Best Pressure Cooker Recipes?

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Hi! I'm a newbie to this site, so hope I'm doing this right. I am the proud owner of a new pressure cooker. Unfortunately besides rice and stock, I have yet to make a dish that wows me. I would love some recipe suggestions that (in your opinion) the pressure cooker produced WAY superior results compared to slow cooking or oven cooking. Thank you for your help!

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A helpful article over on Food52: https://food52.com/blog/19650-the-tool-french-cooks-swear-by-to-get-dinner-on-the-table-fast

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Thank you so much for the info. Splendid - my cooking teacher that got me on to the Pressure Cooker was French as well!

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Welcome, Intothedish!

All of these made it into our regular rotation:

Pork Chile Verde - http://www.seriouseats.com/2017/03/the-food-lab-easy-pressure-cooker-chile-verde-with-pork.html. Good as written, we prefer to add an additional diced anaheim and diced jalapeño after cooking, to add a pop of flavor. If you make this for tacos, do NOT add the pork back into the sauce, add some of the sauce to the pork to prevent it from being too wet. If you like slow cookers for their dump-and-cook convenience, you'll love this. 

Tomato Sauce - http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/10/how-to-make-quick-pressure-cooker-red-sauce.html. For this one, I go all in with real San Marzano tomatoes (make sure the DOP mark is on the label), they make all the difference. 

Split Pea Soup - http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/10/30-minute-pressure-cooker-split-pea-soup-recipe.html. Do the quick release, it's almost magic what it does to the soup. 

Pot Roast and Potatoes - http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/classic-pot-roast-and-potatoes/. I've been known to omit the 'shrooms and add some onion soup mix, anchovy paste and soy sauce instead. Still yummy. And I use half the liquid, it's plenty, but I use a smaller roast and don't need a ton of gravy. 

Senate Bean Soup - http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Classic-Senate-Bean-Soup. I adapted this to my IP subbing chicken broth for half the water, and cooking for 12 minutes with natural release. 

Chile Colorado - http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/easy-pressure-cooker-chile-colorado-smothered-burritos/. We never make burritos with it, we serve it with rice the first night with rice, and make tacos with leftovers. 

Although not typically made in a slow cooker or oven but because it's so very superior I have to include Risotto - https://www.hippressurecooking.com/pressure-cooker-risotto-in-7-minutes/. No comparison, hands-down better than stovetop. We like it a little creamier, so cook it for 8 minutes. 

I promise all of these will beat any slow cooker version, and the rest are at least 90% as good as a long-cooked oven version. For me it's worth using my pressure cooker most of the year (I live in Tampa), just to keep my kitchen cool. 

Duffy

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