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This Jamaican Instant Pot Rice and Beans recipe is generally called "rice and peas" on the island. It's made with red kidney beans, coconut milk, and added spices. Make it in your Instant Pot Pressure Cooker for perfect results.
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These Pressure Cooker Breakfast Recipes are the perfect way to start the day. Whether you have an Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi, or any other electric pressure cooker, these recipes are perfect. From eggs, oatmeal, grits, and breakfast gravy. Make them ahead or for the morning of, whatever works best for you and your family.
These Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot) Pinto Beans are a delicious bean recipe with Mexican flavors. They are no soak, full of flavor, and meatless.
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These Lemon Pepper Air Fryer Chicken Thighs are quick, easy, and on your dinner table in less than 20 minutes. Juicy moist chicken made right in your Air Fryer.
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Air Fryers are amazing kithcen devices and there is so much you can do with them. I bet you're wondering which accessories for your Air Fryer are worth it and which ones aren't really useful. I've got you covered with this list of Air Fryer Accesories that are worth your money.
This tasty Kale and Broccoli Salad is made with healthy kale, broccoli, dried cranberries, and walnuts and is topped with a delicious sweet and sour dressing. It's the perfect green salad that is full of amazing flavor.
These delicious Instant Pot Pork Chops are cooked in the Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker and covered in a tangy delicious gravy that is full of flavor. These pork chops are the perfect one pot weeknight meal.
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This pork chop recipe has been a family favorite for years. But initially, I made it in the oven and it called for my pork chops to be marinated overnight and a 1 hour bake in the oven. That’s great for me on Sundays but for weeknights, that just wasn’t going to happen.
So I modified this family favorite recipe to my Instant Pot and I love it even more. Same great flavor, but less time and effort.
This was my first question I had when trying to convert this recipe. I had done my research initially, googling the above question but found mixed results among recipes. I realized a few things:
First, wash and dry your thick cut pork chops. Season both sides with salt, black pepper, and garlic powder. Press Sauté and select the "More" setting on your Instant Pot and wait for the display to say "Hot." Then add your oil, then your chops. Sear over high heat for about 3 minutes each side, until browned.
Once pork chops are seared, remove them and set aside. Then add butter to the Instant Pot and allow it to melt. Add onions, bell peppers, garlic and stir with a wooden spoon until the onions and peppers have softened, about 2-3 minutes.
Add chicken broth and use a wooden spoon to deglaze the Instant Pot, ensuring that all the brown bits have been removed from the bottom. Then stir in thyme, hot sauce, steak sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and ketchup. Place pork chops back in Instant Pot on top of the liquid.
Press "Cancel" on Instant Pot and cover with Instant Pot Pressure Cooker cover. Make sure the valve on the top of the Instant Pot is set to "Sealing." Then cook on High Pressure for 8 minutes. After the cooktime, allow the pressure cooker to naturally release for 10 minutes, then quick release the remaining pressure.
Once all the pressure is released, open lid and remove cooked pork chops.
Press"Cancel" on the Instant Pot and then select sauté. In a seperate bowl, whisk 2 tablespoon corn starch and 2 tablespoon water to create a corn starch slurry. Once the liquid in the instant Pot begins to bubble, add in your corn starch slurry to thicken the sauce. Allow it to boil for about one minute more. Press "Cancel" on your Instant Pot.
Serve pork chops covered with gravy. These are perfect with rice and vegetables. Enjoy 🙂
Looking for more Instant Pot dinner recipes? Try these:
Instant Pot Chicken and Yellow Rice
Instant Pot Copycat Rice a Roni
Pressure Cooker Salmon with Creamy Parmesan Herb Sauce
Loving your Air Fryer? There is so much you can do with it. Here's a list of Air Fryer Appetizers you can serve at your next gathering or you can have these to enjoy for yourself.
These Air Fryer Chicken Wings are breaded in cornstarch, air fried, and then covered in a sweet and spicy sauce made with Korean Gochujang. Ready to serve in less than 30 minutes.
Have you ever roasted cauliflower in the Air Fryer? It's the best thing ever! This Air Fryer Appetizer starts with Cauliflower roasted in the Air Fryer and then turned into a delicious dip with added ingredients. It will be a hit for any social gathering.
These chicken bites are delicious and so very easy to make. Chicken breast wrapped in bacon, dipped in a sweet and spicy sugar mixture, and air fried to perfection.
If you're looking for an appetizer that reminds you of a summer, these Air Fryer Steak Kebabs are just what you need. Steak marinated and placed on skewers with delicious vegetables. Roast them all in your Air Fryer in less than 15 minutes.
I love egg rolls but hate the oil that goes along with frying them. Make these Healthy Avocado Egg Rolls in your Air Fryer. These egg rolls have a delicious crispy shell and delicious avocado filling in the middle. Serve along with the delicious cilatro based dipping sauce.
Soup in an Air Fryer? Not really, but the vegetables are roasted in your Air Fryer and then puréed with added chicken broth and heavy cream. Serve in mini appetizer bowls to your guest.
This Jamaican Jerk Pork can be served as a main dish or appetizer. Marinated in a delicious jerk marinade and then air Fried to perfection.
These Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp are the perfect appetizer. Delicious and crunchy. Serve with sweet chili dipping sauce.
This Pressure Cooker Moroccan Spiced Soup is full of delicious spices like cumin, cinnamon, paprika, ginger, and allspice. Pair that with lamb meat that melts in your mouth and chickpeas. That my friend is this beautiful soup.
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I love to travel. My hope is to one day travel around the world and eat the authentic cuisine of every single country I visit. Until I’m able to do that….I’ll bring the world into my kitchen.
This Moroccan Spiced Soup has become a regular in our kitchen. It’s so easy and delicious that it has joined a few other soups that make a regular appearance, like this jerk chicken soup and this sausage and lentil soup recipe.
Moroccan Soup, also known as Harira, is made with either chickpeas and/or lentils, tomatoes, and meat. A lot of recipes you will find will leave the meat out.
I’m a lover of meat and discovered that a traditional Moroccan Spice Soup will often contain lamb. So I made sure my soup recipe had it.
You should be able to find lamb at your local grocer. I usually buy a leg of lamb and chop it into 1 inch pieces. I have the butcher remove the bone.
The addition of lamb is perfect for this pressure cooker soup because each bite of lamb literally melts in your mouth. That's why the pressure cooker is amazing. It's perfect for cooking lamb and goat and getting them perfectly tender.
I make this soup (and almost all soups) in my Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker.
First, set your pressure cooker to the high sauté setting and wait for your display to say “Hot.” Once it does, add your oil and then your chopped lamb meat. You’ll want to brown the meat for 4-5 minutes.
Next, you’ll want to add your onions and garlic and sauté until your onions have softened a bit, about 3 minutes. The moisture from the onion should provide enough liquid to get some of those brown bits at the bottom of the Instant Pot up as well.
Removing those brown bits from the bottom of your Instant Pot is extremely important. It should always be done after browning meats to allow you food to pressure cook properly. I recommend using a wooden spoon for this.
Then add your spices and stir for about 1 minute.
Next, add your chicken broth. Once you add your chicken broth, grab your wooden spoon and deglaze once more, making sure that all brown bits are removed from the bottom of the pot.
Then you'll add your drained chickpeas and diced tomatoes. Do not stir at this time. Rumor is that tomatos and tomatoes based producs could cause some Instant Pots to give off that dreaded burn signal. A way to avoid that is to layer tomato products on top and stir once the pressure cook cycle is complete.
Cover and cook on high pressure for 20 minutes. It will take your pressure cooker about 10-15 minutes to reach pressure. Once the cook cycle is complete, allow the moroccan spiced soup to natural release for 10 minutes, then you may release the rest of the pressure.
Once all your pressure is released, open the lid and smell the aroma...it's delightful. Stir in your spinach until all the spinach is fully submerged in the soup.
Enjoy 🙂
If you're new to the Instant Pot and are looking for a recipe perfect for beginners with step by step photos and instructions, try this Instant Pot Shrimp Paella.
Looking for other Instant Pot Soup Recipes? Try these out:
