4 Reasons Instant Pots Are So Popular

Last updated on January 28th, 2024 at 03:49 pm

Easy instant pots have been all the rage over the past few years. Have you jumped on the bandwagon?

Try this Instant Pot Chicken Lo Mein recipe!

Nobody likes their kitchen full of disorganized clutter. It makes it really difficult to clean, prepare food, and enjoy cooking.

Appliances like steamers, pressure cookers, slow cookers, and yogurt makers not only cost a lot of money, but tend to take up a lot of space in your kitchen. An instant pot can replace many of these devices. This multifunctional cooking appliance lets you do all these things, and doesn’t use a lot of energy either. 

Due to their popularity, there are lots of different instant pot models on the market these days. Prices tend to vary, so you can choose the model that fits your budget. 

There are lots of healthy and tasty recipes online too, including these 1001 Instant Pot recipes from Corrie Cooks.

Why you’ll love easy instant pot meals

Not all of us have time to cook homemade meals

Getting the kids ready for school, cleaning the house, getting homework done, exercising, it seems there are not enough hours in a day. Preparing healthy, home-cooked meals often feels like another task we don’t have time for. 

With an instant pot though, it’s can be easier to make great tasting healthy food for the family with less effort. Instant pot meals from start to finish take much less time in comparison to traditional cooking methods too.

All you need to do is put the ingredients into the pot, set the timer, and voilà, it’s all done. Take for example, a lamb stew. In the past, to make a good tasting, tender lamb stew you would expect it to take around seven hours to cook properly. When using an instant pot, you can expect the meal to be ready to eat in around 40 minutes!

An Instant Pot can save you money

It seems like very few kitchen appliances can help you save money, but here are a few examples of how an instant pot might just be the exception:

• Electricity: You can cut the cost of your electricity bills by using an instant pot versus your oven. Because it takes a lot less time to cook meals, the unit doesn’t require much energy. 
• You might order less take out food: Instead of spending money on pizza and Chinese food, you can cook at home more often–and save money.
• Save money on your grocery bills: Cooking with an instant pot allows you to cook cheap cuts of meat and make them taste great. Bottom round roasts and shoulder roast all come out of the instant pot tasting delicious. You won’t be waiting all day for them to cook, with most of these items taking less than one hour. You also don’t need to marinate them.

They’re safe and easy to clean

You may have heard concerns about safety or problems with cleaning instant pots. As these appliances get more sophisticated, those concerns have largely vanished.

The instant pot has onboard safety features that help reduce the risk of an accident. There are a range of different sensors on them that help regulate the pressure and temperature that build up inside the device. 

As long as you read and follow the guidelines in the owner’s manual, you should have no problems. Just like any kitchen appliance, you should not allow children or anyone who doesn’t know how to use an instant pot to cook with it. You want to be sure you know how to safely release the pressure built up in the device. 

Instant pots require very little effort to keep clean. The inner part of the device is stainless steel which makes it simple to maintain. 

Is an instant pot right for you?

Instant pots are a great way to make meals fast, but does everyone really need to purchase one? Here are a few reasons you might or might not want to spend your hard-earned money on a new kitchen appliance:

Reasons to buy an instant pot:

• Time isn’t always on your side and you find it difficult to cook homemade meals
• Your kitchen is too small to purchase other equipment like a rice cooker or a slow cooker so you just want one device to do all these tasks
• You don’t like cooking
• You don’t want to spend too much time cleaning
• You are new to cooking

Why you might not benefit from owning an instant pot:

• You enjoy cooking and don’t mind if it takes time
• You have the time to cook
• Prepping is part of your passion for cooking
• You feel that the recipes you have been making need different appliances and that an instant pot won’t make them taste better

If you are very passionate about cooking, an instant pot may reduce the amount of fun you have as it tends to do much of the “work” for you.

Summary

There are so many reasons instant pot cooking has become popular. Instant pots even have a huge following on social media!

There are many online communities where members share tips and advice on recipes, cleaning, and recommendations on what type of instant pot to buy. 

These communities are a great way to find some delicious recipes too. 

Do you have an instant pot? Do you use it regularly? Leave us a comment.

Also read:
Instant Pot Pulled BBQ Chicken Sliders (Easy Recipe)
Easy Instant Pot Mashed Red Potatoes
Instant Pot Chicken Lo Mein

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