You can use it as a pressure cooker or a rice cooker and even simple sauteing
the Instant Pot to date has been designed to combine up to 10 appliances into one.
Stick with me, in this first of a series of short videos, where I'll show you its
features, how to use it and some of the accessories that you can use with it.
so the model I'm gonna be showing you guys is the Duo Plus which combines
nine appliances into one. It comes with 15 preset programs.
Now the built-in smart programs are there to help you take the guesswork out of how long to cook
something in the instant pot. They're not actually set in stone so you can adjust
them if you need to. So for example, if I show you the meat program it's showing
me 45 minutes but by pressing the plus and minus buttons I can increase or
decrease the time and that will actually set the time for the meat program going
forward until I change it again.
When using the saute function always
wait for the Hot sign to show up first and then sear your meat or saute your vegetables.
There is a pressure cook button that also lets you set your own time if you don't want to use the preset
buttons so you'll just set the time manually by using the plus and minus
buttons to increase or decrease the time.
On earlier models, this was called Manual but they are both exactly the same thing
I'm not sure if you can see here but you can actually adjust the pressure level
from low to high and I'm going to talk about this in one of my next videos so
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Opening the lid is a simple twist and I believe other than the very first model the handles have been designed as
a lid holder so you can just pop your lid in there which I very rarely use
either I forget or I just find the lid gets in my way
The silver pot is the liner inside and this is where all the magic happens
so you can't use the appliance without it.
My Duo Plus came with a handy little
trivet that I can use by just popping it inside
and also a soup ladle and a rice spoon.
So on the lid you'll have a knob which you will turn on to
sealing for when you're cooking and on to venting when you want to release the steam.
So it looks like what they're doing with the newer models is they're
separating this knob into two separate knobs where you'll turn the lower knob
here and the steam will come out from the upper knob away from the hand
because I think a lot of people were scared when the steam was coming out so close to their hand
and the silver pin here is your indicator when the pot is at full pressure the pin will be up
and when there's no pressure the pin will be down.
And on the inside of the lid, you'll have this little valve here which is where
all the steam gets released and it's a good idea to pull this off and give it a good clean underneath here
because when you're cooking and releasing the steam sometimes some food bits or particles
can get stuck under there and it's very easy to just clip back on.
And you also have a silicone sealing ring just give it a little tug and you can pull it all
out to give it a good clean.
Just make sure to pop it back in all the way by
pressing it down firmly so that it's in place otherwise the lid won't seal and
in some cases when the pot is building pressure water will start spewing out
from underneath the lid.
When the pot is building pressure it will make a loud
hissing sound and then the pin will pop up and then the timer will start and
it'll start counting downwards.
Doing a natural release means not touching the
pot at all and just waiting for the pin to drop itself.
To Quick Release, you'll turn the knob until all the air comes out of it
and it's usually a good idea to do this very gently in short bursts
and use a mitt as well.
Once you turn the knob all the way and all the pressure is out then the pin will drop
and it'll be safe to open the lid.
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