In the modern world, women try to free up more time for pleasant activities: talking with family, taking care of themselves, walking and attending entertainment events. But sometimes this is impossible: hungry children and a husband are waiting for them at home, who need to be quickly and efficiently fed. In this regard, the housewives choose those kitchen assistants who will help them cope with the preparation of lunch or dinner and free up time for their favorite activities.
Among the huge variety of kitchen appliances, housewives are attracted by a slow cooker or pressure cooker that just works wonders! Let's look at the benefits of each of these options to make a decision.
The pressure cooker is designed for quick cooking of any dishes. She copes well with cooking vegetables and soup, as well as with aspic. A pressure cooker is two containers inserted into each other, between which is a heating element. When using such a saucepan, it should be tightly covered with a sealed lid, after which the products will be cooked under high pressure. The duration of the process is determined using the timer on the cover. After the dish is ready, you need to carefully release the steam through a special valve.
The crock-pot is arranged in a slightly different way: a bowl is installed in a plastic case. The heating element is located inside the housing, from below. On the outside of the case there is a display and buttons, with which the cooking program and time are set.
How long have a slow cooker or pressure cooker been known? It turns out that a few decades ago our grandmothers and mothers used a pressure cooker, which was put on the stove. The modern electric pressure cooker works on the same principle, reviews speak of its distinguishing feature - increased safety. Products are put into the device all together, since during its operation it is forbidden to open the lid! But in the end, you can get delicious stew from frozen meat and vegetables in just 20 minutes.
The crock-pot looks like a large pot. On the modern market there are a huge number of such devices for every taste and budget: from the smallest (1.7 liters) to five-liter ones. The menu consists of several programs, for example, such as “Baking”, “Stewing”, “Soup”, “Grain”, “Frying”, “Milk porridge”. Some crock-pots after cooking remain in the heating mode, so that after returning from work you can enjoy a hot dinner.
But in order not to be tormented by the question of
which is better , a slow cooker or pressure cooker, opt for a slow cooker. This is a symbiosis of two models. The device can cook in one mode or another, depending on the time that you have. And recently in the shops there have also been multicooker-smokehouses, which
produce amazing
smoked bacon or fish.
A slow cooker or pressure cooker will do great cooking soups, stews and steaming, but a slow cooker has more options. In addition, its use allows you to add ingredients gradually, opening the lid, which absolutely can not be done with a pressure cooker.