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PRESSURE COOK
Pressure cooking uses pressurized steam to quickly and evenly cook foods.
How to pressure cook
Prep
Cut, chop, season or marinate your ingredients according to your recipe.
Preheat
1. Place the inner cooking pot into the cooker base.
2. Add ingredients to the inner cooking pot.
3. Place the lid on top of the cooker base and lock the lid.
See ‘How to lock the lid’ below.
4. Select a smart program for cooking by pressing the button on
the control panel.
See ‘About pressure cooking programs’ above.
5. Press the Smart Program again to toggle between time options:
Less, Normal or More.
6. If you want to increase or decrease the cooking time exactly,
press + or –.
7. Press Pressure Level to toggle between pressure options: High
or Low.
8. Keep Warm setting is ON by default. Press Keep Warm again to
turn it off.
9. After 10 seconds, the display shows On and the Instant Pot Duo
is building pressure.
It can take 10–15 minutes to reach the pressure setting for cooking. Frozen foods increase
the preheating time.
The pressure level and time you choose will be the new settings the next time you use that
Smart Program.
Cook
1. When the pressure is ready, your Instant Pot Duo will beep once
and starts cooking.
2. The cooking timer starts counting down.
3. When the timer reaches 00:00, the cooker will beep 5 times and
the cooking stops.
You can press Cancel to stop a Smart Program at any time.
Release steam
Choose from the steam release method that works for your recipe.
See ‘How to release steam’ below for full details
Using liquid to create steam
Pressure cooking requires liquid in the inner cooking pot to produce
the steam needed. Depending on the size of your Instant Pot Duo, here
are the minimum amounts you’ll need:
Instant Pot Size Minimum Liquid for Pressure Cooking*
3 Quarts / 2.8 Litres 1 cup (8 oz / 250 mL)
6 Quarts / 5.7 Litres 1 1⁄2 cups (12 oz / 375 mL)
8 Quarts / 7.6 Litres 2 cups (16 oz / 500 mL)
*Unless otherwise specified in recipe.
Pressure cooking liquids should be water-based, such as broth, stock, soup or juice. If using
canned, condensed, or cream-based soup, add water as directed above.
How to lock the lid
For pressure cooking, the lid must be securely locked into place to
prevent steam from escaping. When you place the lid on the cooker base:
1. Line up [triangle symbol] on lid with [open padlock symbol] on the
cooker base.
2. Turn lid clockwise until [triangle symbol] on lid lines up with
[triangle symbol] on cooker base.