Best Pot Roast With Garlic Smashed Potatoes 8 Qt Pressure Cooker Recipes

PRESSURE COOKER SPICE-BRAISED POT ROAST

Steps:

• Place roast in a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Mix all remaining ingredients except noodles; pour over roast. Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 50 minutes. Let pressure release naturally. A thermometer inserted in beef should read at least 145°., Discard bay leaf. If desired, skim fat and thicken cooking juices. Serve pot roast with noodles and juices. Freeze option: Place pot roast in freezer containers; top with cooking juices. Cool and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a covered saucepan, stirring gently and adding a little water if necessary.

PRESSURE-COOKER POT ROAST

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 6-to-8-quart pressure cooker over medium-high, or in an electric pressure cooker set to saute. Pat beef dry and season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Add beef and cook until browned on all sides, 8 to 10 minutes; transfer to a plate. Pour out all but 2 tablespoons fat (or add enough oil to equal 2 tablespoons). Add garlic and flour, and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk in stock, carrots, olives, dates, thyme, bay leaf, cumin seeds, orange zest and juice, and 1 teaspoon salt. Return beef along with any accumulated juices to pressure cooker.
• Stovetop: Secure lid. Bring to high pressure over medium-high heat; reduce heat to maintain pressure and cook for 60 minutes. Remove from heat, quickly release pressure, then remove lid.Electric: Secure lid. Manually set cooker to 90 minutes and let it come to pressure. Once time is complete, turn off, quickly release pressure, then remove lid.
• Let beef stand in liquid 10 minutes. Skim any fat from surface. Transfer beef to a serving platter. (Discard bay leaf.) Spoon sauce over and around beef and serve.

POT ROAST - PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• Rub the meat well with the crushed garlic, using one clove for each side.
• In a 5 quart or larger pressure cooker, brown roast well on all sides over medium-high heat. If it begins to smoke, reduce heat to prevent burning. Remove roast and set aside.
• Add oil and onion and cook until softened.
• Add beef broth, tomato paste, water, brown sugar, dry mustard, paprika, lemon juice, cider vinegar and Worcestershire sauce.
• Scrape bottom of cooker to remove any remaining bits of meat left over from browning. Stir well until all ingredients have dissolved and contents are boiling.
• Return roast to pressure cooker and turn to coat with sauce.
• Close lid and bring pressure cooker to high pressure over medium-high heat. Once full pressure is reached, reduce heat enough to maintain pressure.
• Cook for 1 hour.
• Remove from heat and use the Natural Release Method, leaving pot off of heat until pressure is subsided.
• Remove meat from pot and slice the meat and arrange on a serving platter, spooning some of the sauce over and sprinkling with parsley.

POT ROAST WITH GARLIC-SMASHED POTATOES - 8-QT PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• Season roast well with salt and pepper (or seasoning mix of your choice).
• Heat oil in pressure cooker on BROWN setting. Brown roast well on all sides. Remove roast and set aside until Step 4.
• Add onions, carrot, and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions begin to brown, 2-3 minutes.
• Add broth and bay leaves. Return roast to cooker. Set potatoes on top and around the roast. Thread garlic cloves on skewers and set skewers on top of potatoes or roast.
• Secure lid (and slide safety lock to LOCK position). Point pressure regulator knob to PRESSURE. (In other words, prepare cooker to cook at high pressure.).
• For electric pressure cooker, set pressure mode for HIGH and cook time for 80 minutes. Press START. (For 15 psi stove-top cooker, bring to high pressure over medium-high heat, then once high pressure has been reached, reduce heat to minimum needed to sustain high pressure; begin timing 60 minutes from moment pressure was reached.) Please check the recommended cooking time in your pressure cooker manual.
• For electric pressure cooker, when time is up, unplug and allow pressure to reduce naturally for at least 15 minutes, then you can quick-release any remaining pressure by holding down the Quick Steam Release Button until the pressure indicator drops.
• For stovetop pressure cooker, allow pressure to fall naturally.
• Unlock pressure cooker and remove lid.
• Transfer potatoes and garlic to a bowl and cover with foil. Set roast on a cutting board. Let rest 5-10 minutes before slicing.
• Strain cooking broth into a gravy separator and degrease broth. Discard bay leaves. Mash chopped vegetables and stir into about 2 cups of cooking broth to make a gravy. Season to taste. (If you wish, you may thicken remaining cooking broth with cornstarch or arrowroot for additional gravy.).
• Mash potatoes and garlic cloves with butter. Season to taste and garnish with parsley. Serve alongside roast. Pass gravy in a sauceboat.

GARLIC LOVER'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• Using the tip of a sharp paring knife, make 20 small evenly spaced slits about 1 1/2 inches deep all over the pot roast. Using your fingers, insert the garlic cloves as deep into the slits as possible. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a Dutch-oven, heat oil over high heat. Carefully add meat and sear on all sides until very well browned, 4 to 6 minutes per side. Add onion, carrots, celery, and 2/3 cup water. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low; cook until roast is very tender, 3 to 3 1/2 hours, turning 2 to 3 times. Add more water or wine, if desired, as needed so that there is always a little liquid in bottom of Dutch-oven. If done in the oven, the temperature should be 300 degrees, and the roast should cook for 3 to 3 1/2 hours until tender.
• Transfer meat to a cutting board and let stand 10 minutes. Slice meat and serve drizzled with pan juices.