Instant Pot | Top 5 Easiest Things To Cook

are you ready to get started learning how to use your insta pot you are not going to want to miss these five very very simple recipes things to cook and your insta pot to get you started [Music] hey guys day 2 for this month's miniseries all about using your instant pot I have had my instant pot for of almost two years now and I feel like I have not been using it enough so I've picked out a lot of things to teach myself along with you guys how to get the most out of your instant pot so today I am sharing five of the easiest things you are definitely going to want to start cooking in your instant pot I also wanted to let those of you know who do not have an instant pot just yet if you guys just have a crock pot if you check out the channel I have linked down below Nicole Burgess she does a foodie Fridays and this Friday she is doing a crock pot dinner meal of cajun chicken Fettuccine I love my crock pot so I am definitely gonna be checking that out she has a lot of yummy recipes that she shares pretty much every single Friday on her series foodie Friday so definitely check out her link down below so you don't miss that video that's coming out tomorrow on her channel alright so we are going to get into a recipe or food item number one easiest thing number one I've got my instant pot I'm going to set this little piece in here pull up the sides one cup of water and then however many eggs you want to hard-boil these are the eggs that I have a left I need to go shopping but I'm just gonna put all seven of these in here and just set them on top of this there they are closing my lid I am gonna make sure on ceiling and not venting manual for seven minutes eggs are done and now I'm going to release the pressure and push this to venting it's going to be very loud so I'm going to do that and then cool my eggs however you like I put mine in a bowl of icy water I'm going to peel them and show you guys how they turned out and there's my hard-boiled eggs from the instant pot let's make some white rice okay I have two cups of rice two cups of water 1 tablespoon of oil and some salt so we are just gonna add all of this to our pot rice water oil salt or if you guys like to season your rice go ahead and put in whatever seasonings you use now we're gonna stir it just a little bit let's get our lid on and if you like that manual button just hit the manual button make sure it says 12 minutes and you're gonna cook it for 12 minutes or the rice is already preset rice is done and instead of venting it I'm going to let the pressure release naturally so I'm going to keep an eye on this it automatically goes to keep warm and I'm just gonna wait for that to get to 10 minutes and then we are going to open the top and look at our rice and there you have it easy cooked rice in the instant hot alright here we go pinto beans now these are know what soaked but you still want to rinse and drain them so I have one pound of dry pinto beans I have five and a half cups of water and whatever seasoning you want to use I actually have this pinto bean seasoning by Fiesta and I'm going to use about three tablespoons of that super easy so all I'm going to do is I'm going to add my pinto beans to my instant pot I'm gonna add my five and a half cups of water about three tablespoons probably a little bit over three tablespoons of my pinto bean seasoning go ahead and just give it a little stir all right getting that lid on and we're going to cook it on manual for 45 minutes all right my time is up and I'm going to let it release the pressure naturally so I am NOT going to switch my steaming to venting I'm going to leave it like this it should take about maybe twenty five minutes and I'll know that it's released when this is down time is up that is down letting me know that it's completely vented all the steam is out all right I'm going to give this a stir put it in a bowl and show you guys how they turned out there you have it pinto beans super easy in the instant pot frozen chicken okay I don't know how many times I have gone to make dinner and I realize that I forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer so depending on what you're making this is a quick fix I just pulled this out of the freezer it is a rock-hard I buy my chicken in bulk at Costco so first step you are going to take whatever kind of cooking spray that you use and spray the entire inside of your pot now I am going to put my chicken I'm not going to do it while I'm holding the camera but I'm going to put my chicken in my pot chicken is in the pots pans are washed and now I'm just gonna take about half a cup of water and pour it around the edge all the way around and then you guys use whatever seasoning you want salt and pepper I'm actually going to be using this seasoning from thrive it's the chef's choice if you guys want to check this out they actually have a sale coming up April 19th is when it starts so I will have a link down below but I have been using this on all of my meats lately along with other things you can use this for all sorts of things so I am just going to sprinkle this all over my chicken all right let's get the lid on make sure it's sealing it's sealed and then we're just gonna do manual and we are going to bump this up to about 14 minutes this is fantastic if you like to prep your lunches I'm gonna go ahead and shred this and use it for salads or even tacos for dinner I mean so many things I could have cooked more than this in this pot besides that I have and really prepped it even went ahead like this is so fast for prepping and freezing and all sorts of stuff or if you are like me and you forget to take your chicken out to defrost it and thaw it out before a dinner just pop it in your instant pot frozen so there we have it quick frozen chicken and done in the instant pot last of the five easy recipes is mashed potatoes and these mashed potatoes do not require any kind of draining so I have about 2 pounds of peeled and chopped potatoes and instead of using a bowl I always just use my strainer just in case I was going to be straining it it's just but now but you're not going to need to strain them so I have them in my strainer and then one a cup of water so I'm just going to add my potatoes to the instant pot oh that one thinks it's getting away without being cooked wrong then my one cup of water and I'm just going to even these out a bit all right I'm gonna add my lid close it up let's make sure it is sealing and then that manual button again for six minutes I am letting the pressure release by the valve spin about three minutes and it's almost done let's poke these oh my goodness nice and soft so you can make your mashed potatoes however you want at this point but I am gonna go ahead and finish them off for you guys so I have a one cup of milk about half a stick of butter and then in here I have some salt pepper and garlic powder then my handy dandy mixer is going to really mash these up creamy and delicious instant hot mashed potatoes so easy there you have it the top five things I did a lot of searching and things that I have been cooking lately and those are at the very top of my list there are a ton more that you could cook in your instant pot that is very very simple and not necessarily a recipe but just a food item so if you guys have any other suggestions of items that you would like to see me cook or you have cooked in your rests in your instant pot that is super easy leave those down in the comments so we can all Glantz them over and get more ideas because I love love love sharing and getting more from you guys because I am definitely not an expert at all I am learning right along with you guys so I hope you enjoyed this video if you did give it a big thumbs up don't forget this is a miniseries so next Monday I am going to be sharing three breakfast recipes so come back on Monday for another instant pot video I do try to upload at least 6 times a week so I should be back tomorrow with something new and don't forget to also tomorrow check out Nicole's channel so you can see her crock pot dinner menu I'm gonna be over there also watching it I'm excited to see it so I will see you guys tomorrow bye

Channel: LemonadeMom

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Keywords: lemonademom, lemonade mom, instant pot, top 5 things to cook, instant pot for beginners, easy instant pot recipes, instant pot frozen chicken, instant pot hard boiled eggs, instant pot mashed potatoes, instant pot pinto beans, lemonade mom instant pot, instant pot white rice, nicole burgess, pressure cooker, how to use the instant pot

Id: 4udQP_OG1Ps

Length: 11min 41sec (701 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 05 2018