I have cooked a whole chicken in the pressure cooker for 20 minutes. Although it came out white, it was moist, tender and tasty. I have cut up a shoulder of pork into one inch cubes, cooked for 15 minutes, left to depressurise naturally, they came out pulled pork tender and tasty.
Today, it was a 1.3kg joint of gammon. It was soaked for one hour, put in with 3 mugs of water, brought up to pressure and cooked for 37 minutes. After leaving it to lose pressure naturally, it was ready. Again, beautifully tender and moist. I had some with cauliflower cheese, DB had his with swede, squash and carrot cheese.
I think pressure cooking meat is going to be my normal method most of the time from now on.
My only experience of pressure cookers is the one my mum had years ago, which made lots of noise and steam and even mum was scared of it - it frightened the life out of us kids! I dare say they've improved a bit over the years though, lol.
ReplyDeleteThey still make quite a noise but no weights to mess about with now. You can get electric ones which you just set up and it does it all for you.
DeleteI use my pressure cooker a lot. It enables me to use cheaper cuts of meat that end up very moist and tender in only half an hour. A friend of mine says she is too scared to use one but they are perfectly safe when used properly.
ReplyDeleteThey scare me a bit but I just try to ignore it.
DeleteIt is such a shame that so many people have distant memories of PCs hissing like dragons in their grannies' kitchens. Nowadays they are safe and so useful!
ReplyDeleteI think the modern ones look safer, my sister always looked in danger of scolding herself.
DeleteI remember my MIL's and it scared the life out of me. But in India everyone uses them all of the time and they are still the old fashioned noisy ones.
ReplyDeleteI guess you just have to get use to it.
DeleteI have never tried anything other than roasts or cut up meat in my pressure cooker. I will have to try a small ham the next time.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I shall try a different meat next time we have a joint. Meat is a treat for us.
DeleteMy MIL had one and always did ham in it and it was always delicious. I'm put off by the thought of having to learn about how to work a new gadget!
ReplyDeleteI felt like I was lighting tnt the first few times I used it, very wary. So much simpler nowadays.
DeleteNot something that I have or have ever tried but remarkable that you can cook something so quickly. I favour a slow cooker but that is probably because that is what I know.
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