Instant Pot Gingery Chicken Soup: Best Time for Cooking Zucchini Noodles to Avoid Overcooking?

[bjcj123]

Hi,
I have a question; perhaps you can help me out.
I have a recipe for gingery chicken soup with zucchini noodles to be prepared in the instant pot. There is a warning in the recipe not to overcook those vegetables noodles. But… the step in which the noodles are added gives the following instruction: ‘pressure cook at level high - 0 minutes with the keep warm setting off’. I can imagine that zero minutes will not overcook the zucchini noodles, but I don’t think that it is meant as such…
Do you have a suggestion how long this step should take, to make sure that I don’t overcook the noodles but that they aren’t raw anymore either?
Thnx for your help!

 

[deborahallen]

Cook your noodles separately....then add in the serving bowls. I cook my green beans on 0 time...come out perfect every time. Noodles are different. Someone else may have different advice.

 

[bjcj123]

@deborahallen so ‘0 time’ is then just building the pressure and if it is ready, release? So the recipe might be right then, but misinterpreted by me
Thnx for your quick answer!

 

[deborahallen]

@bjcj123 No problem! I know...the first time I made green bean and read the directions I scratched my head and said "Huh"? It works!

 

[bjcj123]

@deborahallen great! Thnx

 

[bronald]

I am assuming the zucchini noodles are added after the rest of the soup is cooked. You pot should already be close to being up to pressure so 0 minutes would definitely cook anything added like zoodles. I can only add that I would release the pressure right away as zucchini is going to cook faster than beans.

 

[bjcj123]

@bronald yes, the noodles are added after preparing the rest of the soup.