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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
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 Posted - Jun 01 2011 : 04:57:55 AM
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Yesterday night I made a whole dinner in the pressure cooker! I took one of those pre-seasoned pork loins, sliced some holes in it, and stuffed them with garlic from the garden. I then took potatoes and onions, and sliced them up and put them in the bottom of the crockpot. I put some Mrs. Dash's seasoning on them, and then put some chicken broth in the bottom (Probably 1.5 cups) I then put the pork tenderloin on top and pressure cooked it for 20 minutes (There was only 2 of us, so I only cooked 1 lb). The meat was SO tender, and it didn't heat the house up hardly at all, and I had my whole meal, DONE!
I'd love some other pressure cooker recipes. I know we've got crockpot recipes here, but pressure cookers are a different breed! I LOVE my pressure cooker! Anything to keep the heat down in the kitchen!
Farmgirl #2879 :)
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traildancer
True Blue Farmgirl
485 Posts
Loyce
Glide
OR
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2011 : 10:23:53 AM
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I have not had good results with my pressure cooker. In fact, I bought another crockpot to replace the one I got rid of in order to justify the pressure cooker. Maybe my cooker is too small. Every time I use it the meat does not come out tender at all. It's done but tough. I also have a hard time telling when the little knobby thing is steaming correctly. My mother used a pressure cooker a lot for canning. I don't remember her ever using for regular cooking.
Any hints? I'm ready to give it away.
The trail is the thing.... Louis L'Amour |
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adnama
True Blue Farmgirl
171 Posts
inge
fargo
north dakota
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2011 : 10:37:14 AM
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| Make sure that your rubber seal is in good condition, if it's cracked or hard you need to by a new one. And the pressure valve must be completely clean, I use a pipe cleaner on mine. The "knobby" thing is I think the weight? I call it the rocker, when the pressure has built up in the cooker it begins to rock a bit to let off the steam, thats when I begin timing. Try it again, once you become used to using these, you really will be surprised at how quickly it will make a meal. I am looking for my pressure canning cookbook and the recipes that I have in my book that I have used successfully in the past. |
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traildancer
True Blue Farmgirl
485 Posts
Loyce
Glide
OR
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2011 : 12:51:43 PM
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Thanks, adnama. The seal should be okay. The cooker is only a year old and hasn't been used much and I lubricate it whenever I use it. Yes, the rocker. Do you start timing at the first little spit or do you wait for a consistent spit? My directions say to have the burner on high until the spitting starts and then turn down the heat. However when I do that it stops spitting.
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