One of my favorites is Hashweh, a Lebanese rendition of meat and rice. Traditionally this dish calls for ground lamb or lamb chunks. But it’s difficult to find lamb where I live, so I improvise with ground beef. If you can find ground lamb though, I’d definitely urge you to try that. Whether you’re talking about making chicken biryani, Hainanese chicken rice, Lamb Dum Biryani, or Hashweh, every culture has some combination of ground meat and rice dishes. I have this extremely popular Ground Beef shawarma with rice recipe that is well-loved by all who have tried it. Babies and young children seem to be particularly fond of it, which makes me very happy. I think the best thing about it—apart from the ease of making it—is that really, who doesn’t love a meat and rice dish?
HOW TO MAKE ONE STEP LEBANESE HASHWEH
I have a new toy, which is the Instant Pot Aura Pro. It’s not a pressure cooker like my regular Instant Pot. Rather it’s a multi-cooker that can do many different things.
The Instant Pot Aura Pro can Sauté/Sear by reaching temperatures as high as 425FIt can be used as a stand-alone oven and allows you to bake in itIt has an automatic Rice cooker functionIt has a slow cooker functionIt can roast, steam and stewIt has a delay start option that makes timely meals that much easier
This Lebanese Hashweh was the first thing I made in my Instant Pot Aura Pro. For this recipe, it allowed me to sauté and brown the pine nuts, onion, garlic, and meat on its Sauté/Sear function. After that, I was able to use the Automatic Rice cook function and just walk away. Okay let’s be honest, I didn’t want away. I stood there like a nervous mother watching that baby, wondering if I had done things right? Would the pot stop cooking on its own? Were things burning? But really, I needn’t have worried. The non-stick interior makes it unlikely things will burn and the pot appears to know what it is doing. I will provide instructions for making this Lebanese Hashweh Ground Beef and Rice dish for the Gem as well as for the Instant Pot below.
EQUIPMENT YOU MAY NEED TO MAKE THIS INSTANT POT GEM OR PRESSURE COOKER LEBANESE HASHWEH
Instant Pot Mini Duo, or Instant pot 6 quarts, or Instant Pot 8 Quarts ORInstant Pot Aura ProMeasuring CupsMy favorite Cutting BoardGood set of Kitchen Knives
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