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Food Health Recipes

Instant Pot Natto

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 lb of organic natto-specific soybeans (from Laura Soybeans)
  • Natto packet
  • Water

DIRECTIONS

  1. Wash soybeans until water is clear
  2. Drain, and add water 3:1 ratio
  3. Soak soybeans overnight (16-24 hours)
  4. Remove any skin or bad beans
  5. Transfer beans to Instant pot, and cover with 1″ water above
  6. Pressure cook on “bean mode” for 30 minutes, Natural release 15 minutes. Let cool for 20 minutes.
  7. Sterilize glass bowl, rice bowl, chopsticks, and spoon in boiling water
  8. Put natto packet into rice bowl and whip up
  9. Drain soybeans, saving some broth
  10. Place soybeans in glass bowl, stir in natto packet, mix well, add 2 Tbsp of broth, stir more
  11. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, and punch holes with sharp knife, or toothpick
  12. Add 1 cup hot water to bottom of Instant Pot
  13. Place bowl on trivet in Instant Pot
  14. Remove seal from Instant Pot lid (to save seal from odor)
  15. Halo starts forming after about 8 hrs.
  16. Set on yogurt mode for 24 hours
  17. Leave at room temp a couple of hours to cool.
  18. Continue fermenting in fridge for 3-5 days to mellow for best flavor.
  19. Season with soy sauce or soup base to eat.

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Food Recipes

Air Fryer: Grilled Chicken

Air Fryer Grilled Chicken

INGREDIENTS

  • Organic chicken parts
  • Avocado oil, few tablespoons
  • Lemon Pepper Seasoning
  • Ninja Foodi Air Fryer DG551 with Grill insert

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a bowl, rub chicken with avocado oil; then sprinkle all sides with lemon pepper seasoning.
  2. Insert Ninja temperature probe into the thick part of the chicken.
  3. On Air Fryer, turn on, select “Grill”, press “Manual”, then select “Chicken”.
  4. Place chicken into the Air Fryer when “Add Food” comes on.
  5. The Air Fryer will turn off when temp reaches 170° (about 25 minutes)
  6. Done. Remove chicken.
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Food Recipes

IP: Hulled Barley

Hulled barley in a rice bowl

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup hulled barley
  • 2.5 cups water (or stock)

DIRECTIONS

  1. Rinse hulled barley.
  2. Put well-drained barley into an Instant Pot bowl.
  3. Add water (or stock)
  4. Set Instant Pot to Multigrain function for 30 minutes (or 23 minutes for Hulless barley)
  5. Natural release for 15 minutes
  6. Fluff barley with a wooden spoon (don’t worry if some water in pot)
  7. Stir in olive oil or butter to taste.
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Food Recipes

IP: Split Pea Soup

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1.5 tbsp avocado oil
  • 1 sweet onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 1 russet potato, diced (optional)
  • 1 cup split green peas
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 tsp of mushroom powder
  • 1 tsp of chicken bullion
  • 1 cup diced ham (optional)

DIRECTIONS

  1. Put Instant Pot in sautee mode
  2. Add avocado oil
  3. Add sweet onions and sautee until translucent
  4. Add garlic
  5. Add carrots and potato
  6. Add split green peas
  7. Add ham
  8. Add water, mushroom powder, and chicken bouillon
  9. Pressure cook 10 minutes, Natural release 20 minutes

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Food Recipes

Air Fryer: Chinese Green Beans

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 pound green beans
  • 2 tbsp minced garlic
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1/4 tsp garlic salt

DIRECTIONS

  1. Snip off the stem and cut green beans in half with scissors. Rinse the beans.
  2. Fill a saucepan with water and bring to boil. Add green beans and cook for 90 seconds. Drain the green beans through a colander.
  3. Transfer green beans to a bowl and toss with a tbsp of oil and 1/4 tsp of salt.
  4. Preheat the air fryer to 350°F and spread single layer into the basket. Cook for 5 minutes.
  5. Transfer the beans to a serving bowl.
  6. In a pan over medium heat, saute the minced garlic with oil for 1-2 minutes. Pour the sauteed garlic over the green beans. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and chili flakes (optional)

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Asian Food Recipes

IP: Steamed Spareribs with black bean sauce

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 pound pork spare ribs, cut up
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tbsp corn starch
  • 2 tsp water

Black bean Marinade

  • 1 tbsp black bean sauce
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
  • 1 tbsp ginger, grated
  • 3 glove garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • A pinch white pepper

DIRECTIONS

  1. Marinate spare ribs (see above) in a bowl for 30 minutes. Then add 2 tbsp of oil. Then add 1 tbsp of cornstarch and mix well. Finally, add 1-2 tsp of water and mix well.
  2. Add 1 cup of water to the pressure cooker. Place steam rack into IP. Put the bowl of spare ribs on the rack. Pressure cook on high for 20 minutes. Then, natural release.
  3. Garnish with green onions if you wish, then serve.

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Food Recipes

Instant Pot: Split Pea Barley Soup

Ingredients

  • 1/2 onion
  • 1/4 lb. ground beef or pork, or impossible burger
  • 2 carrots (optional)
  • 2 celery (optional)
  • 1 cup Bob Red Mill Veggie Soup
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 tsp chicken bullion
  1. Chop onions, carrots, and celery
  2. Put Instant Pot in “sautee” mode. Add oil.
  3. Add onions, and sautee until turning transluscent
  4. Add ground beef and sautee
  5. Add carrots, celery, and (1) cup of Vegi Soup Mix
  6. Add 4 cups of water, and 1 tsp of chicken boullion
  7. Put Instant Pot in “soup” mode for 6 minutes
  8. Natural release for 20 minutes
  9. Done

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Food Recipes

Roasted Almonds

  1. Set Ninja Air Fryer to “air crisp”, 350 degrees, 5 minutes
  2. Add raw almonds to air fryer. Spray with oil. Sprinkle salt.
  3. When done, put almonds in bowl to cool.
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Food Recipes

Instant Pot Hard-Boiled Eggs

This is an easy and sure-fire way to make hard-boiled eggs. Boiling eggs in water is often inconsistent. Steaming is fool-proof and also makes peeling easy. This is known as the 5-5-5 method.

  • About six eggs
  • 1 cup water
  • Some ice

Directions

  1. Put 1 cup water in Instant Pot
  2. Place the trivet in the pot
  3. Place eggs on the trivet
  4. Steam at high pressure for five minutes
  5. Natural release for five minutes
  6. Place eggs in iced water for five minutes
  7. Peeled, will last 3 days in the fridge. Unpeeled, eat within 5 days.
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Food Recipes

Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin

This recipe will yield very tender pork in a little time. Please add your own sauce for flavor, or use it for stir-fries or soups.

Pork Tenderloin (not pork loin)

INGREDIENTS

  • 1.5 to 2.5 lb. pork tenderloin
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon of fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon of oil
  • 1 cup chicken broth

DIRECTIONS

  1. Sprinkle the pork loin with salt and pepper.
  2. Put Instant Pot in saute mode. Heat oil for about 3 minutes.
  3. Put the pork tenderloin in the pot, and sear until brown.
  4. Put the pork tenderloin on a plate
  5. Pour the chicken broth into the pot, and stir to scrape loose any bits of pork stuck in the pot.
  6. Put a trivet into the pot, and set the pork on top of the trivet.
  7. Pressure cook on high for 3 minutes (or zero if small piece). Note: this recipe will work for pork loin also, but pressure cook for 15 minutes (not 3 minutes).
  8. Natural release for 12 minutes
  9. Let the pork rest for five minutes
  10. Slice pieces of pork as needed for stir-fries, soups, etc.