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Easy Kung Pao Beef

Tender beef and Asian vegetables with Kung Pao sauce and topped with spicy chili flakes.

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Ingredients:

  • 2-1/2 pounds beef Stew Meat
  • 1/2 cup kung pao sauce
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
  • 1 package (16 ounces) frozen Asian vegetable blend
  • Salt, to taste
  • 1/3 cup roasted peanuts
  • Steamed white rice

Cooking:

  1. Add beef, kung pao sauce, honey, soy sauce and red pepper flakes to pressure cooker. Close and lock pressure lid. Use beef stew or high-pressure setting on pressure cooker program 40 minutes on pressure cooker timer. 
  2. Stir in frozen vegetables and cook, uncovered, 5 to 7 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Season with salt, if desired.
  3. Sprinkle with peanuts. Serve with steamed rice. 

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Bourbon Blueberry & Brie Bacon Cheeseburger

Brian Capps of Louisville, KY, has been crowned the 2021 Derby Burger Champion in the 10th Annual Derby Burger Challenge. Capps’ burger, made with 100% Kentucky Cattlemen’s ground beef is packed with flavor. The patty is topped with brie, thick-cut bacon, a blueberry bourbon sauce and arugula - all on a brioche bun.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef
  • 4 Slices Bacon, thick sliced
  • 1/4 inch Sliced Brie Cheese, rind removed
  • 1 pint Fresh Blueberries
  • 1 Lemon, halved
  • 1/8 cup White Sugar
  • 2 tsp. Cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Bourbon
  • 2 Brioche Buns
  • 2 Tbsp. Salted Butter
  • Arugula 
  • ¼ tsp. Kosher Salt
  • ¼ tsp. Black Pepper

Recipe

1. Form Two Patties and Set Aside.

2. Preheat your skillet over medium high heat. Add butter, and sliced buns. Cook until golden brown, set aside.

3. Salt and pepper both sides of the burger patty, cook over medium high heat. Cook until internal temperature of 160°F (USDA recommended), add cheese before taking off heat until melted.

4. Add blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice into a small pot. Cook on medium to low heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix cornstarch with water to make a slurry. Slowly add your slurry mixture to thicken blueberry sauce. Remove mixture from heat and stir in your bourbon.

5. Build your burger. Place your burger patty with melted cheese, cooked bacon, blueberry sauce on the bottom bun. Top the burger with arugula and add the top bun.

6. Enjoy!

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