Can you brown meats and sauté vegetables in this cooker? TIA~
292711
No, it's a pressure cooker. You can brown your meat and then put it in for cooking, but it's not a frying pan.
1126139
Perhaps you could find a way to somewhat mimic browning or sauteeing, but generally speaking I would say no and the users manual discusses rice, soup. Congee, Porridge (or easy processed foods), Cake, Bone (for making stews), and braising of chicken/meat but nothing in regard to browning or sauteeing.
1126140
I haven't tried to brown or sauté ,you probably could sort of brown. It is not made for browning or sautéing. Hope this helps.
1126141
Yup. The power output is actually high enough to do that. Just be careful about the surface, it's kind of easy to get scratches
1129477
the ninja does what pots and pans and a crock pot do. You can brown your meat before crockpoting right in the same pan. If you live in a nice climate you can use outside on the patio. We especially use outside when cooking corn beef and cabbage. It is very portable & shuts itself off. You can bake in it though I have not tried that yet.
266218
Yes. I've only made brown rice, though. I'm sure if you google "pressure cooker + rice" you'll find a lot of info about how to do it. For brown rice, I heat the pot on high, add a cup of brown rice and stir until it's hot, add a tablespoon or so of olive oil and a couple of pinches of salt and stir and then add 1 1/2 cups of water. Cover the pot and lock the lid and put the valve on top. When the valve starts rocking, turn the heat down to medium-low and cook for 17 minutes with the valve rocking gently. If it stops rocking, turn up the heat a little. If it rocks too hard, turn it down a little. After 17 minutes, take the pot off the heat and let it cool down by itself until you can take the valve off without releasing any pressure. Take the lid off and fluff the rice with a fork. You'll have to experiment with the exact heat setting and the time. It could be anywhere between 15 and 20 minutes and you may need to have the heat a little higher or a little lower... Hope this helps.
1201582
Yes, you can sauté and use it like a thick bottomed pot or pan. I believe this is true of all pressure cookers for a stovetop.
576450
No. It has sauté , brown, beans, soup ,meat/stew, veggies/steam. It's really awesome!
2224787
Kathy, I have not made brown rice in the steamer, but I can tell you that I love the steamer and use it for all my vegetables. No directions are included with the steamer, so I would suggest that you follow the usual directions for cooking brown rice. I hope this helps.
1885141
I think you can, but would have to fit in and cook slowly with supervision. It's not a slow cooker
1504658
I do not use my stovetop pressure cooker to brown meat. I prefer using my cast iron pan to brown meat for pressure cooker recipes. Nevertheless, you could use the cooker to brown meat. I rather not.
100066
I steamed butternut squash in the basket in the pressure cooker. First order of business was to remove the handles so fit. You could cook other veggies such as beets, potatoes, turnips etc
1912474
I haven't done it but I see no reason not to. You may have to adjust your timing and add veggies last sine they take less time to cook. Hope it will wok out for you
1912740
Have not cooked brown rice in it. Any rice cooker will cook brown you just have to add extra water. Makes fluffy white rice.
1462004
sure, you can. I preheat the pot on medium heat and cook meat for a few minutes with the cover off to brown.
286504
yes you can there are even recipes in the booklet! You can also steam vegetables in it is a steamer basket. I love mine.
311040
Yes, I think most rice cookers can cook both brown and white rice. My wife is Japanese, so she cooks a lot of rice. Brown rice takes longer to cook, and a bit more water. She likes to soak the brown rice overnight before cooking. These cookers have some kind of sensor inside to tell them when the rice is cooked. Perhaps the sensor shuts off when all the water is evaporated.
2098272
ABSOLUTELY! This is the best 'soup pot' going. Brown the meat, do your thing with the veggies, then make the soup - all right in one pot. It is a slow cooker, too. Boiled roast? No problem. We've used these pots for years! They are a major tool in our kitchen.
2109815
Not sure, have not tried it. But imagine if you do it long enough, it would work out ok, that steam isreally hot! I use pressure cooker to cook up meat and veggies for my 2 dogs, it is so much faster and energy efficient. And it seems to infuse and accentuate flavors that the dogs go crazy over.
388743
You can steam vegetables while you make rice, by using the vegetable steamer. As for meat...if you mean, "Can I cook meat in the rice", then yes, but consider the size of the meat and the cooking time. I love to do stews and what not in this, using the "slow cook" selection. I also do one pot rice dishes.