This classic dish gets a new life with an updated cooking method: The Electric Pressure Cooker. A pressure cooker turns tough cuts of meat into moist, tender, and delicious meals.
Recipe by: Mayumi Tavalero
Cook Times
Active Prep5
Hands-On Cook10
Hands-Off Cook25
Passive0
Total Time40 minutesminutes
Recipe Serving Size10
Cooking Tools Required
Can Opener, Cutting board, Electric Pressure Cooker, Measuring cups and spoons, Mixing spoon
Ingredients
4poundcube steak
2teaspoonKosher salt
1teaspoonfreshly ground black pepper
½cupall-purpose flour
1/4cupavocado oil
1onionlarge, thinly sliced
4clovegarlicminced
1tablespoontomato paste
14.5ouncecanned diced tomatoes
1 1/2teaspoonsmoked paprika
1teaspoondry oregano
1tablespoonWorcestershire sauce
1 ½cupbeef broth
1teaspoonKosher saltmore or less to taste
1/4teaspoonfreshly ground black peppermore or less to taste
Instructions
Season the steaks with salt and pepper.
Place the flour on a pie plate or shallow dish. Press the pieces of meat on both sides in the flour mixture.
Add enough of the oil to just cover the bottom of your electric pressure cooker pot. Set to high saute. When hot add the steaks, cooking in batches if needed. Cook approximately 2 minutes per side, or until golden brown. Remove the steaks to a plate and repeat until all of the steaks have been browned.
Add the onions and garlic. Saute 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the tomato paste and stir to combine. Next add the tomatoes, paprika, oregano, Worcestershire sauce and beef broth and stir to combine.
Return the meat to the pot, submerging it in the liquid. Cover and set pressure cooker for 20 minutes on high pressure.
When the time has expired, use a quick pressure release valve to unlock the lid. If the sauce is too thin, remove steaks and turn the pressure cooker on high saute until the sauce is reduced.
Season with Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
Notes: If cooking a full batch, brown steaks in frying at the same time you are browning steaks in the pressure cooker (saute mode) to speed up the process.
Reheating Instructions
Heat steaks in a saute pan over medium heat until heated through, about 10 minutes, adding water if sauce gets too thick. Alternately you can heat in a microwave on high power, turning steaks halfway through cooking time.