Presto Electric Pressure Cooker manual Table of Contents, Introduction, handle Installation

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Pressure Cooker Instructions and Recipes

Table of Contents

Important Safeguards	. 1	Seafood	. .	. .	. .	.	13
Introduction	2	Poultry	. .	. .	. .	.	16
Handle Installation	2	Meats	. .	. .	. .	. .	20
Getting Acquainted	3	Vegetables					25
How to Use	4	Dry Beans and Peas					29
Important Safety Information	5	Grains	. .	. .	. .	. .	31
Cleaning	6	Desserts	. .	. .	. .	.	33
Care and Maintenance	7	Recipe Index					36
Helpful Hints	8	Service and Parts Information	. .	. .	. .	.	37
Questions and Answers	8	Warranty	. .	. .	. .	.	37
Soups and Stocks	10

Introduction

Welcome to the world of pressure cooking. With your new Presto Pressure Cooker, you’ll discover how fast and easy it is to prepare a wide variety of delicious foods—especially foods that emphasize good health and nutrition along with good taste.

The pressure cooker is perfect for the way we live and eat today. It’s ideal for preparing many of the lighter foods that help keep us healthy and fit. It preserves flavors and nutrients, tenderizes meat and, best of all, it cooks foods three to ten times faster than ordinary cooking methods. And, it’s even possible to cook several foods in the pressure cooker at the same time without the flavors intermingling.

We have included recipes for some traditional family favorites that are especially well suited to the many advantages of pressure cooking. For your convenience, we have also provided nutritional information for all of the recipes in this book.

To help get started with your new pressure cooker, be sure to read the “Getting Acquainted” section beginning on page 3.

handle Installation

Tools Required: Phillips type screwdriver

NOTE: The pressure cooker handles can be found inside the pressure cooker body in individual plastic bags.

To Attach Body Handle to Cooker Body

1.Locate bag containing long body handle. This is the long handle that has one screw hole. Take out handle and remove tape on handle which is holding screw in place. Remove screw from handle and set aside.

2.For easier handle installation, position cooker body upside down so the bracket identified with the sticker “attach stick handle here” extends over edge of counter slightly. The model number is also on this side of the cooker.

3.Position long body handle, with  facing down, onto bracket which is under the model number and date code (Fig. A).

4.Insert screw into handle hole and using a Phillips type screwdriver fasten handle to bracket until handle is securely affixed to the pot. Caution: Continuing to tighten handle, once it is secure, can result in stripping of screws or cracking of handles.

Model number and date code		Pressure Cooker Body
Screw	Bracket	Fill lines
		Tab
		Screw
Body Handle
Fig. A		Bracket Helper Handle
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