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The "Sauté" key is used for open lid sautéing, browning or simmering inside the inner pot.
"Adjust" can be used to change the operang temperatures. Please see the “Sautéing” secon
for details.
The “Yogurt” key has 3 programs: making yogurt, pasteurizing milk and making Jiu Niang (aka
fermented glunous rice). Please see the “Making Yogurt” and “Making Jiu Niang ” secons.
The “Timer” key is for delayed cooking. To start delayed cooking, rst select the desired cooking
funcon (all program funcons except “Sauté” and “Yogurt”), and then press the “Timer” key.
Use “+” and “-“ to set the delayed hours. Press the "Timer" key again to change the minutes.
The me you are seng is the delayed me before the program starts. Please allow
sucient cooking me and cooling down me before serving. The me delay can be adjusted
with “+” or “-“ keys for up to 24 hours . Please see the “Delayed Cooking with Timer” secon
for details.
In order to familiarize yourself with the Instant Pot® and start
cooking with your favourite recipe, it is highly recommended for
rst me users to do a test run. This test run will help you become
familiar with Instant Pot®, make sure the unit is free of residues
from the manufacturing process, and indicate whether your unit is
working properly. This oponal, but recommended, test run will
complete in about 15 minutes.
1. Make sure the pressure release handle and oat valve are
unobstructed and clean, and that the sealing ring is properly
inserted.
2. Place the inner pot in the cooker base and add 3 measuring
cups of water into the inner pot.
3. Close the lid. Make sure that the pressure release handle is poinng to the "Sealing" mark on
the lid.
4. Press the "Steam" buon, and press the “-“ buon to change the me to 2 minutes.
5. In 10 seconds, your Instant Pot® will go into the preheang cycle (display showing “On”).
Within a few minutes, steam will release for a minute or two unl the Float Valve pops up to
seal the cooker. Once working pressure is reached, which may take a few minutes or up to 10
-13 minutes, the countdown mer will begin. When the countdown is nished, the Instant
Pot® will beep and automacally switch into the “Keep Warm” mode.
The test is now complete. Press the “Keep-Warm/Cancel” buon and/or unplug the unit. Once the
pot cools down, you can open it and are ready to try your
favorite recipes.
The following procedure is for “Rice”, "Soup", "Poultry",
"Meat/Stew", "Bean/Chili", "Mulgrain", "Porridge", "Steam"
and “Manual” funcons.
1. Follow steps in the "Cooking Preparaon" secon of this
manual.
2. Connect power cord. The LED display shows “OFF”
indicang that it’s in standby state.