Do I use high or low pressure?ĭoes the display seem confusing to you? There is a high, low, less, normal and more. (I only leave once I know the pot has reached pressure and it is counting down). This is very handy since I can get my food cooking, go do errands and come home to food that is sitting in the pot warm and ready to go. My Instant Pot automatically switches to Keep Warm at this point. For example if the food has been done for 10 minutes it will say L00:10.
On my Instant Pot it has an L in front of the counting up number. It will say ON until the pot comes to pressure and then the timer will start counting DOWN.Īfter the time has counted all the way down to zero the pot will beep 10 times. In a few seconds it will beep and the display will say ON. When you close the lid and set the desired cook time the Instant pot will look like it’s not doing anything. By the way, 00:02 means 2 minutes (not 2 seconds).
#Should instant pot hiss manual
Press Pressure Cook or Manual (depending on your model) and use the + and – buttons to program the number of minutes. Once you have your food and liquid in the pot set the amount of time that you want the food to cook (here’s a Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet). The process of building pressure takes about 10 minutes.įor more info on how long it takes to reach pressure watch this video: Only then will your timer start counting down. Then the pot will reach pressure, seal itself off (no more escaping steam) and the pin on the lid will pop up (most of the time I don’t even notice this). Then you’ll see steam escaping from the float valve. It is! The steam is building up inside the pot. When you lock the lid in place and set the specified cooking time in a recipe, the display will say “On.” For the first couple minutes it won’t seem like it is doing anything. Liquid cannot go over the max fill line because there will not be enough empty space for the pressure to build. On your Instant Pot liner you will likely see a “MAX FILL LINE” a few inches from the top. Got it? This is why you cannot use thick sauces like spaghetti sauce or hoisin sauce as your “liquid.” They are too thick to produce that steam. The steam is produced by that liquid which builds the pressure. This is why you need at least 1 cup of thin liquid (like water or broth) in any recipe you make. The Instant Pot functions by building pressure and it does this by producing steam in an airtight container.
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