Pressure Cooker Chili

Description

There’s nothing like a steamy hot bowl of chili on a cold snowy day. What’s even better is having it ready within 35 minutes from start to finish.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 sweet onion, chopped
  • 1 small green bell pepper, finely chopped
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
  • 2 cups water

Instructions

  1. Place ground beef in the pressure cooker over medium-high heat; cook until brown and crumbly
  2. 8 to 10 minutes. Remove beef; drain off excess fat.
  3. Heat olive oil in the pressure cooker over medium heat; stir in onion
  4. green pepper
  5. and jalapeño. Cook and stir until onion has softened
  6. about 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir for about 30 seconds. Stir in browned beef
  7. diced tomatoes
  8. kidney beans
  9. water
  10. tomato paste
  11. chili powder
  12. brown sugar
  13. cocoa powder
  14. cumin
  15. salt
  16. and red pepper flakes.
  17. Lock the lid
  18. bring the cooker up to pressure
  19. reduce heat to maintain pressure
  20. and cook for 8 minutes. Remove the cooker from the heat
  21. and let the pressure reduce on its own
  22. 5 to 10 minutes.
  23. When the pressure is fully released
  24. remove the lid
  25. stir the chili and serve.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 6

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