Pressure Cooker Korean Ground Beef

Serves 4 in about 41 minutes. The pressure cooker brings soy sauce low and sesame seeds together.

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1½ lbs ground beef or ground turkey, 90% lean is best
• 7 cloves garlic (or 1 tbsp pressed garlic)
• ⅓ cup soy sauce, low sodium
• ½ cup water
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated (or 1 tsp powdered ginger)
• ½ asian pear, grated (optional)
• ¾ teaspoon red pepper flakes (or more for some spice)
• ½ teaspoon white pepper (or black)
• 1½ cups jasmine rice, well rinsed
• 1½ cups water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• Tortillas (for tacos)
• Lettuce leaves (for lettuce wraps)
• 2 green onions, sliced
• Sesame seeds

Method

1. Get all of your ingredients together and measured out. This will make the process go smoother. Also have the rice in the pan and ready to go.
2. Turn on the pot's Sauté setting. When it is hot, add the oil, and then the ground beef. Simmer beef until it loses the pink color.
3. Stir in garlic, soy sauce, water, brown sugar, sesame oil, ginger, Asian pear (if using), red pepper flakes, and white pepper. Stir well, scraping the bottom of the pot to get up any browned bits so you don't get the Burn error.
4. Cancel the Sauté setting.
5. Set the trivet in the pot over the beef.
6. Put the rice, water, and butter in the pan and set on top of the trivet.
7. Close the lid and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
8. Press the Pressure Cook/Manual button or dial and the +/- button or dial to select 4 minutes. High Pressure.
9. When the cook cycle is finished, let the pot sit undisturbed for 10 minutes (10 instant Natural Release). Then turn the steam release knob to the Venting position and release the remaining pressure/steam.
10. When the pin in the lid drops down, open the lid and use silicone mitts, a pan gripper, or such to carefully remove the pan of rice. Then fluff the rice with a fork.
11. Lift out the trivet and stir the beef.
12. Plate over rice, or on lettuce leaves, in taco shells/tortillas, garnish, and enjoy!

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