There are several ways of quickly preparing beef stew recipe using electric pressure cooker. The easiest and quickest way is to put all the ingredients into the cooker and cook. The problem with this method is that some of the ingredients may overcook while others may not cook well.
The other way of cooking beef stew is to use searing method of cooking by searing the beef first in a pan to brown it. This method is better than the first method because one, the beef will cook first before cooking with the cooker and second, the beef and stew will be more flavorful than in the first method. The drippings formed during searing will add flavor into the stew. Besides searing help drain the juices from the beef and form drippings that add more flavor . The problem with this method is that it take more time to cook the stew than the first method.
The third and my preferred method is to sauté the beef, onions and tomatoes first before adding the other ingredients. This allows the beef and the tomatoes to cook well before adding other ingredients. When beef is sautéed first, it helps to combine well with the spices and build a layer of flavors before other ingredients are added. Cooking beef stew or any other dish with an electric pressure cooker helps to retain the flavors thus making the food more tasty. It is also a faster way of cooking.
Electric pressure cooker beef stew recipe
Equipment
- 1 Electric Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 kg Beef diced
- 5 potatoes chopped
- 3 Tomatoes chopped
- 1 red onion chopped
- 4 Carrots diced into small pieces
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 piece ginger small, miced
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp black pepper freshly ground
- 1 tsp oregano ground
- 2 pieces bay leaves dried
- Salt to taste
- ½ tsp chilli powdered
- 4 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 bunch parsley (Dhania) finely chopped
Instructions
Step1: Assemble and sauté
- Assemble and prepare your ingredients; power the pressure cooker and select the sauté function of the cooker. The sauté function gives you 20 minutes of sautéing.
- Pour cooking oil into the cooking pot in the pressure cooker and let it heat for 1 minute
- Once the oil is heated, add the chopped onions and sauté until soft, Add garlic and ginger and sauté for 1 more minute.
- Once the garlic and ginger are slightly cooked, add the diced beef into the pot and sauté and cook for the remaining minutes until the meat has let out its juices.
- Add tomatoes and cook them well. Add salt and cook further for 30 seconds. add the rest of the spices, cook for another 30 seconds – 1 minute.This first step should take 20 minutes but if you require more minutes, press the sauté function again for another 20 minutes.
Step 2: Pressure cook
- If the 20 minutes are not over, cancel and add carrots, potatoes and 1 cup of water.
- Cover with the pressure cooker cover.
- Select the meat function on the pressure cooker and cook for 30 minutes.
- Release the pressure before opening the cover then add chopped parsley then stir well to mix. Let the stew rest for about 5 minutes before serving.
- Serve with rice or chapati (flat bread) and enjoy
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