Cook beef for stew beef? (soups, vinegar, carrots, meat)

[karlsch]

I use an electric pressure cooker.

Brown meat, add 1 cup liquid, set timer for 11 minutes, cook.

Add vegetables, add the remainder of the liquid, set timer for 6 minutes, cook.

Done.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by karlsch

I use an electric pressure cooker.

Brown meat, add 1 cup liquid, set timer for 11 minutes, cook.

Add vegetables, add the remainder of the liquid, set timer for 6 minutes, cook.

Done.

I am scared to use one of them. I saw someone almost blow their head off with the lid.

[Mikala43]

Originally Posted by LKJ1988

I am scared to use one of them. I saw someone almost blow their head off with the lid.

Now new ones are all electrically controlled. We grilled some meat that was a tad tough, popped in the pressure cooker for 10 mins with liquid.... it was perfect.

I couldn't eat a stew where the meat hadn't been browned. Mine usually goes in a Dutch oven and into the stove to cook for a few hours.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by Mikala43

Now new ones are all electrically controlled. We grilled some meat that was a tad tough, popped in the pressure cooker for 10 mins with liquid.... it was perfect.

I couldn't eat a stew where the meat hadn't been browned. Mine usually goes in a Dutch oven and into the stove to cook for a few hours.

My mom's had a weight on it that made funny sounds when cooking. She used it a lot.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by Thunk

If it's going into a stew that will cook for over an hour...Cut it into cubes & throw it in raw.

I may do that also.

[karlsch]

Originally Posted by LKJ1988

I am scared to use one of them. I saw someone almost blow their head off with the lid.

Those stories have been around since the dawn of the pressure cooker.

They usually go something like this:

“The uncle of my neighbor’s best friend knew of somebody whose head was blown clean off by her pressure cooker.”

[Parnassia]

Originally Posted by Thunk

If it's going into a stew that will cook for over an hour...Cut it into cubes & throw it in raw.

My mother would brown the meat before adding it to everything else in her heirloom Dutch oven. I make stew in a crock pot and plan for it to cook for way more than an hour. All the ingredients go in raw. The meat just gets floured first.

[rokuremote]

Originally Posted by Thunk

If it's going into a stew that will cook for over an hour...Cut it into cubes & throw it in raw.

Gross. Brown it first.

[Dane_in_LA]

If you have the time...

Season and brown the beef in batches. Then sloooooowly brown the onions in the seasoned beef-y drippings that process leaves behind. When the onions are almost done, garlic and herbs until they're aromatic, then the beef goes back in with broth and the root vegetables. Simmer - add mushrooms later. Thicken with either a roux or tomato paste.

If that's too much of process - make sure to brown the beef, no matter what.

Damn, now I'm hungry.

[OutdoorLover]

Originally Posted by LKJ1988

How do you guys cook the beef? I was gonna throw it in a pan man.

Chunk it and then brown it in the pan, man, then toss it in the (crock) pot, Scott.