Quinoa Baby Food Instant Pot
Instructions rinse the quinoa in a large stainer and let it drain.
Quinoa baby food instant pot. The recipe for perfect instant pot quinoa from mel s kitchen cafe cooks up nice and fluffy. Set on one minute and then do a natural pressure release npr for 10 minutes meaning don t turn it right off and after 10 minutes turn your instant pot off and make sure your sealing valve is all released and your pin has dropped. Put lid on cooker and move valve to sealing set it to cook on manual high pressure for one minute. Toast the quinoa until fragrant 2 3 mins.
Add the water or broth to the quinoa. Cover and cook 2 minutes on high pressure and then let pressure release naturally about 10 minutes. This should take about five minutes or stop when the. Spray the instant pot with oil it cuts down on foaming and prevents sticking.
Turn valve to sealing. When cook time is up let the instant pot stay. Rinse quinoa and add to instant pot with 1 1 2 cups cold water. If necessary give it a quick rinse with cold water and drain really well.
Step 2 release pressure carefully using the quick release method according to manufacturer s instructions about 5. Lock lid and cook on high for 3 minutes. Directions step 1 combine water and quinoa in a multi functional pressure cooker such as instant pot. This fiber rich recipe combines sweet potatoes one of our fave stage 1 baby foods and quinoa for a delicious baby approved meal.
Pour in 1 tbsp 15ml olive oil then add in the quinoa. Perform a manual release of pressure and puree in a blender. It may not be the first thing you want to give your baby but once they ve graduated past sweet. Turn the instant pot on to saute mode.
Toast quinoa optional step. Add a few dashes of salt and pepper. Add the quinoa to the pot and continually stir to toast the quinoa. 1 cup diced sweet potato 1 2 cup quinoa and 1 2 cup of water.
Instructions rinse the quinoa under cold running water to remove quinoa s natural coating called saponin which can make it taste. Seal the lid and press the rice button or manually set it to cook for 12 minutes on low pressure or follow manufacturer s instructions. Rinse your quinoa it gets rid of any bitterness. Add broccoli to instant pot but do not stir.
Use less water there s less evaporation with the instant pot so we need to account for this. Here s the key points to making instant pot perfect quinoa. Sweet potato quinoa mash. Add a pinch.
Close the instant pot lid and. Add to the instant pot. How to cook quinoa in a pressure cooker or instant pot to cook 1 cup of rinsed and drained quinoa add 1 5 cups of water or broth and teaspoon of salt optional.