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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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Cooking Time

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By Instant Pot Staff, June 28, 2009

As with conventional cooking, cooking with Instant Pot programmable cooker is full of personal choices, creativity, a lot of science and experimentation. No two people would have exactly the same tastes, preferences of tenderness and texture of food. The cooking time chart provided in this recipe booklet is for reference purpose. The user is encouraged to experiment and find your own time setting for the best result to the user’s own liking.

There are other factors that may affect the cooking time. Different cuts of meat and different types of rice, for example, may require different cooking time to yield the same tenderness or texture.

The following pressure cooking timetables provide a general guideline on the length of pressure cooking time for various food.

When cooking frozen food, there is no need to defrost the food in the microwave first.  However frozen food will prolong the pre-heating time and cooking time by a few minutes depending on the amount of food.

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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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Electric Pressure Cooker vs. Steamer

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By Instant Pot Staff, May 6, 2009

When it comes to steaming, electric pressure cooker and steamer work in the same way. Generally, electric pressure cookers can replace electric steamers in all steaming cooking for dishes such as vegetable, fresh pasta, fish, etc.

Electric pressure cooker works better for two reasons.

Faster and Deeper

Under high pressure, steam penetrates the food in very evenly, deeply, and quickly manner. This is why electric pressure cooker is faster than ordinary steamer. Electric pressure cookers are especially good for tough pieces food, such as big potato or yum, fish or meat.

Clean and Green

Electric pressure cooker such as Instant Pot has a fully sealed cooking environment. No steam escapes the cooker. You only need a small amount of water (e.g. a cup of water) to steam vegetable (corns, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.) fresh or frozen. And it takes just a minute or two. This makes electric pressure cooker more energy efficiency leaving your kitchen cooler and free from excessive humidity.

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