10 Reasons You Should Start Cooking with a Pressure Cooker

Slow cooker vs pressure cooker

While a slow cooker may be great at cooking that casserole while you’re at work all day, the pressure cooker wins at making healthy, hearty meals in little time. “The high pressure cooking technique doesn’t permit air or liquid to escape and also mixes the cooking liquid and the moisture from the food to cook quickly. This technique helps tenderize tough cuts of meat that would normally take over three to four hours if you braised them in the oven,” says Chef Brian Molloy, director of culinary operations, Nikki Beach Worldwide. “A pressure cooker is great for cooking beans, stews, chicken soup, lamb shank, beef cheeks, pot roast, bacon ribs, pork ribs, and corn beef and cabbage.”