The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook: Classic and Modern Filipino Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker

I'm thrilled to have discovered "The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook"! As a foodie with a passion for exploring global cuisines, this cookbook has been a game-changer. The authors' love for Filipino culture and food shines through on every page. The recipes are meticulously adapted for the Instant Pot, making it easy to whip up authentic Filipino dishes like adobo, sinigang, and lechon kawali. I've tried several recipes, and each one has turned out flavorful and delicious. What sets this cookbook apart is its thoughtful storytelling and cultural context. The authors share personal anecdotes, historical tidbits, and fun facts about Filipino cuisine, making this cookbook a delightful read. Whether you're Filipino or just a fan of the cuisine, this cookbook is an absolute must-have. It's perfect for Instant Pot enthusiasts, foodies, and anyone curious about Filipino culture. Highly recommended!

I have more or less retired my stove, as I use my electric pressure cooker multiple times a week and find that it makes excellent tasting ethnic food, particularly cuisines that typically rely on slow cooking like Indian, Ethiopian and Mexican. In a sea of InstantPot recipes and cookbooks with a focus on family American dishes like Mississippi roast, pulled pork and beef stews, it can be difficult to find authentic and tasty international recipes. I found this cookbook and ordered based on reviews alone. I live in an area with very little Filipino food and my partner was raised on the stuff so it’s frequently requested but not the easiest to find. I’ve been making a simple chicken adobo recipe in the IP for a few years which is passable, but doesn’t hold a candle to the real thing. I received it a few day's ago and have already made pancit canton and chicken adobo - finally I am able to get the right flavors thanks to these recipes and recommendations. Despite the lack of a Filipino population in my area, the recommended brands of soy sauce, vinegar and fish sauce (Datu Puti and Silver Swan) were available my neighborhood grocery store that features a robust Asian section. Do note, these are authentic Pinoy recipes written with a Pinoy pallet in mind. Many recipes go heavy on bagoong (fermented shrimp paste) and patis (the Filipino version of fish sauce that is very different from Thai) which may be a bit surprising to the unaccustomed eaters - and also features recipes for things like dinuguan aka “chocolate meat”, a stew made with pork blood. However, this is exactly what I was looking for!

I have had the book about week now and I have successfully made 4 delicious recipes from this cookbook - Kare Kare, Mechadong Baca, Pancit Moto and Chicken Adobo. The instructions are easy to follow. My Instant Pot is 10 years old and still going strong. I've posted pics on FB and my mom has been impressed that I've made that many Filipino recipes in one week. My mom's recipes are often labor intensive and the Instant Pot has been a game-changer for these classic Filipino recipes. I've loved the book so much that I've ordered them for my friends and family members. Some have ordered them on their own after seeing my mouth-watering photos on Facebook! I am proud to be Filipina-American and this cookbook has made my childhood comfort foods come to life and become recipes I cook on a regular basis, and not just when I visit my mom in California. Some of the ingredients (vegetables) are hard to find in Charlotte, NC but I've been able to substitute other ingredients easily. I'm looking forward to trying desserts next! Thank you to all the authors who shared their family's recipes to create a cookbook that will be used regularly.

I'm a newbie to the IP family. This book helped a lot with learning settings on my IP. Everyone has their own versions on making their dishes a certain way. Its nice to see different styles of making them. I wish the author would have posted pics of every dish they wrote a recipe for. So at least we know how it should look as a finished product. I follow the IP group on FB and I have also noticed that everyone is getting their books spiral bounded at a local office store of theirs. Its a great idea, which I will be doing myself also. It would be nice for the author to do that with their future books for their customers. It keeps the book more intact and its easier to read through verses creating the book up. Usually your hands are dirty or wet from chopping up vegetables and/or meat, that if you need to turn the page or reference back to a page, you can do that freely. I know its only 5 bucks give or take a few but it would be more convenient to have already done.

My mom cooks her Filipino dishes simply by taste and doesn't use measuring cups or recipe books. I didn't inherit her cooking gene and my kids have suffered because of it. When I learned about the Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook, I purchased the book and an instant pot hoping it could help my cause. So far so good! I'm so HAPPY with all the dishes I've cooked so far. I opened the book for the first time two days ago and have already cooked three dishes; Arroz Caldo, Adobong Manok, and Pinoy Chicken Curry. The recipes are quick and VERY easy to follow. But most importantly, my teenage kids and husband, who are all very picky eaters, enjoyed all three dishes. I'm so thrilled that I can finally cook the many Filipino dishes that my mom cooked for me for them and I'm also grateful to be able to reconnect with my culture. Many thanks to the authors for putting this together. It has a special place in my kitchen! Maraming Salamat!

I have made 3 of the dishes so far and they have been very good. I made the ‘ginataang hipon’ (a prawn coconut stew) and it was exceptional. I miss my aunt’s ginataang baboy with talong and hipon. It’s one of my favourite Filipino dishes and brings me right back to my childhood and visiting the Philippines. My Mama was the best cook I knew but my aunt’s ginataang was perfection and I can’t describe how overwhelmed I was when I took the first bite of this dish from the Instant Pot. My fishmonger only had 3 very large prawns and some peeled shrimp so the bulk of the dish was made up of shrimp but this is a very economical way of cooking this dish (especially as I want to make it often) as enough flavour was imparted by the few large prawns that I had. I have made the cassava cake and sopas too. Since my parents have passed I don’t make or eat as much Filipino food and I miss it a lot. I was born here in the UK, I can make some of the staples like adobo and menudo but I am so happy to have this cookbook that enables me to make more authentic tasting Filipino dishes. There are additional notes to help you adapt dishes.

As someone who is already quite experienced in Filipino cooking, this book has helped me really take things further using my multi-cooker. I have a different brand (not an Insta-Pot) but the recipes are easily translated. The recipes are delicious and I enjoy some of the little anecdotes written throughout the book. Love it.

Delicious and easy recipes. A big help to working moms like me… book 2 please….

We've had the Instant Pot for a couple of years now - great and quick way to prepare meals! My wife is a Filipino, and when we saw this, thought it would be a good book to get. It was. The recipes are from Filipinos that obviously use an Instant Pot, the recipes are authentic - remembering that dishes change from region to region - and being an Instant Pot, ready in a fraction of the time it normally takes. And like I said, authentic.

So many delicious recipes that are easy to follow... I definitely have keep working out while using this book. 😋. Pages could be glossy instead the paper they are. My first book got wet somehow so I had to return it and get a new copy. But it’s a great book!