InstantPot IP-DUO Manual de usuario

Beginners'

Guide

|  23 September 2019

Instant Pot®

Welcome to the world of Instant Pot®

You're about to embark on an amazing journey. Your InstantPot®

not onlyhelps you cook,italsohelps you have more time for other

things.

The beauty of pressure cooking with your Instant Pot® is that you

can programme it and walk away, you don't have to babysit it.

Stove-top pressure cookers need to first reach pressure then the

heat on the stove needs to be adjusted so you have to hang around

waiting for that to happen. Not with your Instant Pot®, it does it all

for you.

Pressure cooking locks in flavours and nutrients.

Your Instant Pot is packed with safety features to give you peace of

mind so there is absolutely no need to be scared.

Whenever you see this symbol     , it means that there is a useful

video to watch. Just click or tap on it and it'll take you to it. Some

videos will be in our Instant Pot UK for Beginners YouTube channel

(see page 36) and some on our Facebook group, the Instant Pot®

UK Community.

A D I F F E R E N T W A Y O F C O O K I N G

Let's get you started

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|  23 September 2019

The first thing to do is not to leave

your Instant Pot in the box, get it

out as soon as you can. If you leave

it in the box, panic and fear might

set in and your Instant Pot will

sense this, making it feel sad and

disappointed because it’s full of

safety features for your peace of

mind.

So, go on, first thing to do:

Take it out of the box

The longer you have it in the box, the more any nerves, anxieties or

fears will set in. The key is to use it straight away so we’re going to

get it out on the counter and we’re going to get you using it regularly.

The more you use/do something, the more familiar and second nature

it becomes and, before you know it, you will be using your Instant Pot

without thinking and it will be giving you time for other things, like

browsing for new recipes to try.

Once it’s out of the box, admire it. Isn’t it shiny?

Do not worry about all the buttons just yet, above all

if they are making you anxious. We’re going to make

it super easy for you to start using your Instant Pot.

We will tackle the buttons later.

New to Instant Pot?

N O M A D I C | 2 4

INSIDE

THE

BOX

Contents may vary in design.

Model shown is a LUX

Inside the box

you will find:

1. Cooker base

2. Removable inner pot,a cooker

with a removable stainless steel

inner pot. You must always have the

inner pot in place when cooking.

Always.

3. Lid

4.Two removable power cables

with two different plugs, one is

three pin for the UK and the other is

schuko two pin for use in Europe. If

you're in a 220–240v country that

uses a different plug, take the cable

to a DIY / hardware shop and ask

for the same cable with the right

plug for your country.

5. Instruction Manual, boring we

know but it is important to read it

because pressure cooking and the

Instant Pot way of cooking come

with a learning curve and there are

things you need to know. We have

made the cooker as safe as we can

and so it’s important to understand

how it works. Like most manuals it

will make little sense at the

beginning but, as you get using your

Instant Pot more, you’ll read it a few

more times and find that it all

magically starts to make sense.

Please pay special attention to the

warnings and the safety and filling

rules. You can also download the

manual on pdf from our website so

that you never lose it.

This Beginners' Guide does not

replace the instruction manual

that comes with your Instant Pot.

6. Cookbook, ok so it may not be

the most inspirational or it may not

cater to your personal tastes, but it

has a brilliant sidekick in the shape

of our Facebook group: the Instant

Pot® UK Community, which is

loaded with recipes with familiar

ingredients and measurements. At

the back of the cookbook there is a

super handy table with timings.

Your Instant Pot comes with a few

accessories:

7.Aspoon and a ladle, which are

handy for cooking rice. The ladle in

particular is super handy.

8. Ameasuring cup, your Instant

Pot can cook rice and so this cup is

designed to help you do just that.

Basically it’s designed to help you

work out water to rice ratios. It’ll

come in handy. It’s not the same as

the measuring cups that a lot of

American recipes use

9. A steam rack (you'll also see it

called trivet), to lift the food up

from the bottom of the inner pot.

10. (not shown) if it’s a DUO: a

condensation collector that you

will attach at the back. The DUO

model has a gap on the lid to hook

the lid upright. When the lid stands

this way, the condensation runs

down and the resulting liquid is

collected. Click here to watch how

to attach the condensation

collector on our Instant Pot UK for

Beginners YouTube Channel

THE LID

A happy Instant Pot lid makes for a

happy Instant Pot owner.The lid

has the all-important:



Sealing Ring: an intrinsic part of

your Instant Pot, the sealing ring

works very hard. It expands under

pressure to create a sealed

chamber, that seal is what helps

your Instant Pot cook under

pressure.

Float Valve:the steam generated

inside the Instant Pot helps the

float valve literally float up. Once

it's up, your Instant Pot lid is locked

in place. You should never ever

force the lid open while the float

valve is up. This would be extremely

dangerous.

Steam Release Handle: the steam

release handle has two positions,

Sealing and Venting. For pressure

cooking to take place, the steam

release handle has to be pointing to

Sealing.

The sealing ring, the float valve and

the steam release handle work

together.

The Basics of

Pressure Cooking

The most important thing to

know about pressure cooking

is that it’s necessary to add

liquid (water, stock, wine…) as

the whole key to pressure

cooking is to generate steam,

this steam will help cook the

ingredients as well as help the

sealing ring expand to create a

sealed chamber where your

ingredients will cook at a

temperature of about 120ºC.

This all means that food will

cook much faster by pressure

cooking than by other

methods. 

Typically your Instant Pot can

reduce cooking time by up to

70% when compared with

other methods.

The steam will circulate evenly,

deeply and quickly so it is not

necessary to immerse the food

in water, retaining more

nutrients, vitamins and

minerals as they will not leach

or dissolve away in the water.

Since steam surrounds the

food, foods are not oxidised by

air exposure at heat, so

asparagus, broccoli and other

green vegetables retain their

bright colours and

phytochemical properties. The

cooked food keeps its original

flavour.

Meat will be tenderised in a

fraction of the time. Pulses can

be cooked in no time.

If you bear in mind the fact

thatin the pressure cooking

mode your Instant Pot always

needs liquid to reach pressure

and bear in mind the Golden

Rules of the Instant Pot Way

of Cooking (next page), you’ll

be off to a great start.

Your Instant Pot electric

pressure cooker consists of

three parts: the lid, the

removable inner pot and the

housing. The key internal

components are the safety

valves and the smart control

box.

It’s important to understand how pressure

cooking works.

THE         WAY OF COOKING

THEGOLDEN RULES

As a rule of thumb, make sure you always have 250mlof water or stockwhen

pressure cooking. If using a stock cube or powder make sure you dilute it first.

Pressure cooking relies on steam, to generate steam your Instant Pot needs liquid.

There is hardly any evaporation in pressure cooking so, at the end, your sauce may

be more liquid than you would like. Justset toSauté. Leave the lid off so that the

sauce can bubble and reduce, it happens quickly so stay nearby and stir every once

in a while.If you don’t want the veg, etc. to keep cooking, you can remove the

solid food and then add it back once you have the consistency you want.

Stir to warm up and enjoy.

After sauteing and before pressure cooking, always deglaze the bottom of the

pot by scraping it with a wooden spoon and a bit of liquid (water, stock, wine)

to remove any burnt-on or caramelised bits.

Tomatoes and tomatoey sauces have a habit of catching and making the pot give an

overheat (OUHT or BURN)error or fail to reach pressure (if you have v2 of the DUO

or v3 of the LUX). This is also the case of ready-made and thick sauces. A few tricks:

a) add ingredients that release liquid as they cook, e.g. vegetables like courgettes

or mushrooms. The liquid they release helps create the necessary steam.

b) remember the rule of thumb of250mlof water or stock always in the pot for

pressure cooking (if you add ingredients that release liquid you can get away with

less).

c) some people place the tomatoes on top of the ingredients without stirring. 

d) (for DUO owners)youcanuse the Low Pressure setting and increase the

pressure cooking time.

instantpot.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/groups/InstantPotUKCommunity/

Don't useflourbefore pressure cooking, thicken after.

THE RUSTIC BRIDES

T H E P R E S S U R E C O O K I N G

process

Whether you start from cold or have

sauted your products using the Sauté

function, once you press one of the

pressure cooking buttons and programme

the cooking time your Instant Pot will

need to heat up to create steam. Steam

rises and so it will push the float valve up.

This is why you may see the float valve

trying to pop up and coming back down

again until it stays up. Steam will leak

during this time while the right amount of

steam is generated, this is totally normal.

Cooking

Reaching Pressure

Once the float valve is up, your Instant

Pot has reached pressure. Now it just

needs to reach the right internal

temperature which means that there is a

delay between the float valve rising and

the countdown starting.

When the countdown is done, your

Instant Pot enters the Keep Warm cycle

automatically (unless you have cancelled

it at the start, which is possible in some

versions). The Keep Warm cycle counts

up, not down, this way you know how long

it has been on Keep Warm,starting with

L00:00 then L00:01 and so on. Up to a

total of 10 hours.

QPR = Quick Pressure Release

(sometimes called Quick Release or QR)

means venting the steam as soon as the

pressure cooking process finishes, i.e.

moving the steam release handle from

Sealing to Venting. When quick releasing

starchy foods, foods that foam up, milk

and dairy products, wait a good few

seconds for things to calm down inside the

Instant Pot.

NPR = Natural Pressure Release

(sometimes called Natural Release or NR)

means letting the pressure (and the float

valve) come down on its own, i.e. doing

nothing at the end. The food keeps on

cooking during natural release, it’s

particularly handy for meat as doing a

quick release can toughen it up, it gives it

time to rest. As a rule of thumb, you can

release the rest of the steam after 15

minutes of natural release. Natural

release WILL happen during Keep Warm

so go live your life, put your feet up.

Releasing Pressure

Float valve

Steam release

handle

G E T T O K N O W Y O U R I N S T A N T P O T

Before starting, make sure the

pressure release handle and float

valve are in place and that the

sealing ring is properly inserted.

Step 1.

Add 3 measuring cups of water to

the inner pot OR at least 1 litre of

water if it’s the 8 litre model or v3

of the DUO, i.e. if your DUO was

delivered from June 2018.

Step 2.

Lock the lid in. Make sure that the

steam release handle is pointing to

"Sealing" on the lid.

Step 3.

Press the "Steam" button, and

press the “-“ button to change the

time to 2 minutes.

Step 4. In 10 seconds, your Instant

Pot® will go into the preheating

cycle and the display will show

ON. Within a few minutes, steam

will release for a minute or two

until the Float Valve pops up to

seal the cooker. Once working

pressure is

Once your Instant Pot is out of the

box, don't let it intimidate you. It

really is super easy to use. We're

going to show you how with the

Water Test.

We also use the Water Test for

diagnostics. It’s a very handy little

test.

Its nickname is the “Water Test”

but your instruction manual calls it

“Initial Test Run”. It’s designed to

get you to know your Instant Pot

in no time and all you need is

water so make sure you don’t skip

it.

We have a video of the Water

Test for you right here, with the

lovely Jenny Tschiesche, also

known as the Lunchbox Doctor,

which might make it a bit easier to

follow if you prefer. She'll hold

your hand through it.

reached, which may take a few

minutes or up to 10-13 minutes,

the countdown will begin. When

the countdown is finished, the

Instant Pot® will beep and

automatically switch to the “Keep

Warm” mode.

At the end you have two options,

let the steam: quick pressure

release (QPR) or natural pressure

release (NPR.

Keep reading the guide or watch

our video linked below to find out

more.

Click here to

watch the water test

Jenny has an Instant Pot book

coming out in September 2018,

The Modern Multi-cooker

Cookbook:101 Recipes for your

Instant Pot®, look out for it on

Amazon. Click here to open up the

link to order from Amazon.

G E T T O K N O W Y O U R I N S T A N T P O T

The community is the place to

find recipe inspiration, ask

questions and find out all the

tips and tricks.

Customer Andy has created an

index of the files in the recipes,

find the ANDY'S RECIPE

INDEXHERE.

Your Instant Pot comes with

the help and support of an

awesome online community.

There is the global Instant Pot

Community run by Instant Pot

Canada and there's our group,

the Instant Pot® UK

Communitywhich we (Instant

Pot UK) run for our customers.

If your Instant Pot is a 220v,

make sure you request to be a

member, answer all three

questions you are asked and,

once you're in, read the all-

important pinned post.

The community has a search

function and its Files are full of

recipes from our members.

Buying an Instant Pot is just the start of our journey together

We have videos to show you

how to use the group. Just click

the      to watch them:

- From a computer browser

- From the Facebook for

mobile app

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