Instant Pot

Pressure cooking for the cuts that usually need hours.

Pressure cooking runs about twenty degrees above boiling, which breaks collagen down roughly three times faster. Cuts that need three hours in an oven are done in thirty-five minutes.

That speed is also the trap, so most of these cook in two rounds: the meat alone, then the vegetables for a few minutes at the end.

A bowl of thick soup with rice, meat and vegetables — Photo: Jauhar Musthofal Qulub / Pexels

Wild Rice Soup

Creamy, mushroomy and thick with grain. The wild rice cooks separately because it takes three times as long as anything else.

Total time: 1 hr
Yield: Serves 6

Beef stew with carrots and celery in a shallow bowl — Photo: tomateoignons / Pexels

Instant Pot Beef Stew with Vegetables

Thirty-five minutes under pressure for meat that would take three hours in the oven. The vegetables go in for a second, shorter round.

Total time: 1 hr 20 min
Yield: Serves 6