The Simple Comforts Step-by-Step Instant Pot Cookbook: The Easiest and Most Satisfying Comfort Food Ever ― With Photographs of Every Step

by Jeffrey Eisner

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Easy, comforting Instant Pot meals from #1 bestselling author and superstar blogger Jeffrey Eisner, featuring color photos of every step in each mouthwatering recipe – with variations to fit your lifestyle, from keto to vegan.  

Aren’t we all hungry for a little comfort? Fresh off of two #1 national bestsellers, Jeffrey Eisner is back with a  crave-worthy collection of recipes that make it feel like everything’s all right in the world. You'll get his “Pressure Luck” spin on classics and brand-new creations such as:
 
Cacio e Pepe
French Onion Risotto
Chicken Gnocchi Soup
New York-style Pastrami
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Cream of Bacon Soup
Reuben Rotini
Korean Beef Bulgogi Tacos
and a sinfully decadent Stuffed S'mores Cake. 
 
These heart-warming, super-satisfying, intensely flavorful dishes are easy to prepare in your Instant Pot pressure cooker. Eisner also includes variations to adapt many dishes to your lifestyle (from vegan to keto), and a whole chapter devoted to recipes that use only 7 ingredients or less. 
 
With hundreds of crystal-clear pictures guiding every step, and recipes featuring easy-to-find ingredients and even easier-to-master techniques, The Simple Comforts Step-by-Step Instant Pot Cookbook combines the magic of your favorite comfort food with the speed and simplicity of your favorite kitchen appliance. Get cooking—and put a smile on your plate.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food, Reference, How To

288 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 2022

About the author

Jeffrey Eisner is the creator of Pressure Luck, an easy-to-follow Instant Pot recipe video blog. A former PR executive, he now runs his website full time from his apartment in Queens.

Reviews

[Tanja · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got this book from the library and decided to just purchase my own copy since it does have quite a few recipes I'd like to try in my IP.

[Mircah Foxwood · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love Jeffrey Eisner’s recipes for how easy they are and how well they turn out. His blue book is one of my go-to recipe books - but it is a “healthy” collection, and contains lots of gluten/dairy free options that make the recipes accessible to my family.

In this book, though, there are a lot fewer recipes that I can use - certainly not without serious adapting. One of his common ingredients is Boursin cheese - and I’m sure it makes the dishes taste great. My family cannot have dairy, and when cheese is a main component of a flavour profile, it’s hard to replace.

I did make a recipe from this book - Mongolian Beef ( though I used lamb) - and it was great. There are lots of pasta recipes - I know, you can get gluten-free pasta, but it’s not as good, in my opinion. I might try them with spiralized veg.

Anyway, if you have no food restrictions and aren’t worried about calories, you will prob love this book. It’s just not as useful to me as his blue book

[Hanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm particular about the cookbooks I use. The recipes need to be tasty but not too complicated, pleasing to both of my picky kids and my picky husband. This cookbook achieved all of those things.

I use my instant pot for straightforward cooking, like chicken and beans, but haven't jumped into more complex recipes until I got this cookbook. The step-by-step photos and helpful tips made it foolproof! American Mac was my first recipe and it was fantastic. I was leary about putting uncooked pasta in the recipe, but followed the instructions exactly and had a delicious meal as my reward. I've already told several people about this cookbook. Can't wait to continue to make more recipes from it!

*I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway.*

[Apilrain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have all 3 books and I use all of them several times a week. I love that they are easy to follow with pictures and easy to find ingredients. I'm also a lot more comfortable leaving my comfort zone and making foods we've never tried before.

Sesame peanut noodles is a personal favorite! And I always make sure there's stuff for making his chicken pot pie (it just makes tons more sense to make it in instant pot!) Next week I'm looking forward to champagne chicken

[Donna Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have about six recipes (that's good for me) that I am going to make from this cookbook.
The gnoochi chicken tasted great and the cheese dip is better than what you buy in the store.
Sometimes I wish these books had tear out pages so I could take what I want and not have to have a shelf in my kitchen.

[Anna Spooner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this cookbook! I was nervous after not liking the "Light" Step By Step book but this one is awesome. Yes, a lot steps and ingredients, but that's his style. This is a fancier style of Instant Pot cooking and I respect that. I've marked a ton of these and can't wait to dive in. I'll update this review after cooking a few recipes, but as a cookbook collector, I already know they're great!

[S. Isaac · Rating 4 out of 5]

I borrowed this from my library and I made quite a few things out of things book. Everything I tried was delicious. We’re not a fussy gourmet family, I have four teenage boys, and most meals were enough to feed us all.

[Suzette A. Haro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best one yet!

I love pressureluckcooking.com recipes. I have Jeffrey's first two books and love them. This one is no exception, it is very easy to follow and has a wide variety of recipes. Definitely do recommend all of Jeffrey's cookbooks.

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know when I get a recipe from Jeffery it’s going to be great! I have all of his cookbooks with easy to follow recipes. He also adds Notes features substitutes and tips. You can’t go wrong with his cookbooks.

[Candyce Sweet · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Eisner’s other two cookbooks, and this one is just as great. Everything I’ve made from this book has turned out great, and unlike a lot of cookbooks I have, I want to make just about every recipe. They all look great. And the concept is nice, too—comfort food.

[Leona · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent cookbook - each recipe is formatted with photos, step by step instructions, and modifications for keto, Gluten free, dairy free, vegan and lighter options. A good variety of 'comfort' foods. If only all cookbooks were this user friendly! recommend this cookbook.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This guy has great Instant Pot recipes -- I own two other books of his. This one -- I'll make a few recipes from it, but most of the recipes are too high carb for me...but I expected it, being a "comfort food" type book!

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The soup section was good. The rest of the sections were just ok. The recipes are easy to follow and the pictures are helpful. An astonishing amount of recipes call for Boursin cheese, which I think is odd. Overall a fine cookbook but not my favorite IP cookbook.

[Twinkletoes · Rating 4 out of 5]

The step by step instructions in this book, with pictures, make it great. Not many other books have that. The recipes are all pretty calorie rich, but hey, it's comfort food. Crowd pleasing stuff here.

[J Bryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Jeffery and all his recipes. Highly recommend this book if you have, or are planning to get, an electric pressure cooker. His recipes are loaded with photos & tips so your dish will turn out perfectly. I’ve yet to find a recipe we didn’t like.

[Carla Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another amazing cookbook from Jeffrey Eisner. His recipes are so user friendly and he makes sure the instructions are clear. The flavors never disappoint!

[Beth]

Some of the most unappetizing photos of food I have ever seen in a professionally published book. Most look quite goopy and congealed. Nothing particularly stood out recipe wise either.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite of his three books.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love Jeffrey Eisner's cookbooks! Fabulous recipes, doable and affordable.

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Library. Beautiful cookbook that is very useful. We are a gluten free family and I appreciated the labeling of recipes and ways to modify the meals. Also, the photos are terrific.

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the format but there weren't enough recipes in here I wanted to try.

[Robin McCoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE LOVE LOVE his cookbooks! Use them weekly for my meal prep

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite of the 3 books out so far (can’t wait for the newest one out next month!!) I have yet to make a recipe I haven’t liked yet. I need to buy new books I’ve used these ones I have so often they are falling apart (this and the blue one, the third book is newer and still in one piece LOL) I have bought these books for my sisters and plan on getting for my sister-in-law who is new to the IP experience. Highly recommend!

[Aprilleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jeffrey Eisner does it again with a wonderful new assortment of recipes for the Instant Pot with an air-fryer lid. If you don't have an air-fryer lid, no worries because the 18 recipes that use it either have oven roasting instructions as well, or the air-fryer portion is optional.

No nutritional information is included, but serving numbers and a wealth of information about prep and cooking times are provided. Each recipe includes a "Lighter Comforts" tip to reduce sodium, or make it dairy-free or vegetarian, and a "Jeff's Tips" tip with a variety of useful information about ingredients, prep, cooking, or serving options.

Reading through the recipes says many of these should be eaten in moderation, but that's the whole point of comfort food, isn't it? Among the most intriguing recipes for my household: Corned Beef Hash, Potato Leek Soup, Ginger-Scallion Chicken & Rice, Black Pepper Beef, and Garlic Mashed Potatoes.