Nesco PC-6-25 manual Meat/Poultry, Dried Beans and Other Legumes, Grains

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Meat/Poultry:

•When pressure cooking beans or legumes use HIGH pressure setting and QUICK RELEASE for pressure release.

•Always cook meat or poultry with at least 1-3 cups of liquid.. Preserved or salted meats should be immersed in water.

•Unless indicated, the cooking times given below are for 3 pounds of meat or poultry unless noted otherwise. All times are recommended and vary depending on quality and cut of meat.

Type of Meat	Time	Type of Meat	Time
	(minutes)		(minutes)
Beef, Pork, Lamb, cubed	15 to 20	Turkey Breast, whole	30 to 40
Beef / Veal:		Fish:
Roast, brisket (3 - 4 lbs)	50 to 60	Steaks, fillets, 3/4 in. thick	3 to 4
Shank, 1-1/2 in. thick	25 to 30	1-1/2 in. thick	6 to 7
Pork:		Chicken:
Loin roast (3 - 4 lbs)	40 to 50	Boneless breast, thigh	8 - 10
Smoked butt	20 to 25	Pieces (2 - 3 lbs)	11 - 14
Ham shank	30 to 40	Whole (3 - 4 lbs)	15 - 20

Dried Beans and Other Legumes:

•When pressure cooking beans or legumes use HIGH pressure setting and NATURAL RELEASE for pressure release.

•Place beans or legumes in pressure cooker, add 3 cups of water for each cup of food.

•Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil for each cup of water to cut down on foaming. Do not add salt until after cooking.

Type of Legume	Time	Type of Legume	Time
	(minutes)		(minutes)
Azuki	6 to 8	Kidney Beans, Red	4 to 5
Black Beans	2 to 3	Pinto	2 to 3
Black Eyed Peas	11 to 13	Red	5 to 7
Chick Peas (garbanzo)	3 to 5	Soybeans	5 to 6
Great Northern	3 to 4	Tepary	6 to 8

Grains:

Before cooking, soak certain grains, such as wheat berries in four times their volume of lukewarm water for at least four (4) hours or overnight if required.

•Do not soak rice.

Type of Grain	Time	Type of Grain	Time
	(minutes)		(minutes)
Rice, basmati – 1 1/2 C	7 to 8	Rice, brown – 1 1/2 C	7 to 8
Rice, converted – 1 1/2 C.	7 to 8	Rice, wild – 3 C	24 to 27
Rice, long grain – 1 1/2 C	7 to 8	Wheat, berries – 3 C	2 to 3

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