After watching Masterchef on tv last night, what are some foods that you cook in your pressure

[dawnnys]

cooker if you use one? I mainly just cook vegetables (corn, potatoes, broccoli, green beans mainly) but after watching last night's show, there's a whole other world out there that I'm missing.

 

[melissa-dallas]

We used to do pot roast, swiss steak, dried beans

 

[mistral]

You can make an absolutely PERFECT flan in a pressure cooker! (nt)

 

[marilynfl]

Oh, I need DETAILS on this one, please!

 

[lana-in-fl]

Anything, really. Usually things that take a long time, so I'd be

less inclined to cook vegetables, but dried beans would be good, chicken stews, beef stews, curry. A chicken stew will cook in 20 minutes (and remember that I like my food overcooked). Darn, I must really go out and buy another pressure cooker, apparently I really need one. I can't get a gasket for my old one, and it's aluminium anyway, I want a steel one.

And I also want that flan recipe!

 

[dawnnys]

So mainly soups i guess. How do you make a pot roast in it? Thanks all...

 

[lana-in-fl]

Brown the beef, brown the onions, add whatever else you want and cook for 1/3 your usual time.

 

[dawnnys]

Don't you have to add a liquid? That's what I get stuck on... I can never add just the

right amount, because it comes out like stew! And I think you have to add liquid to make the steam, right? (