I have a digital pressure cooker I got for Christmas two years ago. I don’t really know why I never used it; I think maybe I was scared of it. Well, scared no more. Last night it’s maiden dinner voyage was for beef stew. It turned out pretty good. I need to tweak my recipe for pressure cooking, but it was delicious for the simple fact my usually-cooks-all-night-in-the-crock-pot stew was done in 20 minutes once the pressure built up. I didn’t put potatoes in it but the carrots were soft like I love them. Easy peasy: Brown meat using the neato brown feature, use packaged beef stew mix mixed with 1 cup of water, throw in the carrots, put the lid on, push the button, and, VOILA, dinner was on it’s way to being done.
Tonight’s dinner was fajitas. Love, love, love fajitas. Browned the chicken in the cooker, mixed my fajita seasoning with 1/4 of water and a hint of lime juice, poured it over and added my onions and peppers. Set the timer for 12 minutes and, VOILA, dinner was served. Yippee. Again, a tad bit of tweaking needed but, for the most part, de-lish-us!
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February 17, 2008 at 10:39 pm
linda
Haven’t used a pressure cooker in years. When I used it it was scary, but I admit I used it alot. Best stuffed peppers and goulash…I did not know there was a new design now. The one I had had a rubber ring the pressure would escape thru a valve at the top. If too much pressure built there was piece on top that started shaking and if you didn’t lower the heat it would fly up…Hope you enjoy using Yours… I’ve got to see the new design. Linda
February 18, 2008 at 9:29 am
Nevis
I have to admit, I see the guys using the pressure cooker on the Food Network (Emril, Alton & the chefs on Iron Chef) but I am nervous about using them. It’s not hard? I worry it will blow up and I’ll end up with beef stew all over my walls.