Okonomiyaki recipe. Comfort food from Japan, a savory, shredded cabbage pancake topped with kewpie mayo and sweet okonomiyaki sauce. It makes a quick and easy dinner on a weeknight. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Okonomiyaki is one of my favorite new foods. I fell in love with it on a trip to Japan a few years ago, where I learned to eat it straight off the flat-top griddle. When I got home, I knew I had to try it. What I didn't know was how easy it is to make. It's a thick and savory Japanese cabbage pancake, with a simple batter of flour, egg, water, instant dashi, and a lot of sliced cabbage. At ..read more

Easy homemade barbecue sauce. This recipe needs no cooking, is made with pantry ingredients, and tastes even better than store-bought sauce. I became a cooking fanatic thanks to barbecue. Now, with the kids, I only make baby back ribs or pulled pork a few times a summer. One of the things I learned was how to make barbecue sauce. It takes no time at all - I can whisk up a batch of this no-cook barbecue sauce in about ten minutes, and it keeps in the fridge for just about forever. I may not make low-and-slow BBQ as much, but I make this homemade bbq sauce recipe all the time - it's that go ..read more

Instant Pot Chicken Leg Quarters recipe. Chicken legs are quick and easy in an Instant Pot. I sprinkle them with salt, herbs, and spices, then brown the skin, 2 legs at a time, before pressure cooking them for 30 minutes with a Natural Release. [feast_advanced_jump_to] One of my favorite French recipes is Poulet au Pot - chicken in a pot, simmered in broth until it falls off the bone. Pressure cooker chicken leg quarters are my weeknight version when I need dinner on the table with as little work as possible. A pack of whole chicken legs, some dried herbs, and a half cup of water, and I have ..read more

Sous Vide Corn on the Cob - the sweetest, most tender corn you'll ever have, cooked sous vide with butter in the bag. Sous Vide Corn on the Cob [feast_advanced_jump_to] Summer means sweet corn. In July, I can't contain my excitement. "Whoo hoo! Fresh corn on the cob!" By mid-August... Well, I still love corn on the cob, but it's less exciting. “Looks like we’re having corn today. Tomorrow, too.” Last year, sous vide corn got me excited again. A half hour in a water bath gave me the sweetest, most tender corn on the cob I've ever had. The butter is cooked in, and no flavor is los ..read more

Instant Pot Jambalaya Recipe with Chicken and Sausage. The New Orleans classic is a one-pot meal from my pressure cooker. Sauté some chicken with the Cajun trinity of onions, celery, and bell pepper; add some cajun seasoning, then stir in rice, broth, sausage, and tomatoes, and pressure cook for 4 minutes. It really is that easy. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Why this recipe gave me fits (Don't add too much rice) It took me a little while to perfect this recipe. Jambalaya, the creole classic rice dish, seemed like a natural for the pressure cooker. Sauté some chicken with the New Orleans trinity o ..read more

Sous Vide Short Ribs. After some testing, I figured out that 48 hours is the perfect time to sous vide short ribs if you want tender, fall-off-the-bone ribs. Then I sear them on my grill to get a browned crust. 48 hours of sous vide is a long time to wait, but it's almost zero effort to get these amazing short ribs. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Ingredients 4 thick-cut bone in short ribs. (Look for roughly 6-inch long, 2-inch thick short ribs) 2 teaspoons fine sea salt ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper Instructions Season the short ribs and seal them in a vacuum bag Sprinkle the ribs with the ..read more

Instant Pot Cabbage (with butter and bacon). Inspired by Irish Bacon and Cabbage, this is a quick and easy cabbage side dish for your St. Patrick's Day table. (If you want to go vegetarian, skip the bacon and use veggie broth.) [feast_advanced_jump_to] I was looking for a cabbage side dish for my St. Patrick's Day meal. (I'm making Instant Pot Lamb Stew instead of Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage this year, and I wanted cabbage as a side dish.) I came across Irish bacon and cabbage, which is a whole slab of back bacon simmered with some cabbage. It's all about a big slice of bacon with som ..read more

Instant Pot Boneless Pork Ribs (Country Style Shoulder Ribs). Boneless "ribs" from the pressure cooker in a little over an hour. This recipe is so simple it is barely a recipe; it is more of a technique. Sprinkle the boneless ribs (cut from the pork shoulder) with barbecue rub, put them in the Instant Pot with ½ cup of water, and drizzle them with ½ cup of barbecue sauce. Pressure cook for 45 minutes, then run them under the broiler to brown a little, and you have tender, falling apart boneless ribs. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Before we get started, I have to add a disclaimer. I know this isn't ..read more

Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice. The classic Cajun recipe is ready in about an hour in my Instant Pot, thanks to pressure cooking dry beans. This recipe is good enough for Fat Tuesday, but quick enough for a weeknight Tuesdays when I'm in a hurry. All it takes is 15 minutes at high pressure (plus a natural release) to cook soaked dry red kidney beans. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Everything I know about New Orleans comes from television. The mystery of the week set in the French Quarter, Justin Wilson on PBS, and pregame shots of the Superdome parking lot, with tailgaters chanting “Who dat!” while ..read more

Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup. A hearty soup and the perfect comfort meal, with a fantastic broth made from scratch in the pressure cooker. (Or you can short-cut and use store-bought broth.) The broth takes about 3 hours, primarily unattended - 45 minutes of oven roasting the beef bones and 75 minutes of pressure cooking the broth. Once the broth is done, this soup can come together on a weeknight with a quick sauté, browning of some beef, and 15 minutes of pressure cooking. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Soup makes me sit back and reflect. Everyone has favorite comfort foods, but there's just so ..read more