VitaClay® Blog Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between soup and stew setting on VitaClay? ›

Stew cooks slightly faster than soup setting. It is ideal to make 30 minutes meal (1/4 to 1/3 of total cooking volume), steam veggies or fish. Soup or Slow function cooks gentler that is ideal to cook soups, bone broth, roast. or used for cooking foods with a more liquidity consistency.

For general and deep cleaning, allow the clay pot to soak overnight in the sink in water mixed with baking soda. Add 3 tablespoons of baking soda per liter of hot water. Wash it using a soft bristle brush or nonmetallic scrubbing pad. Salt can be used as a non-toxic alternative to chemical cleaners.

The VitaClay is made from the unique organic unglazed Zisha clay in China where earthenware pottery has been produced from this exceptional source for thousands of years. Unlike modern slow cookers, the VitaClay contains no lead, no aluminum and no non-stick chemicals.

Slow Cooker vs.

While high heat may cook the potatoes and meat quickly, only low, slow cooking can create the tender morsels of meat and flavorful broth that we seek. The stove (hob) will create a thicker broth/gravy for the stew because more liquid will escape during cooking in the form of steam.

The trace minerals present in clay, such as calcium, magnesium, and iron, subtly enrich the water as it sits in the pot. Regular consumption of such mineral-infused water can contribute to improved overall health and mineral balance within the body.

Clay pots provide a healthy environment for most plants. The porosity of clay allows air and moisture to penetrate the sides of the pot. This moisture and air is utilized by the fine roots located at the edge of the soil ball. Clay pots also act like a wick to remove excess moisture from the potting soil.

With slow cookers, many of the ceramic cooking pots or coatings are found to contain lead or other toxins in the pot themselves or the coating. On the other hand, the VitaClay clay cooking pot is not reactive at all, is bare clay (no coating), and has no toxic heavy metal contamination, period.

Because VitaClay is a slow clay cooker, a rice cooker, and a beautiful serving pot as well, your gourmet meals come to the table with grace. Cooking any grain or one-pot wonder feels like magic with our easy slow cooker–but it's really just ancient wisdom.

Is VitaClay a pressure cooker? ›

VitaClay is known as a slow cooker or a pressure cooker, in a sense, but it's more of a multi-cooker. It's actually in between a slow-cooker and a pressure cooker. It cooks like a pressure cooker because it has a micro-pressure in it while it cooks much faster than slow cookers.

Add 1 cup oat and 4 cups water, set on "Stew" for 30 minutes (optional: add 30 minutes in WARM for softer texture and you may add milk to your serving bowl to avoid burnt in pot or overflow). Note: please do not use "Rice cooking" for oatmeal as as burning or "going dry" can compromise the integrity of the clay.

Stews are generally thicker than soups, being made up primarily of larger, solid chunks of ingredients. In other words, stews are thicker and chunkier—and always have solid ingredients. Generally speaking, if there is so much liquid that the ingredients are fully submerged, it's a soup.

Soup Uses More Liquid

In soup, the liquid is the primary ingredient. Soup can be completely liquified or it can consist of other elements (like meat and vegetables) that are fully submerged in water, stock, or broth. Stew, meanwhile, is typically "chunkier." It contains just enough liquid to cover the main ingredients.

Contrary to what some of the other replies say, meat/stew is not a slow cook setting or anything like that, it's actually just a pressure cooking setting, but it sets the initial settings to about what you need for meat/stew, it sets the time to 35 minutes, high pressure.

The Meat/Stew Function

Like many of these specialized buttons, this function has three settings for high-pressure cooking. The Less button is 20 minutes, Normal is 35, and More is 45. Instant Pot recommends using the More setting if you want the meat to fall off the bone.