Description
Pressure Cooker Kale Tacos with Caramelized Onions. Easy vegetarian tacos with a big taste from caramelized onions and pressure cooked kale.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium to large onion, sliced thin
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 3 cloves garlic, slivered
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 pound kale, cleaned and stems trimmed
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup water
Accompaniments
- Corn tortillas
- Salsa
- Cheese (preferably crumbled Mexican cojita or fresco cheese)
- Lime wedges
- …Or your own favorite taco toppings
Instructions
- 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 1/2 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.
- 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 1/2 teaspoon of salt, then pour the water over the kale and into the pot.
- 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.
- 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