Pressure Cooker - Chili Con Carne

Chef #601135's Note:

This recipe originates from the booklet that came with my Futura pressure cooker. I love substituted low sodium ingredients because I am watching my sodium intake. I hope you like this.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 2 ¼ lbs lean ground beef
• ½ cup olive oil
• 1 lb onion , chopped
• 6 garlic cloves , finely chopped
• 1 ½ cups kidney beans , soaked
• 3 cups canned tomatoes , drained and chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon salt (I used 1 1/2 Tbsp Mrs Dash Table blend)
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ teaspoon dried basil leaves
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 cups water

Directions:

1. Divide meat into 2 batches. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in cooker for about 2 minutes. Brown and remove first batch. Add another 2 tablespoons oil to cooker. Brown and remover second batch.
2. Add remaining oil (4 tablespoons) to cooker. Add onions and garlic. Stir fry til onions are light brown. Add meat and remaining ingredients. Stir.
3. Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and chook for 18 minutes.
4. Remove cooker from heat. Allow to cool naturally.
5. Open cooker. Discard bay leaves. Serve hot.

Reviews

[Chef #1281114]

Pretty excellent! I made a few changes: (1) Used half as much ground beef; 2.25 lbs is a lot of meat. (2) Used the entire bag of kidney beans, a full 2 cups instead of 1.5 cups. (3) For tomatoes I used 2 - 14.5 oz cans of Hunts petite diced. (4) Why just 1 Tbs of tomato paste? What do you do with the rest of the can. I just added the entire can. (5) Using Mrs Dash is a fine idea which I followed. A fun recipe...thank you!!!

[KateL]

4 Stars, nice low-sodium one-dish meal. (I believe that the nutritional values assume canned kidney beans.) The smell of onion and garlic filled the house. DH appreciated the GIRD-friendly recipe. I added some creole seasoning to mine at the table. I soaked the dried kidney beans 12 hours in 4 1/2 cups water and used the suggested Mrs. Dash Table Blend. Prepared for My 3 Chefs 2008.