Once the Instant Pot gets going there’s nothing more to do until it finishes so it’s perfect for helping out with dishes like chana masala, where you can prepare the sauce while the chickpeas cook.
The display on the Duo Evo Plus is clear and the dial allows you to amend the cooking time or temperature midway through cooking (I only discovered this recently and had previously been cancelling and restarting to make changes). I mostly use the Instant Pot to pressure cook, which involves pressing a preset button, adjusting the dial to set the time and temperature, then pressing ‘start’. No boiling water, only one pan to clean up and most importantly, al dente pasta.įor Dishoom’s House Black Daal I use the Instant Pot to pressure cook, sauté, then slow cook, which sounds involved but is far easier than cooking the daal on a hob. Everything gets pressure cooked on high for 4 or 5 minutes depending on whether the pasta is white or wholewheat and that’s it. I sauté onions or garlic, add a tin of chopped tomatoes along with ingredients like tuna or chorizo, followed by a large cup of water and the pasta.
For years I’ve been boiling pasta on my hob while a pan of sauce cooks next to it and I still do this but if it’s possible to cook the same recipe in an Instant Pot, I will. The ability of the Instant Pot to switch between functions is another huge plus. Adding boiled water to the pot instead of cold will speed things up. I should say that the total time is more like an hour for chickpeas as the Instant Pot takes a while to come up to pressure but it’s still a big time saver and is almost completely hands off. The black lentils for Dishoom’s House Black Daal cooked to tender perfection in just 30 minutes (with a 10 minute soak) and unsoaked chickpeas took 40 minutes. I love Indian dishes like daal and chana masala but they often involve a long soak followed by hours of boiling on the hob. Hardier cuts of meat cook quickly but for me the Instant Pot's best feature by far is how quickly it cooks pulses. I’d been slow cooking this dish for 8 hours almost weekly but the Instant Pot reduced the cooking time to just 15 minutes. The first recipe I made in my Instant Pot was Pinch of Yum’s Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Tacos. My review is more about my experience of using a pressure cooker for the first time, my likes and dislikes, and my experience as a UK consumer. The Pressure Cooking Today review is really helpful as the reviewers have clearly used Instant Pots for years and know the ins and outs of all the different models. Pressure Cooking Today reviewed the Duo Evo Plus against previous models and said, “You can really tell the Instant Pot team researched what people loved and what people struggled with and tried to fix the bad without disrupting the good”. The handles are mentioned in a lot of user reviews and I read variations of, “This version is worth getting just for the handles alone” multiple times. I went for the Duo Evo Plus because it has all the features I want (sous vide, yoghurt maker, hob-friendly flat bottomed pot) and is the only model with handles attached to the pot. The UK website is lighter in detail than the US website and is missing the comparison chart of all the models (they have many more models to choose from). I generally use it a few times a week and it’s completely opened up my weeknight cooking, allowing me to make dishes that used to be reserved for weekends only (hello, pulled chicken).Ĭurrently there are four different Instant Pot models to choose from in the UK. I’ve owned mine for several months and it’s been a huge help in the kitchen. A friend told me that people who own Instant Pots tend to be really, really enthusiastic about them and I can see why.
I follow a lot of American food blogs so it was almost inevitable that I would buy an Instant Pot (affiliate link).
Instant pot duo evo plus c8 code#
+ Speeds up cooking time + Multi purpose + Easy to use + Sous vide function + Prove bread + Easy to clean + Loud beep ± Burn warning ± Deceptive cooking times ± Initially scary to use ± Not a true slow cooker but good enough for me - Unexplained error code and questionable customer service - C8 error - No '0 minute' pressure cook function - Large, bulky appliance - American recipes - Sealing ring retains smells even after being cleaned According to an Instant Pot customer service rep, the slow cooking temperatures for the Duo Evo Plus are:
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