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Fagor 6L Pressure Cooker

Reader Reviews: Which Low Fat Cooking Tool Or Appliance Do You Prize Above All Others?

User Rating 5 Star Rating

From Nate

Kitchen Tools and Equipment

Name of product: 

Fagor 6L Pressure Cooker

My Review 

The pressure cooker is the one essential tool, pan or whatever, every low fat cooker should have.

It let's you cook with virtually no fat. Occasionally, you might want to brown meat or saute veggies, but that can be done with a quick spray of olive or other oil.

If these things caramelize or appear to burn, you have the Milliard effect -- and a good excuse to deglaze the pan with wine, stock or even, water.

Fagor is a very reasonably priced pan, with many things going for it.

I own 6 p. cookers and use at least one almost daily.

The p. cooker lets you cook quickly (saves energy), keeps the nutrients and vitamins in the pan (healthy), uses meats and vegetables that are inexpensive (cheap) and is safe and fun.

It can even be used to can.

It can be used to cook almost everything, from breakfast to desserts.

This is the one pan everyone should own. Low fat or not.

Would you recommend this to a friend? 

Yes

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