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Instant Pot Whole Chicken

This quick recipe results in a moist, tender chicken.

Instant Pot Whole Chicken

INGREDIENTS

  • 4 lb chicken
  • 1 cup chicken broth (or water)
  • Lemon pepper seasoning

DIRECTIONS

  1. Weigh chicken to determine the cooking time
  2. Rinse chicken
  3. Sprinkle both sides of the chicken with lemon pepper
  4. Put 1 cup of chicken broth in the pot
  5. Put trivet in the pot
  6. Place chicken on the trivet breast up
  7. Cook on high pressure for 6 minutes for each lb of chicken (e.g. 3.5 lb chicken is 21 minutes)
  8. Natural release 15-minutes

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Instant Pot Ham hock bean soup

Ham and bean soup

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 smoked ham hock (2 pounds)
  • 1 small onion, sliced
  • 6 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 teaspoon cumin powder
  • 1 pinch dried oregano
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 cups pinto beans (413 grams)
  • 5 cups water + 1 teaspoon chicken buillion
  • Pinch of ground black pepper
  • Kosher salt to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Clean pinto beans in cold running water
  2. Place all ingredients into the pressure cooker
  3. Cook at high pressure for 50 minutes, turn off the heat, and natural release 20 minutes.
  4. Season with salt

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Instant Pot Beef Stew

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 yellow onion
  • 2 large carrots
  • 1 large russet potato
  • 1 lb. of diced beef stew chucks
  • 1/2 cup beef or chicken broth
  • 2 Tbsp Curry Powder
  • 1 Tbsp Cornstarch

DIRECTIONS

  1. Toss the beef with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in Instant Pot on Saute setting until shimmering. Add the beef and sear until brown on the bottom (about 7-10 minutes).
  2. Move beef from Instant Pot using tongs to a large bowl.
  3. Cut the vegetables.
  4. Add onion and garlic to the cooker and stir (3-4 minutes)
  5. Add 1/2 cup broth and 2 Tablespoon Curry Powder
  6. Add vegetables and seared beef
  7. Cook on high for 25 minutes
  8. Natural release for 10 minutes
  9. Whisk 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water into slurry
  10. Open the lid, turn on saute, add the cornstarch slurry and stir for 1-2 minutes to thicken.
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Whole Poached Chicken

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Herbal Chicken Soup

Chicken herbal soup

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 quart chicken broth
  • 1 1/2 quart water
  • 1 chicken thigh, trimmed
  • 6-8 slices of ginger
  • 30 grams goji berries
  • 3 dried dates

DIRECTIONS

  1. Put above ingredients into 4-quart stockpot
  2. Bring to boil
  3. Simmer for one hour
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Turnip Cake (Lo bak go)

Turnip cake

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 lb Daikon
  • 2 Tablespoon oil
  • 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
  • 2 Scallion (chopped)
  • 1 Tablespoon dried shrimp (soaked, rinsed, and chopped)
  • 1 lap cheong (boiled, and finely chopped)
  • 14 oz of packaged Radish cake flour (or 1 cup rice flour + 1/2 cup tapioca flour)
  • 3 cups water
  • Mushroom powder (optional)
  • White pepper (optional)

DIRECTIONS

  1. Grate daikon into a large mixing bowl.
  2. In wok, heat oil. Add garlic and scallion and fry until fragrant. Stir in shrimp, lap cheong, grated daikon, and stir fry until soft.
  3. In a pot, add 3 cups of water. Whisk in rice flour, and tapioca flour. Heat up to medium-high, while stirring until the mixture thickens.
  4. Turn off the heat. Stir in the mixture of shrimp, scallion, lap cheong, and grated daikon. Optionally, season with mushroom powder and white pepper.
  5. Grease a glass pie pan. Pour the mixture in.
  6. Steam for 30-40 minutes until done.
  7. Let cool for about 1 hour. Cut the cake into rectangles or triangles.
  8. Optionally, pan fry before serving (best pan-fried after the turnip cake sets)
Grating daikon
Blend of rice flour and tapioca flour
Wok steamer
Pan fried lo bak go
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Instant Pot – Braised Pigs Feet

Braised pork trotters

Ingredients

  • 2 pork feet (~2 pounds) chopped up
  • 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger thickly sliced
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
  • 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, smashed
  • White part of (4) scallions, cut into sections
  • 2 dried chili peppers
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 3 star anise
  • 1 stick cinnamon

Directions

  1. Place pork feet and ginger slices in a large pot. Add water to cover pork feet. Bring water to boil, and boil for 3-5 minutes. Discard water, and wash pork feet carefully.
  2. In 1/2 cup water, add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and Shaoxing wine. Pour into Instant Pot.
  3. Add pork feet and other ingredients.
  4. Pressure cook on high for 40 minutes.
  5. Natural release for 15 minutes.

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Instant Pot: Black Vinegar Pig’s Feet

This recipe for Pork Trotter Vinegar uses both sweet vinegar and Chinese black vinegar to create a sweet-savory aromatic stew.

INGREDIENTS

  • (2) Pork trotters, cut into smaller pieces
  • A large ginger, sliced
  • 17 oz (1 bottle) of sweet vinegar
  • 10 oz of black rice vinegar
  • 1/4 cup dark soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp of avocado oil
  • 3 stalks of scallions
  • Chinese brown slab sugar to taste

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a large pot, cover the trotters with water and boil 3-5 minutes. Scum will appear. Drain the water. Wash the trotters clean.
  2. Repeat step 1 for a more bouncy texture.
  3. Set Instant Pot to saute, add the oil, toss in the ginger and stir fry until fragrant. Add in pork trotter and continue to stir fry until brown
  4. Pour in sweet vinegar and black rice vinegar, sugar, and scallions
  5. Pressure cook for 40 minutes, under “soup” setting
  6. Natural release for 10 minutes
  7. Add palm sugar to taste.
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Instant Pot: Taro root

Ingredients

  • About 6 small tarot root
  • 1 cup water

Directions

  1. Put one cup water in Instant Pot
  2. Place trivet in the pot
  3. Wash tarot root, and place on trivet
  4. Set to “Steam” for 13 minutes
  5. Natural release (about 15 minutes)
  6. Peel and eat
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Instant Pot: Apple Crisp

This is an easy and quick recipe. No need to peel the apples. No added sugar or flour. No baking. Optionally vegan.

INGREDIENTS

  • 3-4 apples (e.g. Honey Crisp, Fuji, Envy)
  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
  • 4 tablespoon butter (or Earth Balance)
  • 1 cup of Trader Joe’s Pecan Praline Granola (or Autumn’s Gold Grain-free Granola)
  • 1 cup water

DIRECTIONS

  1. Wash apples, no need to peel
  2. Use an apple slicer to cut apples into segments, chop each segment into 3-4 pieces
  3. Put apples into a Pyrex bowl
  4. Sprinkle cinnamon onto apples (optional)
  5. Put thin slices of butter on apples
  6. Pour granola on top of apples
  7. Put 1 cup of water in Instant Pot Bowl
  8. Put a trivet in IP bowl, and put the pyrex bowl on the trivet
  9. Pressure cook for zero minute
  10. Natural release 6 minutes
  11. Serve with ice cream, or whipped cream