Instant Pot Pasta Report Plus Magic Sesame Sauce

[susandennis]

Ok so done and I'm a fan.

I put an entire box of angel hair pasta. This one:



I broke it in half, into the pot and water to cover. Then I set the pot to 3 minutes of steam and 3 minutes of release. (I hit the lever to vent at about a minute after the 3 minute buzzed.) There was a little to drain but not much. Next time, I probably will vent it as soon as the 3 minutes are up.

I put some in the fridge and the rest I'm going to let cool off then divy up into freezer bags.

Once the fridge batch was cooled, I tossed it with some Magic Sesame Sauce. Which is my new Favorite Sauce On Everything. YUM!!!

Here's the magic sauce. It comes from Molly Yeh and I love it.

2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 tablespoons honey
2 cloves garlic chopped (I use the jar stuff, plz do not tell Molly)
3 tablespoons tahini
4 tablespoons soy sauce
Red pepper flakes to taste

I whisk it all together and put it into a squeeze bottle in the fridge. Sooooo good on every single thing. Meat, fish, fowl, veggies, noodles.

Comments

[lifeinroseland.livejournal.com]

Omg that’s one of my fave pastas (though now I get De Cecco, which apparently is what Italians get), and just today I screenshot a bunch of recipes for that kind of Asian noodle! They seemed easy, but your recipe’s a keeper. That kind of easy is how I roll, too! Thank you!

[susandennis]

:)

[yshaloo]

that sauce sounds yummy!

[kishenehn.livejournal.com]

I've been intrigued by Instant Pots for a while, now, and at least the possibility of easy, quality meal prep for one. I think I'm finally ready to order one of the things ...

[susandennis]

It took me a couple of years from hmmm that looks interesting to then actually buy one.

I'm not sure it delivers all that I expected it to BUT it replaces (and is way better than) my rice cooker and my crock pot so if that's all it does... But, wait, now we have egg bites and pasta... so maybe my initial issues is learning curve.

I'm not at all sorry I got it.

[kishenehn.livejournal.com]

I might have missed an earlier post of yours, but ... which model did you get?

I'm not expecting it to dramatically change my cooking habits, but it'll be interesting at the very least, and at a minimum it will replace my rice cooker, so I won't worry that I'm becoming a kitchen hoarder.

The thing that finally sold me, weirdly enough, was your report on hard-boiled eggs! I fix those once or twice a week, and I'm scatterbrained enough that the results are never perfectly consistent ... so if it even solves only that problem, I'll still be ahead.

[susandennis]

But, but, but, my hard boiled eggs were a total fail! hahahah - most everyone else, however, reports wonderful success.

I got the Instant Pot DUO 6 Qt (I wanted the smaller one but my Instant Pot friends told me no, I did not. And they were right.)

[kishenehn.livejournal.com]

After I saw your post I thought, "Eggs!!!", and I went online and read a thousand webpages about it. They talked me into it. :)

I'm still wondering about the 3-quart, partly because of storage space, but mostly because I'm not the sort of guy who prepares and packages multiple days of meals to eat later. Instead, I'm the sort of guy who thinks that he will do that, but instead gives into temptation and eats all of the newly prepared food at once ...

[susandennis]

I can't wait to learn eggs from you!

Yeah, I hear the storage issue. But, I'd counter with, 3 quart not that much smaller PLUS you can always cook less in a 6 quart but not more in a 3 quart.

Regardless I'm excited to hear about your Instant Potadventures

[maju01.livejournal.com]

Your magic sauce sounds wonderful!

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

I’m going to have to try that.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it worked to so well! I'm going to have to try it, following your method.

[remlap.livejournal.com]

I'm stealing that magic sauce recipe from you! It sounds delicious!!

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

did you just barely cover the pasta or was there a good amount over? so you set it to steam not manual pressure cook? and when it was finished, you let it sit for 1.5 mins and then manually vented? just checking details -- i want to try this!

[susandennis]

I just barely covered the pasta. Set to steam. Did not manually vent until about 1.5 mins after time went off.

Next time I'm going to try fatter noodles (spaghetti not angel hair) and try pressure cooking on high for 4 or 5 minutes and manual venting when the timer goes off.

[jawnbc]

I've become a fan of one (deep frying pan) pot pasta recipes. Needs things like fresh basil and some sweet, fresh tomatoes. But so tasty.

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I want that magic sauce very much please.

[coffeeguy777.livejournal.com]

Hmmm that sauce sounds delish 😋