Pressure Cooker Cooking Charts

  Cooking Time HIGH pressure (minutes) Liquid Needed Release Method
Poultry
Chicken Bones for stock 40 6 cups NATURAL
Chicken Breast (bone in) 6 1 cup QUICK
Chicken Breast (boneless) 4 1 cup QUICK
Chicken Thigh (bone in) 7 1 cup QUICK
Chicken Thigh (boneless) 4 1 cup QUICK
Chicken, Whole 20 1½ cups NATURAL
Cornish Game Hen (1 to 1½ pounds) 8 1 cup NATURAL
Turkey Breast (boneless, 2 to 3 pounds) 20 to 25 1½ cups NATURAL
 
Beef
Beef Bones for stock 40 6 cups NATURAL
Brisket (3½ to 4 pounds) 55 to 65 1½ cups NATURAL
Corned Beef Brisket 55 covered NATURAL
Flank Steak (1 pound) 25 1 cup NATURAL
Ground Beef 5 1 cup QUICK
Meatballs 5 1 cup NATURAL
Meatloaf 35 1½ cups NATURAL
Pot Roast (3½ to 4 pounds) 55 to 65 2 cups NATURAL
Short Ribs 55 1½ cups NATURAL
Stew Meat (1-inch cubes) 15 to 20 1 cup NATURAL
Veal Shanks 20 to 25 1½ cups NATURAL
Veal Stew Meat (1-inch cubes) 10 1 cup NATURAL
 
Pork
Baby Back Ribs 30 1 cup NATURAL
Country Style Ribs 20 to 25 1½ cups NATURAL
Ground Pork 5 1 cup QUICK
Ham (bone in, 5 pounds, pre-cooked) 25 to 30 1½ cups NATURAL
Meatballs 5 1 cup NATURAL
Pork Chops (bone in, 1-inch) 6 1½ cups NATURAL
Pork Chops (boneless, 1-inch) 4 to 5 1½ cups NATURAL
Pork Loin (2 to 2½ pounds) 25 1½ cups NATURAL
Pork Shoulder (3 pounds) 55 1½ cups NATURAL
Sausages 10 to 15 1½ cups QUICK
Spare Ribs 45 1 cup NATURAL
Stew Meat (1-inch cubes) 15 to 20 1 cup NATURAL
 
Lamb
Ground Lamb 5 1 cup QUICK
Lamb Shanks 30 1½ cups NATURAL
Meatballs 5 1 cup NATURAL
Leg of Lamb (boneless, 3½ to 4 pounds) 35 to 45 1½ cups NATURAL
Stew Meat (1-inch cubes) 15 to 20 1 cup NATURAL
 
Fish and Seafood
Calamari 20 5 cup QUICK
Clams 4 1 cup QUICK
Crab Legs 4 1 cup QUICK
Fish Fillet (1-inch thick) 5 6 cup QUICK
Mussels 4 2 cup QUICK
Salmon 5 4 cup QUICK
Shrimp 2 3 cup QUICK
 
Grains (1 cup)
Barley (pearled) 20 to 25 3 cups QUICK
Brown Rice 20 2 cups NATURAL
Bulgur 6 2 cups QUICK
Farro (pearled) 8 2 cups QUICK
Farro (whole grain) 18 3 cups QUICK
Polenta (coarse, not instant) 8 to 10 4 cups QUICK
Polenta (fine, not instant) 5 4 cups QUICK
Quinoa 5 1½ cups QUICK
Steel Cut Oats 5 3 cups NATURAL
White Rice, long-grain 4 to 6 1½ cups QUICK
White Rice, short-grain 7 2⅔ cups QUICK
Wild Rice 22 3 to 4 cups QUICK
 
Beans and Legumes
 
 
Un-Soaked
 
Soaked or Quick-Soaked
 
Black Beans 25 7 NATURAL
Black-Eyed Peas 8 6 NATURAL
Cannellini Beans 25 7 NATURAL
Chickpeas 35 to 40 15 NATURAL
Great Northern Beans 25 8 to 10 NATURAL
Kidney Beans 25 8 to 10 NATURAL
Lentils 7 to 8 unnecessary QUICK
Navy Beans 20 8 to 10 NATURAL
Pinto Beans 25 8 to 10 NATURAL
Split Peas 8 to 10 unnecessary NATURAL
White Beans 20 8 to 10 NATURAL
 
Vegetables
Acorn Squash (halved) 8 1 cup QUICK
Artichokes (medium, whole) 12 1 cup QUICK
Asparagus 2 1 cup QUICK
Beets (medium, whole) 15 1 cup QUICK
Broccoli 3 1 cup QUICK
Broccoli Rabe 3 1 cup QUICK
Brussels Sprouts 4 to 6 1 cup QUICK
Butternut Squash (1-inch cubes) 5 1 cup QUICK
Cabbage (quartered) 4 to 6 1 cup QUICK
Beets (medium, whole) 15 1 cup QUICK
Cauliflower (whole) 12 to 15 1 cup QUICK
Collard Greens 5 to 10 1 cup QUICK
Corn on the Cob 2 to 3 1 cup QUICK
Eggplant 3 to 4 1 cup QUICK
Fennel (wedges) 4 1 cup QUICK
Green Beans 3 to 4 1 cup QUICK
Kale 4 1 cup QUICK
Leeks (1-inch pieces) 4 1 cup QUICK
Parsnips (1-inch chunks) 4 to 5 1 cup QUICK
Potatoes (1-inch chunks or small whole) 6 to 8 1 cup QUICK
Rutabaga (1-inch chunks) 4 1 cup QUICK
Spaghetti Squash (halved) 12 to 15 1 cup QUICK
Sweet Potatoes (1-inch chunks) 4 to 5 1 cup QUICK
Swiss Chard 2 1 cup QUICK
Turnips (1-inch chunks) 3 to 4 1 cup QUICK