5 Quick Meals You Can Make in a Pressure Cooker

Do you have an old-fashioned pressure cooker and can’t figure out what the heck to put in there? Or are you looking for quick meals during the week? Look no further! Your pressure cooker will come in handy and dinner will be ready in no time! Not only will your food cook super-fast, the tender taste of a pressured pot is to die for!Check out some of these pressure cooker recipes below:

1. Green Beans

• Ingredients: Green beans, seasoning, smoked meat (added after pressure cooking)
• Under pressure: 5 minutes
  

  

• Suggested recipes:
  • Southern Style Green Beans
  • Green Beans and Bacon
  • Tomato Stewed Green Beans

2. Neck bones

• Ingredients: 3lbs neck bones (brown first), seasoning
• Under pressure: 15 minutes
• Suggested recipes:
  • Neck Bone Spaghetti
  • Pressure Cooker Bone in Pork Chops
  • Neck Bones and Sauerkraut
    

3. Black Eyed Peas

• Ingredients: frozen black eyed peas, seasoning, green pepper, onions
• Under pressure: 10-30 minutes
• Suggested recipes:
  • Live Strong Black Eyed Peas
  • Not My Mother’s Black Eyed Peas
  • Ham Hocks and Black Eyed Peas

4. Beef Stew

• Ingredients: beef, veggies, seasoning
• Under pressure: 15 minutes
• Suggested recipes:
  • Mom’s Beef Stew
  • American Beef Stew
  • Nom Nom Paleo Beef Stew

5. Chili

• Ingredients: ground turkey/beef, tomato paste, kidney beans, etc.
• Under pressure: 10-15 minutes
• Suggested recipes
  • All Recipes Chili
  • Food Network Chili
  • Simply Recipes Chili

Note: Always read your pressure cooker instructions before use.

Happy cooking!