Recipe: Cuban Pot Roast - Instant Pot

What a GREAT way to start 2019!  A fantastic recipe and a lot of conversation.

The recipe I prepared for sampling was a HUGE hit with customers and with my wonderful TFM co-workers.  People were telling people to sample; so much fun for me.  A lot of product/ingredients sold and that is my goal.  Thank you customers!  Thank you Stacy (she's our Coffee/Bulk Specialist) for giving me this recipe!

It was so much fun chatting with everyone about my Instant Pot as well.  (Later in the post for that.)

Now for THE recipe ...

As I said in the beginning - HUGE hit with this recipe.  Stacy gave it to me for personal use.  When I saw TFM Corp. required sampling ... I knew it wouldn't work for me.  I had to also do my own thing.  It was a new year and people start dieting, there's cold weather and comfort food is always on my list, plus Superbowl is approaching and this would be a nice dish to serve.

I served this on a flour tortilla, topped with guacamole and shredded Mexican blend cheese.

CUBAN POT ROAST

(Adapted from I Breathe I’m Hungry, Mellissa Sevigny - A Keto Cuban Pot Roast recipe in the style of Ropa Vieja. Made in the slow cooker or Instant Pot. You can serve it low carb, dairy free, Paleo, and even Whole 30 compliant!)

2½ – 3 lb boneless chuck roast

¾ c. salsa verde

7 to 8 oz. canned chopped green chiles

14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes

1 onion, cut into strips

1 tsp. granulated garlic

1 each - red and yellow peppers, seeded and cut into strips

2 Tbl. ground cumin

1 Tbl. ground coriander
1 Tbl. chili powder

1 tsp. dried oregano

2 Tbl. apple cider vinegar

½ c. beef broth
Kosher salt
black pepper

Generously season roast with salt and pepper.

To a medium bowl, add remaining ingredients (excluding salt and pepper); use broth if cooking in Instant Pot. Stir. Set aside.

To make in the Instant Pot:

Sear in the Instant Pot using the sauté function, until browned on all sides.  Add remaining ingredient mixture.

Seal the Instant Pot and set to PRESSURE cook for 45 minutes.  Turn KEEP WARM off.

When the timer goes off, release the pressure using quick release. When all the steam and pressure has released, remove the cover.  Remove meat to a baking sheet/pan with rims.  Shred meat with two forks, removing any connective tissue and fat.  Add back to pot.

To make in the crock pot:

Sear in a hot pan until browned on all sides.

Place the meat in the bottom of a 5 qt. slow cooker.  Deglaze pan with enough broth to cover bottom of pan.  Pour over meat.

Add remaining ingredient mixture.

Cook 4 hours on HIGH or 6 hours on LOW.

Remove the meat to a baking sheet/pan with rims.  Shred the meat with two forks, removing any connective tissue.  Add back to slow cooker.

Serve over your choice – rice,  egg noodles, lettuce, mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, tortilla shells, tortilla chips, etc.

Serve with your choice of toppings – cilantro, guacamole, chopped tomatoes, shredded cheese, sour cream, lime, etc.

At home, I served this over rice.  We all felt rice did not do the meat justice.  Flour tortillas were our preference with cheese and avocado.

This recipe has a lot of broth/goodness when it's finished cooking. I remove it before serving and put it on the side in case someone wants to add it to their dish (it would be great when served over rice, noodles, potatoes, etc.).  After that, I saved the broth and made a soup with it; that will be next weekends sampling.  I have this weekends broth in the store's freezer.  Can't wait.

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Instant Pot

In order to quickly prepare the Cuban Pot Roast, I brought my Instant Pot with me to the store.  Although the store has a slow cooker, I really didn't want to wait that long for the meat to cook and PRESSURE cook was my preferred method.  To say I LOVE my Instant Pot is an understatement.  I wish I didn't have 7 slow cookers at the store.  All I typically need is an Instant Pot - sauté, slow cook, pressure cook, keep warm ... ONE pot. ONE clean-up.

So many conversations with customers about this wonder pot.  Who gave as a gift.  Who recently purchased for themselves, or received as a gift.  Several customers said they're afraid to used it.  WHAT?!  Others say it changed their lives.  I can tell you this is getting a work out at my house.