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This recipe uses Cashew Cream, Almond flour and Coconut flour. (homemade which takes a day. See Below..Or buy Cashew milk from the grocery store). It can be altered easily to use regular milk, and bread crumbs.
1 Lb Ground Pork
1/2 Tsp Costco’s Better than Bullion Chicken
1 Onion Chopped 1 c
2 Cloves Garlic minced
1/8 tsp Thyme
1/8 tsp Sage
1/2 tsp Salt
pepper to taste
1/8 tsp Alspice
Cloves Pinch
Cinnamon 1 shake (2 pinches)
Nutmeg tiny pinch
Ginger Pinch
1 c Cashew Cream see below for recipe
1/4 c Oatmeal, Breadcrumbs or a combination of 1 Tbsp Coconut Flour and 2 Tbsp Almond Flour
Put all ingredients into a stainless steel bowl. Pour recommended amount of water into your IP.
Place the trivet into the bottom and add the stainless bowl with ingredients in it down onto the trivet.
Put the Lid on and seal it. Set the time for 4 min, and then allow 10 min NPR.
Allow Pork mixture to cool slightly and then pour it into a food processor, and pulse until you have the desired consistency. Taste and adjust seasonings.
Pour it into a container, cover and refrigerate for a couple hours, and use like deviled ham, on Sandwiches, Toast or Crackers.
TO MAKE CASHEW CREAM:
1 cup Raw Cashews
1 1/2 c water.
Soak Cashews for hours until soft or overnight.
Pour water and Cashews into a Vitamix and mix on hi speed until smooth and creamy.
Pour Cashew Cream into a container and refrigerate for up to 1 week.
I have several pics of different batches below, not to limit you in what ingredients you use. The cook times will be the same if you sauté your Meat first.
1-2 lb of Beef pre cooked..Hamburger works well or leftover Pot roast diced (add diced pot roast last) If you want to use all raw fresh Meat, you can cut up raw chunks of Chuck Roast too if you trim out the connective tissue if you like, just lightly sauté the Meat first. 4 cups of rich Beef Broth ( I use my frozen pot roast juice and veggies, even bones from braised beef shank). 2 Carrots 2-3 cups chopped into 1/2” pieces. 2 c Celery chopped. 1 1/2 c. onion Chopped. 2 cloves Garlic minced 1 c Corn. 2 c Fresh green Beans. 1 1/2 c Tomatoes chopped OR 1 can of Italian stewed Tomatoes. 1/3 c Barley. 1 tsp Italian Seasoning. 1/2 tsp Salt
OPTION:
1 can of Stewed Tomatoes. 1-2 c diced potatoes. 1 c frozen peas
Brown the Hamburger, getting some of it Dark but not burned. Pour broth into the pot and add the chopped Veggies and Hamburger, salt and seasoning. I don’t stir it. Add the Tomatoes. Add the Barley and do not stir, just kind on push it down gently, see pic… . Put the lid on the Pot and set the time for 4 min. When the pot beeps allow 10 min NPR. Add diced Pot roast and let it heat up before serving.
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This Keto Bread is actually amazingly Moist and filling. It can very easily be made in the microwave in a cup, just cut this top recipe in half and adjust the melted butter to 1 Tbsp, and mix in a cup and microwave for 80 seconds.
Double one batch of the Krumpets (recipe below)
1/2 cup Krumpet Mix
5 Tbsp melted Butter (not tsp like you would think if you double the recipe below)
2 Eggs beaten
1/4 c water.
Whisk together and pour Batter into a pre sprayed Mini Loaf Pan 6”x 3”x 2 1/4” (inside measurements)
Pour Required amount of water in your IP. Lower a long handled trivet down inside. Put the Batter filled Loaf Pan onto the Trivet. set the time for 15 min on LOW Pressure, and then when it’s done, let it NPR for 5 min before opening.
Remove loaf from the IP and put under the Broiler. For 5 min. An Air Fryer or toaster oven broiler works too..
Remove from oven and very carefully using a dish towel over the top, turn the loaf out and place upright onto a cooling rack to catch the Loaf. cool slightly before cutting.
This Delicious Stew is Spicy. About 2*, and a lot more so if you don’t deseed the Serrano. It’s a cross between Pozole and Pork White Bean Chili. It can be made with Chicken as well. Cook time is the same.
2 lbs Pork Shoulder cut into 1” chunks. 1/2 lb Mayocoba Beans Presoaked or Precooked (see note below about how to) 1 1/2-2 c chopped Walla Walla Sweet Onion. 6 cloves Garlic chopped. 1 Jalapeño Chopped 1 Serrano pepper Chopped and deseeded. 1 Aneheim pepper roasted and peeled (or 1 small can). 1 1/4-1 1/2 tsp Johnnies Seasoning Salt or Equivelent. 2 tsp Cumin. 1 1/2 tsp Coriander dry herb. 3-6 Tomatillos chopped 1/2” chunks. 1 25 oz can Hominy Drained. 3-4 cups rich Chicken or Pork broth or both, and some of the Bean Broth from the Mayocobas if you just made them. (You’ll end up with more broth than this from all of the veggies, and can add more broth later if you think you need more at that point.).
Costco’s Better than Bullion Chicken To add at the end if needed. Have it on hand. You may want 1 Tbsp but only add at the end if you think you need it.
FOR THE MAYOCOBA’s: Either rinse and sort and Soak Overnight (my preference) or pre Cook using the Fast soak method where you bring the beans in water to a boil and let the beans set 10 min as they start to swell. Drain, rinse and add fresh water with :
1 tsp Salt 1 Tsp onion powder, 1/2 tsp garlic, 2 tsp cumin 1 Tbsp Chili powder. 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning or Oregano
Set the Instant Pot to “Beans” and adjust time to 10 min. When the pot beeps, CR (controlled release) Beans are ready to use. Ladle Beans out of liquid into a bowl and set aside for a few minutes while you assemble the rest in the Pot.
Back to the soup. Mix the Meat and Spices. Let the spices blend in while you add the Veggies to the bottom of the pot, then add the Beans, Meat, Hominy and Chicken Broth (or Bean Broth). Don’t stir. Put the lid on and set the time for 4 min. When the Time is up and pot beeps, allow 15 min NPR (Natural pressure release). Taste the broth and add more Johnnies Seasoning Salt or some Costco’s Better than Bullion Chicken if you want it. I add 1 Tbsp of Costco’s Brand. But this depends on if you used chicken broth in the soup. Make sense?
The biggest difference between Broth or Stock and Bone Broth is basically that Broth or Stock (which has Veggies mixed in it) is cooked for less time. Bone Broth is a cook time that is long enough to penetrate the Bones and infuse the minerals, collegians and marrow into the Broth.
3 or 4 Carcasses. (I freeze them until I have enough to make a Batch) 6 C water. 1 tsp Salt. 1/2 tsp Pepper. 4 small Carrots Rough chopped. 2 Ribs Celery rough chopped. 1 Onion rough chopped. 1 Tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
If you have a basket, and want to use it now is the time. Or you can use it after as a strainer.
Put all ingredients into the IP and turn the time to 2-4 hours. 2 for lighter broth. 3 for richer broth. 4 hrs (240 min) for Dark Broth.
Let it completely NPR. The 8 q took 10+ minutes to come to pressure. It will take about 40 min to depressurize. Taste and add Salt or Better than Bullion Chicken now or to your Soup.
You can skim the fat off and reserve it for biscuits, and then either use the broth for soup right Wray or Cool completely and refrigerate overnight or a few hours. Remove the fat to another container.
The next pics are for saving the leftovers for Dog Food.
Mix together Johnnies Seasoning Salt or equivalent like Lowery’s. Mrs Dash Onion and Herb Seasoning.
FOR UNDER THE SKIN:
Mix together 1 1/2 Tbsp Butter,Ghee, or Olive oil. 1/2 Tsp Italian seasoning. 1/2 Tsp crushed Rosemary. 1/4 Tsp Rubbed Sage. 1/8 tsp Onion Powder. *OPTIONAL 1 clove minced Garlic
For the IP pressure cooking, Pour 2 cups water up in the IP. Put the Long handled trivet in the bottom, or if you don’t have one fashion a sling for the bird. Pull the giblets out of the cavity, and pat the Chicken dry. Mix your Herbs and butter Lifting the skin on the Breast, push your finger under the skin to create a pocket, and spoon 1/4 of the mixture under the Skin, Pat and press to disburse, do the same to the other side and then do the same on the lower part of the Breast near the cavity. Then Drizzle Chicken with EVOO front and back and sprinkle with the mixture of Seasoning salts and spices. Lower the Chicken into the Instant Pot, put the lid on and set the time for 15 min. When the cooking is done, let it NPR for 25 min, (even if the pin drops at 10-15 min). Take the Lid off and switch to the AF Lid. choose your Button…Set the Air Fry, Roast or Bake, and set the time… I always set it for extra time so that I don’t have to reset the thing each time I check on it. Lett it cook at 400° for 10 min .
Let rest for a few min before carving.
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TO OVEN ROAST IN THE DUO CRISP. This is for the 3-4 lb Chicken. Use the same Spices as listed above. Lower the Chicken in the pot with the long handled trivet,the same as you would above. Don’t add any water. put the Air Fryer lid on and set it to Roast and 45 min. After the time is up, check the temp in the Breast. It should be close to 155° . Put the lid back on and let it cook for a couple more min, 160° Carefully remove the Chicken from the Pot, let it set in a warm place, it will come up to 165°. Serve up and enjoy tender Juicer flavorful Roasted Chicken
There isn’t a lot to say about how to make the best and most tender Chicken or Turkey Breasts in the IP, except that so many folks overcook them. In my case, I have learned that the shorter, up front cook time, coupled with the longer NPR time on the end of the cycle is what produces the best and most tender meats. This rule of thumb applies all across the board, be it Chicken, Turkey, Beef, Pork or even Fish. Check out my Chicken tips here.Chicken Tips . Here are a couple other Recipes. Chicken Cacciatore IP. Rice a Roni IP with or without Chicken
These Chicken Breasts were the Largest Chicken Breasts that I had ever seen, …over 1.25 LBs each, so I cooked them on purpose In the Instant Pot 8q Duo Crisp+ Air Fryer, pressure cooked on Hi Pressure for 5 min and 20 min NPR. And then did 5 min under the Air Fryer @ 400° .
2 large Chicken Breasts Bone in and Skin on. 1-2 tsp Seasonings 1 c Chicken Broth or water for the Liquid to bring the pot to pressure.
Mrs Dash Onion and Herb. Johnnies seasoning salt. Italian seasoning. Drizzle with Evoo, and sprinkle both sides fairly liberally with seasoning mixture. Add recommended liquid to the pot. Chicken Broth is a good replacement for Water. Place the Trivet into the Instant Pot and set the Breasts on the Trivet, bone side down. Put the lid on and set the time for 5 min, and then when the time is up, let it NPR for 20 min, even if the pin drops at 15. Check for doneness. If not quite there, turn the pot off and on again to Sauté, and put the lid on for a couple min.
FOR ORGANIC Chicken Breasts:
Tender and juicy!
2 normal sized Organic boneless skinless Breasts
1 tsp regular Better than Bullion Chicken
1 c Water
1 tsp Johnnies seasoning or garlic and herb seasoning or 1/2 n 1/2 each.
Place seasoned Chicken on the trivet
Set the pot to Low Pressure and the time for 3 min. Allow 10 min NPR.
Open immediately and remove Chicken…the pin should have dropped before the NPR is up.
The first 5 pics are from one Batch. there are several ways to make this, just like any other Soup. ? have fun with your PHO.
You can use Chicken or Pork in place of Beef, but it has to be pre cooked for food safety reasons. Read through this Recipe first because the process goes pretty fast but it takes a bit of planning.
FOR THE BROTH:
I love to buy Chicken, Beef and Pork Bones and make the Broth the Day Before. To do this, I Season them with EVOO, Johnnies, ( or something like Lowery’s would work) Mrs Dash “Onion and Herb”, and if for some Kick, Slap Ya Mama Seasoning. Then I Oven Roast on 325° convect, for 40 min. Then I flip the Meat and Bones over, turn the Oven up to 340° convect, and add another 30 min. Check them… I still want some of the Meat Soft but it Should be crusty. Makes the Best Broth. Then I put the Bones into the 8q IP and add 6 cups Water. Put the Lid on and set the Time for 240 min. This gives me a really rich Broth for the PHO.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED. Your Choice of Sliced and prepared Meats. Beef, Chicken, Pork Or Shrimp or combo of all. Chicken and Pork need to be par Boiled and freshly done, they will Go into Hot Broth that will cook them more. Beef and Shrimp Should be Raw. 8-12 cups of Broth,….made from about 2 1/2 or more cups each of Pork, Chicken and Beef Broths. I have also saved my Pulled Pork Juice for this. ( the Pork Juice may be a bit Salty so taste it, go easy). Also, no problem using frozen Broths. [If you don’t have all of the above Broths, you can use 4 c ea of boxed Beef Broth and Boxed Chicken Broth.]. 2 Rocks of Sugar or 1 tsp sugar. 1 Star Anise 1 tsp Sesame oil. 2 slices Ginger …Silver Dollar sized Slices 1/4” thick 1 med sweet Onion sliced in 1/4” slices. 1 tsp Fish Sauce. Rice Noodles 1-14oz pkg of Pad Thai Noodles fresh or dry works OR 2-6 oz Packs of dry Mai Fun Rice noodles, to be cooked immediately before serving . (You can also get fresh noodles if you’d rather, from a International Market or use dry. ) Get the dry Noodles soaking for 10/15 min in cold water….before heating them in boiling Water to serve. Optional: 1 stick of Lemon Grass cut up.
FOR THE MEAT. Choose Meat for the Pho. Thinly sliced Raw Sirloin Roast works well for this You can choose a combination of meats for different Pho bowls. You can also add Shrimp. (Par boil when you do the noodles) (2 lbs of Meat total.if you have Meat eaters). 1-2 lbs thinly sliced Raw Sirloin Tip Roast Beef (Slightly frozen is way easier to cut.) OR you can use leftover roasted meats,…or Deli sliced Roast Beef, Chicken or Pork, or pre cooked Meatballs. (Meatballs and chunks of meats should be preheated..just sunk into the broth before putting them in your dish.)
FOR THE GARNISH:
1 large bunch Thai Basil rinsed, drained and patted dry, and cut into single serve pieces. 1-2 lbs Bean Sprouts Rinsed and patted dry. 8 oz Thinly sliced white Mushrooms. 2 Jalapeño sliced thin. 4 Scallions sliced into 1/4” pieces. 2 Limes cut into Wedges. 1 bunch Cilantro , washed and shaken then patted dry. Cut into 2” pieces.
*Optional, Precooked Bok Choy
Lay out all the Garnish in a small Casserole Dish to serve.
FOR THE SAUCE. 1/2 c Hoisin Sauce. 1/4 c Plumb Sauce. Thai Garlic Chili sauce 1-2 tsp Shriracha depending on how hot you want it. Adjust to taste. Mix sauce in a bowl and set aside.
DIRECTIONS:
I mentioned above to pre prep your Noodles and Sauce. Also have larger Pot full of Hot simmering Water in another IP or on the Stove…ready to dunk the Rice Noodles into for a couple or three of minutes, just prior to serving. These need to be served right away.
Lay your pre cooked Meats out in a Casserole Dish for people to choose from. Set the Garnish and Sauce close, so that Everyone can get to them easily.
Keep your Raw Meat/Shrimp Separate from the precooked meats. It’s also very important that your Broth stays Boiling Hot if you are using Raw Beef, the Broth will cook it as you ladle it over the Meat. Shrimp should be pre par boiled.
Pour all Broth ingredients into the Instant Pot and set the time for 4 minutes. When it’s done Open the Pot and taste it, and add more Sesame Oil or Fish Sauce. Turn the pot off and then on again to Saute Med, or Sauté Low…until your ready for the Broth.
Right before serving, drain the cold water off of your soaked Noodles and Carefully put them into the simmering water to heat and cook. It only takes a couple of minutes max to heat them…..drain and serve right away into individuals Bowls with a spaghetti server. Make sure at this point that the Broth is bubbling hot and ready to go.
Serve your chosen Meat in individual bowls, then ladle some cooked Noodles into the Bowl and then Ladle hot Broth over the noodles and Meat. Let everyone Garnish their own soup and Sauce.
Here I seasoned one side and roasted them then Flipped them after 40 minAfter I flipped them over I Seasoned this side with Mrs Dash “Onion and Herb” and Johnnies Seasoning
3 lb Atlantic SalmonThis one is about 2 lb Red Salmon.
Oven 475°
1-3 lb Salmon Filet. Atlantic or Red EVOO. 1 lemon Sliced really thinly. Lemon Juice. Mrs Dash Onion and Herb seasoning (purple top). Fresh Dill or Dill Weed. 1/2 cup thinly sliced Onion. 1 Tomato sliced thinly, or just you can use Campari’s or cherry tomatoes.
Drizzle Salmon with Lemon juice, then spritz with EVOO and. Sprinkle with Mrs Dash Onion and Herb spice mix, then place thinly sliced Tomatoes, lemon and then Onions on top, then tomatoes and Lemon. Sprinkle the top with Dill.
Bake at 475° for 10 ish min. Less time if the filet is smaller 5-7 min for 2 lb fillets. Check for doneness. It should still have a bit of red (for red salmon) or dark pink for Atlantic. If not done, Broil for 2-3 min… careful, it can over cook quickly.