The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook: Fresh and Foolproof Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker

Product Description

Authorized by Instant Pot and filled with beautiful photographs and more than 75 simple, well-tested comfort food recipes, this indispensable book is the ultimate collection of delicious weekday meals.

The best-selling Instant Pot has been a runaway hit, with an almost cultlike following and users who swear by it. But finding delicious, well-tested, weekday-friendly recipes that are both inspiring and trustworthy has proven difficult, until now. The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook covers each meal of the day, offering plenty of tried-and-true classic recipes, such as spicy beef and bean chili, a whole roasted chicken with mushroom sauce, and decadent New York cheesecake, alongside a hearty array of contemporary meals, such as Greek-style Gigantes beans with fresh feta, braised pork loin with balsamic vinegar and caramelized onions, buttery cauliflower mashed potatoes, pork adobo, and more! Whether you're looking to expand your pressure cooker recipe repertoire or seeking the ultimate gift for the Instant Pot aficionado, this is the book to have.

Top Reviews

After returning a junk I.P. cookbook, I was leary of ordering another. This book is GOOD and the onl
by Tom in Oregon (5 out of 5 stars)
September 26, 2017

This lady knows what she is talking about! Beautiful pictures, detailed instructions, hard back, quality print and reasons for performing an action. Also authorized by Instant Pot!
Quite unlike the 550 recipe book I returned (https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Pot-CookBook-Delicious-Instructions/product-reviews/1976102316/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews#reviews-filter-bar).

There is no reason to buy a cookbook with 550 recipes. It's simple math, once you cook a few recipes, to convert any of your preferred recipes for Instant Pot. Coco Morante (the author of this (The Essentials I.P. Cookbook) gives you all the information you need to do this and use the I.P. to it's fullest advantage. Seems like a lot of people are jumping on the I.P.'s popularity and printing books with only the numbers game as a goal. Coco did not do that. Her book supplements I.P.'s and is all you need to become proficient with your I.P. Thank you Coco
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which I especially like. This book is extremely thorough and has recipes ...
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
September 5, 2017

I have tried several Instant Pot cookbooks and I have found this one to have the most fullproof recipes, probably because it is "authorized by Instant Pot", as it states on the cover. In the first pages the author, Coco Morante, tells you how to use your Instant Pot, whether using the pre-programmed or manual settings. She also has a section on how to convert recipes for the Instant Pot. Almost every recipe comes with a full page, lovely photograph of that dish, which I especially like. This book is extremely thorough and has recipes for the pantry which I find very useful. For example, did you know that you can make yogurt with your IP? I never knew that! There are recipes for mayo, broths, applesauce, caramelized onions. There are separate chapters for breakfast, beans and grains, soups and chilis, poultry, beef and pork, vegetables and side dishes, pantry, and desserts. There's also a really good recipe for Honey Tumeric Tonic which is great if you have the cold or the flu. I like how this book has very nutritious and healthy recipes along with several different ethnic foods such as borracho beans, Korean braised beef short ribs, Jamaican-style Rice and beans, Chana Masala, and Indian Inspired Okra and Cauliflower with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce. This is my "go to" Instant Pot cookbook for sure! I have really enjoyed making several of these recipes. The recipes are easy to follow and the author details everything you need to know for your IP for each recipe. So while I'm realtively new at using my IP, I have found her recipes easy to follow and understand. Tonight I'm going to make the chicken and dumplings soup! I highly recommend this book and give it 5 stars! There are recipes sure to please every appetite in this book, from down-south comfort food recipes to unique ethnic ones! Get more information about this book here. Find out more about the author, Coco Morante, here.
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Excellent recipes and thorough instructions make this an Instant Pot classic.
by Curious Epicure (5 out of 5 stars)
November 16, 2017

My Instant Pot was spending far more time up on a shelf than in use in my kitchen. I'd bought it on Prime Day (2016!) because I wanted to be one those cooks who loved and used an Instant Pot like no other, but after using it twice, it really looked as though that was not going to be in the cards for me.

That is, until I got this book. I don't know what made me try it, but I'm so glad I did because I finally understand what the big fuss over the Instant Pot is all about!

So far, the recipes I've made from this cookbook have been winners. The instructions are very easy to follow - more so than several other Instant Pot recipes and books I've tried, so I really appreciate that. I have not yet figured out how to adapt my own recipes for cooking in the Instant Pot, but many of the recipes my family likes are included in this book, so I may never have to.

The introductory chapters in the book are very helpful to read, especially if you are new to multi cooker cooking. The author has a way of making the whole thing seem easy and not at all daunting, which will help put some previously unsuccessful pressure-cooker users at ease.

The dishes I tried:
- Turkey Chile Verde with Pinto Beans. What a great, super fast chile! The canned pinto beans come out as perfectly cooked as if they were made from dried beans - still firm on the outside but deliciously creamy on the inside. I will say that, after having made it twice already, the type of salsa you use is key to this dish. Thicker salsa makes thicker chile and thinner makes a chile with a more liquid broth. I happened to have a jar of Guy Fieri's Salsa Verde in my fridge and although I'm not that crazy about it as straight up salsa, it really gave this chile some great body - more so than when I made it with the more standard salsa verde from Trader Joe's. Instead of cilantro and shredded cheese, I had sour cream and shredded cheese as toppings and everyone fell in love with this recipe.
- Irish Beef and Root Vegetable Stew. Another really good dish, made Irish by the addition of a cup of Guinness Stout. I mean, really, what could go wrong? This was another winner.

I plan on making the Bone Broth on a regular basis.

Based on those two dishes, I am thinking of pretty much cooking my way through this book. That is if my family will stop asking for that Turkey Chile!

I think this book would be a good one for any Instant Pot user, from new to experienced.
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This is the best Instant Pot book I've seen. A winner!
by Florida Jo (5 out of 5 stars)
January 15, 2018

I have two other Instant Pot cookbooks (did have another, but deleted it from my Kindle because it was garbage and recipes were incomplete). This one is the best of them all. Author gives lots of information about using the Instant Pot (my current favorite appliance; saying a lot when there is a microwave oven in the room), as well as a bunch of interesting recipes. Probably the most valuable aspect of the book is the way Ms Morante helps the Instant Pot owner have the confidence to try their own recipes--either old favorites or new ideas.

Highly recommended--great value.
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Should come with the Instant Pot
by Randy (5 out of 5 stars)
December 18, 2017

Great instructions for using your Instant Pot. I've made over 10 recipes from this book and every one has been amazing The brisket was better than restaurant quality! Get this book.
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Great recipes, cheap book that falls apart.
by Lori (5 out of 5 stars)
January 13, 2018

We've tried several recipes from this book. We love the Instant Pot and I don't know how I would have used it without this book. Our favorite so far is the "Italian Wedding Soup"! Oh my! SO GOOD! And everything is just so easy. Ingredients are easy to find and when we've had to adapt (chicken bouillon, instead of broth, or bacon instead of pancetta) things have been just fine! So happy we got this as beginners in the Instant Pot revolution!

Update: While we still love the Instant Pot, I'm really sad that my copy of this book is already falling apart. While it's a hard cover, the pages are just glued like a cheap paperback and now they are falling out!
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Basic recipes for new users....
by Lazy Day Gardener (4 out of 5 stars)
November 13, 2017

Coco Morante's "The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook' contains 75 recipes for electric pressure cookers.

Morante offers breakfast foods, beans and grains, soups and chilis, poultry, beef and pork, vegetables and sides, desserts, and a chapter of pantry basics such as caramelized onions and mayonnaise (not all of which use the Instant Pot).

I tried a few recipes and, frankly, found some of them a bit humdrum. The peppers in my "˜Unstuffed Peppers' turned out mushy, but the rice, beef, tomato portions were quite good. Her "˜Bone Broth' wasn't as well seasoned as that I found in Melissa Clark's "˜Dinner in an Instant.' And I find it far easier to make oatmeal, breakfast cake, and omelets the conventional way.

There are things that I find pressure cookers do quite well. It's great for beans, braising meats, soups and broths, and recipes for skinless chicken.

Morante's recipes for these are a good starting place. And strangely enough, although I don't find that cakes are easier done in the IP, cheesecake certainly is! And do give her "˜Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake' a try.

The major problem that I have with most IP cookbooks is the timing. It takes time to build up pressure and time for it to vent. I would have found it helpful if she had given the total time that a recipe takes. The cooking time alone is misleading.
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As good as they all were
by G. Hansen (5 out of 5 stars)
February 2, 2018

Looked at all the similar Instant Pot cookbooks and read all the reviews. As good as they all were, Coco Morante's approach was far simpler, had great images and just felt more "homey." Those of you who have purchased Instant Pots know that they don't come with much in the way of even the most basic, general instructions..."The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook" takes care of that omission. Both my wife and I were very pleased when the package arrived; it was even better than we had hoped. Would definitely recommend for those whose eyes have glazed over after looking at 50 virtually identical Instant Pot recipe books.
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lots of recipes with unique ingredients
by John in Michigan (1 out of 5 stars)
May 7, 2019

This book had a lot of recipes that I couldn't make without trips to the store to pick up exotic (and possibly unobtainable) ingredients. Cremini mushrooms, cardamom, samal oelek, San Marzano tomatoes... come on! Flipping through the book, almost every recipe requires something I've never heard of and definitely don't keep around. You don't need this stuff to cook food for regular people. This should be called the "Impossible to use cookbook". It's not essential for me.
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If you want just one Instant Pot cookbook, this is the one!
by Sarah Gilcher (5 out of 5 stars)
January 8, 2018

Out of any Instant Pot cookbook I have found, this one is the best. I have one pressure cookbook that is a huge compilation of mediocre recipes, and I tried another that tried so hard to be artsy that I wasn't exactly sure where to buy a lot of the ingredients, or if my family would eat them. This book, however, has honed down to the winners. Tasty comfort food, unique recipes but not out of my kids' comfort zone. Each recipe I've made so far has gotten rave reviews!

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