The electric pressure cooker cookbook: 200 fast and foolproof recipes for every kind of machine

393 Pages·2017·7.52 MB·English

by  Barbara Schieving

The Electric Pressure Cooker
Cookbook
200 FAST AND FOOLPROOF RECIPES FOR EVERY KIND OF
MACHINE
BARBARA SCHIEVING
Creator of the popular blog Pressure Cooking Today

Contents
Preface: Under Pressure
Introduction: Getting the Most from Your Electric Pressure Cooker
Chapter 1: Breakfasts
Chapter 2: Sandwiches, Wraps, Tacos, and More
Chapter 3: Soup’s On
Chapter 4: Shortcut Dinners
Chapter 5: 30-Minute Meals
Chapter 6: Sunday Suppers
Chapter 7: On the Side
Chapter 8: Desserts
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Preface: Under Pressure
Like many of you, I’m a busy mom and under pressure to get
delicious, healthy meals on the table fast. Now, thanks to my electric
pressure cooker, mealtime has never been quicker or easier.
Growing up, my mom used an old-fashioned stovetop pressure cooker to cook a
pot roast on Sundays. The regulator on top wiggled and jiggled and made scary
noises. It always made me a little nervous—although I was too little to
noises. It always made me a little nervous—although I was too little to
remember, my older siblings loved to tell the story of when my stepmother’s old
stovetop pressure cooker exploded, blasting food everywhere—even the ceiling!
Still, despite that mishap, I grew up knowing meals made in a pressure cooker
were fast and delicious.
Pressure cookers fell out of favor at my house when my mom got her first
microwave. While there’s no denying a microwave’s convenience, it’s simply
not possible to get the rich flavor of a long-simmered meal from a microwave.
Many years later, after becoming a mom myself, I began hearing about
electric pressure cookers. I was impressed when I read how much pressure
cooker technology had improved and saw all the safety features on the new
pressure cookers. I was also intrigued by how easy electric pressure cookers
were to use—set-it-and-forget-it easy. I also remembered the home-cooked
dinners of my childhood and knew I had to try one.
I really did fall in love with my electric pressure cooker after making my first
recipe. I appreciated how quick and easy it was to make meals in the pressure
cooker, and I loved having only one pot to wash. And the food tasted great—
tender, fall-apart meats; soups that tasted as though they’d simmered for hours;
and pasta and rice dishes cooked to perfection.
All 200 recipes in this cookbook are recipes I enjoy with my family. I’ve
included 50 of the most popular recipes from my website, Pressure Cooking
Today (www.pressurecookingtoday.com), and created 150 all-new electric
pressure cooker recipes that I’m sure will become new favorites. The recipes in
this cookbook are a good mix of old-fashioned American favorites, international
cuisines with an American flair, and healthy meals with trendy ingredients. Of
course, I had to include some decadently delicious pressure cooker desserts as
well. I’m so excited to share these new recipes with you!
Thanks for joining me on my journey to make quicker and better-tasting
meals using today’s modern, easy-to-use electric pressure cookers.
Barbara Schieving
Introduction: Getting the Most from
Your Electric Pressure Cooker
There is a pressure cooking renaissance going on right now. You can
make better tasting meals in a fraction of the time using today’s
modern, easy-to-use electric pressure cookers. As with any new tool,
there are a few things you’ll need to know before you get cooking—
let’s get started.
ADVANTAGES OF USING AN ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER
Pressure cooking, in general, offers certain advantages over the oven, stove, or
slow cooker.
• Electric pressure cookers let you cook meats, stews,
FASTER COOK TIME.
soups, beans, stocks, and broths in a fraction of the time they take to cook on
the stove, in the oven, or with the slow cooker—and foods still taste like
they’ve been cooking for hours!
• The pressure inside the pot raises the boiling point, which
BETTER FLAVOR.
forces liquid into tough foods, making them tender, and the high heat promotes
caramelization, adding depth of flavor.
• The longer you cook fruits and vegetables in
BETTER NUTRIENT RETENTION.
water, the more nutrients they lose. When you pressure cook your vegetables,
you use a shorter cook time—keeping nutrients in your food and making your
meals healthier.
• Forget to thaw the meat? No problem! No thawing
COOK FROM FROZEN.
required before pressure cooking. (This works best for smaller cuts of meat.)
• Ovens and stoves use a lot of energy as they cook. Pressure
COST SAVINGS.
cookers require less energy, have shorter cook times, and don’t heat up your
house.
• One-pot cooking means only one pot to clean.
EASY CLEANUP.
In addition, there are some unique advantages to electric pressure cookers
instead of stovetop pressure cookers:
• Electric pressure cookers have several built-in safety features to
SAFETY.
prevent mishaps, including automatic pressure control, heating and pressure
sensors, lid detection, and heating plates that distribute heat evenly.
• You don’t have to stand at the stove to adjust the heat so that
CONVENIENCE.
whatever you’re cooking doesn’t boil over—the electric pressure cooker
automatically regulates the heat and pressure. Go play with your kids, pay bills,
or clean the kitchen and set the table while the electric pressure cooker does all
the work.
• Once you figure out the right cook time for your
CONSISTENT RESULTS.
pressure cooker you’ll come back to a perfectly cooked dish—every time.
• Unlike a stovetop pressure cooker, you don’t need to
KEEP WARM SETTING.