Irish Beef Stew (Pressure Cooker Cheat Method)

Ingredients 4 people

Beef chuck 600g diced (1 packet from Fairprice)
Potato X2 large ones diced
Carrots X3 medium sized diced
1 large yellow onion sliced
Flour 2 tbspn
Chicken stock 300ml
Dried parsley flakes 0.5 tspn
Dried basil flakes 0.5 tspn
Tomato paste (half a can of Hunt's 170g paste)
Sugar 2 tbspn
Sat & pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Sliced the onion and fry it under bake mode of the pressure cooker until it becomes translucent and soft.

2. Add the beef, potato, carrot, pasley, basil, tomato paste and stir fry for 5 minutes. The ingredients should start sticking to the pot which is a good sign. This is called browning.

3. Sprinkle the flour in and stir it.

4. Add the chicken stock and add sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Scrap the bottom of the pot with a spatula (all the goodness are in the brown bits)

5. Switch to steam/stew mode and pressure cook for 30 minutes.

Pro Tip: If the stew is too watery, switch back to bake mode and let it simmer for 10 minutes :)