Memorial Day weekend – it’s time to grill!

I had an…opportunity, yeah, that’s it, an opportunity to look up my own instructions on what to do if you dump water into your Instant Pot base without the liner in it. Two opportunities, to be exact – someone made the same mistake twice in a row. It’s a good thing I have four pressure cookers… While I was drying them out, I took a few pictures of removing the plastic Vent Cover on the new(er) Instant Pot Duo Plus, Ultra, and Max, and updated my What to Do post. The only real gotcha was the Instant Pot Max, which uses a Torx T15 screw. I had to dig deep into my toolbox to find that one. (The Duo Plus and Ultra use a Phillips head screw.) Post: What to Do if I Dump Liquid Into My Instant Pot Without the Pot Liner – DadCooksDinner What do you think? Questions? Other ideas? Leave them in the comments section below. Enjoyed this post? Want to help out DadCooksDinner? Subscribe to DadCooksDinner via email and share this …

Who knew clear broth would be so controversial? When I used 8 ounces of ground beef to clarify the broth for my tortellini en brodo, I got a lot of angry and confused comments. (They weren’t angry, they were just…disappointed.) Clarifying broth with ground meat, egg white, or a combination of both is a trick from French consommé. The protein congeals into a raft, acting as a natural filter and absorbing a lot of the impurities in the broth. When you skim off the raft, what’s left is a clear broth.1 But 8 ounces of ground beef crossed some sort of line. “That’s wasteful” seemed to underly the comments. I kind of get it – It wasn’t a cheap broth to begin with, using chicken wings and oxtail as well as the ground beef. (Let alone all of the vegetables.) On the other hand, an ultra-rich broth is the point of the recipe. If all I am serving is broth and tortellini, I want as rich of a broth as possible. Of course, you can …

A green side from my Instant Pot – pressure cooker kale with garlic and lemon.

Time for a drumstick

Make-ahead meals for a party

Went out for dinner with friends, to a local Korean restaurant, Seoul Garden in Cuyahoga Falls, and had daeji-bulgogi, or Korean BBQ pork. Seoul Garden serves it like fajitas, on a smoking hot cast-iron sizzle plate, and the smell was heavenly as they brought it to the table. Which reminds me…I haven’t made weeknight Korean BBQ in a while… Recipe: Pressure Cooker (or Instant Pot) Korean BBQ Pork Lettuce Wraps Link: Pressure Cooker Korean BBQ Pork Lettuce Wraps – DadCooksDinner What do you think? Questions? Other ideas? Leave them in the comments section below. Related Posts Pressure Cooker Korean Braised Short RibsKorean Grilled Beef Lettuce Wraps (Bulgogi)Grilled Korean Chicken WingsMy other Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Recipes Enjoyed this post? Want to help out DadCooksDinner? Subscribe to DadCooksDinner via email and share this post with your friends. Want to contribute directly? Donate to my Tip Jar, or buy something from Amazon.com through the links on this site. Thank you.

A recipe roundup for St. Patrick’s Day

Tuscan bean soup time!

Don’t talk about the weather…don’t talk about the weather…don’t…oh, never mind. As the wind howled, I dug through my recipe archives looking for this Red Chile Broth. I needed comfort and warmth and a hit of chile heat to buck me up. I found it, and…wow, what a mess. I tidied up the instructions, updated the pictures, and re-posted it. Enjoy! Recipe link: Pressure Cooker Mexican Chicken Soup in Red Chile Broth (Caldo De Pollo Rojo) What do you think? Questions? Other recipes you want me to clean up? Leave them in the comments section below. Related Posts Pressure Cooker Mexican Garlic Soup (Sopa De Ajo) Pressure Cooker Refried Pinto Beans Pressure Cooker Cochinita Pibil Enjoyed this post? Want to help out DadCooksDinner? Subscribe to DadCooksDinner via email and share this post with your friends. Want to contribute directly? Donate to my Tip Jar, or buy something from Amazon.com through the links on this site. Thank you.

It’s been a crazy week, and I don’t have much time for this week’s throwback post. My plan for the weekend? Drown my sorrows in Oreo Cheesecake. Recipe: Pressure Cooker Oreo Cheesecake – DadCooksDinner What do you think? Questions? Other ideas? Leave them in the comments section below. Related Posts My other Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Recipes Enjoyed this post? Want to help out DadCooksDinner? Subscribe to DadCooksDinner via email and share this post with your friends. Want to contribute directly? Donate to my Tip Jar, or buy something from Amazon.com through the links on this site. Thank you.

I can’t help myself. It’s tough to call this a “Throwback” when the recipe is only a few months old. But… I can’t stop making these carnitas. I’m trying to restrain myself, to rotate something else in on Taco Tuesday, but the technique is so easy, and so good – tender pressure cooked pork shoulder with a crispy pan-seared crunch. I’m getting hungry again just thinking about it. Try this recipe for your next Taco night – you won’t be disappointed. Recipe: Instant Pot Carnitas Recipe here: Instant Pot Carnitas – DadCooksDinner.com Enjoyed this post? Want to help out DadCooksDinner? Subscribe to DadCooksDinner via email and share this post with your friends. Want to contribute directly? Donate to my Tip Jar, or buy something from Amazon.com through the links on this site. Thank you.

Tuesday’s Instant Pot Pinto Beans recipe always leaves me with leftovers. Now, I know some people are anti-leftover, but hear me out – leftover beans in the freezer are a fantastic thing. I freeze leftover beans in 2-cup containers, sized to substitute for canned beans. Homemade beans taste so much better than canned beans, even after freezing. Especially the bean broth – the liquid in a can of beans is not great, and I usually rinse it off before cooking. Homemade bean broth is amazing, adding extra depth and flavor to recipes. But, what do I do with the freezer beans? If I’m in a hurry, I’ll thaw them in the microwave and serve them as another batch of brothy beans. But, if I have a little time – and I don’t need much time – I’ll use them in my refried beans recipe, going straight to step 2 and frying the beans: Throwback Recipe: Pressure Cooker Refried Pinto Beans Recipe: Pressure Cooker Refried Pinto Beans – DadCooksDinner What do you think? Questions? Other ideas? …

My family demanded paella. Demanded, I tell you! I was packing for my family vacation at our cottage on Lake Erie, and Diane asked if I was bringing my paella pan. When we got there, my brother asked if I brought my pan, and my Dad asked if he could buy the seafood. Paella? of course…once I run back home for the pan, which I forgot to put in the car. (I had to go back for my hernia surgery anyhow. The surgery went fine, thanks for asking.) Paella is THE traditional Spanish dish, with rice, seafood, chorizo, and a pinch of saffron, cooked outdoors over a wood fire. It’s their equivalent of our backyard barbecue – cooked by the guys, gathered around the fire with a tasty beverage to keep them hydrated while they stir the pan over the heat. I make paella on my kettle grill to add that hint of smoke. Paella pans are wide and shallow to cook the rice properly. Which is another reason to use the grill; stove burners …