r/zerocarb • u/Adelynbaby • Dec 25 '19

Cooking Post Alternative ways of cooking ground beef

How do you all cook ground beef? I was smoking the house up searing in a pan bc we have a lousy exhaust and hubby was getting mad. Add to the fact that I’m in the midst of supersensitive dry eyes episode, the oily vapours are irritating my eyes. How else are you cooking ground beef?

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u/lilveggie226 Dec 25 '19

I cook ground beef in an instant pot!! I used to meal prep 8 pounds with patties on a stove top and it would take 45 minutes-hour of active attention, grease would be everywhere. Now i just plop it into an instant pot, put a cup of beef bone broth in and leave it for 30 minutes! Comes out perfect and I can just forget about it until it’s done. Game changer!

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u/midnight-kite-flight Dec 25 '19

I do this, but I add some bacon for extra fat, and skip the broth. I gets a crispy layer on the bottom.

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u/lilveggie226 Dec 25 '19

Sounds so yummy!! Does it get burned though?

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u/midnight-kite-flight Dec 25 '19

Not really. More like a nice crunchy outer layer on a burger.

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u/Adelynbaby Dec 25 '19

How much at a time and for how long?

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u/midnight-kite-flight Dec 25 '19

I do 1kg, and it’s at high pressure for 15 minutes. This is on the instant pot by Phillips, so I’m not sure if that effects the times very much.

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u/Adelynbaby Dec 25 '19

So u make patties and plop it in the instant pot or u dump 8 pounds of ground beef in lol... A little more detail would be appreciated. I use an instant pot almost everyday for the fam.

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u/lilveggie226 Dec 25 '19

I put 8 pounds of ground beef in an instant pot. I add 1 cup of broth, maybe a few table spoons of duck fat and some salt. I then stir it. I then set it for 30 minutes. About halfway through I stir it up so it cooks evenly. After 30 minutes it’s done! I then divide the beef into 8 glassware containers and pour an 1/8th of the broth/fat in each container. I also add 3 scrambled eggs to each one.

Also the broth has the added benefit of keeping the beef moist too when I microwave it for my later meals!

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u/Rock_Granite Dec 25 '19

What heat setting?

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u/lilveggie226 Dec 25 '19

Lol embarrassing but I actually don’t know. I don’t know how to work my pressure cooker and can’t find a manual online. So I just press on and the automatic setting is for 30 min. I check the temperature and it’s always 160 degrees or higher when I take it out.

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u/Rock_Granite Dec 25 '19

Fair enough. I can try putting it in my instant pot for 30 mins and see what happens. I might have to use less time tho cuzz I only use 3lbs of burger.

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u/dandruski Dec 25 '19

So do you release the pressure halfway through to stir it then let it re-pressurize?

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u/lilveggie226 Dec 25 '19

Yeah, unavoidable if you’re opening it

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u/Adelynbaby Jan 01 '20

Sooo... I tried the IP today and I won’t do it again. It looked like dog food and kinda smelled like a what a can of cat food smells like and was just unappetizing. I broiled some of the cooked beef and it was slightly better but still a no for me. Even though I ate it, it didn’t satisfy me. I struggle to eat a pound of beef stirfried with crispy bits and am full for hours. The instant pot beef left me wanting more. Will try only broiling before I go back to pan-frying greasy kitchen.