How to Cook Sweet Potatoes {Electric Pressure Cooker} - Recipes That Crock! (2024)

FAQs

Can an electric pressure cooker be used as a slow cooker? ›

Touted as the do-it-all appliance for good reason, an Instant Pot is a multi-function pressure cooker that easily doubles as a slow cooker. The difference between pressure cooking and slow cooking is substantial, so we love that one appliance can do both, along with a slew of other cooking methods.

Place the jars in a pressure canner and lock the canner lid and bring to a boil on high heat. Follow the manufacturer's instructions and process quarts for 90 minutes and pints for 65 minutes at 10 PSI for a weighted gauge canner/11 PSI for a dial gauge canner according to your canner type and your elevation.

Slow cookers and pressure cookers are large countertop appliances that can be used in place of pots, pans, and even ovens. The distinction between them is in their names; slow cookers cook food slowly, while pressure cookers cook food fast using pressure.

The bottom line: Electric pressure cookers offer convenience and multiple functions, but generally at lower pressure. On the other hand, stovetop pressure cookers have higher pressure and faster cooking abilities but require manual control and more expertise to use effectively.

Another tip, taken from an Instant Pot Facebook group, is to open the valve all the way on your Instant Pot lid when slow cooking. This allows some moisture and steam to release and keeps the Instant Pot from overcooking your slow cooker recipes.

bottom line. It is not possible to create carcinogenic acrylamide when cooking potatoes at the high temperatures that can be achieved by household pressure cookers. Pressure cooking and cooling potatoes produces a nutritional insoluble starch which has a lower glycemic impact.

Sweet Potatoes

A favorite in many holiday menus, sweet potatoes are a great source of potassium, which naturally helps to lower blood pressure by reducing the effects of sodium and tension in the blood vessels.

The potatoes need to be processed in a weighted pressure canner at 10 pounds pressure for 35 minutes for pint jars and 40 minutes of quart jars if you live at an altitude of 1,000 feet above sea level or less (Image 3).

Disadvantages of cooking food in a pressure cooker

However, starchy foods may form acrylamide, a harmful chemical, when pressure cooked. Consumption of this chemical on a regular basis may lead to health issues like cancer, infertility, and neurological disorders.

Traditionally cheaper cuts of meat always slow cook better. Slow cooking breaks down the connective collagen in meat, which turns into unctuous gelatine. This creates that soft and tender mouth feel we all crave.

Do you seal pressure cooker for slow cooking? ›

I wouldn't recommend using your regular Instant Pot lid when slow cooking. Grab a tempered glass slow cooker lid so some steam can escape while it's cooking or cover the pot in aluminum foil instead.

Pressure cooker times are key for efficient cooking. Cooking times in standard recipes are a good indicator for estimating time needed in a pressure cooker. Meats that take time to tenderise and large pieces of meat are going to take longer. Whole pulses will need longer than split peas, brown rice longer than white.

“You can use them for everything you would a normal saucepan, and much more besides, plus you're also cutting down 70-75% of the cooking time.”

Yes, Pressure Cookers Are Safe!

They basically work like slow cookers, except everything happens much, much faster.

Important Fact: USDA does NOT endorse using their canning processes or processing times in electric, pressure-cooker appliances. The appliances are acceptable for cooking, but not canning. It is especially dangerous to use these appliances to attempt to can meat or vegetables.

Often known by the brand name (Instant Pot being a popular one), electric pressure cookers are beloved by home cooks for their ability to cook food quickly through a combination of high pressure and heat.