Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Whole Roast Chicken

By using an instant pot, whole food roast chicken preparation is not a problem anymore. Your family will love this healthy recipe.

Yield: 3 servings

Time taken: 50 minutes (10 minutes to prepare and 40 minutes to cook)

Ingredients

One small chicken – about 4 pounds

1 tablespoon coconut oil

Salt

Pepper

Additional seasonings if desired

Recipe

Add the coconut oil and turn on the sauté setting on the Instant Pot.

Place the chicken breast into the Instant Pot.

When the chicken is brown, place it on the rack and add ½ cup of water into the Instant Pot.

Sprinkle the seasoning of your choice over the chicken.

Lock the lid.

Select the “poultry” setting on your Instant Pot and adjust the timer to 24 minutes (Multiply the number of pound of your chicken with six and adjust the timer accordingly)

Once the timer goes off allow the Instant Pot to depressurize naturally.

Take your roasted chicken out.

Enjoy!

Nutritional information (per serving):  132 Cal, 8.1 g Fat (Sat fat 4.9 g), 43 mg chol., 92 mg sodium, 0 g carb., 0 g fiber, 14.1 g protein. 

Keto Instant Pot Mexican Beef

This instant pot Mexican beef is a perfect meal for all those people who love Mexican food.

Yield: 6 servings

Time taken: 60 minutes (15minutes to prepare and 45 minutes to cook)

Ingredients

2½ pounds boneless beef short ribs,

1 tablespoon chili powder

1½ teaspoons kosher salt

1 tablespoon ghee or fat of choice

1 medium onion, thinly sliced

1 tablespoon tomato paste

6 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed

½ cup roasted tomato salsa

½ cup bone broth

½ teaspoon Red Boat Fish Sauce

freshly ground black pepper

½ cup minced cilantro (optional)

2 radishes, sliced (optional)

Recipe

Combine salt, beef, and chili in a bowl.

Press the “sauté” button of instant pot and add oil or ghee.

Add garlic and tomato paste. Stir well for 30 seconds.

Now add beef, fish sauce, salsa, and stock.

Close the lid and press the “cancel” button.

Cook the beef on high pressure for 35 minutes.

Once you hear the beep, unlock the lid.

Add salt and pepper according to taste.

Serve with radish. You can also use cilantro.

Enjoy!

Nutritional information (per serving):  1527 Cal, 51.9 g Fat (Sat fat 20 g), 715 mg chol., 2922 mg sodium, 5.3 g carb., 1.1 g fiber, 243.5 g protein. 

Keto Salmon and Veggies

Salmon fish with vegetables, this recipe provides all the nutrition in one. You can have different vegetables, meat, and taste all at the same time.

Yield: 1 serving

Time taken: 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 Salmon Filet

Vegetables (whatever is available, nicely and evenly chopped)

Seasoning

1/4 cup dry sherry

Salt and pepper to taste

Recipe

Season all the vegetables with salt, pepper and dry sherry.

Put all the vegetables in a pan or metal pot and seal with the foil.

Add one cup of water in the instant pot.

Place a trivet in the pot and place the pan on it.

Place another trivet on it and place the salmon fillet on it.

Seal the lid and set the high pressure to 6 minutes.

Release the pressure when it beeps and serves!

Nutrition’s per serving: 264 Cal, 3.3g Fat (0.8g Saturated Fat), 69mg Cholesterol, 193mg Sodium, 15g Carbs, 4.5g Dietary Fibre, 3g Sugar, 27.6g Protein, 70mg Calcium, 3mg Iron, and 634mg Potassium.

Keto Stuffed Pepper Soup

Almost all of us love stuffed pepper. This soup is a perfect combination of soup and stuffed pepper.

Yield: 6 servings

Time taken: 45 minutes (10 minutes to prepare and 35 minutes to cook)

Ingredients

3 cups cooked brown rice (omit for paleo diet)

1 lb 95% lean ground beef

1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper

1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper

1 cup finely diced onion

3 cloves garlic, chopped

2 cans (14.5 oz each) diced tomatoes

1 3/4 cups tomato sauce

2 cups reduced sodium, fat-free chicken broth

1/2 tsp dried marjoram

salt and fresh pepper to taste

Recipe

Turn on the instant pot and press the sauté button.

Spray the pot with cooking spray.

Add salt and ground meat.

Cook for 5-8 minutes.

If there is any fat, drain it. Then add garlic, peppers, and onion.

Cook for 4 to 5 minutes.

Add chicken broth, tomatoes, marjoram, and tomato sauce.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Close the lid and cook on high pressure for 15 minutes.

Let the steam released naturally.

Ladle into bowls and serve!

Nutritional information (per serving): 261 Cal, 5 g Fat (Sat fat 0 g), 0 mg chol., 606 mg sodium, 37.5 g carb., 5 g fiber, 17.5 g protein. 

Quinoa Vegetable Soup

Yield: 6 servings

Time taken: 17 minutes (5 minutes to prepare and 12 minutes to cook)

Ingredients

about 12 oz. frozen California vegetable blend (make sure that there are no added sauce or seasonings!)

about 12 oz. frozen Italian vegetable blend (make sure that there are no added sauce or seasonings!)

1 15-oz. fire-roasted tomatoes

1 15-oz. white beans (undrained)

1 15-oz. kidney beans

¼ cup quinoa, rinsed

1 tbs. dried basil

1 tbs. garlic, minced

½ tbs. dried oregano

1 tsp. onion powder

½ tsp. sea salt

¼ tsp. black pepper

3 cups boiling water

Recipe

Turn on the instant pot.

Add all the ingredients and stir well.

Cook on high pressure for 2 minutes.

Turn off the instant pot and wait for about 10 minutes.

Manually release the steam.

Open the lid and ladle soup into the bowls.

Serve and enjoy!

Nutritional information (per serving):  576 Cal, 2.6 g Fat (Sat fat 0.3 g), 0 mg chol., 421 mg sodium, 104.1 g carb., 26.6 g fiber, 36.2 g protein. 

Cooking Appliances For Keto Recipes to Help If You're On Keto Diet

Before we get started with the Keto meal plans and recipes, it is important for you to understand how different cooking appliances can help you. There are a lot of different options available in the market from different types of blenders to weird kitchen gadget. But not all of them are useful. In this blog post, I’ll be going over some of my favorite kitchen appliances that are a must-have for everyone who loves cooking.

#1 Instant Pot

An instant pot is an appliance that can perform 7 different types of functions. Whether you need a slow cooker, steamer or a pressure cooker – everything can be done in an instant pot. It not only makes cooking easier and fun, but it can also save a lot of time.

How to Use the Instant Pot?

Instant pot makes cooking easier than it ever was. It is a multi-cooker that has the lid lock, safety valves, control box, and inner pot. It can perform more functions than a simple electric pressure cooker.

Here is an easy step by step processes to use the instant pot:

1. Familiarize yourself with different parts of the instant pot such as a power cord, condensation collector, lid, accessories, base unit, and inner pot.
2. Do a water test so to know how your instant pot builds pressure. Simply add 2 cups water to the pot, close the lid, select the cooking button and set the cooking time, and notice the whole process.
3. Release the pressure. It can be done automatically or manually. If you do nothing, the pot will release its pressure by itself but its pressure can also be released manually.

Keep in mind that before using an instant pot, first, you need to make sure that you’ve set the correct pressure level and the amount of time. 

Garlic Butter Shrimp

Instant recipe for cooking delicious shrimps in a 
few steps.

Yield: 4 servings

Time taken: 15 minutes

Ingredients

1 pound shrimps

½ medium sized lemon

2 tablespoon butter of your own choice

3 garlic cloves (minced)

Dried parsley (as much as you like)

Freshly grounded pepper

Salt (kosher or whatever is available)

½ cup chicken broth

¼ cup dry white wine (for taste)

Recipe

Preheat the put and put butter in it. Let it melt.

Add garlic and stir till it is brown.

Add white wine and wait for it to boil away until the alcohol smell completely vanishes.

Add the shrimps, salt, pepper and chicken broth.

Cook on the high pressure for 2 minutes.

Cook again is the sauce does not simmer.

Add lemon juice, parsley and serve!

Nutrition’s per serving: 751 Cal, 29.1g Total Fat (16.2g Saturated Fat), 946 mg Cholesterol, 1749mg Sodium, 9g Carbs, 2.3g Dietary Fibre, 1.5g Total Sugars, 100g Protein, 295mg Calcium, 18mg Iron, and 1348mg Potassium.