The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals

Book Preface

My love for pressure cooking runs deep. Some of my favorite childhood memories are of my grandmother’s jiggle-top rattling away while she cooked a big pot of beans for dinner. I always tried to be in the kitchen when the beans were done cooking because I loved the intense steamy hiss when she opened the valve. Upon cracking open the lid, the house would fill with the smell of smoky pork, sweet onions, and spices. When it was time for me to set off for college, my grandmother sent me with her well-loved cooker. I made the occasional soup with the heavy pot, but it wasn’t until I received an electric pressure cooker as a wedding gift that I fully realized the world of pressure-cooking possibilities. It had the same advantages of my grandmother’s model without any of the guesswork—or all that racket. It opened my eyes to the sheer pleasure of cooking with pressure, and my cooker and I have been inseparable ever since.

In this book, we’ll explore the surprising variety of easy dishes you can make with your electric pressure cooker. If you’re lucky enough to own an Instant Pot, then you’re probably aware of the many handy things this one inclusive device can do. But even Instant Pot enthusiasts may not realize just how much this cooker can achieve with the pressure-cooking setting alone. We’ll explore a wide variety of dishes, from breakfast to dinner and stews to dessert, and use wholesome and healthy ingredients in the process. The vast majority of these recipes can be prepared in less than 45 minutes, and many are true one-pot meals, making meal planning and cleanup a cinch. Once you try these delicious dishes, you and your electric pressure cooker are sure to become inseparable, too.