A while back I got an Instant pot - and I LOVE it!!!! I can make so many things in it !! I still am a HUGE Crockpot fan... If you knew me in my pick up kids, and run to a gazillion hours of sport/ animal/ robot practices days - you know I make a mean Crockpot lasagna, and well, just about anything....
So it is time to ramp up my Instant pot abilities.
It has saved me many times when I did not prepare anything for dinner.
It has taken frozen meat and made us Fajitas, and soup, and baked potato's, and hardboiled eggs....
But!! I had a new plan in mind...
I wondered if I could make my Chili at lunchtime, and then leave it on the Slow cook mode, and still have a great meal in the evening.
Spring is coming, and so we have a LOT to do outside, and lunchtime seems to be the time I am free to cook - evening finds me outside until dark.... ( even last night, with the threat of snow coming and awful million mile an hour winds.... I had things to do!)
So I made my Chili at lunchtime ( 1pm) planning to eat about 7:30 pm....
Ready?
First I turned the pot to sauté - and I sautéed Diced bell peppers and diced onions
then I added the raw ground beef, and sautéed it until cooked. we are beef eaters - I used 2 pounds.
I turned off the saute - and started adding:
I had 3/4 of a jar of spaghetti sauce left from Sunday night ( I made pizza!! go me)
Next came a can of Drained Kidney beans, and drained Pinto beans
It started looking yummy.... but you know - I had a bag of mini carrots in the Fridge, so I diced those and added.... oh!! and I had a bag of frozen corn... so I added it...
Stirred everything up. I decided it needed a little more liquid... so added a cup of water.
Closed the lid and hit pressure cook - set the timer for 15minutes
When the timer went off, I let the Vent come down for 15 minutes before releasing the vent.. and taste tested!!
You know what I forgot? Garlic....so I added a little Garlic Salt....
and turned it to slow cook ( with the lid on)
At 8pm - when we finally broke for dinner... I was HAPPY!!!
Yummy Chili in my Tummy!!!
Of course, we served it with Fritos, Shredded Cheese - and for me Sour cream
Chili is the one thing that I do LOVE leftover - so after we ate, we divided it up, and I have enough for lunch today and tomorrow!! Yay!! ( ps! for both of us!!)
Here is a link to the Instant Pot that I have : Click here
Do you have a favorite Instant Pot recipe? Share it with me... remember tho - I am that Pain in the Tocus eater - can't have gluten, nuts, pineapple....
Oh yes, and I probably jinxed the weather - we woke up to snow.... and gloomy skies...
A great day to stay inside and quilt!!!
