Okay you're a happy carnivore who loves red meat. So you've decided that the Caveman Diet is the best way for you to lose weight or to maintain your healthy weight. You're ready to eat beef and red meat in the right way and love every minute. But wait! You've just realized how expensive red meat can be. Seriously. The tender delicious red meat marbled with fat comes from the most expensive cuts of meat. The less expensive lean red meat can be tough and tasteless. Don't worry all is not lost. You can use a pressure cooker to infuse red meat with flavor. The moisture used in the pressure cooking process with leave the leanest red meat very tender. The great news is that it can take less than half the time to cook using a pressure cooker pot and that its quite easy.
INFUSE RED MEAT WITH FLAVOR AND TENDERNESS WITH A PRESSURE COOKER
So let's take a look at just how long it takes to cook some red meat in a pressure cooker. A 3 pound chuck roast should be juicy and tender in about 35 minutes. Fancy some corned beef and cabbage for your St. Patrick's Day celebration? Then it'll be fit for a leprechaun in about an hour. If your Cave Man Diet includes a ham shoulder in the 3 to 6 pound range, then figure about 30 minutes. Steak lovers will enjoy a 1/4-inch thick round steak in about 10 minutes.
Here are some red meat cooking tips when you use your pressure cooker.
This sounds obvious but make sure that your roast or ham shoulder fits properly in your pressure cooker. You should never have food or liquid above the 2/3 line in your pressure cooker. It's usually clearly market on the inside.
Don't try to use your pressure cooker pot on round roasts over 3 pounds. The outside will be overdone and the inside uncooked.
Achieve maximum tastiness by browning the meat in mushrooms, onions, garlic or other aromatic herbs and vegetables before adding your water or broth.
Don't just stick to water. If you're cooking beef, some beef broth will give your dish some added zip.
Become friends with your pressure cooker and your Cave Man Diet will be delicious and cost-effective!
Filed under Cooking Meat by on Feb 18th, 2012. 
The hamburger is an American icon. Our children are raised eating hamburgers and there are hundreds and thousands of hamburger recipes. A favorite of mine is the cheddar and onion burger.
What you'll need:
- 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
- 3 to 4 lbs of lean ground chuck
- 1 tbs of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp of black pepper
- dash of red pepper
- 1 tsp of minced garlic
- ½ cup of shredded cheddar cheese
- ½ cup of breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
To begin, heat up a small skillet with 1 tbs of oil. Once the oil is heated, brown the onions. In a large bowl, mix ground chuck, seasonings, chopped onion, shredded cheddar, breadcrumbs, and egg. Mix thoroughly with your hands. Once all is blended well, patty out into 1/3 lb burgers. Heat charcoals to medium heat and grill burgers, flipping occasionally. Once the burgers are done, you can top with various toppings. I like to top mine with a thick slice of tomato, lettuce, mustard, ketchup, and pickle on a sesame seed bun. If you want an even cheesier burger, top each of the burgers with shredded cheddar while they are hot off the grill.
Filed under Cooking Meat by on Jul 24th, 2011.
