Pressure Cooker Chili Mac

Pressure Cooker Chili Mac – chili and elbow pasta, together in a one-pot pressure cooker meal.

Talking to myself about this one-pot meal from the pressure cooker

Q: Chili Mac?

A: Chili Mac.

Q: So…it’s chili? And macaroni?

A: Yup

Q: In the pressure cooker?

A: You know me. Of *course* it’s in the pressure cooker. It’s a one-pot meal in my Instant Pot – what’s not to like on a busy weeknight?

Q: That’s it? Chili Mac? That’s the best you’ve got?

A: Hey! I have published a lot of chili recipes. (A whole lot.) I love chili!

Q: …

A: OK, you got me. I wanted to post a new chili recipe for Halloween. And I can’t believe I’ve never done Chili Mac. It was time.

Q: I don’t get it. Why is Chili Mac a thing?

A: It’s like peanut butter and jelly. Chili and macaroni just go together. Didn’t your mom make Chili Mac when you were growing up?

Q: Hey, I ask the questions here!

A: Sorry!

Q:…

A: You OK?

Q: Sigh. My mom…my mom didn’t make Chili Mac for us growing up. She didn’t like beans.

A: That’s OK. It’ll be OK. Here. Have a bowl.

Q: So. Chili Mac.

A: Yup.

Recipe: Pressure Cooker Chili Mac

Video: Pressure Cooker Chili Mac [YouTube.com]

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Mike Vrobel Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Yield: 4 quarts of chili mac 1 x Print Recipe Pin Recipe Description Pressure Cooker Chili Mac – chili and elbow pasta, together in a one-pot pressure cooker meal. Scale 1x 2x 3x Ingredients 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

vegetable oil 1 large onion, diced

large onion, diced 1 medium red bell pepper, trimmed and diced

medium red bell pepper, trimmed and diced 3 cloves garlic, minced

cloves garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt

fine sea salt 1/4 cup chili powder

chili powder 2 tablespoons ground cumin

ground cumin 1 tablespoon oregano

oregano 1 pound ground sirloin (85% lean)

pound ground sirloin (85% lean) 2 (15-ounce) cans red beans, drained and rinsed (or 4 cups homemade beans)

(15-ounce) cans red beans, drained and rinsed (or homemade beans) 1 pound dried elbow macaroni pasta

pound dried elbow macaroni pasta 28 -ounce can crushed tomatoes

-ounce can crushed tomatoes 4 cups water (or chicken broth)

water (or chicken broth) 1 teaspoon fine sea salt

fine sea salt 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

fresh ground black pepper More salt and pepper to taste (if needed) Garnish (all optional) Hot sauce

Diced onions (or green onions)

More diced red peppers

Shredded cheese

Sour cream

Pickled jalapeños Instructions Sauté the aromatics: Heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in the pressure cooker pot over medium-high heat until shimmering. (In my Instant Pot, sauté mode adjusted to high.) Add the onions, bell pepper, garlic, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to the pressure cooker. Sauté until the onions soften, about 5 minutes. Toast the spices and cook the beef: Make a hole in the center of the onion mix and add the chili powder, cumin, and oregano. Let sit for 30 seconds, then stir into the onions. Add the ground beef and stir to coat with the onions and spices, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Cook the ground beef, stirring often, until the beef just loses its pink color, about 3 minutes. Pressure cook for 4 minutes with a quick pressure release: Stir the rinsed and drained beans, elbow macaroni, crushed tomatoes, and water into the pot. Sprinkle in 1 teaspoon of salt. Poke down any pieces of pasta sticking up out of the water – if they’re not submerged, they might not cook. Lock the lid on the pressure cooker and cook at high pressure for 4 minutes (both in an electric pressure cooker or stove top pressure cooker) then quick release the pressure in the pot. Remove the lid carefully, opening away from you – even when it’s not under pressure, the steam in the cooker is very hot. Season and serve: Stir in the black pepper, then taste and add more salt and pepper if needed. (Canned beans tend to be salty, so I rarely need to add more salt.) Serve, and enjoy! Equipment 6-Quart Pressure Cooker Buy Now → Notes “I quick-released the pressure and starchy liquid started spraying out! Help!” Carefully close the pressure release valve (protect your hands, please, that spraying liquid is very hot). Let the cooker cool down for about 5 minutes, then try again. (This sometimes happens in pressure cooking – quick-releasing the pressure causes the chili mac inside the pot to burst into a boil, and the liquid starts boiling out of the valve.)

Overcooked pasta: If you like your pasta al dente, don’t pressure cook the pasta. Make the recipe as described, but hold back on the elbow macaroni. Pressure cook everything else, increasing the time at high pressure to 10 minutes. After quick-releasing the pressure, remove the lid, set the pot to Sauté mode, and stir the pasta into the liquid in the pot. Cook the pasta until al dente – check your box of pasta for the timings – and then continue with the season and serve step. Tools 6 quart or larger pressure cooker (I love my Instant Pot electric pressure cooker)

Flat edged wooden spoon Category: Weeknight Dinner

Method: Pressure Cooking

Cuisine: American

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