Sous Vide Short Ribs. After some testing, I figured out that 48 hours is the perfect time to sous vide short ribs if you want tender, fall-off-the-bone ribs. Then I sear them on my grill to get a browned crust. 48 hours of sous vide is a long time to wait, but it's almost zero effort to get these amazing short ribs. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Ingredients 4 thick-cut bone in short ribs. (Look for roughly 6-inch long, 2-inch thick short ribs) 2 teaspoons fine sea salt ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper Instructions Season the short ribs and seal them in a vacuum bag Sprinkle the ribs with the ..read more

Instant Pot Cabbage (with butter and bacon). Inspired by Irish Bacon and Cabbage, this is a quick and easy cabbage side dish for your St. Patrick's Day table. (If you want to go vegetarian, skip the bacon and use veggie broth.) [feast_advanced_jump_to] I was looking for a cabbage side dish for my St. Patrick's Day meal. (I'm making Instant Pot Lamb Stew instead of Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage this year, and I wanted cabbage as a side dish.) I came across Irish bacon and cabbage, which is a whole slab of back bacon simmered with some cabbage. It's all about a big slice of bacon with som ..read more

Instant Pot Boneless Pork Ribs (Country Style Shoulder Ribs). Boneless "ribs" from the pressure cooker in a little over an hour. This recipe is so simple it is barely a recipe; it is more of a technique. Sprinkle the boneless ribs (cut from the pork shoulder) with barbecue rub, put them in the Instant Pot with ½ cup of water, and drizzle them with ½ cup of barbecue sauce. Pressure cook for 45 minutes, then run them under the broiler to brown a little, and you have tender, falling apart boneless ribs. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Before we get started, I have to add a disclaimer. I know this isn't ..read more

Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice. The classic Cajun recipe is ready in about an hour in my Instant Pot, thanks to pressure cooking dry beans. This recipe is good enough for Fat Tuesday, but quick enough for a weeknight Tuesdays when I'm in a hurry. All it takes is 15 minutes at high pressure (plus a natural release) to cook soaked dry red kidney beans. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Everything I know about New Orleans comes from television. The mystery of the week set in the French Quarter, Justin Wilson on PBS, and pregame shots of the Superdome parking lot, with tailgaters chanting “Who dat!” while ..read more

Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup. A hearty soup and the perfect comfort meal, with a fantastic broth made from scratch in the pressure cooker. (Or you can short-cut and use store-bought broth.) The broth takes about 3 hours, primarily unattended - 45 minutes of oven roasting the beef bones and 75 minutes of pressure cooking the broth. Once the broth is done, this soup can come together on a weeknight with a quick sauté, browning of some beef, and 15 minutes of pressure cooking. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Soup makes me sit back and reflect. Everyone has favorite comfort foods, but there's just so ..read more

Instant Pot Small Chickpeas. Italy loves Ceci Piccoli, mini-sized chickpeas. I love to cook them in my Instant Pot, where I can cook them from dry for 30 minutes at high pressure. No soaking is needed! [feast_advanced_jump_to] I got my ceci piccoli in my Rancho Gordo bean box. They're so cute! They also cook quicker than larger chickpeas, thanks to their small size. They have a high skin-to-meat ratio, which gives them more texture than full-sized chickpeas. They're an excellent substitute for regular chickpeas in most recipes; I only avoid hummus because the extra skin gives the hummus too m ..read more

Instant Pot Goat Curry, Indian style. Goat meat with onions, tomato, and Indian spices are pressure cooked for 25 minutes to make this classic curry. And, you'll have tender goat meat in under an hour of total cooking time, thanks to the pressure cooker. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Curry goat is a classic meal worldwide, from Jamaica to Indonesia. It is especially popular on the Indian subcontinent; India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal all claim ownership. I'm making a version based on the goat curries I've had at local Indian and Nepalese restaurants, with a base of onion, ginger, garlic, tom ..read more

Instant Pot Sauerkraut and Sausage recipe. Make some Kielbasa and Sauerkrat for good luck in the New Year, sped up with pressure cooking. Need some good luck in the new year? Don’t forget your pork and sauerkraut! Sauerkraut is a love it or hate it vegetable, and I LOVE IT. One of my first food memories is buying a Polish Boy from a street vendor in downtown Cleveland. With everything, of course, including a heap of sauerkraut on top. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Growing up, my wife dreaded her Grandma's annual tradition of sauerkraut for the new year. My love of those hot dogs, loaded with sauer ..read more

Instant Pot Red Chile Pork is an excellent filling for tacos, burritos, or tamales, covered with dried red chile sauce and ready in about an hour, thanks to pressure cooking. I made a batch of Red Chile Pork because I'm working on my Instant Pot Tamales (The recipe is coming soon, I promise!). Then I remembered how good this pork was when we had the leftovers on Taco night. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Pressure cooking 1-inch- to 2-inch meat cubes for shredding is my favorite way to make taco fillings. (See my Instant Pot Shredded Beef recipe for another example.) In this version of the technique ..read more

Instant Pot Chicken Wings (Buffalo Wings Style). Tender, crispy buffalo wings from my pressure cooker and broiler, ready in about an hour, without all the mess of deep frying. A Super Bowl party inspired this recipe. I wanted to make wings, but the weather was bad enough that I didn't use my Grilled Wings recipe. Occasionally, I oven-roast wings, which are good, but I thought they could be better. That's when I tried my trusty pressure cooker with the wings. It turns out I should have tried pressure-cooking wings sooner! [feast_advanced_jump_to] Why Pressure Cook Chicken Wings (And Why T ..read more