Instant Pot Meat Bread Easy Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Can you bake in an Instant Pot? ›

Not only that—Instant Pots can slow cook, roast, bake, steam, air fry, and dehydrate countless ingredients, helping to create some of the most tasty and memorable dishes.

Stretch a piece of plastic wrap across the top of the Instant Pot, then press the “Yogurt” button, making sure it is set to “Normal,” as opposed to “More” or “Less.” What is this? Then step back and let the yeast do their thing until your dough has expanded however much your recipe says it should.

Set a timer for 30 minutes. Check the dough to see if it has doubled after those 30 minutes; if not, take a peek every 10 minutes after up to 60 minutes. Cut your bread recipe's proofing time in half, and that should be about when your Instant Pot bread proofing is complete for the first proof.

Anyhow, in an essence, this is my 36 hour instant pot sourdough starter. The process consists of five feedings (a process of removing and adding more flour to the mixture). I use whole wheat flour, NY tap water, a wooden spoon and a 16 oz mason jar for this.

If you're wondering as to what you can bake in a pressure cooker, know that once you have created an oven-like environment in your Xpress Cooker, you can use it to bake virtually anything - bread, cookies, cake, etc.

“If the dough has risen too long, it's going to feel fragile and might even collapse as you poke it,” says Maggie. If this is the case, there's a chance you can save your dough by giving it a quick re-shape. Learn more about this fix in our blog on saving overproofed dough.

The proofing time for bread dough varies based on the dough's makeup (amount of preferment, flour choices, and hydration) and the temperature at which it's proofed. The dough should generally be proofed for around 1 to 4 hours at a warm temperature or overnight (or more) at a cold refrigerator temperature.

But almost as good as a proofing box is taking a Mason jar filled halfway up with water, microwaving it for two minutes, then putting your bowl of dough into the microwave with the jar to rise. The other thing you can do is place your lidded container or bowl of dough into a second, larger bowl of warm water.

Yeast is too hot Yeast may have been dissolved in water that was too hot, or the liquid ingredients in the recipe may be too hot, causing the yeast to die. Yeast needs to be warm - not too hot, not too cold. Yeast is too cold If the other ingredients are too cold, it could cause some of the yeast to die.

If a recipe using instant yeast calls for the dough to “double in size, about 1 hour,” you may want to mentally add 15 to 20 minutes to this time if you're using active dry yeast.

Can I use dry yeast instead of sourdough starter? ›

Generally, you can substitute a packet of yeast for 100g of sourdough starter. If your recipe uses less than a packet of yeast, you can use less sourdough starter, however it won't make too much difference because of the way wild yeast works.

The container you choose for your starter is really up to you. I prefer to use a 16 ounce, mason jar with a wide mouth. The clear sides allow me to easily see the appearance and changes in my starter and the wide mouth makes stirring my starter easier.

These handy airtight containers are great for food fermentation, whether it be to top up your kimchi supply or store your sourdough starter. The anaerobic environment these pickling jars create make them the perfect fit for food fermentation, and their glass material ensures that no BPA chemicals can enter.

To proof bread in the oven, place a glass baking dish on the bottom rack of the oven and fill it with boiling water. Stash your dough on the middle or top rack and shut the door. The steam and heat from the boiling water will create a warm and steamy environment for the dough—exactly what you want for a good rise.

The process is pretty straightforward. Put the dough in a greased bowl, cover with cling film or a damp tea towel. If your kitchen is warm, you can let the dough rise on your counter. But if your kitchen is cool, place the covered bowl of dough over a pan of warm to hot water and leave it on your counter.