First Time Making Our Cormed Beef In An Instapot - Page 2

jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

jumping in here

I added an onion the spice pack, usually add carrots water to cover

Instant Pot has a meat setting so I used that and opened after 15 minutes

dex · ‎03-09-2010

@Noel7 We tried sauté but then the pot always stopped working and signaled burn during the pressure cycle...any tips

momtochloe · ‎11-03-2013

@dex I have had my IP for a few years now. May I ask what are you making when you are getting this error message?

mousiegirl · ‎03-09-2010

@Noel7wrote:
@mousiegirlwrote:
@Noel7wrote:
For years I've made our annual corned beef in a large pot of boiling to simmering hot water. For the fun of it, a couple of years ago I tried it in a slow cooker... eh.

Lately I've seen reviews by people who love it in an Instapot so we tried that yesterday. It was the best ever! I added a little more water and put it on the wire rack. Aside from being perfect, it didn't come out so salty like it has been in recent years.

I fixed the carrots, small red potatoes and cabbage in the Dutch oven I got from QVC, which I love. K44714 I have this in the red, it's cast aluminum so it's not so heavy, and it's on clearance for under $38. I also have Le Creuset and Staub, but the QVC one is just easier to grab.
@Noel7wrote:
For years I've made our annual corned beef in a large pot of boiling to simmering hot water. For the fun of it, a couple of years ago I tried it in a slow cooker... eh.

Lately I've seen reviews by people who love it in an Instapot so we tried that yesterday. It was the best ever! I added a little more water and put it on the wire rack. Aside from being perfect, it didn't come out so salty like it has been in recent years.

I fixed the carrots, small red potatoes and cabbage in the Dutch oven I got from QVC, which I love. K44714 I have this in the red, it's cast aluminum so it's not so heavy, and it's on clearance for under $38. I also have Le Creuset and Staub, but the QVC one is just easier to grab.

@Noel7 I have been using a slow cooker for several years now for corned beef, so much easier than the enormous pot.

Hi @mousiegirl

Oh, it sure is much easier to use! I love a slow cooker. It may have been the one I used, or it may have been the beef, it came out tough.

How long do you cook yours for @mousiegirl !

@Noel7 I have a not quite four pound corned beef, and used this as a reference, which uses a three pound.

"In a 5-to-6-quart slow cooker, place corned beef, fat side up, on top of vegetables, optional, and sprinkle with pickling spice; add enough water to almost cover meat (4 to 6 cups). Cover and cook on high until corned beef is tender, 4 1/4 hours (or 8 1/2 hours on low)" I will add the cabbage in the last half hour, and will be roasting the carrots and potatoes, having ours today instead of yesterday.

dex · ‎03-09-2010

@momtochloe we were browning chicken for an Asian type dish my son wanted to try.

momtochloe · ‎11-03-2013

@dexwrote:
@momtochloe we were browning chicken for an Asian type dish my son wanted to try.

@dex after you seared off the chicken did you add the correct amount of liquid needed for the IP to come to pressure?

dex · ‎03-09-2010

@momtochloe@It was an instant pot recipe and we followed it but we checked online.Apparently you shouldn’t stir once you add liquid.We don’t know if that is the answer as we were so frustrated trying to get the pot to cook after that if we needed to brown anything we did it on the stove.

BeccaLou · ‎02-09-2016

@dexwrote:
I bought my sons gf one for Christmas...it was the top of her list so nobody slam me!They love it.They even save all veg scraps and peels in bag in freezer to make their own veggie stock.
Nice to hear how well the corned beef turned out.I will let them know.What else do you cook in it that you love?

I think soups or chili's would be wonderful in it , is it as fast as pressure cooker ?