Homemade meals cooked at home with an Instant Pot.
Some of the best meals are made with beef. So since I cook so much beef I thought I would put together a list of my favorite recipes. So here is a pressure cooker beef roundup. Some are from my blog here and some are from other bloggers that I have followed.
Restaurant Style Beef Shawarma
Instant Pot Porcupine Meat Balls
Carne Asada made in Pressure Cooker
Soup is a stable here when it gets cold. So my family told me they couldn’t eat the same old soup again. So I thought why not trying something different. Plus this is great served with a tomato, basil, and grilled cheese sandwich. My family loved this because it was not too soupy but had amazing flavor.
What you Need
1lb of chicken (I used rotisserie chicken)
1/2 cup of lasagna noodles
4 cups of chicken broth
4 cups of water
12 oz of baby spinach
1 1/2 cup of heavy cream
1/4 cup of flour
1/8 cup of corn starch
4 tsp of garlic minced
1/2 cup of onion
1/8 cup of carrots
2 bay leaves
Italian Seasoning
optional – Parmesan cheese
How to Make
First, you will turn your Instant Pot on to simmer and saute the garlic, onion, and carrots. Once they are soft and cooked you will add in your flour and stir together for a couple minutes. Now get out your measuring cup and put in 3 cups of broth and 2 cups of water into your Instant Pot. With the last one cup of water, you will add in your corn starch. Mix it up till the water is thick from the corn starch. Once thick you and the cornstarch is dissolved you will add it into your Instant Pot. With your chicken, you will pull off and pull into slices. You will add in 2-3 cups. Last add
in the bay leaves, lasagna noodles (break into pieces), Italian seasoning. Close the lid and cook for 7 minutes. Once the timer goes off let the pressure cooker naturally release for 5 minutes. After the 5 minutes, you will open and release the rest of the pressure. Stir your mixture together and then add in your spinach and heavy cream. Stir together till the spinach till it is soft like the picture. Now serve and enjoy with your family.
Like many Americans, you may have had lots of Corned Beef left over from St. Patrick’s Day – am I right?
I know we had our fair share – we took so much to a good friend but we were still left with quite a bit. And since we really didn’t want it to go to waste, this was an easy way to throw it in a dish that was effortless (and didn’t require me to heat up the oven).
Corned Beef made in the Instant Pot was almost effortless this year – it cooked up so tender, juicy and full of flavor. Compared to years past… I think I’ll make it in the Instant Pot from this point forward.
In fact… of all the appliances in our kitchen this one might just be right at the top. One of my favorite things about this Instant Pot is that it doesn’t require me to turn on the stove.. or the oven, which heat up the house relatively quickly – especially when you are trying to keep temps down.
If you aren’t already aware, Phoenix is in the mid-90’s already for temps, and as the days go on, it’s only going to get warmer, and warmer, and warmer…
I’m definitely not ready for this!
I love the fact that the Instant Pot can help me keep the house relatively cool, prevent me from having to turn on the oven and can cook me some pretty healthy food in a fraction of the time.
Related post: See over 100 Deliciously Yummy Instant Pot Recipes
This corned beef casserole is incredibly easy. We opted to make our own cream of chicken instead of using canned varieties. Feel free to use what works best for you.
It’s a wonderful way to use up your St. Patrick’s Day Instant Pot Corned Beef!
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Instructions
Adapted from All Recipes
Back in 2015 when I jumped on the Instant Pot Bandwagon, the whole “IP” craze was just starting to unravel ~ and I gave in… the pot arrived a few days later and I was in heaven. So I have since then mastered making pasta. So here are my tips.
Why would anyone want to keep their crock pot when this thing IS a crock pot + a myriad of other things?
When you can throw dinner in, walk away, and cook it in half the time – well, that’s pretty darn incredible. With a family of 7, we are always in a funk to get out the door to practice and lessons – so it only makes sense that we invest in something that can help us streamline our time.
One of the first questions I asked myself way back in 2015 was whether or not I could cook pasta in the Instant Pot.
I did a lot of searching.
All I could find was the recommendation against cooking pasta in the Instant Pot, and I wasn’t sure exactly why. But… I wasn’t ready to call it quits, so I decided to use it for pasta anyways (call me a rebel!) and it worked wonderfully.
Disclosure: I have done spaghetti in the Instant Pot, but for the sake of this post, pasta is defined as the elbow macaroni, penne pasta, bow-tie type. Not that spaghetti doesn’t work – because it sure does…. but these other pastas cook so much better.
And bonus: we did use gluten-free pasta and it cooks up perfect every time.
We have picked up organic pasta at Costco, and regular Barilla pasta at the grocery store – it’s incredibly wonderful to be able to make a whole box of regular pasta for many reasons:
So there you have it. Give it a try & let us know how it works for you!
Who wants to try something different? Oh, I know I do and with it the new near and all I decided to start off with a BANG. So tonight for dinner I made something new for my family and the good news is they loved it. So I am sharing with you this simple dinner you can make in about 12 minutes flat. I will tell you my tip is that I make extra chicken the night before. My recipe will serve about 6 people which should be plenty for dinner for us then lunch the next day. Also, I used jar pesto but you can make you own with this recipe.
What you need
1lb of Rotini Noodles
2lb of cooked chicken
2 Roma tomatoes
3tsp of pesto
1/2 lb of mozzarella
How to Make
So for this recipe, you have to be more involved but it doesn’t take to long so it isn’t bad.
I throw my pasta in the Instant Pot with water and lid and let it cook for 5 minutes.
While the pasta is cooking cut cube up my cold cooked chicken, tomatoes, and mozzarella.
By the time that was all done so was my pasta. Which worked out perfectly for this. So next I opened the valve on till I was able to open. Next, I drained my leftover water into the sink and added my chicken into the pasta and mixed in. It helped the chicken warm up a little, you could throw in the oven but I liked it cold. Next, I added in the pesto and mixed in till it was a med green color. If you really want to taste the pesto you can add more. Next, I added the tomatoes in and the mozzarella. My cheese melted and yours mine too. Next, I got bowls out and served to my family. This would also be great to bring to a potluck, BBQ and or anything similar.
If you are looking for a one-dish meal for the kids (or, even for you!) this is an amazing dinner. [Read more…]
