Last night I made pork tenderloin in the pressure cooker. The entire meal took 12 minutes to cook! Having never made pork tenderloin before, I had no idea it would shrink as much as it did. I suspect it was over cooked, but was assured by my meat eating honey that it was delicious and moist.
The last two weeks, I've had to work many nights until 11 or 12 at night. More than ever, I am looking to the pressure cooker to help lessen the cooking time on some of the meals I make for mom. I'm also looking to do entire meals in one pot. And I'm interested in the nutritional benefits of cooking with this method (less loss of vitamins and minerals).
I hope to make a new delivery to mom by the end of the week. Here is what the menu is starting to look like:
MENU
*Pork Tenderloin with roasted potatoes and carrots
*Lemon garlic chicken breasts with cognac wine sauce, brown rice risotto with peas and shaved parmesan, asparagus
*Beef stroganoff with brocolli and whole wheat egg noodles
Tomorrow I'm planning on making the stroganoff. So far, it's feeling much easier for my schedule to make mom's meals one dish at a time over a period of days rather than all at once in a one-day marathon.
I'll have to see what kind of fish to include in this batch of meals. Mom always loves to have a fish option.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Pressure Cooker Deliciousness
Tonight I cooked two dishes in the pressure cooker: brown rice risotto and lemon garlic marinated chicken breasts.
The rice dish was unbelievably delicious--the recipe called it risotto, which I didn't believe could be done in a pressure cooker. It's not Italian bistro perfect risotto, but it's darned close! And I used medium grain brown rice, not a short white grain like arborio. It's absolutely mind boggling how delicious this rice is!
The chicken breasts were moist and succulent. First you saute the chicken in a small amount of an oil and butter mixture. Then remove the chicken and saute onion ring in the remaining fats. Then lay the chicken breasts on top of the onion. Pour in equal parts marinade, white wine, and stock (chicken or vegetable) and a couple of tablespoons of brandy or cognac. Cook in the pressure cooker for about 15 minutes. That's it!
I put these two dishes in a meal container and sauteed some asparagus. One whole meal is prepared for mom.
The rice dish was unbelievably delicious--the recipe called it risotto, which I didn't believe could be done in a pressure cooker. It's not Italian bistro perfect risotto, but it's darned close! And I used medium grain brown rice, not a short white grain like arborio. It's absolutely mind boggling how delicious this rice is!
The chicken breasts were moist and succulent. First you saute the chicken in a small amount of an oil and butter mixture. Then remove the chicken and saute onion ring in the remaining fats. Then lay the chicken breasts on top of the onion. Pour in equal parts marinade, white wine, and stock (chicken or vegetable) and a couple of tablespoons of brandy or cognac. Cook in the pressure cooker for about 15 minutes. That's it!
I put these two dishes in a meal container and sauteed some asparagus. One whole meal is prepared for mom.
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