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Easy recipe for a great instant pot cleaner

How to Clean a Burnt Pressure Cooker Liner  Pot

water

baking soda

Add water, baking soda, and dish soap to the pressure cooker pot.  Slosh the mixture around to combine the ingredients.

Secure the lid and turn pressure release knob to a sealed position.  Cook at high pressure for 3 minutes.

When cooking time is complete, use a natural release.

The charred residue will now be floating in the soapy liquid.  Discard pots contents, give it a quick scrub with a brush if needed, and viola!  Pot is like new!

Well, this did NOT work for me :( In fact, it made things worse! I had some burned pasta on my InstantPot, so I followed the instructions. However, instead of removing the gunk, it made soap/baking soda/water coming busting out of the vent, the burnt food did not come off at all, and it splattered food rements everywhere inside the pot. And it made a huge mess for me to clean up.

Tried this and while some of the burnt bits came out, not all of it did...and the fragrance from the dish soap I used scented the rubber ring in my lid. Not a big deal except that the cheesecake I made in the IP later on came out tasting of dish soap as well (despite having rinsed out all the components after this cleaning cycle). Wouldn't try this again, or if I do, it'd be with only the baking soda and no dish soap.

It does work in a non stick instant pot liner!

I burned some pasta in the bottom of my Instant Pot and needed a way to get it off, tried this method. The pit came to pressure but, after one minute, soap started spewing out the valve. I turned the valve to venting quickly but it wasn’t enough to release the pressure inside. The lid literally popped up and the water, soap and burnt pasta combination came out the top. It made a mess of the ceiling but thankfully the lid stayed on (it’s almost like it stayed in the groves of the pot and it took me a little bit of muscle to get it off. Anyway, if i has been standing close to it it likely would have resulted in some burns and, if the lid hadn’t stayed attached I feel like it would have went straight up into the ceiling. I used Palmolive dish soap and only a tablespoon so not sure what happened.  Anyway, I won’t be using my Instant Pot again for fear of inurying myself next time.

WOW! Thank you for sharing your DIY instant pot cleaning technique! It worked great! My pot looks brand new now!!!

I'm a brand new IP user and scorched the bottom of my liner last night. I let it soak in the sink all night with dish soap. This morning still couldn't get a single bit of the mess off. Tried this method and I'm in awe. The liner looks brand new and I didn't even have to break a sweat to clean it! Thanks a ton!!

This worked great! Blue dawn works fine.  Really helps to get the pot nice an de clean without scrubbing it forever.   I us this all the time!

Omg.. I made couscous and it stuck so badly on the bottom of my pot that i really thought i ruined it.  My pot beeped saying food burnt so it didnt go to pressure but i did npr for whatever pressure it did have and thank goodness it came right off.  This trick saved me and my pot. I was having anxiety lol..

Instead of dish soap, if you a dishwasher, maybe try a little dishwasher detergent. Powder, liquid or pod (if you break off a bit) should work. Dishwasher detergent is designed not to make suds.

I can not cook, at all, and I managed to burn rice on the bottom, bad. (Forgot to turn off the keep warm..for a few hours). So, I didn’t think this in a million years would work, and it did totally 100% did. Within 5 minutes all the rice came off. Totally never leaver reviews but I had to with this one!!!!

Wow! This worked like a charm. My instant  pot is gleaming. I put it through a dishwasher cycle to avoid the remains of soapy residue/baking soda aroma as someone mentioned experiencing above, but it probably didn't need it. This new instant pot user thanks you!

I scorched my pan making yogurt and it was impossible to clean. I used this tip and it worked like a charm. Note: read ALL of the instructions. I did a quick release and had a sputtering mess on my hands but all is well now.

This is amazing. I had been scrubbing my instant pot the whole day thinking if it will ever get cleaned. This trick is really good.  I used baking soda and vinegar and very little dish soap (foaming one, since I had none other) and this was a miracle.

Thank you for this! Worked great after spending 2 days trying to get risotto off the bottom of my IP.

THANK YOU!!! I had been working on getting it off for two days and then finally searched the internet and found your great advice!!😁😍
It worked like magic. Thank you again!!!

I tried with this dish soap first, suds started flowing out. Started over (after reading others' comments) with 2c warm water, 1/2 c vinegar, 2 Tbsp baking soda. Three minutes on high pressure. Nada. Nothing. No change. I believe all of you and your results, so I wonder what else I could try? I cooked rice in the pressure cooker for the first time, following the instructions exactly, and now there's a rock hard layer still stuck to the bottom. It will not budge. Ideas?

Worked perfectly!! I use Mrs Meyers as well-my pot looks brand new- thank you!!

The only dish soap I have on hand is regular blue Dawn and I didn't want to have a foamy disaster but I happened to remember that I have some Dr Bronners so I used that (same amount, 1 tablespoon) and I have to say the whole method was MAGIC.  Followed instructions exactly and when it was done "cooking" I was able to wipe off whatever had not already come off the bottom.  And it really is more shiny than it has been for a while!!  Thank you!!!

I usually do not comment on blogs but... 
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! After 2 day’s of soaking I was ready to toss my brand new once used pot due to a newbie mistake of putting cream in my pot thinking I could make scallop potatoes. As advertised 5 minutes of pressure with soap and baking soda all the burnt potatoes and cream came right off!

I saw the comments about using Dawn, but that's all I had on hand, so I put in a few drops of Dawn along with the baking soda and water. No spewing suds! This worked really well on removing the last bits of toasted/burnt cheese from my inner pot that couldn't be removed by scrubbing and soaking. Thanks so much for the tip!

This worked!!! Thank you so much!!!!!  I accidentally cooked carnitas without a sealing ring .. surprisingly the instant pot didn't have a burn sign but when I opened the pot it was black on the bottom.  I did the recipe twice and it came right off I was shocked.

It works!

I wanted to leave a comment to express my gratitude to you for this simple trick esp as I am in the middle of the desert without a car and penny pinching, and the thought of having to go buy a scrubby thing added to my list of don't want to dos. This saved my day and my dinners: it works! Now I can use my ip again and not worried about what I cook in because this trick actually works!

Thanks to you and wherever it came from! Did you figure it out by trial and error?

:)

I used your burnt pot tip on my recent insta pot burnt Mac and cheese.  I had soaked pot for over 2 days in sink with Dawn ,still  there.  I came up and tried your sisters tip and wiped out !  It was fantastic! Thanks for sharing. You have a new follower! Thanks for the help!

So this worked great to clean the burnt greasy mess the teenagers made using the airfyer for a week straight without cleaning it.  (I have the duo crisp) BUT since then I cant get it to seal to come to pressure so It spews all of my water out and burns everything.  Ummm now what?

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