"Spicy Basil Beef Bowls

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Cook a spicy basil beef along with a pot of rice at the same time in your pressure cooker. Make a quick-pickled salad while they cook, to serve a healthy, fast dinner.

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Ingredients

  • For the Beef:
  • 1 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 5 garlic cloves thinly sliced
  • 1 tablepoon julienned ginger
  • 2 dried red chiles
  • 1 cup sliced onions
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Gochujang or Sriracha sauce adjust to taste
  • 1 cup fresh basil leaves divided
  • 1/4 cup water or chicken broth
  • 1 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sugar or Splenda
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice divided
  • 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil
  • For the Rice:
  • 1 cup jasmine rice rinsed and drained
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • For the Salad:
  • 1 medium carrots julienned or coarsely grated
  • 1 cucumber peeled and julienned or coarsley grated
  • 1/4 cup white vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar or Splenda

Preparation

Step 1

For the Rice:

Rinse rice and place rice, water and salt into a heat safe pot that will fit inside your pressure cooker.
Cover this pot with foil or a silicone lid

For the Beef:

Turn your Instant Pot to Sauté high, and when it is hot, add oil. When the oil is shimmering hot, add ginger, garlic and chilis and sauté 30 seconds. Add sliced onions and sauté 1 minute

Add in ground beef and break up lumps. Don't worry about cooking it at this point. Just make sure it's not going to cook as one big lump of meat.
Add 1/2 cup of chopped basil leaves (add more if you like basil, just leave enough to add some fresh leaves at the end).
Add all the other beef ingredients and mix well.
Place a steamer rack on top of the beef.
Cook a spicy basil beef along with a pot of rice at the same time in your pressure cooker. Make a quick-pickled salad while they cook, to serve a healthy, fast dinner.

On the rack, place the covered rice pot. (Sorry mine shows cooked rice, because I forgot to take a picture before hand).
basil beef pot in pot rice

Cook on high pressure for 4 minutes and allow it to release pressure for 5 minutes. Release all remaining pressure.

For the Salad:

While the rice and beef are cooking, julienne the carrots and cucumbers, and mix with vinegar, sugar and salt. I added red pepper flakes to mine.

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