of it, the sealing ring likes it A lot of customers like to have a spare sealing ring for desserts and yoghurt.
  • Page 23 You do not have to do this every time you use your Instant Pot though but it's good to keep an eye on the float valve to make sure it's not sticking, above all if you often cook foods that foam up (porridge or rice for example).
  • Page 24 recipes...
  • Page 25 Perfect recipes for beginners (that you'll want to cook over and over again) You have learnt all the basics. It's time to get cooking! We have compiled a few of the recipes we are most asked for and a few of the recipe cards created from tried-and- tested customer recipes.
  • Page 26 frequently requested recipes...
  • Page 27 risotto Click here to go to the Pressure Cooking recipe...
  • Page 28 If you'd like to follow the boil method, this post by Hip Pressure Cooking explains it really well and has a handy video ...
  • Page 29 recipe cards Photo: Emma's Vegetable Rigatoni...
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  • Page 34 Remember to NEVER quick release porridge  We hope these recipes help get you started.  Y ou'll find a lot more of these recipe cards in the Instant Pot® UK Community, our Facebook group. A lot of people like to start with Marsha's Beef Stew or hard boiled eggs, both in this guide.
  • Page 35 Timings The recipe book supplied with your Instant Pot has a table of timings. From DOWNLOAD seafood and fish to rice and pulses to THE COOKBOOK, CLICK HERE vegetables. Keep it somewhere handy, it's a huge help. You can also download it...
  • Page 36 Our YouTube channel for beginners...
  • Page 37 Did you try to adapt one of your favourite recipes and it didn't work? It happens to all of us!  1. Brush up on the Golden Rules. 2. Give your Instant Pot some Love. 3. Ask in the Instant Pot® UK Community.
  • Page 38 (page 4) Learn THE BASICS OF PRESSURE COOKING (pages 6 and 7) Read up on the PRESSURE COOKING PROCESS (page 8) Do THE WATER TEST (page 9) GET COOKING!(lots of recipes from page 24) Join the Instant Pot® UK Community (page 10)
  • Page 39 Buy your Amazon instantpot.co.uk...