As the New Year gets closer in the Carolinas you start to see containers of fresh black-eyed peas in the grocery store. Like many other people who live in the South, we eat black-eyed peas at the New Year. "Collards are for a steady supply of folding green in the coming … [Read more...]
Coconut Rice – Instant Pot
An adaptation of Tejal Rao's recipe in The New York Times. It took several tries to get an Instant Pot recipe to work. The trick turned out to be using light coconut milk instead of full-fat coconut milk, which clogs the Instant Pot's steamer vent. Washing the rice is also … [Read more...]
Shredded Mexican Chicken – Instant Pot
To feed a crowd at family get-togethers, a taco buffet line is often the way we go. Everybody likes Mexican food and you can do meat-lovers or vegan. Those who like plain meat and a taco can do that, while others pile on the veggies and sauces. We usually offer half-sheet … [Read more...]
Mahatma Jasmine Rice – Instant Pot
The Instant Pot does a excellent job of cooking rice. Or perhaps we should say that the Instant Pot does an excellent job of steaming rice. You need less water when you cook rice in an Instant Pot because the steam can't escape from the Instant Pot as it would from a pot on the … [Read more...]
Brown Short-Grain Rice – Instant Pot
Lundberg rices are delicous. Now that we do our rice-cooking in the Instant Pot, we take care to adjust the cooking time to the kind of rice in the pot. For cooking Lundberg Brown Short-Grain Rice and other rices, polenta, or anything sticky, we love a nonstick inner … [Read more...]