Pressure Cookers

[ShaunSA]

I have an ancient one. I use it to make soups, stews and cat soup. Good to make beans as well.

/waves at eks

 

[KleinBoontjie]

If you're in a hurry to make food, go for it. I don't like pressure cookers, they spoil the taste. I like using good, normal pots. It takes 20minutes longer, or maybe a bit longer depends on what you cook, but you get a better taste and experience and I'm all for that.

 

[bokdrol]

/waves at eks

For pity's sake, do keep up. I thought this silliness has been put to bed.

 

[ShaunSA]

For pity's sake, do keep up. I thought this silliness has been put to bed.

I wasn't the one speaking of cat soup :erm:

 

[bokdrol]

I wasn't the one speaking of cat soup :erm:

Soup (made of chicken and rice) for the feral cats I feed, for the toothless ones and to liven up their dry pellets, not soup made out of cats.

 

[ShaunSA]

Soup (made of chicken and rice) for the feral cats I feed, for the toothless ones and to liven up their dry pellets, not soup made out of cats.

If you say so

 

[Ancalagon]

Soup (made of chicken and rice) for the feral cats I feed, for the toothless ones and to liven up their dry pellets, not soup made out of cats.

The nice thing is that you can fit the whole cat in the pot at once.

Pressure cookers can result in a loss of flavour. What I've taken to doing is adding most of my spices and things after cooking in the pressure cooker, and not before. That way, you don't lose much flavour.

 

[Hosehead]

Necro time

What's the best electric pressure cooker 6liter ?

 

[Marius Flash]

They put me under tremendous "Pressure"

 

[Hamster]

Necro time

What's the best electric pressure cooker 6liter ?

AEG....No issues yet and it's been like 3 years

 

[Magnum]

I'm looking for a induction capable pressure cooker. The ones on Takealot is ludicrous though.

 

[HavocXphere]

Necro time

What's the best electric pressure cooker 6liter ?

Any reasonably well known brand should work.

I've got a Philips & would probably get another if it breaks. They're round the 1k-1.5k mark.

They're ridiculously easy to use...just be careful when venting the steam...that part is seriaas business.

 

[HavocXphere]

I'm looking for a induction capable pressure cooker. The ones on Takealot is ludicrous though.

I wouldn't...the electronic ones are super convenient & are quite energy efficient too (I measured it).

 

[aktiv]

AEG....No issues yet and it's been like 3 years

+1 for the AEG

 

[Hamster]

This one: http://www.takealot.com/aeg-6l-stainless-steel-pressure-cooker/PLID17260267

 

[CoolBug]

So I was doing a bit of research because I want a Pressure Cooker.

I don't have a Slow Cooker so it would be really nice to have this function.

I came across the Instant Pot which seems to be a hit in the US, even Lifehacker is all over this pot, it's a Pressure Cooker as well as a Slow Cooker.

Bummed that I couldn't really get the Instant Pot here, I carried on doing research, there just must be something, surely!

After some research I started noticing a bit of trend, to call it lightly, like when your friend says: Sure, you can copy my homework, just change it up a bit so it doesn't look obvious.







Anyway, I ended up getting this which seems to be a newer model, it also has the Slow Cook function.

http://www.takealot.com/russell-hobbs-electric-6-litre-electric-pressure-cooker/PLID42378443



I see no one mentioned the science behind Pressure Cookers? May as well add it here, this is my understanding of it.

Basically, boiling water is not only dependent on the temperature but the pressure as well, the temperature needed for water's boiling point is different if the the pressure is different.

Hypothetically, if you put your stove on level 4 and your water boils, increasing the stove to level 6 will not increase the temperature, only the boiling rate of the water, what ever you're cooking will not cook faster and you might make a bit of a mess.

So at higher pressure, water needs a higher temperature to boil, the one I just got has a safe pressure of around 70kPa which means it can cook food up to around 120°C, this will of course decrease the time it takes to cook and has another advantage of killing more bacteria.

 

[Magandroid]

Bwhaha! I remember the first time I used mine - hid behind the fridge when it started making funny noises

LOL ... and here I was embarassed to say we did exactly the same when we used our pressure cooker the first time. I told the kids to get out of the kitchen and we hid behind the fridge

 

[CamiKaze]

So we can finally start a Pressure Cooker Recipes Thread!!!

 

[AstroTurf]

I have an old fashioned one that goes on the stovetop.

Very handy device Especially if you want a chicken or beef stew with rice in 15 minutes of cooking time

Don't forget to organise yourself a steamer basket for the pressure cooker if it does not come with one (excellent for making very nice rice while you do the meat and veg).

 

[Hamster]

So we can finally start a Pressure Cooker Recipes Thread!!!

1. Brown meat
2. Donner everything into pot
3. And salt
4. High-pressure, 12 minutes
5. Nom

Unless you are cooking for a second person you care about. But the above works when you're in bachelor mode.