Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, files for bankruptcy

Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by nvy on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:06PM (#36312259)

I primarily use mine to make rice, beef stews, and hummus.

All of those take less time and are just as good if not better than stovetop.

Once I made shawarma in mine, that was pretty neat.

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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by pessimizer on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:12PM (#36313371)

You use it to make hummus? Is there a good recipe that you use, or are they just floating out there?

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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by nvy on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:26PM (#36314612)

I have one from my sister-in-law, that she got from her (Israeli) partner's grandmother, which is a very traditional Israeli hummus recipe. That recipe is for stovetop and I adapted it to the instant pot.

The trick is to use baking soda when you cook the chickpeas in the instant pot, because it dissolves/softens the shells. Then you take them out and rinse thoroughly in water to get rid the baking soda taste, before slapping them into a food processor with tahini and whatever else.

Good quality tahini also makes a difference. Lots of north American brands have a wildly different taste than what's common in the middle east.

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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by selimthegrim on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:56PM (#36320405)

Baking soda also um…degasses the chickpeas shall we say

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