Can you use an Instant Pot like a crock pot?

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.

What's the difference between Instant Pot and crock pot?

There's still overlap when comparing an Instant Pot to a Crock-Pot, depending on which model you're talking about. Just remember that all Instant Pots are multi-cookers, which means they slow cook and pressure cook, and Crock-Pots are usually only slow cookers .

What is the equivalent of 4 hours in the slow cooker in the Instant Pot?

Generally, if your slow cooker meat, soup, or stew recipe calls for 8 hours on the low setting or about 4 hours on the high setting, it should be fully cooked in about 25 to 30 minutes in the Instant Pot. For chicken or turkey, use the 15-minute poultry button. While volume doesn't matter, density does.

What temperature is slow cook on Instant Pot?

Test Kitchen Tip Slow Cooker Instant Pot Approximate Temperature Warm Slow Cook Low 170° to 190° F Low Slow Cook Normal 195° to 205° F High Slow Cook High+ (sometimes listed as More) 200° to 210° F Nov 2, 2023

What's the difference between a crockpot and a slow cooker?

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.

Which is better a pressure cooker or Crockpot?

If you enjoy prepping your meal in the morning and letting it cook all day so that it's ready by dinner time, go with a slow cooker. Conversely, a pressure cooker might be the better option if you want an easy way to make healthy meals without much planning .

Does food taste better in a pressure cooker or slow cooker?

Pressure cooking wins by a landslide. It's not even close. First of all, all food contains water and water boils at a much higher temperature in a pressure cooker then at normal atmospheric pressure.

Is pulled pork better in a slow cooker or a pressure cooker?

Slow cooking the meat means it never has the chance to toughen up and will be extra silky and tender. Pressure cooking is faster, though you may lose a little bit of the tenderness . If you're going for the pressure cook method, be sure to get a pork shoulder or pork butt, as opposed to a pork loin.

Can you go from slow cook to pressure cook?

In general, the liquid in the original slow cooker recipe should be reduced to 1 to 2 cups when converting to an electric pressure cooker . Exceptions to this would be: Grains and Beans– Use the exact amount needed to fluff up, with a small amount more for the other ingredients in the recipe.

Is an Instant Pot just a fast crock pot?

Time: The pressure cooking function of the Instant Pot allows it to cook food much faster than a slow cooker . For instance, a pork shoulder in a slow cooker takes at least 6 hours on high to become shreddable. In an Instant Pot, you can have pulled pork in an hour.

How to slow cook without a slow cooker?

To mimic a slow cooker, you can use a dutch oven or covered casserole dish in a very low oven preheated to 200° Fahrenheit (United States) or 95° Celsius . Some new wall ovens and ranges include a preset “slow cook” function, then automatically switch to “keep warm” when the cooking time is over.

Does an Instant Pot use less electricity than a crock pot?

When comparing appliances, you'll find that the pressure cooker beats even the most energy-efficient slow cooker in terms of using less power and adding less heat into your home. Pressure cookers consume much less power than a standard electric oven, which uses around 2,000 watts of electricity on medium heat.

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Do you LOVE our Crock Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup as much as we do? Our electric pressure cooker version is just as good and ready in a fraction of the time! Our Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup can be made with traditional ingredients or easily adapted as a low carb recipe.

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How to Make Low Carb Zuppa Toscana in an Instant Pot

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Making Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup

I have loved Zuppa Toscana Soup for years and we have made in for years in our crock pot and more recently we have started making Low Carb Zuppa Toscana Soup. You guys know how I love to turn my favorite slow cooker meals into easy instant pot recipes for days when we don’t have a full day to crock, so naturally, Zuppa Toscana was a must convert recipe!

How to Deglaze a Pot

One of the reasons I love making Zuppa Toscana Soup in our Electric Pressure Cooker is that it allow us to brown the sausage and bacon in the pot on the browning setting. At first glance you might be worried that the sausage sticks a little as it browns, but don’t worry. During the broth step you can gently scrape the bottom of the pan while you stir and those delicious brown bits come right off the bottom easy as can be (the fancy cooking term for this is “deglazing”).

Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe Ingredients

1 lb ground pork sausage
1/2 cup onion, diced
1 lb bacon, diced
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
4 cups chicken or beef broth
1 cup potatoes or cauliflower (to make low carb), cut into bite sized chunks
2 cups kale, thinly sliced with woody parts removed
1 cup whipping cream

Notes onInstant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe

This is an electric pressure cooker recipe. If you are looking for the crock pot version of this recipe, here is our traditional version and our low carb version.
We use a 6 quart Instant Pot to make this soup. Other sizes and models may need adjustments in cooking times and ingredient amounts.
You can find more electric pressure cooker recipes with our Recipe Finder.
Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in ourAmazon Influencer Shop.
As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
Finally, all electric pressure cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes shouldalways be tested first in your own electric pressure cooker and time adjusted as needed.

Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe (with optional Low Carb substitutions)

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Course: Soup

Cuisine: instant pot, Low Carb

Keyword: Low Carb Zuppa Toscana

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 -6

Author: Cris

Ingredients

1 lb ground pork sausage
1/2 cup onion diced
1 lb bacon diced
1 teaspoon garlic minced
4 cups chicken or beef broth
1 cup potatoes or cauliflower to make low carb, cut into bite sized chunks
2 cups kale thinly sliced with woody parts removed
1 cup whipping cream

Instructions

Brown sausage and bacon with onion and garlic on browning setting in a 6 quart electric pressure cooker.
Drain if desired and return to pan.
Stir in broth scraping the bottom of the pan to remove any brown bits.
Add potatoes or cauliflower and put the lid on, set to seal.
Set the electric pressure cooker to high pressure for 30 minutes with the warming feature turned off.
The pressure cooker will take about 15 minutes to reach pressure before the 30 minutes will start. Once the cooking is done, let it naturally release (don't mess with it) for 15 minutes and then flip to quick release.
Stir in kale and cream and serve.

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Notes

This is an electric pressure cooker recipe. If you are looking for the crock pot version of this recipe, here is our traditional version and our low carb version.
We use a 6 quart Instant Pot to make this soup. Other sizes and models may need adjustments in cooking times and ingredient amounts.
You can find more electric pressure cooker recipes with our Recipe Finder.
Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in ourAmazon Influencer Shop.
As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
Finally, all electric pressure cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes shouldalways be tested first in your own electric pressure cooker and time adjusted as needed.

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We recommend serving this soup with these other soups:

Crock Pot Unstuffed Cabbage Soup
Crock Pot Broccoli Chicken Alfredo Soup
Low Carb Crock Pot Creamy Tomato Soup

If you enjoyed this recipe, you might also enjoy:

Low Carb Crock Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup
Olive Garden Copy Cat Pasta fa*gioli Soup
Crock Pot Minestrone Soup

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Carton Council. The opinions and text are all mine.

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Angel Barnes says
November 11, 2020 at 12:12 am

I’ve used this recipe about twenty times! I either use coconut milk or half-n-half. It’s no fail every time. I only use those to cut the calories. I’ve used both potatoes & cauliflower, just cauliflower &, like tonight, just just potatoes. They are the small creamy mashers. I cooked my soup at 26 mins vice the 30 to have a firmer potato because we plan to eat this for lunch through the week. Wanted the potatoes to hold up more. I really appreciate such finely tuned recipes as this. You can’t mess it up if you follow the directions. It’s BETTER than Olive Garden!!! ,
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  November 12, 2020 at 10:30 am
  
  That’s great Angel! I’m so happy to hear it and love all the variations you have made! Thank you for taking the time to let us know that you enjoy the recipe and all the different ways you have made it!

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Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup - Recipes That Crock! (2024)

How to Make Low Carb Zuppa Toscana in an Instant Pot

How to Recycle Cartons

Making Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup

How to Deglaze a Pot

Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe Ingredients

Notes onInstant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe

Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe (with optional Low Carb substitutions)

Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe (with optional Low Carb substitutions)

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Slow Cooker	Instant Pot	Approximate Temperature
Warm	Slow Cook Low	170° to 190° F
Low	Slow Cook Normal	195° to 205° F
High	Slow Cook High+ (sometimes listed as More)	200° to 210° F