can I cook frozen meat
931002
You can always cook frozen meat. I frequently have put frozen hamburger in a skillet simultaneously friying it and thawing it out right there in the pan constantly scraping off the outer layer as it cooks and defrosts at the same time. You can do this in the instant pot on the Saute setting. In any pressure cooker ( the instant pot is primarily used as a pressure cooker) you can put a whole frozen chicken, stew meat, frozen chiie block with two inches of water, making beef stew or chicken soup and just cook it about 5 minutes longer in the pressure cooker than unfrozen meat. It works very well. A pressure cooker unthaws frozen meat rather quickly as it cooks at about 240 degrees. No need to defrost first. You can take the meat put in the morning, put it in a dish in the morning and it will bee defrosted when you get home from work, but that is not necessary. Just take it out of the freezer and throw it in the Pressure Cooker. It will cook just the same as unfrozen, just give it a few extra minutes Bottom line - frozen is no big deal. W.O.
931003
There is no cooking time shown for frozen meat. You can do vegetables and seafood from frozen per the instructions.
931004
I haven't done it, but I know it can be done for smaller, thinner cuts. Because of the cold temperature, it will take longer for the unit to get hot enough for pressure. So there may not be much of a time savings over thawing in the microwave and then pressure cooking. I definitely would not try ground meat, as it would cook in a block and would not crumble. Plus, without browning it would not look very appetizing.
535013
just put your frozen item on the tray ... if you wish, warm the tray first with warm water
337683
It's not long even with frozen foods in it. Maybe 20 or so minutes but I never really timed it, just turn it on and forget it. I usually fill it generally with frozen vacuumed packages of meat turn it on and let it cook a day or more. It comes out so tender juicy and full of flavor you can just eat with a fork. We love it and you can have several packages already cooked in this stored in the refrigerator ready to quickly heat and serve so a meal only takes a few minutes instead of hours to fix. Hope this helps.
1025513
If starting from frozen it will take longer to reach pressure but the same amount of time to cook. If preparing a meat and it has been browned in the pc pot, pressure will be reached in a few minutes. If making a frozen roast without browning it can take up to 15 minutes. Soups and vegetables takes minutes. It depends more on the temperature of what you're beginning with than it does the amount of food.
1986285
It's recommended that you PARTIALLY freeze meats before slicing thin. Pop it in freezer for maybe an hour or two. You can not slice hard frozen meats.
1060656
Personally I recommend defrosted because it cooks faster and the plates can keep it in place but it also depends on if you are using the full grill...if full grill then yes frozen is fine...if press grill defrosted works best
1852866
Yes. You can do any meat on it. Prepackaged, bulk, everything. I have thawed thick steaks, to thin, premade hamburger patties. No problem.
60656
we have sliced partially frozen meat for jerky. have not tried frozen solid
1009685
Yes if you use frozen ingredients. It is more like soft serve. They have great videos on YouTube on all the features.
1196182
I would say no! Because the two pounder cold roast beef can cut except the side panel was weak and moved back and forth thats why cut meats are uneven cut. I never try to cut frozen meat so I'm not sure if it works well.
1818566
I've not consider cooking meat, but if there is liquid involved with the cooking, there's no reason why you couldn't. I've cooked steamed vegetables, rice and pasta.
888699
Yes, it is possible. Just make sure to put in the freezer for a few minutes, like 10-15 minutes. Enjoy :)
1787960
Yes, you can cook a frozen pizza without thawing it. The directions to do so are in the book that comes with the Pizzeria. We were very pleased with the results. Crust was crispy and top was bubbly.
1196180
Good question! I have never tried to slice meat that is frozen!!!!?????!!!!!!
1436336
Yes. I would recommend you have two blocks. One for chilling items and one for cooking. I use the cooking one often and find that salmon, scallops, shrimp and veggies do really well. I have better recipes for red meat, tried but was not happy with results. Try sea salt caramels on a chilled block.
1316778
If you keep the meat cold almost frozen it works better. Don't force the meat too much and it will do a great job. I use mine to grind chuck roast and pork butt.
511707
I haven't try frozen meat. I only used to cut hams and roast beef. For the most part this slicer work as good as the high end meat slice.