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Sometimes all you need is a fast easy meal or side dish for your kids. My favorite is the Mac and Cheese. It has never been so easy! All the boxed meals are simple and take only a few minutes to make. They are perfect if you are a beginner or just been cooking in your pot for a long time!
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KRAFT MAC AND CHEESE
Ingredients
1 box (7.25 oz) Kraft Macaroni & Cheese
1 1/4 cup water
1/4 cup milk
4 Tablespoons of butter
Directions:
Put macaroni and water, butter and milk in the Instant Pot. Close the lid and turn the vent to a Sealing position. Press the “Pressure Cook” or “Manual” button and set the time to 4 minutes on High pressure.
When it’s done cooking, do a quick release.
Open the Instant Pot the cheese packet. Mix the macaroni and cheese with a spoon so the cheese powder turns into sauce and the sauce is evenly distributed.
RICE A RONI
Ingredients:
Rice of Roni Box
1 3/4 cup water
1 Tablespoon butter
Directions:
Add 1 1/2 cups + 2 Tbsp water to the pot. Add in the contents of the box (seasonings too) and 1 Tbsp of butter.
Lid on, vent sealed. Set the timer for 5 minutes.
Perform a quick release. If foam starts coming out move the valve back to sealing and wait 20 seconds and then try again.
Stir the rice and serve.
HAMBURGER HELPER:
Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef or ground turkey
1 3/4 cup of milk
Directions:
Brown a pound of ground meat (beef, chicken, turkey) in your Instant Pot using your SAUTE function. Drain off any excess grease.
Deglaze the pot by pouring in 1 cup of water. Then add in the box of Hamburger Helper and the seasonings. Add in 1 3/4 cup of milk.
Lid on, vent sealed. Set the pressure cook time to 0 (zero).
Perform a quick release. If foam starts coming out move the valve back to sealing and wait 20 seconds and then try again.
Stir. Serve.
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Cinematography and Editing Provided by: Adam Moffat (www.adammoffat.com)
My friend Lisa from Tried Tested and True also made some Mac and Cheese:
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:45 Hamburger Helper
3:20 Mac and Cheese
5:35 Rice A Roni
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Is it just me that noticed at 4:49 the amount of liquid in the pot was alot but when they added the cheese packet the liquid was not there. Where did it go? You could tell the video was edited. The recipe on the box is for stove top where there is evaporation not the Instant Pot where there is no evaporation (while cooking). You have to use less liquid or you will end up with soup.
No disrespect but rice o Roni is not suppose to be light bright. It's suppose to be golden brown. I've never ever in my life eating rice o Roni that is that bright with no brown in it.
This is the only video I found that teaches to put the macaroni, butter, and milk in the instant pot and making it this way it comes out so delicious. Much better than traditional stove method.
I have an off brand instant pot and have never ever had anything stick to the bottom lol
In the description it for the hamburger helper you say to set the time to 0 and then press the quick release how is it going to cook on 0 mins
How much water did yall add for the hamburger helper?
WHY would you use crap in a box when you can make these meals from scratch. This channel is an obvious joke 🙄
Would the instant pot work with the packets of noodles and rice like the knorr pasta side?
Loved making Mac in the IP so much easier. Thank you for making my life easier girls?
Hi I know this is a old video but I have a question on the hamburger helper one you did. Since the noodles was egg noodles you only done for 0 minutes but what if you use another hamburger helper that has another type noodle, how many minutes would you do it for?
I know you covered the noodle hamburger helper but do you have recommendations foe the rice hamburger helpers?
If I'm making two boxes of Mac + Cheese, should I double the amount of water?
When you said it to 0 for the hamburger helper, how long do you leave it? Does the machine tell you when it's done?
I thought about doing this but was not sure how to proceed.
Best way ever to make MAC & CHEESE FROM BOX~!!
I just perfected white rice in my 3 quart!!! I can ditch my rice cooker!!!! These boxed meals will be so fun to make in it!!!!
Why not 0 for the Mac and cheese like the other pasta? I'm confused. 🤔
Used the hamburger helper option, came out 👌 perfect. Thanks.
If you make the family size box do you have to add more cooking time?
On the hamburger helper you said add water…. how much? Cuz I got the burn notice
Do you ladies ever get angry or are your faces permanently set to "smile?"
question – if you cook 2 boxes mac and cheese do you double cooking time or leave at 4 minutes
are they lesbians ?
Knorrs rice
You added water but didn't say how much ….yikes I am cooking now 😮
works great. i love that it has stainless steal pot inside https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxG-7WiT7ocumjytOpHDFt632PL0pxXRAg and not the one with coating. we used to have a coated pot before, and the coating slowly peels, and i am sure went into the food that we cooked. Absolutely love stainless steel, and will not use a coated product again.This pot has many settings and many buttons, and i need to sit down with a manual to figure out which setting to use. I used the basic functions, and even though i am not technologically skilled, i turned it on and assembled it without any help.Very satisfied with this product overall.
i have not tried this yet. i think this might be our lunch and dinner friday
That burn notice sucks!
Every time I cook Hamburger Helper this way I get a burnt layer on the bottom. What am I doing wrong?
Mix with hamburger