Instant Pot Corn on the Cob (Electric Pressure Cooker) - Recipes That Crock! (2024)

FAQs

Can the Instant Pot be used as a crockpot? ›

Press the "Slow Cook" button to select the slow cooking function. Set the cooking time and temperature. The Instant Pot has three temperature settings for slow cooking: low, medium, and high. Use the "Adjust" button to choose the temperature and then use the "+" and "-" buttons to adjust the cooking time.

Cooking method: A crock pot or slow cooker cooks food by simmering it slowly over a long period of time, usually several hours. An instant pot, on the other hand, is a multi-cooker that can pressure cook, slow cook, sauté, steam, and even bake food. It uses high pressure and steam to cook food quickly.

Cut or break each ear in half. Place a heatproof trivet or small wire rack in a 6-quart or larger Instant Pot. Add the corn, standing them up side-by-side on the trivet. Add 1 cup of water and cook for 5 minutes under HIGH pressure.

Most Electric Pressure Cookers Can Also Slow Cook!

If your electric pressure cooker has a 'slow cook' setting: Use 'slow cook' recipes and/or instructions formulated for your unit. Be flexible and determine which foods you and your family like better slow cooked vs. pressure cooked.

However, Crockpots generally have ceramic or porcelain pots, while most slow cookers have a metal pot. As with a lot of cooking appliances, the biggest difference comes from the distribution of heat.

If you want your corned beef in a fraction of the time it normally takes, I highly recommend cooking it in the Instant Pot or pressure cooker. A 3 1/2 – 4 1/2 corned beef will be perfectly tender in just 60 – 90 minutes as opposed to several hours in the slow cooker or on the stove top.

Both appliances produce deep flavors.

Slow cookers utilize long cooking times to develop these richer flavors, while pressure cookers use high heat and pressure to impart as much flavor as possible in a shorter time.

As for convenience, because a pressure cooker cooks so darn fast, you aren't sacrificing all that much on that front, either. Anything that takes eight hours to cook in a slow cooker can be cooked in about 45 minutes in a pressure cooker, and most things cook much, much faster even than that.

How long to boil corn on the cob? Boil the corn until the kernels turn bright yellow and are crisp tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Carefully remove from the water with tongs to a serving platter and serve warm.

Avoid cooking corn for too long. "If you have super fresh corn — which can even be eaten raw — it's a waste of time to cook for the common recommended time of 20 [or more] minutes," says Jones. Overcooking can also result in chewy and firm kernels. You can steam for 8-10 minutes or less, or even use the microwave.

How to cook tough corn on the cob? ›

Don't overcook fresh corn-on-the-cob or it will become tough. Corn should be boiled for 5 - 7 minutes (not 10 - 15 minutes), at most. Don't add salt to the boiling water either because that will also make it tough. Corn should never be boiled for 10 minutes or even 5 minutes.

Disadvantages of cooking food in a pressure cooker

However, starchy foods may form acrylamide, a harmful chemical, when pressure cooked. Consumption of this chemical on a regular basis may lead to health issues like cancer, infertility, and neurological disorders.

To ensure you have the right amount of liquid in the final dish, add half a cup more liquid than you want to be left with to account for the small amount of evaporation. Once you've figured out the liquid, you can determine the cooking time by reducing the original cooking time by two-thirds.

Pressure cookers can get hot enough for meats and vegetables to brown in them when cooking, but slow cookers can't. If you want similar flavor development but are using a slow cooker, you'll have to sear your ingredients in a separate pan first.

There is no difference in taste, provided the food is seasoned equally. The issue here is texture, and the time it takes to cook. A pressure cooker will cook very quickly, and depending on the cut of meat can take up to 1/2 the time or less. The food will come out very tender, also.