In case you are not sure how long to cook something in the instant pot, there is a printable chart which gives you estimates. I am printing this to hang on the side of my fridge, right next to where I set up my instant pot.
"Rule of Thumb" guidelines for Instant Pot meat cooking times
outlawpirate
(outlawpirate)
#2
Experienced Instant Pot Cooks: I need advice about how to cook ground meat in a meal on Pressure Cook without obliterating the ground meat. The first thing I made in my new Instant Pot was this chili recipe that calls for the ground beef to be sautéed and never leave the pot for draining the meat grease while deglazing the pot. That of course lead to a Burn message, and now I know to drain the meat and deglaze the pot with broth. But that wasn’t the big issue. This recipe called for 25 minutes of pressure cooking, 10 minutes before releasing the valve. The chili tastes good, but the ground beef turned into baby food consistency, and my husband refused to eat it. I have always feared pressure cookers, so I have no other experience with pressure cooking meat. For those of you who have had success with chili or spaghetti sauce or other recipes containing ground beef, what scientific rules of thumb are there with not over pressure cooking ground beef? Should I have removed the beef and pressure cooked the sauce before adding the meat back? And do you have a tried and true Instant Pot chili and/or spaghetti sauce recipe you can share?
ketfan
(Christian)
#3
I simply gave up cooking a good tomato source with ground meat (italian style Bolognese) in a pressure pot. Either the souce is too dense so that the pot can not build up the necessary pressure to work well or it becomes a kind of soup. But if you are lucky with your consistency why not simply take half the time or a lower pressure level next time? With such a pot you need experience 