pressure cooker recommendations?
Looking for stove top model (not electric) pressure cooker because I want to use it boondocking with propane. I know NOTHING about pressure cookers. I want to cook beans and rice in it FASTER. Ma...
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Hi everyone,
I thought of a few more things about the pressure cookers;
Decason, if all you do is cook rice and beans you are only scratching the surface on cooking with a pressure cooker. It is faster than a microwave. Although there are some things you can and others you can not cook with the PC it is an amazing tool. I too bought one "just to check it out" and found it amazing.
The best book I have found on PCing is Miss Vickies Pressure Cooker recipes. It will really open your eyes. See the link here.
http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Vickies-Pressure-Cooker-Recipes/dp/0764597264/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394408274&sr=8-1&keywords=miss+vickie%27s+big+book+of+pressure+cooker+recipes
When a recipe called for cooking chicken for 8 minutes I said "no way". Well yes way! That is 8 minutes of cooking but need to add time for pressure build up and pressure release. Still very cool, super fast. You can sear then pressure cook, all in one pot.
As for those hand-me-downs. I suggest being very careful with the old PCers. I do not know when pressure cookers changed but at some time newer pressure cookers were required to have 3 safety devices built in to avoid exploding. There is no way these new units can blow up. However, the older ones can blow up, can you say chicken Fricassee all over the ceiling :-)
I personally would not use an older unit due to not wanting the need to pay that much attention to it. Looking forward to St. Patty's day when I will cook a corned beef in 40 minutes vs. 3 hours! Corned beef, it has enough salt to supply an adult for a year but it is one of my guilty pleasures that I do at this time of year.
I also love to cook soups with it. Give me the PC and my stick blender and I am a happy camper.
Stuart
I thought of a few more things about the pressure cookers;
Decason, if all you do is cook rice and beans you are only scratching the surface on cooking with a pressure cooker. It is faster than a microwave. Although there are some things you can and others you can not cook with the PC it is an amazing tool. I too bought one "just to check it out" and found it amazing.
The best book I have found on PCing is Miss Vickies Pressure Cooker recipes. It will really open your eyes. See the link here.
http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Vickies-Pressure-Cooker-Recipes/dp/0764597264/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394408274&sr=8-1&keywords=miss+vickie%27s+big+book+of+pressure+cooker+recipes
When a recipe called for cooking chicken for 8 minutes I said "no way". Well yes way! That is 8 minutes of cooking but need to add time for pressure build up and pressure release. Still very cool, super fast. You can sear then pressure cook, all in one pot.
As for those hand-me-downs. I suggest being very careful with the old PCers. I do not know when pressure cookers changed but at some time newer pressure cookers were required to have 3 safety devices built in to avoid exploding. There is no way these new units can blow up. However, the older ones can blow up, can you say chicken Fricassee all over the ceiling :-)
I personally would not use an older unit due to not wanting the need to pay that much attention to it. Looking forward to St. Patty's day when I will cook a corned beef in 40 minutes vs. 3 hours! Corned beef, it has enough salt to supply an adult for a year but it is one of my guilty pleasures that I do at this time of year.
I also love to cook soups with it. Give me the PC and my stick blender and I am a happy camper.
Stuart
