How To Clean Instant Pot Burnt
Once you ve given the water and dish soap solution time to work on your liner use a plastic scraper to loosen burnt on stains.
How to clean instant pot burnt. To clean the inner pot after food burns to the bottom stir 4 cups of water with 3 tablespoons of baking soda in the base of the inner pot. Let the pressure release naturally. Take one liter water add two to three tablespoons of cream of tartar in it and bring the solution to boil. I cooked rice in my instant pot ultra for the first time used the suggested 1 cup rice one cup water with 4 mins timing on high pressure and got the burnt message salvaged it by quickly releasing the pressure trice got stuck to the bottom of the inner pot quite disappointed. Check the seal and pressure release knob.
Secure the lid and pressure cook for 5 minutes. If you get any smell from it you can consider giving it a vinegar steam clean with lemon peels. Add about the same tablespoons of lemon juice and turn off the heat. Then close the lid set your instant pot to steam run for two minutes and let the pressure release naturally. You will need some cream of tartar and lemon juice.
It is quite easy to clean a burnt pressure cooker as long as you have the right ingredients. The silicone seal must be installed correctly and the knob turned to a sealed position to prevent the liquid from inside the pot from evaporating. Add warm water and dish soap to the liner and let it soak for at least an hour to soften stubborn burnt on food. If the liquid evaporates the food inside will burn on the bottom of the pot. When you can t get burnt food off your insert with soap and elbow grease this stuff works as if by magic to restore your insert to its former gleaming glory.