Stove top pressure cookers

[Wildbill]

Love your new avatar. I love Paddington and always watch the movies when they are on the TV HM was so nice to him when he called round for tea

Gina.

Pressure cookers make grate marmiled that's how my mum made it

 

[Wildbill]

Love your new avatar. I love Paddington and always watch the movies when they are on the TV HM was so nice to him when he called round for tea

Gina.

Wonder if he will be at the funeral
Bil

 

[helzie2020]

I've been using a stove top (traditional type) pressure cooker recently to cook soups, stews etc. We have just cooked a whole chicken in it and it took approx. 35 mins - 5 mins to give it a bit of browning, 20 mins to cook (but this would be reduced to 17 next time) and 10 mins to naturally pressure release. It was really tasty (with lemon, paprika, garlic, caynne pepper, chicken stock, salt and lots of black pepper). It seems like an ideal way to cook a chicken while saving energy. Has anyone else done this?

I've made chicken that way in a stove-top pressure cooker. It's good.

I've also made Instant Pot Zero Minute Chicken in my Instant Pot. You bring it to high pressure (from cold) for zero minutes then slowly let it drop back down to normal pressure for 18-22 minutes, depending on size. I don't bother with browning it first.

 

[Abacist]

We first used a pressure cooker when we got married and both worked, before we had kids. It was the quickest way to make the evening meal when we got home together. It was a high dome Prestige model with the three weights.

We now have a Kuhn Rikon, Swiss model which is also brilliant.

We always make our Xmas Puds in it and I make unbelievably fantastic steak and kidney puddings in it, if I say so myself!

 

[MattR]

We first used a pressure cooker when we got married and both worked, before we had kids. It was the quickest way to make the evening meal when we got home together. It was a high dome Prestige model with the three weights.

We now have a Kuhn Rikon, Swiss model which is also brilliant.

We always make our Xmas Puds in it and I make unbelievably fantastic steak and kidney puddings in it, if I say so myself!

Can you share your steak and kidney pie recipe? It sounds delicious.

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[Abacist]

Can you share your steak and kidney pie recipe? It sounds delicious.

Be happy to but it comes straight out of the Prestige pressure cooker cookbook and I’m currently in France without access to it!

However it is a suet pudding and NOT a pie!

I’ll try and remember when I get home!

 

[Gina M]

Can you share your steak and kidney pie recipe? It sounds delicious.

There are quite a few recipes online

Gina.

 

[MattR]

There are quite a few recipes online

Gina.

There are but Abacist's description as an "unbelievably fantastic steak and kidney pudding" sounds very tasty

 

[Abacist]

I make a mean Paella as well!

 

[Lenny HB]

No sorry, it's a bomb to me too. No way will I use a pressure cooker

Gina.

They have been around for nearly 350 years I've never heard of one exploding.
Brillant bit of kit for the Motorhome.

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[MattR]

I make a mean Paella as well!
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Wow. I'm impressed. I'll bring some drinks ... what's your tipple?

 

[Rapidoman 2011]

Love my Ninja, Pressure Cook, Steam Cook, Air Fry, Sauta (Like a Frying Pan) for eggs and bacon and so on.

 

[Minxy]

Love your new avatar. I love Paddington and always watch the movies when they are on the TV HM was so nice to him when he called round for tea

Gina.

Wot U on about?

 

[MattR]

I've just cooked a 3kg turkey, in pieces, in practice for Xmas. I cooked it with 500g of black beans and gave it 15 mins of heat and 15 mins of natural release. I will only give the turkey 10 mins next time as it was was slightly overcooked and cook the beans separately. Cooking a turkey with 10 mins of gas instead of 2.5 hrs .... pretty good result.

Edit: if the beans had been soaked for 12 hrs, they would have been ready with the turkey.

 

[denisejoe]

I always soak beans overnight before cooking them. Not only cuts down cooking time but also makes them softer.

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[MattR]

I always soak beans overnight before cooking them. Not only cuts down cooking time but also makes them softer.

I was working on the understanding that unsoaked beans would take the same time to cook as the quantity of turkey I had (40mins). Perhaps the black beans I used required much more cooking time than the pinto beans I used earlier in the week. Next time, I'll use soaked pintos and get them and the turkey cooked with 10-12 mins of heat once up to pressure.

 

[gwyntaxi]

Our first pressure cooker was one of the Prestige ones with weights on the top.
I was boiling up some hops & malt to make stout, when it was cooling down I took the weights off too soon. We had beautiful fountain of malt liquid hitting the ceiling & showering down on us, too hot to get near or stop.
House smelt like a brewery for months.

Nothing wrong with that smell I've got the same one as yours and been using it for 48 years now cook all veg in it, tried meat joints etc & a chicken the flavour is great but no colour, keep a small one in the van that we bought in Morocco had it for 10 years wouldn't be without it.

 

[MattR]

Nothing wrong with that smell I've got the same one as yours and been using it for 48 years now cook all veg in it, tried meat joints etc & a chicken the flavour is great but no colour, keep a small one in the van that we bought in Morocco had it for 10 years wouldn't be without it.

I tried putting a previous turkey that I'd pressure cooked under a grill for 5 mins or so to brown it up. I didn't taste and difference in that meat and it was drier than the rest of the meat so I don't bother grilling meat after pressure cooking.

 

[MattR]

As another meal idea, I've just finished a plate of beans that were cooked beneath the turkey yesterday. (I added paprika and turmeric to the bird but didn't notice much difference). They were heated up in a frying pan with some spicy chorizo, black pepper and an egg on top. Very tasty.

 

[L' Hobo]

I tried putting a previous turkey that I'd pressure cooked under a grill for 5 mins or so to brown it up. I didn't taste and difference in that meat and it was drier than the rest of the meat so I don't bother grilling meat after pressure cooking.

My old P/C is large enough to brown or seal the skin before pressure cooking, does not taste much different but looks less anaemic.

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[L' Hobo]

As another meal idea, I've just finished a plate of beans that were cooked beneath the turkey yesterday. (I added paprika and turmeric to the bird but didn't notice much difference). They were heated up in a frying pan with some spicy chorizo, black pepper and an egg on top. Very tasty.

Spicy Chorizo is a worthy addition to any savoury dish!

 

[MattR]

My old P/C is large enough to brown or seal the skin before pressure cooking, does not taste much different but looks less anaemic.

I can brown chickens but not turkeys in mine. I'm not missing the colour much so will not bother in the future.

 

[BernieTony]

Been using pressure cookers for 40+ years. Very efficient and cut down on time and gas used. The one we have at home is a prestige hidome. Stopped buying the cheaper ones as can’t get the gaskets.We did 6 months in Spain in the Moho, just before Brexit. Didn’t take the pressure cooker and ended up buying one from Carrefour. This one is even more efficient than the prestige one. It has the weight built into the handle. What we do when cooking is to let it come to pressure, then turn off the gas. Leave it for 5-30 minutes, depending on what’s being cooked. We end up with perfectly cooked veg, stews, curries etc. Wouldn’t be without it.

 

[BOWHOUSE52]

Having had a quick read though all the ideas No one as mentioned The halogen oven aren't these eny good

 

[Langtoftlad]

Having had a quick read though all the ideas No one as mentioned The halogen oven aren't these eny good

In comparison to other options - possibly not.


*I have one, but very rarely use it now I have an air fryer & a ninja

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[BOWHOUSE52]

Are you saying these are better than a halogen oven And what watts do they use

 

[Langtoftlad]

Are you saying these are better than a halogen oven And what watts do they use

Better, well yes inasmuch as they can do what a halogen can do and more and usually quicker.
My air fryer is 1400 watts, exactly the same as my halogen
The Ninja 15-1 is 1760w

 

[BOWHOUSE52]

Do you use these off grid in the motorhome if so what is your power set up please

 

[Gillygrim]

Are you saying these are better than a halogen oven And what watts do they use

Bear in mind that the older style pressure cookers are used on the hob - usually gas, thus not needing EHU or other source of electric power. I assume they are still available. Re Halogen cookers - my daughter has one and it's used once a year at Christmas as an overflow cooker but takes ages to cook stuff.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Do you use these off grid in the motorhome if so what is your power set up please

No
Do you use your halogen oven offgrid?
If so, you could use an air fryer.

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