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Seafood and Fish

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By Instant Pot Staff, June 28, 2009

Cooking time for seafood is typically short.  The best result is achieved with the original juice being retained in the food.  Again steaming is the ideal method.  Of course stewing will also work great.

When steaming seafood, you need at least one cup of water (250ml), an ovenproof or steel bowl on a trivet. When seafood or fish are over-cooked, their texture turns tough.  Unless that’s the intended result, you should control the cooking time precisely.  Normally, you’ll need to use the steam release to release the pressure and stop cooking, as soon as the programmed cooking period is over.  An alternative is to take the natural cooling time (7~10 minutes) into consideration.

Please note that the cooking time is pressure keeping time on Instant Pot or other electric pressure cooker operating at 10.2 – 11.6 psi or 70-80 kPa. Cooking times are approximate. Please use them as a guideline only.

Pressure Cooking Timetable for Seafood and Fish

Seafood and Fish

Fresh, Cooking Time
(in Minutes)

Frozen, Cooking Time
(in Minutes)

Crab

3 – 4

5 – 6

Fish, whole (trout, snapper, etc.)

5 – 6

7 – 10

Fish fillet,

2 – 3

3 – 4

Fish steak

3 – 4

4 – 6

Lobster

3 – 4

4 – 6

Mussels

2 – 3

4 – 5

Seafood soup or stock

6 – 7

7 – 9

Shrimp or Prawn

1 – 2

2 – 3

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Beer Potato Fish

By Instant Pot Staff, June 14, 2009

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The Beer Potato Fish would be a challenge for a non-professional cooker. But it is now a different story with Instant Pot Programmable Pressure Cooker. Even people without too much cooking experience can follow the recipe to get this delicious dish done easily. What you need to do is to prepare ingredients, put them into Instant Pot Programmable Pressure Cooker then press fish button to cook in fully automated cooking process, and switch to keep-warm after cooking.

Prepare Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: Around 40 minutes with Instant Pot Programmable Pressure Cooker

Ingredients: 6 servings

  • 1 pound fish fillet
  • 4 medium size potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1 cup beer
  • 1 red pepper sliced
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 tablespoon oyster flavored sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rock candy
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Cooking: Put all ingredients into Instant Pot Programmable Pressure Cooker then press the Bean/Chili button. Then that is it! Simple, fast, delicious, retaining flavour and nutrition, consistent results all the time.

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