Let’s Enjoy Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker Recipes, Delicacy Without Country Boundary

Hello everyone! Today I’m going to share with you some stainless steel pressure cooker recipes that look truly mouthwatering. These dishes are rich in classic Chinese delicacies and have unique flavors of the West. Therefore, you can taste buds like swimming in different food worlds.

Chinese Cuisine

Braised Spare Ribs in Brown Sauce

Ingredients Required                                  

Pork Ribs/Green onion/Ginger/Garlic/Star anise/Cinnamon sticks/Bay leaves/Rock sugar/Light soy sauce/Dark soy sauce/Cooking wine/Salt

Cooking Steps

• Clean the pork ribs and chop them into small pieces. Put the ribs into cold water, adding ginger slices and a little cooking wine to blanch them. Take out the pork ribs and drain the water;
• Pour a little oil into a stainless steel pressure cooker, adding rock sugar, and melt the sugar on low heat until it turns jujube red;
• Add the ribs and quickly stir-fry until evenly colored, and then add green onion, ginger slices, garlic, star anise, bay leaves, and stir-fry evenly;
• Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and cooking wine in order, and stir-fry to coat the ribs evenly with the seasonings, then pour in enough boiling water to cover the ribs;
• Cover with a lid, and turn up a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low and press for about 15 minutes;
• Open the pot lid after natural deflation, add salt to taste according to seasoning, and reduce the sauce over high heat.

Beef Stew with Potatoes

Ingredients Required

Beef/Potatoes/Carrots/Onions/Green onion/Ginger/Garlic/Star anise/Chinese red pepper/Dry red pepper/Light soy sauce/Dark soy sauce/Cooking wine/Salt/Rock sugar

Cooking Steps

• Clean the beef and chop them into small pieces. Put the beef into cold water, adding ginger slices and a little cooking wine to blanch them. Take out the beef and drain the water;
• Peel the potatoes and carrots dice them into pieces, and shred the onion;
• Pour a little oil into a stainless steel pressure cooker, adding green onion, ginger slices, garlic, star anise, Chinese red pepper, dry red pepper and stir fry;
• Add the beef and quickly stir-fry until evenly colored， adding light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and cooking wine and stir-fry for color;
• Add potatoes, carrots, and onions and quickly stir-fry until evenly colored, and pour in enough boiling water to cover the food;
• Add some rock sugar. Cover with a lid, and turn up a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low and press for about 20 minutes;
• Open the lid of the pot after natural deflation, add salt to taste according to seasoning, and reduce the sauce over high heat.

Slithered Chicken with Mushroom

Ingredients Required

Chicken/Mushrooms/Red dates/Wolf berry/Green onion/Ginger/Light soy sauce/Cooking wine/Salt/Cornstarch/Oyster sauce.

Cooking Steps

• Clean the chicken and chop them into small pieces. Add light soy sauce, cooking wine, salt, and cornstarch and marinate for half an hour;
• Soak the mushrooms and score them with cross cuts, coring the jujubes and rinsing the wolfberries;
• Pour a little oil into a stainless steel pressure cooker, add green onion, ginger slices, and stir fry;
• Add the marinated chicken and stir-fry for color;
• Add mushrooms, red dates and wolfberry and continue to stir-fry;
• Pour in enough boiling water. Cover with a lid, and turn up a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and press for about 10 minutes;
• Open the lid of the pot after natural deflation, adding oyster sauce to taste according to seasoning.

Dongpo Pork

Ingredients Required：

Streaky pork/Green onion/Ginger/Light soy sauce/Dark soy sauce/Cooking wine/Rock sugar/Star anise/Cinnamon/Myrcia

Cooking Steps

• Clean the pork and chop them into small pieces. Put them into cold water, adding green onion, ginger slices and a little cooking wine to blanch them;
• Pour a little oil into a stainless steel pressure cooker, adding rock sugar, and melt the sugar on low heat until it turns jujube red;
• Add the blanched streaky pork and quickly stir-fry until evenly colored;
• Pour in light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine, and then add star anise, cinnamon, Myrcia;
• Pour in enough boiling water to cover the streaky pork;
• Cover with a lid, and turn up a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and press for about 30 minutes;
• After naturally deflated, pour the pork and soup into the wok and reduce the sauce over high heat until thickened.

Lotus Root and Pork Ribs Soup

Ingredients Required

Ribs/ Lotus root/Green onion/Ginger/Salt/Cooking wine

Cooking Steps

• Clean the ribs and chop them into small pieces. Put them into cold water, adding green onion, ginger slices and a little cooking wine to blanch them;
• Peel and cut lotus root;
• Put the ribs and lotus root in the stainless steel pressure cooker;
• Pour in enough boiling water. Cover with a lid, and turn up a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and press for about 20 minutes;
• After naturally deflated, add some salt to the season.

Corn, Carrot and Chicken Soup

Ingredients Required

Chicken (choose the whole chicken or chicken legs, chicken wings and other parts)/Carrot/Corn/Mushroom/Green onion and ginger/Cooking wine/Salt/Pepper/Water.

Cooking Steps

• Clean the chicken and cut it into sized pieces appropriately. If you use a whole chicken, you can cut it into several large pieces to easily put it in a pressure cooker;
• Peel the carrots and cut them into hob pieces, cutting the corn into small sections. Clean the mushrooms, and crave out a cross at the top;
• Clean the green onion and ginger, slice the ginger, and cut the green onion into sections;
• Put the chopped chicken pieces into the pot, add the right amount of water, add the ginger slices and cooking wine, boil over high heat, and skim off the froth, cook for 2-3 minutes, take out the chicken pieces and drain the water;
• Put the blanched chicken pieces into a pressure cooker, add the carrot pieces, corn segments, mushrooms, green onion segments and the right amount of water. The amount of water should be adjusted according to the amount of chicken and other ingredients, and pour in enough boiling water to cover the ingredients;
• Cover the lid of the pressure cooker and cook on high heat until steam comes up, then turn down the heat and continue to cook for about 15-20 minutes. The exact time can be adjusted according to the tenderness of the chicken and personal taste;
• After naturally deflated, open the lid of the pressure cooker and season with salt and pepper to taste. You can start with less salt and taste and adjust as needed.

White Radish and Beef Soup

Ingredients Required：

Beef/White radish/Green onion and ginger/Cooking wine/Salt/Pepper/Light soy sauce/Dark soy sauce/Star anise/Cinnamon/Bay leaves/Clearwater.

Cooking Steps

• Clean the beef and cut it into large pieces. If the beef is tough, soak it in water for a while to remove the blood which can make the meat more tender;
• Peel the white radish and cut it into hob pieces;
• Clean the green onion and ginger, slice the ginger, and cut the green onion into sections;
• Put the chopped beef pieces into the pot, add the right amount of water, add the ginger slices and cooking wine, boil over high heat and skim off the froth, cook for 3-5 minutes, take out the beef pieces, rinse them clean with clean water and drain the water;
• Pour a little oil into the pressure cooker. When the oil is hot, add ginger slices, onions section, star anise, cinnamon and stir-fry;
• Add the blanched beef pieces and evenly stir-fry, pour in the appropriate amount of light soy sauce and dark soy sauce for color;
• Add the white radish pieces and continue to evenly stir-fry;
• Add the right amount of water, pour in enough boiling water to cover the ingredients;
• Cover the lid of the pressure cooker and cook on high heat until steam comes up, then turn down the heat and continue to cook for about 20-30 minutes. The exact time can be adjusted according to the tenderness of the beef and personal taste;
• After naturally deflated, open the lid of the pressure cooker and season with salt and pepper to taste. You can start with less salt and taste and adjust as needed.

Western Cuisine

Spaghetti Bolognese

Ingredients Required

Beef mince/Onion/Carrot/Celery/Tomato/Ketchup/Red wine/Olive oil/Salt/Black pepper/Spaghetti 

Cooking Steps

• Mince the onion, carrot and celery and peel and dice the tomatoes;
• Pour a good amount of olive oil into a stainless steel pressure cooker and stir-fry the minced onion;
• Add the minced carrot and celery and evenly stir-fry;
• Add minced beef and stir until discoloration;
• Pour in the red wine and cook until the alcohol evaporates;
• Add tomatoes and ketchup and evenly stir-fry;
• Add the right amount of water. Cover the lid and cook on high heat until steam comes up, then turn down the heat and continue to cook for about 10 minutes;
• After naturally deflated, open the lid of the pressure cooker and season with salt and black pepper to taste.
• Cook the spaghetti in another cooker. Once cooked, drain and place in a bowl.
• our the finished marinara sauce over the spaghetti.

Butternut Squash Soup

Ingredients Required

Pumpkin/Onion/Milk/Light cream/Butter/Salt/Black pepper.

Cooking Steps

• Peel the pumpkin and seed it and cut into chunks, chop the onion;
• Melt the butter in a stainless steel pressure cooker over low heat and add the chopped onion and stir;
• Add pumpkin cubes and evenly stir-fry;
• Pour in the right amount of milk to cover the pumpkin;
• Cover the lid and cook on high heat until steam comes up, then turn down the heat and continue to cook for about 10 minutes;
• After naturally deflated, open the lid of the pressure cooker. Pour the pumpkin soup into a blender to puree;
• Pour the pumpkin puree back into the pot, add the light cream and stir well;
• Season with salt and black pepper to taste.

Mushroom cream soup

Ingredients Required

Mushrooms/Onions/Butter/Flour/Milk/Light cream/Salt/Black pepper.

Cooking Steps

• Slice the mushrooms and finely chop the onion;
• Melt the butter in a stainless steel pressure cooker over low heat and add the chopped onion and stir;
• Add the sliced mushrooms and evenly stir-fry;
• Sprinkle in the flour and evenly stir-fry until the flour is mixed with the mushrooms;
• Slowly pour in the milk, stirring as you pour to prevent lumps;
• Add the right amount of water, cover the lid and cook on high heat until steam comes up, then turn down the heat and continue to cook for about 10 minutes;
• After naturally deflated, pour the soup into a blender to puree;
• Pour back into the pot, add the light cream and stir well;
• Season with salt and black pepper to taste.

Seafood Risotto

Ingredients Require

Fresh prawns/Squid/Clams/Onions/Tomatoes/Rice/Olive oil/Salt/Black pepper/White wine/Ketchup

Cooking Steps

• Shell and devein fresh shrimp, clean and cut squid into rings, wash clams;
• Mince the onion and tomatoes;
• Pour olive oil in a stainless steel pressure cooker, add chopped onion and stir-fry;
• Add chopped tomatoes and stir fry well;
• Add fresh shrimp, squid and clams and stir-fry for a few seconds;
• Pour in the white wine and cook until the alcohol evaporates;
• Add a good amount of water and ketchup;
• Add the washed rice and stir well.
• Cover the lid and cook on high heat until steam comes up, then turn down the heat and continue to cook for about 15 minutes;
• After naturally deflated, season with salt and black pepper to taste.

Mashed Potato

Ingredients Required

Potatoes/Milk/Light cream/Butter/Salt/Black pepper/Garlic.

Cooking Steps

• Choose fresh potatoes, wash and peel, cut them into evenly sized pieces. This will ensure that the potatoes will heat evenly and cook quickly in the pressure cooker;
• Mince the garlic and set aside;
• Put the chopped potato pieces into the pressure cooker and add the right amount of water, making sure that the water can cover the potatoes;
• Cover the pressure cooker with a lid and cook on high heat until it steams up, then turn down the heat and continue to cook for about 5-7 minutes. Adjust the time according to the size and number of potatoes. When the potatoes become soft and can be easily inserted with chopsticks, the potatoes are cooked;
• After natural deflation, open the lid of the pressure cooker and fish out the cooked potato pieces into a large bowl;
• Press the potato pieces into fine mashed potatoes with a spoon or a masher. Try to press it as finely as possible for a better texture;
• Add a good amount of butter to the mashed potatoes. The butter will add a rich creamy flavour to the mashed potatoes;
• Pour in the milk and light cream and mix well. The ratio of milk and light cream can be adjusted according to personal taste. If you like a heavier milky flavour, you can add more light cream;
• Add an appropriate amount of salt and black pepper to taste, and then add minced garlic to add flavour;
• If the texture of the mashed potatoes is too thick, add some milk or light cream and continue to mix well until it reaches your desired consistency;
• If you prefer a more delicate texture, you can sift the mashed potatoes, which will remove some small particles and make the mashed potatoes smoother.

Gourmet Tips

Stainless steel pressure cookers not only cook food quickly, but also retain the nutrients and flavor of the ingredients. Whether Chinese Braised Spare Ribs in Brown Sauce, Beef Stew with Potatoes, or Western Spaghetti Bolognese or Butternut Squash Soup, all of them can be easily made in the pressure cooker. Come and try these delicious recipes to enrich your table!