cooking under pressure: awesome steak & marinade

How To Make cooking under pressure: awesome steak & marinade

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  PREP/PREPARE
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  You will need a pressure cooker, or instant pot to make this recipe.
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  You can use just about any cut of beef with the marinade. I choose a flat-iron steak because of its great marbling, and it holds up well under pressure.
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  Gather your ingredients (mise en place).
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  Cut up your steak against the grain into 1/2-inch (1.3cm) strips.
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  Combine all the marinade ingredients in a bowl and add the beef.
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  Cover and place into the fridge for about an hour.
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  If you are cooking this in the oven or stovetop, then I would recommend leaving the beef in the marinade for 5 – 6 hours. The pressure cooker gives us tender beef in a matter of minutes, and that “pressure” helps to infuse the marinade into the beef as it cooks. That is why we only need to marinate it for an hour.
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  Add the beef and marinade to the bowl of your pressure cooker.
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  I added some red potatoes (cut in half) and placed them on a rack over the beef. Then I took them out and mashed them with some milk, butter, salt, and pepper… Brilliant.
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  Secure the top to your cooker, set it to high, and cook for 12 minutes. After that time, allow it to do a natural release, about 15 minutes.
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  PLATE/PRESENT
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  My favorite way to serve this is over a steaming plate of mashed taters and drizzled with some of the amazing marinade sauce. And, some crusty bread would not be amiss. Enjoy.
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  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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