Another yummy and quick and easy recipe from Pressure Cooking Today – Spicy Orange Beef. The recipe calls for flank steak but I had some kind of roast, a little thicker than a flank steak, so I used that. Friends were recently in an area where oranges grow and they shared a bunch of oranges with me so I had plenty to juice and zest for this recipe.
Lunch
In the upper left is our salad which was made with a little bit of iceberg lettuce and lots of other greens from the garden – purple lettuce, broccoli leaves (I’m thinning out the plants and they’re young with tender leaves), kale, spinach and beet leaves (also thinning those out). Upper right is brussels sprouts with caramelized onions and on the bottom is the orange beef over rice.
I try to be really careful about not twisting your arms to buy all the things I *know* you need <G> but really, if you cook even one meal per month, I don’t see how you can not love the electric pressure cookers. There may be less expensive places to get them but here’s a list of the ones I would recommend.
- My main pot that I love so much is the Instant Pot 7 in 1, 1000W, 6 quart. It has a button (meaning you pretty much hit the button to engage the pre-programmed setting and walk away) for quite a few things but the ones I use over and over are rice and yogurt.
- If you know you’ll never ever make yogurt, there’s the Instant Pot 6 in 1, 1000W, 6 quart that I believe (but do your own research) does everything except it doesn’t have the automatic yogurt setting.
There is a 7 in 1 – 5 quart, and a 6 in 1 – 5 quart. There’s a Blue Tooth “smart” pot. I hear there’s a 7 quart model either out recently or coming soon. So far, I haven’t seen a need for anything larger than my 6 quart. I can pour an entire gallon of milk into the 6 quart and make the best yogurt ever.
I can’t think of a single recipe I’ve tried in the electric pressure cooker that hasn’t been amazing. Today for lunch, I sliced the beef, browned it in the Instant Pot in three small batches which took a few minutes, added the other ingredients that needed to cook, set it to high for 12 minutes. Then I dumped the rice and water into another Instant Pot, hit the “Rice” button and went out to the greenhouse to water the plants in there. Then I went out to the garden to pick the lettuce and green onions. Came in and both pots were done, added the cornstarch/water to the meat, chopped the onions, zested a bit more orange peel, heated up the brussels sprouts I had cooked earlier and lunch was done.
It just doesn’t get any easier!
Firelei Jones says
Thanks to your blog, I have purchased some of the things you talk about. I love my little ninja chopper! And I can’t say enough about my instant pots…yep, bought one and had to get a second one. It has made cooking fun again. The food is delicious! And fast and easy to prepare! I have convinced many family and friends they need one too. I hope other readers will join the fun. Thank you for talking about the pressure cookers!
diana in RR, TX says
Have made that one it is good. Haven’t had a “bad “recipe from her yet.
Verna says
I have made several things from Pressure Cooking Today, and they have all been great. I just got the Instant Pot, which made the best yogurt I’ve ever tasted.
I’m always amazed at how fast things cook in these!
Tracy Cox says
I’ve been cooking bean soups in my Instant this past month. Yesterday was a minestrone from a packaged soup mix from Sierra Soups. Forty five minutes from start to finish, simple and really good.
Karen says
You know, I have a love/hate feeling for you! LOL I love all your recipes and reading your daily activities. But dang, I spend a lot of money! I had a Cuisinart PC and just ordered the InstaPot, thinking I really do need two! Plus the yogurt making sounds good. I do mine the old fashioned way in an oven for 24 hours, but then it ties up my oven and I have to keep on checking it, etc. Thanks for sharing all that you do. And a side note…your lunches are a heck of a lot better than my pb&j! Now headed back to the kitchen to make more bread…you made me buy a bunch of flour a few weeks ago…. Yep, you are getting the blame on that one too! I might be banned from reading your blog!
Bev Gunn says
Making yogurt today and will make bean soup later in the week. My kids think I am out of my mind for having 2 Instant Pots. But, the first one did not make yogurt, so I had to get the “7”. Love all your hints and am jealous you have a garden now and we still have snow! (At least it doesn’t last near as long as it used to.)
Julie Stocker says
I’m with the other commenters–love/hate reading your food posts since there are so many good ideas, but I’m good with a pbj or grilled cheese, too.
My dd has an Insta Pot for school, using it to cook in her dorm room. She has a serious gluten intolerance, and cannot eat in the cafeteria. A few products have made her life tolerable, and the quick cooker is one of the best.