You have a microwave pressure cooker; now you need recipes – you’ve come to the right place. With so many options available to you, how do you know which recipes work well with microwave pressure cookers and which don’t? In this article, we’re going to take away some of that guesswork and give you some of the best microwave pressure cooker recipes that you can find.
One Pot Pasta
PREP: 5 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes without meat
15 minutes with meat
(Tested in a 900-watt microwave)
Serves 4 – serving size: 1 cup
Ingredients
Recipe Without Meat
- 1Finely chop onion and garlic
- 2Combine onion and garlic with seasoning, pasta, marinara, and both into the base of the microwave pressure cooker — seal and microwave on high power for 10 minutes
- 3Remove from microwave and allow pressure to release naturally until the red pressure indicator is fully lowered, about 2-4 minutes, before opening
- 4Serve topped with Parmesan cheese and basil, if desired
Recipe with 8oz/225g Beef
- 1Coarsely mince beef and fill the base of the microwave pressure cooker. After you’re done with the beef, finely mince the garlic and onion. Add the meat, garlic, and onion into the base of the microwave pressure cooker.
- 2Add seasoning, pasta, marinara, and broth to meat in the pressure cooker base and microwave on high power for 15 minutes.
- 3Remove from the microwave and allow pressure to release naturally until the red pressure indicator is fully lowered, about 3-5 minutes, before opening.
- 4Serve topped with Parmesan cheese and basil, if desired
30-Minute Pot Roast
PREP: 5 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
(Tested in a 900-watt microwave)
Serves 4 – serving size: 4-6oz/115-175g beef with veggies and broth
Ingredients
Recipe
- 1Cut chuck roast along the fat seam and sprinkle with seasoning. Place into the base of the microwave pressure cooker.
- 2In a small bowl, whisk flour into stock and pour over beef.
- 3Add remaining ingredients to the pressure cooker base and seal.
- 4Microwave on high power for 30 minutes. Remove from microwave and allow pressure to release naturally until the red pressure indicator is fully lowered, about 10 minutes, before opening.
- 5Remove beef and place on cutting board. Let beef rest 5 minutes before slicing.
- 6Serve with the vegetables and potatoes.
PREP: 5 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Serves 6 – serving size: 6 oz/115 g steak served with broccoli & sauce
Ingredients
Recipe
- 1Season steak with seasoning and place in the base of the microwave pressure cooker.
- 2In a medium bowl, combine garlic, 1 ½ cups beef stock, soy sauce, sesame oil, and brown sugar. Pour over steak. Add extra stock if the meat is not fully submerged — seal and microwave on high power for 30 minutes.
- 3Remove from microwave and allow pressure to release naturally until red pressure indicator fully lowers about 10-15 minutes. Remove steak to a cutting board and pull apart using 2 forks.
- 4In a small bowl, whisk together corn starch and remaining ¼ cup beef stock. Whisk into warm liquid in the base of the pressure cooker.
- 5Stir frozen broccoli into the liquid in the pressure cooker — seal and microwave on high power for 5 minutes.
- 6Serve warm over rice, if desired
Chicken Curry
PREP: 5 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Serves 6 – serving size: 4 oz/115 g chicken, 1 cup veggies and sauce
Ingredients
Recipe
- 1Combine ingredients, except snap peas, in the base of a microwave pressure cooker, making sure chicken is submerged in coconut milk
- 2Seal and microwave on high power for 20 minutes. Remove from microwave and allow pressure to release naturally until red pressure indicator fully lowers about 10 minutes
- 3Remove chicken and place on cutting board. Add snap peas to the pressure cooker and seal. Allow the snap peas to steam while chopping chicken or shredding chicken with 2 forks
- 4Serve warm, over rice if desired
PREP: 10 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Serves 4 – serving size: ½ pear with ¼ cup dried fruit and sauce
Ingredients
Recipe
- 1Place pears in base on the microwave pressure cooker
- 2In a medium bowl, stir together remaining ingredients and pour over pears.
- 3Seal and microwave on high power 10 minutes
- 4Remove from microwave and allow pressure to release naturally until red pressure indicator fully lowers about 4-6 minutes
- 5Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, if desired
You can see from the above recipes that there are so many delicious and quick recipes that you can make using a microwave pressure cooker. There are so many out there that picking our favorites was hard to do. Use these recipes to help you get excited about your microwave pressure cooker and make some delicious meals.
