Use and Care Manual

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Other cooking styles
Sauté
Sauté can be used in place of a frying pan, griddle or at-top grill.
Setting Suggested Use Notes
Less
Simmering, thickening and
reducing liquids.
The display switching from Hot to On indicates
the multicooker is maintaining the cooking
temperature.
As a safety precaution, 30 minutes is the
maximum cooking time and cannot be
adjusted.
Normal Pan searing or sautéing.
More Stir-frying or browning meat.
Stage 1: Setting up the Duo Viva for
sautéing
01 Insert the inner pot into the
multicooker base. Do not use a lid.
02 Secure the power cord to the base
power socket on the back of the
multicooker base. Make sure the
connection is tight.
Connect the power cord to a 120 V
power source.
The display shows OFF.
03 Press Sauté.
04 Press Sauté again to cycle through the
preset temperature options in Less,
Normal and More.
05 Use the − / + buttons to adjust the
cooking time.
Cooking time and temperature level
adjustments are saved to the Smart
Program when cooking begins.
06 After 10 seconds, the multicooker
displays On to indicate that it has
begun heating.
Stage 2: Sautéing
07 When display switches from On to Hot,
add recipe ingredients.
If recipe ingredients are added before
the Hot message appears, it may not
appear at all. This is normal!
08 If you nish sautéing before the timer
runs out, press Cancel. Otherwise,
when cooking nishes the display
shows End.
Delay Start and Automatic Keep Warm are not available on the Sauté Smart Program.
Other cooking styles
Deglazing the inner pot (pressure cooking after sauté)
Sautéing meat and vegetables before pressure cooking is the perfect way to boost
avors, as sugars caramelize from the high heat of the Sauté Smart Program.
When pressure cooking after using Sauté, deglaze the inner pot to make sure food
items do not scorch.
To deglaze: Remove food items from the inner pot and add a thin liquid (e.g., water,
broth, wine) to the hot surface. Use a wooden or silicone scraper to loosen anything
that may be stuck to the bottom of the inner pot.
Yogurt
Yogurt is designed to effortlessly produce delicious fermented dairy and non-dairy recipes.
Instant Pot Size Minimum Milk Volume Maximum Milk Volume
5.7 Litres / 6 Quarts 4 cups (1000 mL / ~32 oz) 4 quarts (3.8 L / ~128 oz)
Setting Suggested Use Notes
Less
For lower temperature
fermentation (e.g., Jiu Niang,
a sweet fermented glutinous
rice dessert).
Default fermentation time is 24 hours (24:00).
Adjust fermentation time based on recipe.
Normal
Fermenting milk after culture
has been added.
A longer fermentation will result in tangier
yogurt. Adjust as desired up to 99 hours
and 30 minutes (99:30).
More Pasteurizing milk.
Pasteurization time is preset and cannot be
adjusted.
Display shows boiL while pasteurization is
running.
For extra thick yogurt, pasteurize milk twice!
WARNING
The Sauté Smart Program reaches high temperatures. If unmonitored, food
may burn on this setting. Do not use the lid and do not leave your multicooker
unattended while using Sauté.