What do you make every day that you can stand to eat for 5 years?! (=
The original was good, but the version I got later has issues. Like sone of the button controls stopped working, and the pressure seal leaked and sputtered even when it was “locked” in the close position.
me, daily, for about that amount of time: steel-cut oats.
I eat a (large) breakfast of 1/2 cup dry oats, 3/4 cup whole milk, 1/2 cup water, cooked for 10 minutes at pressure, with a bit of brown sugar and any of dried cherries, raspberries, blueberries.
The massive advantage of an instant pot is if you cook w/ milk on a stove top, it requires constant attention to not burn the milk and have the burnt milk weld itself to the pot. Whereas in my instant pot, I throw the ingredients in with my first cup of coffee and come back in 30-40 minutes for hot breakfast and coffee #2.
Also, it makes a pretty good (not great, but I have a tiny kitchen, so I have to cut somewhere) rice cooker. Recipe: wash rice, drain, add same amount of dry rice and water by volume, pressure cook for 4 minutes. Depending on the type of rice, 3 minutes may be better. After cycle finishes, let depessurize on its own for 10 minutes, then open. Mix with a fork.
Others have answered well enough, but I didn’t say I ate the same thing. Steel-cut oats, curries, chilis, soups, etc. Mine is the Ultra not the original. It may have been manufactured between 2016-2017.
ps -- I had some issues with the pressure seal; pulling the (presumably silicone?) seal out and reseating it in the lid periodically seems to make everything work better. Also, you shouldn't feel any resistance when you rotate the lid into sealed position. If you do, pull the lid back off; juggle the seal a bit; then reseat and twist to seal again.
The original was good, but the version I got later has issues. Like sone of the button controls stopped working, and the pressure seal leaked and sputtered even when it was “locked” in the close position.