Whole Chicken || Instant Pot vs. Cosori

This is my new favorite kitchen tool! Day 1 I was going to pressure cook a meat youtube.com/post/UgkxG-7WiT7ocumjytOpHDFt632PL0pxX… and potato stew, decided I wouldn't eat it that night so I went with a slow cook so I could go to bed and put it away in the morning. I love that versatility! The sauté feature works great and adds tons of extra flavor to dishes, and I can easily sizzle meats in the bottom then deglaze for some restaurant worthy flavors.Big bonus - you can cook a whole frozen chicken in about 2 hours. Amazing! I've seen a couple videos, haven't tried it yet, but I will soon!

Cosori FYI Tip... Just in case you haven't discovered it yet, you can do the Saute/Brown as recommended here by pressing the adjust button to get to 302 degrees. I discovered quite by accident that you can get to 320 degrees if you press the Saute/Brown button followed by pressing the Pressure/Temp button (next to Adjust) immediately followed by the + button (next to Pressure/Temp) to increase up to 320 degrees. You have the same option with the warm function. After cooking has finished & it auto goes to warm, press the cancel button. Then press the Warm button followed by Pressure/Temp button immediately followed by the + button. I live alone & back during Winter when the ground was covered in snow, I'd make a pot of Soup/Stew. The default Warm wasn't warm enough; but after discovering that I could increase the temp, I'd up it so my soup stayed warmer/hot for most of the day & I more or less grazed my soup off & on all day. Found it a good way to stay warm & safer than having to go outside. I've found this useful with several of my recipes but not so important in others. Just sharing!!!

I do this whole chicken but instead of a trivet I halve medium potatoes and place them cut side down, or I use roughly chopped carrots celery and sweet onion. When done they can be tossed or actually eaten. I prefer to mash the tatoes with some lemmon pepper and butter, and puree the very well cooked vegies and broth in to a chicken gravy. When cooling the whole chicken I cook them breast down. This actually increases the jiuces in the breast and they never come out dry. (I learned this from my Grams for Thanksgiving Turkeys)

Thank you so much for this video! I just got an instant pot and after reading the instructions, got the impression all meat had to be cooked like a stew. This looks so much better! You've opened my eyes

Nice comparison. I have The Instapot and love it. Even more so now as I see it’s a bit easier to use in terms of steps.

Positive comments only...this is to show people who want to cook this way because we are in a van or small rv or are a senior like myself unable to just hop to a major grocery store...this provides the information we are looking for....if this isn’t your “thing” that’s fine, but no need to be negative, she put a lot of work into giving us the answers WE want. Thanks for the great video

I have a 6qt. instant pot and a 8qt cosori, and I love them both. Glad you did this video.

I got a Cosori as a gift from my mom and later found out about instant pots, even though they seem to be more popular. I always wondered what the big difference was, so thanks for doing this video!

I made this into a complete meal by adding baby potatoes, carrots and celery,onion on the bottom of the cooker and to the sides around the chicken. I added 1 1/2 cups water. The chicken and the veggies did release tons of tasty juices-yummy broth. I used Cosori cooker.

Thank you for doing this comparison video, I have two Instant Pots and really enjoy using them, but good to know there are other choices!🌷

I was so happy with my 8qt IP that I bought a 6qt IP.. I am just in love with both of them!

I found this video informative, to the point, no wasted words, a pleasure to watch.

Thank you for the side-by-side. This was very helpful. Aesthetically, I like the look of the Cosori better. For me, the Cosori provided better display feedback with the temperature reading and the progress circle as it came up to pressure. I like dark meat and cook thighs or leg quarters -- usually in the oven. This looks like a much more tender and less messy method, as well as saving energy -- oven method takes 45 minutes.

Thanks, I’m so glad I saw this video because I just got one for my birthday and had not used it yet. This tutorial helped me.

Thank you for an amazingly concise and informative video, I really appreciated how complete it was. Minutes per pound rule of thumb, hint on saving left over liquids, and showing both units side by side to see their similarities and differences really helped me understand my own machine a bit more. Again, thank you!

Great to see how versatile the Instant Pot is!

THANK YOU! You have gained a new follower. Just bought a 6qt Instapot yesterday. I was reluctant to use it because it seemed overwhelming, but your videos make it supper simple and easy to follow. Now I feel like I can get my food prep started for my workouts and work week. I plan to follow your tips and recipe ideas. Keep up the great work and thanks again! 🙌🏾✨

Just learning to use an electric pot. Thank you for all of your info.

My instant pot arrives tomorrow. After watching this video I just can't wait! Thank you for making this video it was very informative & makes me feel really excited about cooking flavorful chicken quickly!

Thanks for this. As someone new to cooking and also new to using an instant pot, this was helpful. It takes the intimidation out of cooking a whole chicken.