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Free_is_better

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Jan 7, 2010 8:41 PM
Got a 5 quart pressure cooker for Christmas. Problem is I am getting mixed answers on how to use it.

So does anyone on here have experience using a pressure cooker? I really want to try it out and make some fried chicken.
Jan 7, 2010 8:41pm
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power i

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Jan 7, 2010 9:32 PM
Pressure cookers scare me. I'm afraid they'll explode.
Jan 7, 2010 9:32pm
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Prescott

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Jan 7, 2010 10:24 PM
You can make fried chicken in a frying pan. A pressure cooker is not a frying pan.
Jan 7, 2010 10:24pm
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dancinbear

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Jan 7, 2010 10:50 PM
Prescott wrote: You can make fried chicken in a frying pan. A pressure cooker is not a frying pan.
I dont know why, but that made me laugh.
Jan 7, 2010 10:50pm
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zhon44622

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Jan 8, 2010 12:33 AM
Unless it is a pressure fryer cooker you are in for disaster.
Jan 8, 2010 12:33am
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Prescott

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Jan 8, 2010 12:41 AM
I dont know why, but that made me laugh.
I'm glad that somebody thought that it was funny.
Jan 8, 2010 12:41am
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tuskytuffguy

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Jan 8, 2010 12:45 AM
Never thought anything tasted good made in a pressure cooker. Re-gift it.
Jan 8, 2010 12:45am
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OneBuckeye

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Jan 8, 2010 10:56 AM
a pressure cooker should be used for things that should be braised.... but the pressure cooker will do it much faster.
Jan 8, 2010 10:56am
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gorocks99

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Jan 8, 2010 10:58 AM
Just watch Iron Chef, those guys use pressure cookers like they're going out of style.
Jan 8, 2010 10:58am
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DESCENTdmc

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Jan 8, 2010 11:30 AM
gorocks99 wrote: Just watch Iron Chef, those guys use pressure cookers like they're going out of style.
they use it to cook things that should take a long time to cook but need to be cooked within the 1 hour limit
Jan 8, 2010 11:30am
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Dr Jones

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Jan 8, 2010 11:34 AM
Free_is_better wrote: Got a 5 quart pressure cooker for Christmas. Problem is I am getting mixed answers on how to use it.

So does anyone on here have experience using a pressure cooker? I really want to try it out and make some fried chicken.
How do you cook "fried" chicken in a pressure cooker. I thought a pressure cooker worked by steam...
Unless i am wrong this sounds like it could be very dangerous....
Jan 8, 2010 11:34am
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DESCENTdmc

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Jan 8, 2010 11:41 AM
im not positive but i think a pressure cooker and a pressure fryer cooker are two different things. i could be wrong though

kfc, most delis/chicken shops in grocery stores and so on use a pressure fryer
Jan 8, 2010 11:41am
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Free_is_better

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Jan 8, 2010 11:41 AM
Dr Jones wrote:
Free_is_better wrote: Got a 5 quart pressure cooker for Christmas. Problem is I am getting mixed answers on how to use it.

So does anyone on here have experience using a pressure cooker? I really want to try it out and make some fried chicken.
How do you cook "fried" chicken in a pressure cooker. I thought a pressure cooker worked by steam...
Unless i am wrong this sounds like it could be very dangerous....
Not sure that's why I was asking. I heard from someone that fried chicken is the best in a pressure cooker. Maybe I misunderstood them.

It sounds like I should just ask for a gift reciept and get something else.
Jan 8, 2010 11:41am