Tested Instant Pot Recipes: Pizza, Ribs, Beans, Pork Belly, Caramelized Onions, Pot Roast, Hard Boiled Eggs, Risotto, Cheesecake, Crème Brûlée
A culinary exploration testing a variety of sweet and savory dishes inside an Instant Pot pressure cooker. While items like pizza, ribs, and caramelized onions suffer from density, mushiness, or sogginess, dishes like dried black beans, braised pork belly, mushroom risotto, cheesecake, and crème brûlée produce remarkable results.
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🍳 Cooking Flow
【Failures】Skip pizza, ribs, and caramelized onions in the Instant Pot as they turn out dense, mushy, or waterlogged. → 【Savory Wins】Make black beans (30 min high pressure), braised pork belly (20 min high pressure), and mushroom risotto (6 min cook + 12 min natural release) for outstanding texture. → 【Pot Roast & Eggs】Pressure cook pot roast for 60 min (tender but drier beef) and eggs for 4 min (extremely easy peeling with bouncy whites). → 【Dessert Wins】Bake cheesecake (30 min) and crème brûlée (15-20 min) covered in foil over the trivet for silky, restaurant-quality custards.
Cooking Steps
Brief Cooking Order
【Failures】Skip pizza, ribs, and caramelized onions in the Instant Pot as they turn out dense, mushy, or waterlogged. → 【Savory Wins】Make black beans (30 min high pressure), braised pork belly (20 min high pressure), and mushroom risotto (6 min cook + 12 min natural release) for outstanding texture. → 【Pot Roast & Eggs】Pressure cook pot roast for 60 min (tender but drier beef) and eggs for 4 min (extremely easy peeling with bouncy whites). → 【Dessert Wins】Bake cheesecake (30 min) and crème brûlée (15-20 min) covered in foil over the trivet for silky, restaurant-quality custards.
Introduction
A culinary exploration testing a variety of sweet and savory dishes inside an Instant Pot pressure cooker. While items like pizza, ribs, and caramelized onions suffer from density, mushiness, or sogginess, dishes like dried black beans, braised pork belly, mushroom risotto, cheesecake, and crème brûlée produce remarkable results.
Step 1
【Pizza】Line an Instant Pot trivet with aluminum foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Roll and stretch half a ball of pizza dough to fit the trivet, then top with pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella, and pepperoni slices.
Step 2
【Pizza】Add 1 cup of water to the inner pot, carefully lower the dough on the foil into the pot, seal the lid, and pressure cook on high for 15 minutes followed by a quick release. Remove and slice.
Step 3
【Ribs】Mix brown sugar, kosher salt, cumin, black pepper, smoked paprika, dried thyme, garlic powder, and onion powder to create a dry rub. Peel the membrane from the back of the ribs, cut the rack in half to fit the pot, and rub all sides thoroughly.
Step 4
【Ribs】Place the trivet in the pot with 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar. Stack the ribs on top, lock the lid, pressure cook for 20 minutes, and allow 20 minutes of natural release. Brush with barbecue sauce and broil in the oven to caramelize.
Step 5
【Beans】Set the Instant Pot to Sauté mode with 1 tablespoon of oil. Sauté diced onion, serrano pepper, and minced garlic for 1-3 minutes. Add 1 pound of dried rinsed black beans, kosher salt, 6 cups of chicken stock, and 2 bay leaves.
Ingredients List
Important Notes
Not Recommended: Instant Pot pizza fails to rise and results in dense, steamed dough; ribs lose bone integrity, turn mushy, and acquire an off odor; caramelized onions produce an excess of water and break down into an unappealing applesauce-like paste.
Recommended Savory Dishes: Dried beans cook to a perfectly tender and creamy consistency in 30 minutes without soaking; braised pork belly turns out rich and melt-in-your-mouth tender; risotto cooks evenly without tedious hand-stirring.
Custards & Desserts: Cheesecakes and crème brûlée cook exceptionally well in the steam environment, avoiding water bath messes and curdling, provided pans are wrapped tightly in foil to prevent condensation.
Hard-Boiled Eggs: Yield shells that slip off seamlessly, though the whites may feel slightly bouncier than conventional boiling.
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