Pressure Cooker: One Pot Pasta

I sift through many, many recipes before trying any of them. Finally tried One-Pot Pasta. It was a hit. I see why people do lasagna pie in the pressure cooker. Still need to buy a pan for that to keep it together.

One Pot Pasta
Prep Time: 10 min      Cook Time: 6 min (Long time to get to pressure)
Ingredients: 
1 lb ground beef (or other meat, even veggies like mushrooms/tomatoes)
1 onion (diced or chopped)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
1 box pasta
1 jar pasta sauce
1 jar water

Directions: 
Turn on your electric pressure cooker. Hit 'Saute' button to brown the ground beef. Add the onions. Then the garlic (for a min). Press 'Cancel'

Pour in dry pasta (any kind); I used a bigger macaroni. Pour in jar of pasta sauce. Fill the same jar with water to add. This eliminates washing a measuring cup!

Stir to mix ingredients. Close/Lock the lid. Make sure your knob is on 'Seal'. Then I was set.

When you are ready (I waited for my husband to get home), hit 'Manual' (high pressure) for half the time it takes to cook pasta. Mine said 10-12 min. I set it for 6 minutes.

It did take 20+ minutes to make it to high pressure because of the amount of liquid. After 6 minutes of high pressure, hit 'keep warm/cancel' so that you don't keep cooking it. When I turned the knob to 'vent', there was no pressure since I had it on keep warm.

Enjoy!!

Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Recipe #2: Pot Roast w/Carrots and Potatoes

When I bought Instant Pot, I thought that I could cook anything in very little time. Well, Pot Roast took much longer. You will need 1.5 hours.

Pot Roast
Prep: 40 min      Cook Time: 45 (beef) + 4 (veggies) min   Other: 5 min (cut beef, make gravy)
** EDIT: Second time: Cut prep time by 10 min. IP reached high pressure after 5 min. **

Natural pressure release. Luckily, we had an appointment at that time. When we returned home, the Instant Pot had released all the pressure. Made the gravy by adding flour.

Ingredients:
2-3 lbs boneless chuck roast (it should be about 2 inches thick
1 Tbsp olive oil
4 cloves garlic
1 large onion (sliced)
1 cup chicken broth
2 Tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 lb carrots (you can put more)
2 lb potatoes (you can put more)
1.5 Tbsp flour (for gravy at the end)

Directions:
My prep time was 40 min since I included searing the beef also.

First, you sear the beef. Pour olive oil. Hit the 'Saute' button on your Instant Pot. Sear all sides (8-10 min each side). Remove beef from heat to set aside. Press cancel.

Before:

After searing:

Hit the 'Saute' button again but set it on medium heat for onions/garlic. Cook onions for a minute or two, then garlic. For deglazing, splash some red wine in. I love to use frozen garlic cloves so that I can have it on hand.

Add chicken broth, soy sauce, rosemary, thyme in. Place your beef back in. Close the lid.
Pressure cook on high for 45 minutes. Natural release pressure for half an hour.

Beef after pressure cooking:

Remove beef to a set aside. Add potatoes, then carrots. Pressure cook for 4 minutes. Quick release pressure.

Now to make the gravy.. Add flour and stir. Salt and pepper to taste.

Cut your beef. Spoon some gravy on top. I placed veggies on the side.

Enjoy!!