What do you do with your Instant Pot you cant do with a crock pot?

[goeduck]

Pictures of the borscht. I tasted it and it is great, very beety and beefy. We are waiting for it to cool down to dig in. :licking:

 

[Doofy]

Pictures of the borscht. I tasted it and it is great, very beety beefy. We are waiting for it to cool down to dig in. :licking:

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Oh that looks tasty! My kind of meal.

 

[CADplans]

We watched a cooking show on PBS this weekend,, they showed a REAL great idea,, that I will try with the instapot,,

They grilled two pancakes, and two hamburgers on a griddle,,
on one side, the pancake and burger were "browned" better than the other side,,

They had added baking powder to the pancake mix on the browner side,, and had applied baking powder to the hamburger that had browned better,,

The explanation was the baking powder changed the pH,, which increased the browning.

This would be a perfect answer for food that is slow to brown in the InstaPot,,,

 

[txdon]

CADplans, that browning is interesting. Baking Powder has a PH of 9 (slightly alkaline) 7 is neutral.
To prevent browning on apples and potatoes a low PH or acidic solution like lemon juice is used which has a PH of 2.

 

[goeduck]

I think I mentioned this before but I am still browning in my cast iron pans. And since I do not wash them, there are no extra dirty dishes. Before I gross everyone out, after browning and while the skillet is still hot I take it to the sink and splash small amounts of water into the pan. The water turns to steam and deglazes the pan (liquifies all the brown stuff), I pour it out, splash some more, pour it out, etc. By this time the skillet is warm but not too hot. I then wipe it out with a paper towel. The warm skillet dries while I set it next to the cooktop for next time. The heat of the skillet sanitizes it before searing on the next use.

I would rather not sear in the thin pot of the cooker. I firgure it is best at pressure cooking.

 

[Jaylegger]

Next up, gobs of mushrooms fettuccine Alfredo dish.

 

[goeduck]

^^^ that sounds good, please post pictures :licking: Next up for me is going to be Mediterranean Chicken.

 

[Molalla1]

I think I mentioned this before but I am still browning in my cast iron pans. And since I do not wash them, there are no extra dirty dishes. Before I gross everyone out, after browning and while the skillet is still hot I take it to the sink and splash small amounts of water into the pan. The water turns to steam and deglazes the pan (liquifies all the brown stuff), I pour it out, splash some more, pour it out, etc. By this time the skillet is warm but not too hot. I then wipe it out with a paper towel. The warm skillet dries while I set it next to the cooktop for next time. The heat of the skillet sanitizes it before searing on the next use.

I would rather not sear in the thin pot of the cooker. I firgure it is best at pressure cooking.

Duck . . . we all have had grandmothers and mothers . . . only one way to treat iron . . . and thanks for the searing info.

 

[Gunny]

I agree, that's the only way to handle that precious cast iron, if ours need a little scrubbing, the only thing I use is table salt for the grit

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yep, only water to clean my cast iron.