{"id":16631,"date":"2016-01-26T20:53:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T02:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=16631"},"modified":"2016-01-27T09:01:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T15:01:07","slug":"not-my-grandmas-pressure-cooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2016\/01\/not-my-grandmas-pressure-cooker\/","title":{"rendered":"Not my Grandma&#8217;s pressure cooker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure how accurate my memory is regarding my Grandmother Ruthie&#8217;s pressure cooker, but I do think I remember correctly the Swiss Steak she made with it.  I&#8217;ve been thinking about that Swiss Steak &#8230; and I have no idea why it&#8217;s called Swiss Steak &#8211; it is an inexpensive cut of &#8220;steak&#8221; that is cooked low and slow with a tomato-mushroom-beef broth.  The result is a fork tender dish of meat and sauce typically served over mashed potatoes or egg noodles.  Mashers is my preference!<\/p>\n<p>I bought a pressure cooker cookbook some time ago on a hunt for a recipe.  I have gone back and forth about getting a pressure cooker as they were somewhat out of favor for a time due do their tendency to explode if not operated correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, more attention has been given pressure cooking with newer and safer stovetop cookers as well as electric pressure cookers.  Enter the InstantPot with the current model being a 7 in 1 multi-cooker.  It pressure cooks, slow cooks, sautes, steams and makes yogurt.  It has automatic buttons for rice, beans and porridge.  Is that 7?  Anyway, it does a lot and after my food blogging hero, <a title=\"Mel of Mel\u2019s Kitchen Caf\u00e9, wrote an extensive post\" href=\" http:\/\/www.melskitchencafe.com\/lets-talk-pressure-cookers-part-1\/\" target=\" Mel of Mel\u2019s Kitchen Cafe, wrote an extensive post\"><font color=\"#424ff1\"> Mel of Mel\u2019s Kitchen Cafe, wrote an extensive post<\/font><\/a> on pressure cooking stovetop vs electric&#8230;I succumbed.<\/p>\n<p>And then I made Swiss Steak.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3394.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3394.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I started with a quick saute of onions and mushrooms and browning of the beef.  My first go so I went with a small test amount.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3395.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3395.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next I dumped in some tomatoes, water and then set the cooker to pressure for 18 minutes. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3396.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3396.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Set the Vent to Pressure vs Steam.<\/p>\n<p>The InstantPot takes about 8 minutes to come up to pressure and then starts counting down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3398.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3398.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>13 minutes to go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3399.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3399.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the 13 minutes (18 minutes total), it automatically changes to &#8220;keep warm&#8221; mode and starts counting up so you know how long it has been in &#8220;keep warm&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3405.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3405.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fork tender meat &#8211; yea!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3400.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Pressure3400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swiss steak that fit my memory, a rough mash of red potatoes and kale with a side of local made sauerkraut.<\/p>\n<p>I call that a good supper!  It might not be my grandmother&#8217;s pressure cooker, but I think I came pretty close with the Swiss Steak.  From the first chop on an onion until I sat down to eat was 40 minutes and 30 of that was hands off, sitting in my chair and relaxing with Auggie.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used the Instant Pot for beans, rice, yogurt, hard boiled eggs, soft boiled eggs and now the Swiss Steak.  I&#8217;m still learning, but have no regrets about this addition to my kitchen tools. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Cat3393.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jan16\/Cat3393.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile&#8230; Cat on a cold front porch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure how accurate my memory is regarding my Grandmother Ruthie&#8217;s pressure cooker, but I do think I remember correctly the Swiss Steak she made with it. I&#8217;ve been thinking about that Swiss Steak &#8230; and I have no idea why it&#8217;s called Swiss Steak &#8211; it is an inexpensive cut of &#8220;steak&#8221; that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16631"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16641,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16631\/revisions\/16641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}