 Hey guys welcome back to Six Sister Stuff. Today I'm going to teach you how to convert your recipes into instant pot recipes. So I'm Kristen. I am the second oldest from SixSisterStuff.com. Now over on Six Sister Stuff we have over 3,000 recipes over there but here on our YouTube channel I mainly focus on instant pot so every Monday you'll be getting a new instant pot recipe because they're a little more difficult especially when you're starting out using your instant pot. Okay so before we get started on all this make sure that you subscribe to our channel and of course push that little bell to get all the notifications every time I post especially if you're looking for instant pot recipes every Monday around lunchtime I'll be sharing a new instant pot recipe with you. So that being said let me tell you my nine tips on how to convert your recipes into instant pot recipes. Tip number one I would highly suggest not putting dairy into your instant pot that includes cream milk cream cheese cheese those kinds of things. If you do sometimes they work out but many times they curdle which no one wants chunky cheese in their food. Let's just be honest about it. Now if you have a recipe that calls for dairy you can always add the dairy in at the end. So I have a recipe for potato soup and it calls for cream so I cook all my soup like a wood regularly then I add my cream at the end same with cheese same with cream cheese. There's a lot of recipes that can work when you add the dairy in at the end. Number two sometimes you need to change the recipe a little bit so it will actually fit in your instant pot. Now depending on the size of your instant pot I know there's the three port minus the six quart and then there's also the eight port. Sometimes you need to downsize your recipe because on this pot there's a fill line and it shows you where the max is. You don't ever want to hit that max that's not a good thing. I always say go a few lines under that's where you want to hit. If you have a soup where it contains a lot of soup be sure that you cut that recipe in half so it will fit and cook properly in your instant pot. Now this is especially true when you're cooking pasta rice beans anything that expands as you cook you don't want it to expand over. Number three now lots of recipes call for you need to saute your vegetables you need to boil this first you need to do that first. The good thing is the instant pot can do a lot of those things. My favorite is it can sear your meat so all you have to do is push the saute button and then put your meat in either in a little bit of oil or whatever your recipe calls for and you can sear the meat right inside your instant pot then you can add everything else on top and cook it. Now this also goes for recipes that call for your onions you have to brown your hamburger you have to literally anything that you can do on your stove top in a normal pan you can do inside your instant pot. Now number four if you are just starting out learning how to do your instant pot my biggest suggestion is find a liquidy recipe just so you can get the hang of things. Now if you're looking for some very beginning recipes click that little button and you'll see all of my beginning instant pot recipes. If you're a little more advanced there are some ways to cook food in the instant pot you can check out my instant pot must-haves up there you can put your food in a steamer or a springform pan and then you can cook your food that way. I have a few such as a cheesecake a meatloaf lasagna those kinds of things. Use easy slow cooker recipes when converting them into an instant pot. Now if you are just starting out that is one thing I highly suggest doing get one of your favorite slow cooker recipes that has a lot of liquid in it and cook it right inside your instant pot that will be one of the best ways to start learning with your instant pot. Now not all recipes are suitable for the instant pot you have to make sure they have enough liquid if they don't have enough liquid in there it's not going to pressurize and it's not going to cook correctly. Now one of the hardest things to get right is the cook time. Cook time is so different compared to the slow cooker for example when you're cooking chicken in the slow cooker I like to cook it on low for six to eight hours I can get the same type of chicken I think it's better in the instant pot and it only takes about 15 minutes in here. So that's kind of a hard part you have to know what kind of food will cook in the instant pot well and how long it needs to cook for. So I've made it a little bit easier for you I have created this little cheat sheet that I'm going to actually put a link in the description for you that will lead you to a post kind of explaining everything I've talked about here but the cheat sheet is there so you can print it out. I like to stick mine on my wall because whenever I'm cooking I need to know how long each recipe needs to cook for. So once you have how long your meat and I think the most important thing is the meat it depends on how long your meat needs to cook for that's how long you need to cook your instant pot. If you're doing some sort of chicken soup you put all your things in your chicken soup okay chicken needs to go for 10 to 15 minutes I'm going to cook it for 10 minutes and that's how long your instant pot needs to cook for. Now number seven make sure to try and match up your ingredients. Now the secret to starting out the instant pot is you want to find ingredients that kind of have the same cook time. If you're cooking a roast which I've done before you put it in there you cook it for 60 minutes well your vegetables don't need to cook that long they can cook that long but they're going to be very very tender so if you want them the perfect consistency cook your pork roast first for about 55 minutes when you're all done you're going to put it to venting so you'll vent it out and then you're going to put your vegetables in close it up and cook your vegetables for five more minutes or if you're lazy like me I love to just dump everything in close it cook it and call it a day. Number eight you have to determine how much liquid you need to use to put in your instant pot if you put too much liquid it's going to be really runny if you put not enough liquid it's not going to pressurize and it's not going to cook correctly and you might be sitting there a while waiting for your food to go. So my rule of thumb if a recipe doesn't have a lot of liquid I will use a half a cup to a cup of liquid whether it's chicken broth water anything like that if you have a recipe stay like a spaghetti where you're going to need just a little bit of liquid because you have plenty of sauce in there I would do a half a cup or less of water chicken broth anytime with liquid the hard part about that is the instant pot doesn't lose liquid because it's pressurized all the liquid stays in the instant pot so if you're going to be adding water be sure it's not going to kill the texture or just the taste of your recipe now if you go to the link on six sister stuff.com I'm going to share with you examples that I've made I've made sweet and sour meatballs sweet and tangy meatballs sticky chicken and also honey garlic chicken so I've done it on a few recipes I've done it actually on a lot of recipes those are just the recipes I have available for you. Number nine we're going to talk about the instant pot pressure release I get a lot of questions about should I release it on its own should I do a quick release what should I do so this is my role with them if there is meat in there I usually tend to let it release on its own for at least 10 minutes it's okay if you need to do a quick release if you're trying to get dinner out quickly I do that all the time I'll be honest but in order to seal in your flavor in your meat I highly suggest letting it release on its own for a little bit things that you don't need to release on its own are rice vegetables things like that so anything with meat let it release on its own anything without meat you can go ahead and quick release now just be aware with your quick release sometimes if you have things that are foamy such as lots of potatoes lots of beans thick soup it can spray out of your little knobs so just keep a paper towel near or you can do it quickly and try and release the pressure without getting all the mess don't get overwhelmed by everything I just told you it's gonna be okay so the best way to learn with your instant pot is really trial and error now you just have to start so if your instant pot is hidden away in a cabinet you've only used it once or twice or heaven forbid still in its box go take it out go look at some of my beginning instant pot recipes they are so easy and once you get going with your instant pot you are going to love it I can promise you you will love it now you might get a couple of bad recipes especially when you're starting out don't let that discourage you what you're going to do is you get you're finally going to get one good recipe you're going to write that recipe down so you can make that one over and over as time goes on you'll understand your instant pot a little bit better and it will become a whole lot easier just don't give up so guys that is all I have on converting my recipes into instant pot recipes be sure to go and click in the description my little cheat sheet will show you all the times of what the food needs to cook for that's going to make your life a whole lot easier when you're converting your recipes all right guys thank you so much for joining me and thank you so much for all of your kind words and comments you guys are the best and I'm so glad that you are finding help in my instant pot recipes okay see you later bye