Hey guys, this is Neena with Paint the kitchen red and this video is gonna
Show you how to use your new instant pot Ultra. If you just got your instant pot ultra or you've been afraid to use it
Then you have come to the right place. Let's get started.
Let's take a look at the parts that shipped with the ultra. You have a trivet and
measuring cup, a condensation collector,
Some utensils and
Finally this is the inner pot that goes into the base unit.
This is the lid
with the handle,
steam release valve, which can be turned and it's gonna be kind of wobbly.
And the steam release button, which you push to release steam.
And this is the float valve which can be reached through the inside of the lid.
Now let's turn the lid over and take a look at the inside.
Here we have the sealing ring which is made out of silicone, and you pull on it
all the way around to take it out. Be gentle, you don't want to stretch it.
And once you have it out you can wash it in the dishwasher or
In the sink using soap and water.
And then you put it back in. Push it in all the way around. Make sure you push it in well,
Because if you have any parts that are sticking out you may have trouble with your instant pot sealing.
Here we have the float valve.
And so you're gonna take it out by removing the silicone cover, and then you can wash the metal part.
Just be careful not to lose any parts, and then you put the cover back on when you're done.
You remove the anti block shield....
Using like a silicone trivet or
cloth. You push in and up and it comes right off and you can wash it and
Put it back in by just pushing it in.
Now let's put the inner pot into the base unit and
We want to put the condensation collector onto the back.
There's a notch in the back that you slide the condensation collector into and it slides right in.
We're now ready to plug it in. Well, you plug the power cord into the base unit and you'll hear a beep, which means...
It's on...
Alright, we're ready to do some pressure cooking. Let's do the water test.
Which is also called the initial test run.
Start by pouring a cup of water into the inner pot. If you have an 8 quart, you can use 2 cups.
Okay, now. We're gonna close the lid and you're gonna line up the arrow
That is on the lid with the picture of the open lock and then you're gonna turn it clockwise
Until the arrow is lined up with the picture of the closed lock.
Ok we're now ready to start pressure cooking so that means we need to program the instant pot.
If you find that your display is off then go ahead and press the knob and that'll turn the display right on.
You'll notice that
My STEAM function is blinking and that's because that's the last function that I used. For you it may be something different that's blinking.
So you can toggle through the different functions by turning the knob and
You can see that when you
Turn the knob the time changes. That's because each
Program has a different
Time that's assigned to it
And so now we're gonna keep turning
The knob until we get back to STEAM because that's what we want to choose. You could choose PRESSURE COOK if you wanted to
Because STEAM is just preset for pressure cooking on high, but I like to use steam for the water test.
So now you'll press the knob to select the STEAM function and you'll notice that the STEAM function is highlighted.
And there's a rectangle around the time that's blinking, and so to
Change the time you press the knob and that allows you to change the time
By turning the knob clockwise or counterclockwise and we're gonna
pick 2 minutes.
Because that's what we want to steam for, and you press the knob to set the 2 minutes.
There are a couple of options that you have for pressure cooking. One is the pressure level
HIGH or LOW. We're gonna leave it on HIGH.
So you turn the knob to go to the DELAY option which is set to OFF and we're gonna leave that on OFF and
Finally you have the KEEP WARM option
Which is set to ON and normally you would just leave that on ON and you would just press START at this point.
But suppose you wanted to change the KEEP WARM mode
Say you want it to turn it off. So what you would do is
Press the button to select the KEEP WARM mode.
And you notice that the ON is blinking and so you want to change that to OFF so you turn the knob and
You are going to change it to OFF.
So now you
press the knob in order to select the OFF and
So now you can see that KEEP WARM mode is off.
But we don't want to keep it an OFF.
I want to put it back on ON so I'm gonna press the button again and
Turn the knob back to ON and press the button again
To select the ON and now we're gonna press START to start pressure cooking
As you can see the display changes to ON and
There's a graph at the bottom of the LCD display that you can see shows the progress of your
Preheating
Before the instant pot comes to pressure so I've sped up this video
To show you how this graph changes over time. It may take of 5 to 15 minutes for this to
Happen so you have to be patient. So at this point
You'll see some steam coming out of the pressure release valve and soon your float valve will go up.
That means your instant pot is pressurized.
So you'll see that the time has changed to 2 and it's gonna count down from 2 to 1 to zero and
Then finally it'll go to KEEP WARM mode, and you'll also notice that
The graph shows your progress.
So now we want to do a quick release of pressure
Which means you'll press down on the steam release button until the float valve comes all the way down.
Okay, we're ready to open the lid. Be careful of the steam because it can be very hot. You turn the lid
counterclockwise to open it and you put the lid fin into the hole in the lid to prop the lid open and
There you have it. You're done with the water test.
I think you're now ready to cook your first recipe and the Instant Pot Ultra. I hope you've enjoyed this video and I'd
love it if you visit my website PaintTheKitchenRed.com for more tips and recipes and
Thanks for watching!