How to cook boba pearls (珍珠) - Oh My Food Recipes (2024)

Published: Sep 20, 2018 Modified: Apr 23, 2021 by Tracy O.This post may contain affiliate links

A popular Taiwanese Asian boba drink combines milk tea or flavor powder with cooked tapioca pearls, boba. Wanna know how to cook the best and fastest boba? Try out this instant pot boba recipe. It only takes a few minutes!

Love Asian dessert? Check out these almond jello, red bean ice drink, white rabbit candy ice cream, taro tapioca dessert and black sesame filling tang yuan recipes.

What is boba?

Boba pearls are made from tapioca starch. Also, they are chewy and black or brownish.

How to cook boba pearls?

If you buy boba, each brand of boba has an instruction to teach you how to cook them. Since I have tried different brands and followed their instructions. However, it always takes longer to cook them than it said on the packages. And, the middle of the boba was still not done when I used the top stove method.

After many attempts to cook good boba using a top stove. Finally, I tried to use an instant pot pressure cooker to cook them. Amazingly, it turns out very nice and chewy boba pearls in only 2 minutes! Therefore, from now on I only use a pressure cooker to cook boba. Not only it's simple and easy, but also the inside of boba is cooked through. When you know how to cook good boba pearls now, you will make boba drink all the time.

What are the ingredients for boba instant pot?

The ingredients areboba, water and brown sugar.

Cooking tips for how to cook boba in instant pot:

• Put boba into instant put and add water.
• Make sure every boba pearl is covered with water.
• Close lid and vent and manual for 2 minutes at high pressure. Then, quick release.
• Remember to let the pressure release before opening the lid.
• Drain water and rinse with warm water

FAQs:

How to store cooked boba?

If you have any left over boba, put them in a container with a lid on and refrigerate them. When you want to use it, just warm them up in a microwave for 20-30 seconds.

How long can I keep cooked boba?

Often, it can store up to 4-5 days in a refrigerator.

What brand of boba did you use?

I used E-Fa brand boba in this recipe.

Instructions for how to cook instant pot boba:

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1. Put 1 cup of boba into an instant pot pressure cooker.

2. Then, add 2 cups of water. Next, cover the lid and close the vent.

3. Next, push the manual button for 2 minutes at high pressure. After that, quick release pressure. Remember to wait until all the pressure releases before opening the lid.

4. After that, drain water and rinse boba pearls with warm water then add 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and mix it well.

Enjoy this simple and easy instant pot boba recipe! Also, check out some healthy strawberry banana smoothie, mango popsicles and grass jelly recipes!

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