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I brow- saute my meat in IP all the time.
Ground beef - I just dump it all it - and saute in an open pot...
But for stew meat - I do that in single layers - making sure the pot is really hot first - saute a layer of meat - remove - wait till get hot again - next one...etc...
If you make a large portion of stew - a lot of meat will release moisture - so the meat would "boil -cook" rather than brown in any deep pot. Hope this helps.
I love the IP becuase I can make little or a lot and it is "set it up and walk away" kind of cooking device.
If you plan to make desserts - buy a second silicone ring. The ring takes smell of food you cook - I.e onions, tomatoe, Indian, etc... So you don't want your "cheesecake" or yogurt to smell like that.
I started adding winter squash to my food but I hate peeling and cubing the hard squash.. Now I just wash the squash - drop it in the IP for 10 min HP in 1 cup of water. After it is cooked - I cut and remove the seeds.. Spoon out the flesh . Add butter and spices... Yum..
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Some I do some I don't. Depends how I feel like. Bigger buternut squash - I do so I can fit all of it in one pot. Small acorn squash - I just toss in whole.
Delicata squash - wa**** well - the skin falls apart, it is eatable. Don't need to peel.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I could if we are FB friends.
Search for a group "Instant Pot cooks (all pots welcome)" - that one is independent from IP company
And a second run by IP - "Instant pot Community " it is a public open group.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
