Cooking with Your Pressure Cooker (Cont.)

PRESSURE COOKING (Continued)

12.Once pressure is released, regardless of method, slide the Safety Lock to UNLOCK. Remove the Lid, tilting it away from you to avoid steam. Check the food to see if it has been cooked sufficiently. If not, replace the Lid and slide the Safety Lock to LOCK. Repeat PRESSURE COOKING Steps 4-8, cooking under pressure an additional 2 to 3 minutes.

13.To pressure cook foods like vegetables, add water to the Removable Cooking Pot. Place a small heat resistant steaming rack or basket (NOT INCLUDED) in the Removable Cooking Pot. Place the food on the rack. For best results, do not overfill or pack the food down. Follow the same procedure for cooking under pressure, see PRESSURE COOKING Steps 3-8. Use the Quick Steam Release Feature for releasing the pressure.

14.Since steam is hotter than boiling water, always take care when opening the appliance after cooking under pressure. Never place your face over the Pressure Cooker when removing the Lid. Also, be aware that hot, boil- ing liquid increases in volume when under pressure.

CAUTION: Never attempt to open the Pressure Cooker before the red Pressure Indicator Rod has dropped.

When opening the Pressure Cooker after making soups and stock, let the food sit several minutes before releasing the pressure and removing the Lid to make sure the hot liquid will not boil over.

15.Since overcooked food cannot be corrected, it is advisable to err on the undercooked side by cooking an unfamiliar food for a shorter period of time than you may think necessary. You can always go back and continue cooking under pressure a minute or two longer if need be (see PRES- SURE COOKING Steps 4-8).

16.It is easy to adapt your favorite recipe for use in the Nutritionist® Programmable Pressure Cooker. For the most part, soups, stews, braised and slow roasted meats and legumes, steamed and braised vegetables, and slow-simmered recipes like tomato sauce, provide the best results. Instructions and timing charts for cooking commonly prepared foods under pressure can be found in the following Section.

Bear in mind that the amount of cooking liquid used when adapting a recipe will be much less since you will be cooking in a sealed pot for a much shorter time. You must, however, use sufficient liquid, since the Pressure Cooker is constantly building steam during the entire cooking process. If you run out of liquid, and continue cooking, the food will not cook properly and may burn. While there is no universal guide for adapt- ing recipes, trial and error will come into play until you understand how a Pressure Cooker cooks.

When adapting other pressure cooker recipes, use the HIGH PRESSURE Mode and cook for the shortest amount of time you expect it might take. If food is not fully cooked, replace the Lid, and slide the Safety Lock to the LOCK position. Repeat PRESSURE COOKING Steps 4-8, cooking under pressure until done.

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