ANSIO Electric Pressure Cooker Review – Is it worth buying?
The Ansio Electric Pressure Cooker is a versatile pressure cooker, it has quite a number of functions. You can pressure cook, make yogurt, sauté, slow cook, steam, and a lot more! It’s big enough to prepare meals for a family of 5. It’s faster than the traditional method of cooking. Also because electric pressure cookers cook faster you have more nutrients left in food. It’s convenient and easy to clean up after use as most of the parts are dish washer safe. It comes with a recipe book, users can try out recipes from the recipe booklet. There are 15 preset cooking settings and quite a number of cooking modes( some functions are adjustable), with these setting you can put food in the pot, put in the settings and come back to a fully cooked meal, and if you happen to come back later than expected, it’s not a problem as the pressure cooker has a keep warm feature! The pre-set programs and keep warm feature will be very useful for both students and busy moms!
Cooking Modes
You can pressure cook, make yogurt, sauté, slow cook, steam, and a lot more!
• Keep warm: it has a keep warm feature that keeps the food warm after cooking, you can always come home to warm meals.
Pre-set Programs
There are 15 pre-set programs that can be used for preparing meals. You don’t need to set the pressure cooker manually, users use any of the pre-set programs to prepare meals.
The 15 pre-set programs include: Meat, Poultry, Vegetables, Steam, Sauté, Slow Cook, White Rice, Brown Rice, Beans, Broth, Curry, Soup, Multigrain, Congee, and Yoghurt.
• The multigrain program cooks at very high pressure, you can use this button for making brown or wild rice.
• Sauté program cooks at quite a high temperature, it can be used for browning protein with a little fat followed by presurrised cooking to retain it’s moist texture. This program can be used for making tofu.
• Congee is a meal that has it’s history in Chinese origin. It’s porridge rice, that’s also known as “Jook”. Congee in be prepared using the Congee program. Simply put in all that’s needed for making Congee, then turn on the congee program and con back later to warm congee!
Safety Features
The lid has a pressure release button to release the pressure in the pot before the pot can be opened, that way your hands are safe from the steam . Also the cooker has a handle at each side of the cooker, that makes it easier to carry around.
Recipe Booklet or Instruction manuals
The Ansio Electric Pressure Cooker comes with a recipe booklet and instructions manual. The recipe book contains recipes users can try out. There is a variety of recipes! Quite intriguing to see.
The pressure cooker is quite easy to use, even if it isn’t, there’s a manual to teach users how to use it. The manual contains instructions on how to setup and use the pressure cooker.
Control Panel
The LED display makes it easier to use. The settings and time are displayed. There’s a delay start mood that allows you increase or reduce cooking time, you can have dinner ready simply by putting in the food and setting the cooking to delay cooking time, the cooking starts at the set time and you can have dinner ready and warm! The cooker has a digital display. Cooking time is displayed.
Inner Pot and Lid type
The Ansio Electric Pressure Cooker has a detachable lid, there’s a handle on the lid, that makes it easy to open or close. It has a pressure release button on the lid that releases pressure from the cooker before it can be opened. It has a non-stick pan that is removable from the base. It’s non-stick and dishwasher safe, that makes it easier to clean up after use. This is a plus for busy moms as it saves time spent in the kitchen.
The lid is not hinged to the pot like many others. The good part to this is it allows users stir freely when cooking, but for smaller kitchens it’s not such a good idea since it takes up extra space when the lid is not in use.
Dimensions
• Capacity: 5.7 litters
• Item Dimensions: 32 × 32 × 35.4 cm
• weight: 6.6 kg
Other Accessories
It comes with:
– removable inner pot
– seal ring
– spoon
– soup spoon
– water cup
– measuring cup
– steamer
– steam rack
I love that these accessories are dishwasher safe, it makes it easier to clean up after cooking. It’s adviseable though to handwash the inner non-stick pot to make it last longer.
13. Pros
• It saves time.
• It is easy to clean.
• It doesn’t take up much space.
• It cooks fast so it conserves energy.
14. Cons
• It is quite difficult to set and can get confusing.
• The lid takes up extra space when it’s not in use.
• It takes a while to learn to use it properly.
Summary
Pressure cookers are fast becoming popular in many homes. It’s faster than traditional method of cooking and there’s a lot you can prepare using these seemingly small pressure cookers. I love that it’s convenient and fast, and I think that it will interest students and busy people!
