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Pressure Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast

Pressure Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast is a family favorite dinner made with a roast, ranch seasoning, au jus gravy seasoning, butter and pepperoncinis that can easily be made in the pressure cooker or a crock-pot.

The Mississippi Pot Roast is a recipe I came across many years ago on Pinterest. I don’t remember the original source I first saw the recipe from because it is ALL over the place! This recipe is not just a huge hit in my family but families everywhere. Typically, this roast is made in the crock-pot but today we are cutting back the cook time and cooking it in the pressure cooker.

Pressure Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast

Pressure Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast is a bit salty with tender meat and a delicious gravy that is perfect over mashed potatoes. Pepperoncini’s add a little heat and more great flavor.

Crock-Pot

Want to slow cook the roast? The crock-pot is probably my favorite way to make this meal. The pressure cooker is convenient and amazing in it’s own way but I am forever a crock-pot kind of girl. You want to start by seasoning the roast with salt and pepper, then searing each side on the stove top in some olive oil. Place the roast into a slow cooker and add a packet of Ranch, packet of au jus, 6-8 sliced pepperoncini’s, and a stick of butter. You will not need the beef broth this method. Cook on low for about 10 hours and then shred the meat. Serve over mashed potatoes. If you want it a little spicy, add in some of the pepperoncini juices straight from the jar while cooking.

Pressure Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast

Course dinner

Keyword crockpot, Instant Pot, Pressure Cooker

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Servings 4 Servings

Author Amber

Equipment

Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

2 pound chuck roast rump can be used
1 ounce au jus gravy packet
1 ounce Ranch seasoning packet
1/2 cup unsalted butter
6-8 pepperoncini sliced
1 cup beef broth low sodium
olive oil
salt
ground pepper
parsley optional garnish

Instructions

Salt and pepper all sides of roast.
Heat a drizzle of olive oil in the bottom of the pressure cooker on a medium-high heat. Place roast inside and sear each side for about 3 minutes.
Remove roast. Deglaze the bottom of the pressure by adding 1 cup beef broth and scrape the bottom with a wooden spoon. Place the roast back in.
Add packet of Ranch, packet of au jus and stick of butter.
Slice 6-8 pepperoncinis and place on top of roast.
Cook for 60 minutes.
Depressurize and release lid. Shred meat. If the meat does not shred easily, cook another 15 minutes.
Serve over mashed potatoes, in a sandwich, on the side of roasted vegetables or however you please.

Ground Beef Tostadas

Ground Beef Tostadas are made with corn tortillas baked crispy with refried beans, seasoned ground beef, shredded lettuce, red onion, fresh tomatoes and avocados piled on top with a drizzle of crema and plenty of crumbled queso fresco cheese.

I am gearing up for Cinco de Mayo in a few weeks so I have tacos on the mind. Okay, honestly- tacos are always on my mind. It doesn’t matter what time of year it is. It is nice to switch up the regular taco night though and do something just a little bit different. For my family, a tostada is just a fun way to eat a taco!

Feel free to switch up your toppings. Try any of these delicious combinations of toppings:

shredded lettuce
refried beans
black beans
shredded cheddar cheese
shredded queso fresco
avocados
guacamole
diced tomatoes
diced onions
cilantro
salsa
corn salsa
jalapenos
whatever your heart desires!

Ground Beef Tostadas

Ground Beef Tostadas start with that crispy baked corn tortilla. You can buy tostadas ready to eat from the grocery but making them at home is really easy and they taste soooo good. Just place the corn tortillas on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive and some salt. Bake and done.

Besides the crispy shell on the bottom, there are two other components that are really important with these Ground Beef Tostadas : the spicy ground beef and the crema over top. The ground beef has very simple seasoning but is just the right amount of spice and flavor for this dish. The crema can be made the day before and adds that cool layer that balances that spice from the meat. Delish!

Ground Beef Tostadas

Ground Beef Tostadas are made with corn tortillas baked crispy with refried beans, seasoned ground beef, shredded lettuce, red onion, fresh tomatoes and avocados piled on top with a drizzle of crema and plenty of crumbled queso fresco cheese.

Course dinner, Entree

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword Tacos, Tostadas

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Author Amber

Ingredients

Spicy Ground Beef

1 pound ground beef lean
olive oil
1/2 white onion diced
2 Tablespoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup water
red pepper flakes optional

Totstada

olive oil
8-10 corn tortillas
salt

Crema

1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon lime juice

Toppings

16 ounces refried beans
1 cup lettuce shredded
1 tomato diced
1/4 red onion diced
1 avocado peeled, pitted and sliced
1 cup queso fresco cheese shredded

Instructions

Crema

Begin with crema. Ideally you make this a few hours to a day prior. Whisk together 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup heavy cream, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 Tablespoon lime juice. Cover and place in fridge to store before serving.

Toastadas

Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Spread out the corn tortillas on a large baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil and a pinch of salt. Rub the olive oil all over the tortillas on each side.
Bake in 4 minute increments flipping between each. Bake until the tortillas are crispy and a golden brown color. This should take 2 flips or 12 minutes.
Let cool.

Spicy Ground Beef

Heat a nonstick skillet on the stove top on a medium-high heat. Drizzle the pan with olive and drop in the diced white onion. Let cook 1 minute and then add the ground beef. Break up the ground beef into equal pieces until browned.
Drain the meat if needed. If using a really lean meat, you may not need to. Put the meat back in the pan and add 1/2 cup water and the seasonings. Red pepper flakes are optional if you just want a little extra kick. Bring to a simmer, lower heat and cover for 15 minutes. Stir a few times to ensure the meat isn't sticking.

Ground Beef Tostadas

Heat up the refried beans as the meat finishes cooking and assemble your tostadas.
Start with a layer of refried beans on the crispy corn tortilla, add some spicy ground beef, top with shredded lettuce, diced red onion, diced tomato, and sliced avocado. Sprinkle with queso fresco and then drizzle with the crema to finish.

Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry {gluten-free/keto-friendly}

Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

gluten-free/keto-friendly

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Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry is a gluten-free and keto-friendly dinner made with sirloin steak, loads of fresh broccoli, garlic, ginger and sautéed in Armour Premium All-Natural Lard.

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Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry is quick and simple to make. You can have this meal on the table in less than 30 minutes and that includes the marinade time! Stir-fry is one of my favorite meals to make for the family because it never gets complaints from the children and fills everyone up. Normally with stir-fry, the steak would be dunked into cornstarch and flour before it gets sautéed but we are doing things a little different today to keep it gluten-free and keto-friendly. Forget the cornstarch step! We will be using almond flour in later steps to thicken up our sauce.

Begin by cutting your sirloin into 1/4 inch thick slices and prepare the marinade. Thin slices that follow the grain of the meat are ideal for a stir-fry.

Your marinade consists of low-sodium soy sauce, minced garlic and lot’s of grated ginger. Whisk the ingredients together and add in the sliced steak. Make sure to mix everything together well so the marinade covers all the steak and let it sit for about 15 minutes to soak in those flavors.

While the steak is marinating, chop your broccoli. I buy two bunches and chop about six cups worth- that seems like a lot but it is going to be just the right amount. Broccoli is one of the best foods you can put in your body supplying you with vitamin K, vitamin C, potassium, fiber folate and so much more.

Also, begin your side dish. Rice is gluten-free and filling so that is always a great option for stir-fry. If you are really watching those carbs on the keto diet, make some cauliflower rice.

Prepare your sauce. Combine almond flour, a bit of soy sauce and beef broth. Stir and set to the side. Almond flour is a good option for this stir-fry because it is gluten-free, easily accessible and high in protein. Plus, the almond flour is going to help thicken up our dish.

Get your pan warmed up on a high heat. Drop in a tablespoon of Armour Premium All-Natural Lard and drop in each slice of steak. Careful to watch out for any splatter in this step because it is HOT. Let the steak cook for 1 minute, 30 seconds each side and then put on a plate for a moment while the broccoli cooks.

Don’t worry about wiping the pan clean before placing back on the heat. Add in another .5 tablespoon Armour Premium All-Natural Lard. Drop your broccoli in and flip often. Add in some beef broth and turn the heat down slightly. Let the broccoli cook 3-4 minutes. I don’t recommend cooking your broccoli more than 5 minutes because it will reduce the nutrients it provides.

Once the broccoli has cooked 3-4 minutes, add the steak back in followed by your almond flour and beef broth mixture. Give a quick stir and serve immediately.

Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry is a gluten-free and keto-friendly dinner made with sirloin steak, loads of fresh broccoli, garlic, ginger and sautéed in Armour Premium All-Natural Lard.

1-1.5 pounds sirloin ( my steak was 1.3 pounds)
2 bunches broccoli (6 cups chopped)
1.5 tablespoons Armour Premium All-Natural Lard
1/4 cup beef broth, gluten-free
Sauce
1/2 cup beef broth, gluten-free
2 tablespoons almond flour
2 teaspoons soy sauce, gluten-free, low sodium
Marinade
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon ginger root, grated
2 tablespoons soy sauce, gluten-free, low-sodium
pepper

Chop the steak into 1/4 inch slices or slightly thinner.
Mix your marinade ingredients: mince 2 garlic cloves, grate 1 tablespoon ginger root, 2 tablespoons soy sauce and a dash of pepper.
Place your steak slices into marinade and thoroughly mix. Let sit for 15 minutes.
While the steak is marinating, chop your broccoli.
Heat up your pan on a high heat.
In a small bowl, mix 1/2 cup beef broth with 2 tablespoons almond flour and 2 teaspoons soy sauce. Set to the side.
Add 1 tablespoon of Armour All Premium All-Natural Lard to pan. Drop your steak slices into pan and cook 3 minutes flipping halfway through. Place the steak on a plate to the side.
Return the pan to the heat and add another 1/2 tablespoon of Armour Premium All-Natural Lard, followed by your broccoli. Flip broccoli often and add 1/4 cup beef broth after a minute of cooking. Continue cooking and flipping for 3-4 minutes.
Return the steak to the pan, followed by the flour mixture and stir.
Remove from heat and serve over rice or cauliflower rice.

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Beefy Queso Dip

Beefy Queso Dip is the perfect appetizer or snack made in the crock-pot. Best part? No Velveeta needed! Beefy Queso Dip has ground beef, cream cheese, Rotel, and cheese! Make little bite size snacks with a spoonful of dip on a tortilla chip with shredded cheese and a jalapeno slice or you can put inside a quesadilla for a delicious dinner! Seriously, try it in a quesadilla. You will not be sorry.

There are two ways to make this dip. One is as shown cooking the ground beef after the cheese has melted in the crock-pot and adding it on top off the cheese with some garnish on top. You can also add the ground beef in the cheese as it is cooking and have it all mixed in. Either works fine. I think adding the ground beef last just gives the dip a nicer presentation.

I do not season the ground beef the Beefy Queso Dip. However, you most certainly can. Pick a taco seasoning or just some salt, pepper and something spicy. Choice is yours! Just keep it simple.

I recommend using American white cheese. I have tried some other cheeses, like Pepper Jack, but the American is the smoothest. I want to achieve that Velveeta consistency without actually using Velveeta. Not that I’m not against Velveeta, I have a few great recipes for it. Sometimes, you just want some real cheese!

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Beefy Queso Dip

1 pound ground beef
8 ounces cream cheese
1 pound White American Cheese (we used Pepper Jack today instead)
1 can Rotel, drained
1-2 jalapenos (optional on amount of spice you like)
1 tomato (optional)
.5 cup milk

Gather ingredients, crock-pot, pan, knife, cutting board, and measuring cup.
Cube 1 pound of White American Cheese and add to crock-pot, followed by 1 can of Rotel tomatoes (drained), 8 ounces of cream cheese, .5 cup of milk.
Finely chop 1 jalapeno and add desired amount into crock-pot. We like the entire jalapeno but if you don't like much spice, try half.
Let cook 1-2 hours on low heat setting.
Stir the cheese a couple times while cooking. It is done when cheese is completed melted. This typically takes 1.5 hours.
In the pan, cook the ground beef until browned and drain before putting into crock-pot. ( you also have the option of cooking meat before you start melting the cheese to have it all mixed in)
Garnish with some finely chopped jalapeno and tomatoes.
Enjoy as a dip, snack bites with shredded cheese and jalapeno slices, or in a cheesy quesadilla.

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Cottage Pie

We love Cottage Pie. Love, love, love it. Meat, creamy potatoes, veggies, and cheese. What isn’t there to love? Most people refer to Cottage Pie as a Shepherd’s Pie. My understanding is Shepherd’s Pie has lamb and Cottage Pie has some other meat, such as ground beef. You can easily swap out the ground beef in this recipe for a lamb if you would like a Shepherd’s Pie. Both are equally delicious! Today, we used corn and green beans as our vegetables. There are some other great vegetable swaps you can make such as peas and carrots or onion and mushrooms. This is a favorite dish of ours and a true comfort food.

Cottage Pie

1 pound ground beef
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 can corn
1 can cut green beans
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup beef broth
1.5 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 cloves garlic
2 pounds mashed potatoes

Gather ingredients, pan, 2.5 quart casserole dish, foil, measuring cups and spoons, small bowl, whisk, and garlic press.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
On the stove top, brown 1 pound of ground beef.
Add 3/4 cup of beef broth, 1.5 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, and mince 2 cloves of garlic and simmer 5 minutes.
In the small bowl, add 1/4 cup beef broth and 2 tablespoons cornstarch and whisk. Add this mixture to the ground beef pan and mix continuously as that cornstarch thickens. Move quickly at this stage as it will only take a couple minutes to thicken.
Turn heat off and the can of corn and can of green beans. Mix well and add to casserole dish spreading out evenly.
Heat up 2 pounds of mashed potatoes. I like to prepare a large batch of homemade potatoes beforehand but you can also you microwaveable containers from the refrigerator section in the grocery store or prepare the mashed potatoes homemade before cooking your meat.
Add a layer of mashed potatoes to your casserole dish.
Add a layer of shredded cheese.
Cover casserole dish with foil and bake 20 minutes on 400 degrees.
Remove foil and let bake another 5 minutes or until the cheese on top is fully melted.
Enjoy!

Taco Pizza

Switch up your regular taco night with Taco Pizza! Made with lean ground beef, taco seasoning, refried beans, lettuce, black olives, tomatoes, cheddar cheese and topped with sour cream.

Use all those great topping you use for your tacos. Get your cravings fix for pizza and tacos in one. Plus, the recipe is crazy easy! Make Taco Pizza with our Homemade Pizza Dough recipe and homemade roasted Salsa Verde or buy store bought. Today, I used the Pillsbury pizza dough and made a sheet pan pizza but any pizza dough will do. Cooking times may need to be adjusted slightly depending on the dough you are using so keep that in mind.

Inspiration of this recipe comes from a pizza place called Papa Murphy’s. They are all over the place on the West Coast where I grew up but Cincinnati doesn’t have any locations. Insert sad face here. But hey! That’s okay because we made are own version and it is just as tasty.

Taco Pizza

1 can refried beans
1 pound ground beef
1 envelope taco seasoning
1/2 cup salsa verde
2 cups shredded cheese
1/2 head of lettuce, chopped
1 tomato
1 can sliced black olives, drained
sour cream
1 pizza crust
olive oil

Gather ingredients, pan, pizza pan or pizza stone, pizza cutter, measuring cup, cutting board, knife and mixing spoons.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Drizzle olive oil on sheet pan or pizza pan and lay our your pizza crust dough.
Cook for 10 minutes.
As the pizza crust cooks, cook 1 pound of ground beef in pan on stovetop with taco seasoning. Cook thoroughly. Set to the side.
Remove crust from oven.
Spread 1 can of refried beans on top of pizza crust.
Spread ground beef on top of pizza crust.
Cook pizza in oven for 6 minutes.
Remove pizza from oven and layer with 1/2 cup salsa verde, 2 cups of shredded cheese, chopped lettuce and tomato and the sliced olives. Place into oven another 5 minutes.
Remove from oven and slice using the pizza cutter.
Top off pizza with sour cream.
Enjoy!

Firehouse Guacamole Burger

The Firehouse Guacamole Burger is the ultimate “cheat” day burger with Pepper Jack cheese, bacon and jalapenos stuffed ground sirloin patties and my fan favorite Firehouse Guacamole on a pretzel bun. Do I need to say much more? There is a little kick to these burgers so caution! Must love some heat. I hope you love these burgers as much as my family! Please visit my Firehouse Guacamole for detailed instructions on how to make guacamole. Grill these burgers up for some guests and impress everyone. You don’t have to tell them how easy it was to make your own homemade Firehouse Guacamole Burgers! It can be our secret.

Firehouse Guacamole Burger

2 tablespoons A1
1 1/4 pound ground sirloin
4 ounces pepper jack cheese from a block
1/2 cup Quaker Oats old fashioned oats
2 eggs
1 tomato
6 slices bacon
lettuce
6 pretzel buns
Firehouse Guacamole

Gather all ingredients, 2 large bowls, spatula, favorite knife for chopping, cutting board, garlic press, foil, cookie sheet, pan to cook bacon, and fire up the grill.
Wash all fruits and vegetables well.
Prepare the guacamole per instructions for Firehouse Guacamole
Now time for the burgers! Cook 6 pieces of bacon extra crispy on the stove top. Set to the side.
Put the 1 pound ground sirloin into a large bowl.
Cube 4 ounces of pepper jack cheese from a cheese block and add to the bowl.
Chop the 6 pieces of extra crispy cooked bacon and add to the bowl.
Very finely chop 1 jalapeno and add to the bowl.
Add 1/2 cup Quaker Oats old fashioned oats to the bowl.
Add 2 raw eggs to the bowl.
Add 2 tablespoons of A1 sauce to the bowl.
Cover a cookie sheet with foil and set up next to the bowl.
Wash hands.
Using your hands, mix the ingredients together. Once mixed, roll 6 balls packing the ingredients tightly together and set on the foil covered cookie sheet. Hand press balls into burger patties.
Wash hands well.
Put bowl of guacamole and the cookie sheet with patties into the fridge for a minimal of 30 minutes.
Fire up the grill. Cook burgers until well done.
Chop a tomato.
Assemble burgers. Add the burger patty, lettuce, tomato, and guacamole on top of a prezel bun. Enjoy! The ultimate Firehouse Guacamole burger stuffed with cheese, bacon and jalapeno. Yum!

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Pressure Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast