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Two weeks of soup

On a very cold day two weeks ago, I decided that in order to simplify my life, and teach my girls to cook in an easy way, we would only have soup for dinner for the next six months. This is not meant to be a punishment to my family. In fact, part of the reason I decided to do it is because every time I serve soup for dinner, my husband says, "I just love soup. I could eat soup for dinner every night." Maybe he said it again two weeks ago, and planted the thought at the opportune moment for me.

** Update: Six months of soup ended up being only two weeks of soup. It was good during that time. Now I am going to start using this blog to record all my recipes and meals. See the label cloud or the table of contents for a directory of entries. Or use the search button to search this site or the web.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Pork Loin (Pressure Cooker)

Pressure Cooker Pork Loin
prep time 1 hour & 30 minutes
serves 8-10

Ingredients:
4 lb pork loin with fat trimmed off
1/4 cup olive oil
1 Tbs dried herbs (basil, oregano, thyme mixture)
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 cups chicken broth

Instructions:
1- Mix herbs, salt, pepper in the olive oil, then rub it all over  the pork.
2- Brown the pork in the pressure cooker on medium-high heat until golden on all sides
3- Remove from the pressure cooker.  
4- Put chicken broth into pressure cooker, turn it on high, then add the pork and seal the lid (with bobber on).  Make sure that no part of the pork or broth is higher than the 2/3 mark on the inside wall of the pressure cooker.
5- When bobber begins to rock, reduce the heat until it settles at a slow, steady rock.
6- Set the timer for 70 minutes (55 minutes for 3 lbs of meat).
7- When the time is up, remove from heat and allow to depressurize on its own.


Shred and serve as is or with barbeque sauce.


Family rating:  5 stars

1 comment:

  1. Seasoned with taco seasoning (red peppers, cumin, etc.). We shredded it and made pork tacos out of it. It was delicious.

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