Instant Pot Pot Roast
This is my first attempt at the instant pot.
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- 1.5 lb Chuck Roast
- Flour to coat meat
- olive or grapeseed oil
- 1.5 cup Beef Broth
- Small onion cut up
- Fresh Cut up Mushrooms
- Potatoes
- Carrots
- some baby collards “optional”
- onion powder
- salt
- white pepper
- garlic
- 1 tsp Kitchen Bouquet “just a little of this goes a long way”
- 1 tsp Knorr Liquid Seasoning
- 1/2 to 1 tsp liquid smoke “to taste” “Less is more”
- 1 tbsp or more Hemp Seeds “optional”
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I seasoned the meat white pepper, salt, onion powder, i coated the meat with lite layer of flour.
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Sear the roast in a hot frying pan, 3-4 minutes per side or until browned. “i know i can use the instant pot for this but, you must scrape up any browned bits on bottom of your inner pot, so you won’t get a burn notice.”
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i put the roast on a plate.
in the same pan i brown the onion that i cut up, i add onion to a oiled instant pot inner pot.
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i start to wilt the mushrooms in same pan.
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i place the roast in, i add around the roast potatoes, carrots, Mushrooms and baby collards on top.
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i season with a mix of, powdered onion, hemp seeds, garlic parsley, salt, white pepper, i mix 3 tilts of the bottle liquid smoke, 5 tilts of the bottle knorr liquid seasoning, 1 tsp kitchen bouquet, with the beef broth, and add this to pot.
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cook correct time for weight of meat for this we went with 35 minutes, high pressure, with 10 minutes cool down.
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