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    Home » Recipes » Pressure cooker

    Pressure Cooker Kale Tacos with Caramelized Onions

    Published: Oct 4, 2016 · Modified: Apr 26, 2017 by Mike Vrobel · This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

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    Pressure Cooker Kale Tacos with Caramelized Onions

    These tacos are a variation on my Pressure Cooker Kale. The sweet taste of sautéed onions, a hit of heat from red pepper flakes, and the meaty kale greens all combine for a great taco filling. (Or serve them on their own as a Mexican side dish. I love to stir them into a bowl of black beans. Kale is a very versatile vegetable.)

    I prefer these tacos “street food” style. One of my big surprises on my Mexican culinary tour was the size of the corn tortillas at street taco carts. I’m used to American sized tortillas - 6 inches across for a corn tortilla. (Which seems small when you grow up with standard American 8 inch flour tortillas). At the street carts in Oaxaca, corn tortillas were 4 inches across, meant to be eaten in one big bite. And I did eat them in one bite - lots of them.

    Pressure Cooker Kale Tacos with Caramelized Onions | DadCooksDinner.com
    Pot full of kale, ready to lock the lid

    To make kale tacos, fill a warm corn tortilla with a thin line of kale, making sure to get a little of the sautéed onion mixed in as well. Top with a spoon of salsa and a sprinkle of crumbled queso. Add a squeeze of lime, and it is ready - a couple of bites and it is time for the next taco. But that’s just me. Prefer big, bursting flour tortillas? Crunchy taco shells? Use your own favorite toppings and make these kale tacos your own.

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    Pressure Cooker Kale Tacos - Time Lapse [YouTube.com]

    Recipe: Pressure Cooker Kale Tacos

    Inspired by Rick Bayless, Swiss Chard Tacos with Caramelized Onions [RickBayless.com]

    Equipment

    • 6 quart or larger pressure cooker (I love my Instant Pot Electric PC)
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    Pressure Cooker Kale Tacos with Caramelized Onions


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    • Author: Mike Vrobel
    • Total Time: 25 minutes
    • Yield: 6-8 servings 1x
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    Description

    Pressure Cooker Kale Tacos with Caramelized Onions. Easy vegetarian tacos with a big taste from caramelized onions and pressure cooked kale.


    Ingredients

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    • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • 1 medium to large onion, sliced thin
    • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
    • 3 cloves garlic, slivered
    • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
    • 1 pound kale, cleaned and stems trimmed
    • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
    • ½ cup water

    Accompaniments

    • Corn tortillas
    • Salsa
    • Cheese (preferably crumbled Mexican cojita or fresco cheese)
    • Lime wedges
    • …Or your own favorite taco toppings

    Instructions

    1. Caramelize the onions, sauté the garlic:Heat the oil in the pressure cooker pot over medium heat until shimmering. (I use sauté mode in my electric pressure cooker). Add the sliced onions, and sprinkle them with ½ teaspoon of salt. Sauté until the onions are browned, about 8 minutes. (Stir often to keep them from burning.) Make a hole in the center of the onions and add the garlic and red pepper flakes - let them sit until you smell garlic, about 1 minute, then stir the garlic and pepper into the onions.
    2. Add the kale:Stir a big handful of the kale into the onions to coat with oil. Keep adding the kale in big handfuls, stirring as needed to pack down the kale. Don’t worry about the max fill line on the cooker - the kale will wilt in the cooker, leaving plenty of space - but you need to pack it in enough to close the lid. Sprinkle the kale with the remaining ½ teaspoon of salt, then pour the water over the kale and into the pot.
    3. Pressure cook the kale: Lock the lid on the pressure cooker, and cook at high pressure for 5 minutes (for either electric or stovetop pressure cookers). Quick release the pressure. Remove the lid carefully - the steam is hot enough to scald.
    4. Serve: Scoop the kale out of the pot with tongs or a slotted spoon, leaving as much liquid behind as possible. Pile some kale on a tortilla, top with salsa and cheese, spritz with a squeeze of lime juice, and dig in.
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 20 minutes
    • Category: Pressure Cooker
    • Cuisine: Mexican

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 taco

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    Pressure Cooker Kale Tacos with Caramelized Onions

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    1. cheryl premmana says

      February 26, 2017 at 9:39 am

      can this kale recipe be frozen?

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      • Mike Vrobel says

        February 26, 2017 at 10:25 am

        I don't know I think it would get even soggier if it froze and thawed, but I've never tried it. Give it a go and let me know how it goes!

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        • cheryl says

          March 09, 2017 at 5:34 pm

          it was delish thank you

          ★★★★★

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        • cheryl says

          March 09, 2017 at 6:03 pm

          Oh I forgot to mention... I didnt make the tacos...
          I just used the kale recipe... that was delish.
          thank you again

          Reply
    2. Lisa says

      October 05, 2016 at 9:56 am

      Hi Mike,

      I was wondering if you have a pressure cooker meatloaf recipe?

      Thanks,

      Lisa

      Reply
      • Mike V says

        October 06, 2016 at 7:28 am

        No, sorry, don't have one.

        Reply

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