To Transform Your Weeknight Cooking, Turn On the Instant Pot<br />So while a whole brisket or boneless pork shoulder might take 90 minutes to braise under pressure, beef stew meat<br />cut into 1½-inch pieces, or pork ribs cut into two or three rib sections, will be tender in 20 to 25 minutes.<br />If you’re not the kind of cook who can commit to and then start prepping your dinner before you’re fully caffeinated —<br />or if you just can’t get yourself organized to start cooking in advance at all — a slow cooker won’t do you much good.<br />A multicooker is dinnertime convenience in stainless steel form, an appliance<br />that combines an electric pressure cooker with a slow cooker, electric steamer and rice cooker.<br />As for those chicken thighs, my go-to method is to buy them boneless, cut them into pieces<br />and then throw them in the pot with pretty much any combination of spices, aromatics and condiments, to cook in under 10 minutes.<br />If you’re an organized, plan-ahead type of person, you can use your multicooker exactly like a slow cooker.<br />While whole roots usually need about 20 to 30 minutes to cook, slices or cubes take 5 to 10 minutes.
