Tag: pressure cooker
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Ben’s Secret to Stock
Homemade stocks make ALL the difference in recipes, particularly in soups, sauces, and gravies. But who’s got room in their freezer for gallons and gallons of homemade stock? Lots of TV chefs will tell you to reduce the stock a bit and then freeze it in ice cube trays, but then you have to maintain…
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Hoppin’ John (Black Eyed Peas for New Year’s)
Hoppin’ John (or Hoppy John) is a centuries-old tradition in the American South. On New Year’s Day…sometimes even at the stroke of midnight…families and friends grab steaming bowls of this hearty stew of black eyed peas, rice, and pork, which is supposed to give us good luck throughout the new year. The theory is that…
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Ben’s Legendary Green Chile Stew
A video tutorial is located at the end of this video! This is the most delicious of all stews. A regional specialty of New Mexico, the favored chiles for this stew come from farms near the town of Hatch. If they are not available in your area, you can buy them online fresh in season,…
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MasterChef Pork Butt Chili
This recipe is meant to be made in a pressure cooker, which reduces the cooking time to 1 hour (or so). True chili purists will want to make this in an enameled cast iron Dutch oven, and home chefs without either one can feel free to make it in the biggest pot you have. Follow…