Hey everyone welcome to paint the kitchen red i'm Neena and i share instant pot tips
manuals guides and recipes on my blog paint the kitchen red. today i'm going to be talking about
the instant pot duo nova. this is an instant pot model that is kind of a cross between the
base model instant pot duo and the instant pot ultra in that it has the same kind of buttons
that the duo has but it has the steam release mechanism of the ultra so it's the best of both
worlds and if you have one of these appliances and you've been a little nervous about using it it can
be kind of intimidating there are lots of buttons and it seems really complicated then you've come
to the right place because i'm going to help you out by showing you all the parts and how to put
it together and how to use the most common buttons so i know there are a lot of buttons
and a lot of functions but you don't need to know all of them today you can just learn a handful of
buttons and get going and as a matter of fact i have quite a few instant pots and i really
get by with like five or six buttons because i just i use the pressure cook function most
often and i find that that meets my needs more than more than enough and so i don't really use
the the other buttons which are really more like pre-programmed functions like on your microwave so
i will go over them briefly but i'll just talk about the more important buttons today so one
of the things that happens is people buy the instant pot and they leave it in the box and don't
get it out because they're so scared to use it and then at some point down the line a year down
the line or whatever they open it try use it and it happens where there's they've got a defective
model and then they're kind of out of luck because there's really nothing they can do at that point
they can't return it to the store and they it's not under warranty so they're stuck with this
expensive appliance that is completely useless so for that reason alone if your instant pot
is still in the box then i urge you to get it out of the box another thing i hear about from
readers and instant pot users is they are worried about the safety of the instant pot they've heard
horror stories about grandma's pressure cooker exploding and they're just too scared to use
it well i'm here to tell you that this is not your grandma's pressure cooker this is a very
safe appliance the Instant Pot company has a lot of built-in features into this appliance that
if you mess up and do something wrong the worst that can happen is you get an error code and
it just kind of stops working at that point and you fix the error and you can continue using it
so there's really nothing to worry about and so if that's been holding you back i hope you will
take it out of the box and and get started so i'm gonna let you do that and then i'll meet you back
here and we'll go over the parts and i'll tell you how to put together and what we're gonna do
is do the water test which is basically we're gonna pressure cook water
why do we do that we pressure cook water which is doing the water test for two reasons one is for
you to get familiar with the instant pot and learn how it works without using a complicated recipe
and the second is to make sure it works if you have a defective unit
you'll find out when you do the water test and so that way you can return it or do whatever you need
to do contact the company and get that fixed so that's what we're going to do so let's get started
here's what's shipped with the duo nova you have a couple of manuals this is a cheat sheet
that tells you cooking times for different types of foods here's a steam rack or trivet
that allows you to elevate the food or use it for pot and pot cooking and finally an extra
sealing ring that you can use for desserts or you can just keep it on hand as an extra
let's go over the lid this is the lid handle here we have the lid fins and you use them to prop open
the lid i'll show you that in a minute this is a steam release valve and it rotates pretty freely
and you pull on it to take it out and when you push it back in make sure you push it in
all the way here we have the steam release button and you push on it to release steam and you turn
it counterclockwise to put it back into the ceiling position this little metal piece is
called the float valve and you can access it from the inside and when you push on it it goes up and
down now let's turn the lid over and i'll show you the parts on the inside this is the ceiling ring
and you can gently pull on it all the way around to get it out of the ceiling ring rack
and when you put it back in make sure that you push it in all the way around the ceiling ring
might be a little tight when you first get the instant pot but it does loosen up as you use
it and make sure you push it in all the way if you have a part sticking out you can have issues
with the instant pot pressurizing if the ceiling ring has been put in properly then you should be
able to rotate it in place it may be hard to do but it should move in the ceiling ring rack
here we have the float valve once again i'm going to remove it by taking off the silicone cover and
the float valve just pops right out be careful don't lose it and then stick it right through the
hole again and cover it with the silicone cover to put it back in place this is the lid locking pin
this is the pin that engages the lid and keeps it locked when your instant pot pressurizes and
here we have the anti-block shield i use a silicone trivet to remove the anti-block
shield it pops right off and you may sometimes need to clean it if you're cooking messy foods
and push it right back in if you want to use your fingers to remove the anti-block shield you can do
that i find it easier to use the silicone trivet or a dishcloth to remove the anti-block shield
we put the liner or inner pot into the base unit
and we prop the lid open by putting the lid fin into the lid fin slot there are lid
fin slots on both sides of the instant pot so you can prop it open either on the right or left side
you push the condensation collector in to the notches at the back of the base unit push it in
all the way the condensation collector collects condensation that pours off of the lid onto the
rim of the instant pot in general there's nothing in there but once in a while if you're cooking
something really messy like pasta i've found you can have pasta water collect in the condensation
collector and it can be pretty messy if you don't discover it in time and it's been a few days it's
like you have a science experiment growing in there so the site tell you from experience so
just check that condensation collector every so often to make sure there's nothing in there and if
there is then you can wash it in the dishwasher or just use a brush or something to get in there and
and clean it out here we have the plug and i'm going to plug it in to the back of the base unit
at the bottom and then plug that into the wall socket which turns on the instant pot display
to close the lid you're going to put the lid on with the arrow on the lid lining up with the
arrow on the base unit with a picture of an open lock turn the lid clockwise to close it
and you'll see that the arrow on the lid will be lined up with the arrow on the base
unit with the picture of a closed lock to open the lid you just turn the lid counterclockwise
and lift it up we're ready to do the water test i'll add two cups of water to the inner pot
you can use three cups the manual says three cups but i use two cups because it takes less time for
the instant pot to come to pressure with two cups close the lid by turning it clockwise
and press pressure cook and change the time to five minutes using the plus and minus buttons
and the display will change to on in a few seconds you'll soon see steam coming out of the top of the
lid and you may smell a funny smell that shouldn't happen again this is it's normal it happens
with some instant pots and once the pressure is built up the float valve will come up
at some point the display will change from on to five minutes this may take a little bit so be
patient once it changes to five it'll count down to zero and i've sped up the video so obviously
this would take five minutes to go down to zero if your instant pot is in keep warm mode the display
will now count up from zero up to whenever you press cancel we're going to quick release pressure
by pressing the steam release button once the steam has been released the float valve will
go down and you can open the lid by turning it counterclockwise watch out for the steam it'll
be hot so keep your hands and face away from the instant pot when you're opening the lid
and now we can put the lid fin into the slot in the handle of the base unit to prop it open
okay so you have all the information that you need to get started with the instant pot duo
anova but i'm going to briefly go over the buttons now this may be a little confusing
so if you want to you can come back to the section of the video once you've done the water test
and you've used the instant pot for the first time because some of the terminology may be a little
bit confusing or it may be too much information so the first thing i'm going to do is go over some of
the more important buttons that the duo anova has in particular the pressure cook function
and the buttons that go with it you'll be using pressure cook most of the time and i'll briefly
go over some of the other buttons if you press a button repeated times it toggles between less
normal and more and these are just like presets
on a microwave they're just preset times and you can use any of those and you can customize them
you customize the time by pressing the plus or minus button and if you want to do a delay start
you press the delay start button and plus or minus to change the hour and press delay start again
and plus or minus to change the minutes after a few seconds it'll stop blinking and it will beep
and the delay start will cause the instant pot to come on in 8 hours and 20 minutes to pressure cook
to change the pressure level from low to high you press the smart function
and press the pressure level and when you press it multiple times it toggles between low and high now
i'm going to press cancel and just show you how some of the other functions work for example with
the soup the same as the pressure cook you just press it multiple times to toggle between less
normal and more and that's how all these buttons work the saute function is used to
saute foods in the instant pot before or after pressure cooking and you use it without the lid
the rice function defaults to 12 minutes at low pressure but you can change that if you
want to to customize it the rest of the functions are all similar to each other
they all work about the same way the yogurt function allows you to make yogurt you boil
the milk first and then you ferment it using the yogurt button
well i think you're ready to get started cooking your first recipe i would suggest that you
try something easy like boiled eggs or steaming vegetables or something simple so you get
the hang of it and then you can go on to more complicated recipes
one piece of advice that i give people is when you are looking at a recipe online just make sure you
read the comments and and that it's a tried and tested recipe so that you don't have any issues
all the recipes on my blog are tried and tested and i stand by them so if you have
any questions at all you can comment on the recipe itself on my blog paintthekitchenbread.com
or you can comment here and i do my best to answer every question and so if you want to
contact me that way i can help you out to the best of my ability well i hope you enjoy your
new instant pot duo nova and stay tuned for some more videos and i'll see you next time