I made another wonderful recipe out of my Miss Vickie’s Big Book of Pressure Cooker Recipes a couple of nights ago with just a few basic changes. This is one of the quintessential ‘home cooked’ meals that will remind you of those lost days of being a kid. The nice thing about this recipe is you can cook it both with or without a pressure cooker, you’ll just get done a little quicker with the pressure cooker.
Start by mixing up 1/2 cup of flour along with some salt and pepper to taste (I use about 2 teaspoons of each) in a large ziplock style bag. Place in 2 pounds of cubed steak (about 6-8 steaks) in the bag and shake it till each piece has a nice coating of flour. Heat a couple of tablespoons of butter in your pressure cooker over medium heat and then cook the meat till browned on both sides (you may have to do this in batches). After you are done browning all the meat toss 1 chopped onion in the now empty pot and cook for till the onion starts to show some color (I usually also throw in some garlic, and today Mrs. DanGarion chopped up one of our home-grown sweet peppers for this step as well). Next add 2 cups of beef broth and scrape the sides of the pot with a wooden spoon to get the flavorful browned bits that will give your gravy its great flavor. After you have scraped most of the bits, it’s time to reintroduce the steaks to the pot. I like to place the steaks so it takes up the least amount of space and is submerged well and good in the broth. Cover the steaks with some chopped up carrots or other root type vegetables (we slice up about 16 baby carrots) and then cover that with 1/2 cubed peeled potatoes in a steaming tray (I used the metal tray that came with my steaming pot). Next seal up the pressure cooker and once it reaches 15 PSI cook for 6 minutes. After 6 minutes of pressure, remove the pressure cooker from the heat and let it stand till it releases on its own. Remove the potatoes for mashing (or leave them as they are), place carrots in their own serving bowl, and transfer steaks to serving tray. Lastly simmer the sauce in the pot, add some flour water slurry to thicken to your liking, and season to taste. Serve it however you want and enjoy!
Ingredients needed
Flour
Salt
Fresh Ground Pepper
@2 Pounds of Cube Steak (6-8 steaks)
Butter
1 Onion chopped
Beef Broth
Carrots, chopped, sliced, whatever
Potatoes, peeled and cut into small 1/2 inch chunks
Recipe from Miss Vickie’s Big Book of Pressure Cooker Recipes
