Andy’s Pressure Cooker Beef Stew

Chop the onion. Cube the carrots in about 1/2 inch sections. Cube the stew meat in 1 inch squares and salt & pepper the beef liberally. Get the pressure cooker ready, and set to warm setting if you have one - otherwise leave it off for now. Add the tallow to the skillet when hot enough, then brown the onions in a skillet in batches, depositing the browned bits in the pressure cooker when browned. Add more tallow as-needed, then browning the batches of salt/pepper seasons meat. Add to cooker when browned, then scrape the drippings from skillet into pressure cooker. When all neat & onions are in the cooker, add the beef bone broth and air in the remaining spices. DO NOT add the carrots yet. Stir the mixture well, the. Seal the lid and set to high pressure for 40 minutes and cook. When the cycle completes, do a slow release, then add the cubes carrots. Put the lid back on and cook on high pressure for 15 more minutes. When cycle completes, perform a normal release and set the pressure cooker for warm to keep it bubbling. Mix the corn starch with just enough cold water to a slurry and rapidly mid into the stew. Switch off cooker when desired consistency is reached. Serve over rice. MODIFICATIONS If potatoes are desired, you can cube small potatoes in about 1 inch sections and brown in a skillet separately and add them with the carrots. Adding lightly steamed broccoli works well too. Very hearty and yields 4-6 meals.