LIFE HACK: Cooking Frozen Ground Beef in the Instant Pot | 2 flavors, 20 minutes

This is going to save. your. butt at 5 pm when you have nothing thawed out for dinner and little people asking you 'what's for dinner?'

I'm sharing two ways to make it:

01:42 - Korean Beef - which you can make Asian Lettuce Wraps with - grab the recipe at:

1- Remove frozen ground meat from packaging (running under warm water can help loosen it).

2- Place 1 cup of water into a 6 quart Instant Pot (1 1/2 cups for 8 quart). Place trivet over water and frozen meat on the trivet.

3- Set the valve to 'sealing', and pressure cook on high for 5 minutes.

4- When the Instant Pot beeps, do a quick pressure release and carefully remove the trivet + meat from the Instant Pot. *It will only be partly cooked through at this point*

5- Carefully dump the liquid from the Instant Pot, and add the ground meat back to the Instant Pot with 1 package taco seasoning or 1 batch of homemade taco seasoning (recipe linked below), plus 2/3 cup of water.

6- Select sautee, and cook the ground beef, breaking it up with a spatula until fully cooked through and sauce has thickened.

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If you have any questions about the recipe, feel free to ask it below!

Take care,

Denise

[DouceVipere]

I cook frozen chicken breasts in the IP all the time. Sauté a chopped onion until softened and starting to get some color, add garlic and the frozen breasts, salt, pepper and I am generous with a spoon of italian seasoning. Close, set it to pressure cook for 20 minutes. Onions and frozen chicken will release enough water to cook everything, there's no need to add anything else. You can add some potatoes too, but then add half a cup of water. Full dinner in no time and no mess in the kitchen. Just make sure to add enough seasoning to make everything very flavorful. I always leave it to release pressure naturally, I never force it because I find it removes much of the flavor and leaves the chicken dry. With NR all the juices are preserved.

[alejandrotillman]

You are God sent. Thank you. Please keep posting videos. They really help me out. I'm a trucker over the road. And this really makes life over the road easier. Thank you for your videos

[Lemonz]

Thank you! I usually buy ground beef on sale and freeze it, but I usually always end up with it just lying in the freezer because I can't be bothered to thaw it.

[slhemp]

Great presentation of a really good idea. I’m new to watching YouTube videos, but I’m thankful that my daughter recommended that I check them out, now I’ll share your channel with her.

[msmelgar]

Commenting to remind myself THIS IS THE RECIPE TO USE. you're right! Other videos tell you to cook longer and it ends up like a brick. 5 minutes is enough!

[loreleivitulli]

Love this way better than cooking it all the way. Perfect for better flavor and texture.

[jennischaffer]

I knew cooking it the entire time in a block wasn’t gonna taste good! Thanks for doing this video!!!

[sueb]

Just made your asian lettuce wraps with turkey mince. The flavour was absolutely delicious. Will definately be making these a lot. Thanks for yummy recipe.

[yrevet]

Awesome trying to move away from the toxic microwave...this is a saver. TY

[nagelyfernandez]

Thank you for saving dinner for tonight!!!

[gretchencampbell]

Omg thanks so much for this tip! I would never use the microwave to thaw my ground beef cus it would get rubbery or yuckie and I would have to get rid of some pieces of it. So I would always put it in water while still in the wrapping and in a hurry having to throw it on the stove top with a covered lid and constantly tend to it peeling layer by layer off the frozen hunk of meat lol. This its going to be a life save for me for sure!!! Thanks again 😁😁😁❤

[GingeRenee]

Thank you for a helpful and easy explanation for defrosting frozen hamburger meat in the instant pot. My mom got me the 8 qt instant pot for Christmas and I am still learning to use it. I’m so excited to see how easy it is to use frozen hamburger in the instant pot for recipes now.

[livliv]

Best recipe I’ve found for frozen ground beef!

[britsspicylife]

Lol yes they’re always hungry😂thank you so much for this recipe. You saved my evening!!!

[russellsheridan]

2:34 I need a parody of this segment that never ends with ingredients being added "Thyme, Salt, Seasoned Salt, Smoked Salt, White Pepper, Sage, Oregano, Cumin, Curcumin, Smoked Paprika, Paprika, etc etc"

[mistydumont]

Yes! I love to cook Roast from frozen! I put my Roast in the Ninja Foodi (not instant pot), but I put it on high in the pressure cooker, for 2 hours with all of my seasonings. When done I remove just the meat, and add the potatoes and carrots and pressure cook on high for 10 minutes!

[meralural]

Thank you ! it looks so practical for most of us.

[alejandranoriegav]

I'm doing Mexican picadillo with your tips, I just ordered my instapot. I'm so excited!!

[madhuchandapanda]

I was just looking for help and thank you for the video but can I thaw frozen ground turkey the same way with the same setting?

[momlifeplansonline]

Thank you! This is so helpful! It is so great that you also live in Calgary, so I know that I can always get the ingredients you use!