Instant Pot Ground Beef Burrito Bowls Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Can I put a bowl in an Instant Pot? ›

I highly recommend using a sstainless steel bowl for pot-in-pot cooking. If using a glass bowl, make sure it is oven safe and approved for pressure cooking. You will need to add 3-4 minutes more cooking time with a glass bowl.

How many calories are in a burrito bowl? Calories for a beef burrito bowl will vary between 600-800 calories roughly. The beans and rice are high in carbs and calories.

Stackable Instant Pot recipes: these are designed to be stacked and cooked together at the same time in the same pressure cooker! These balanced pairings all include one dish cooked in the main pot, along with another “Pot in Pot” (“PIP”) dish cooked in a secondary vessel or steamer basket.

The ideal size for insert pans in a standard 6-quart Instant Pot is a 7.5-inch diameter. This leaves just enough space around the outer edges of the pot to allow sufficient airflow for even cooking, while maximizing the volume of food in this second vessel.

Check the middle of the meat after cook time to be sure an internal temperature of 160 degrees has been reached. I would not recommend cooking more than 3-4 pounds of frozen meat at a time. Doing so, would overcrowd your Instant Pot and therefore would cause it to take forever to reach pressure.

Place your trivet or steaming basket into the inner pot. Add 1 cup of water. Place your ground meat on the trivet/in the steamer basket. Cook for 6 minutes at high pressure.

Unfortunately, once you overcook a piece of meat in the pressure cooker, there's no going back. You'll be left with a pile of dry, crunchy, tasteless fibers and no amount of additional pressure cooking is going to put that moisture back into the meat. Earlier, I explained how ingredient size affects the cooking time.

Like most meals, a burrito can be as healthy or unhealthy as you want; it depends on what ingredients you include and what you're avoiding. If you're trying to eat fewer carbs, a burrito bowl can be a better choice than a traditional burrito – and easier to take home if you want to cut back on portion sizes.

Is a Burrito Bowl Healthy? The basic combination of protein, carbs, and fat (chicken, rice and beans, and guacamole and cheese, respectively) is not only healthy and filling, but incredibly satisfying too. You definitely won't be looking for an evening snack after eating a burrito bowl for dinner.

How many calories in a homemade burrito bowl? ›

Maximum When pressure cooking, do not fill the inner pot higher than the PC MAX — 2/3 line as indicated on the inner pot. When cooking foods that expand (e.g., rice, beans, pasta) do not fill the inner pot higher than the — 1/2 line as indicated on the inner pot.

Your Instant Pot should have a line on the inner pot to show the maximum amount of food you can cook in it at once (and it's there for good reason!). Overfilling your Instant Pot can affect the pressure that builds up inside, so you might end up with a mushy meal, or one that doesn't cook properly.

I now prefer the 7-Cup Round Pyrex Dish. It easily fits inside a 6-Quart Instant Pot and (my favorite part) it comes with a lid. So easy for leftovers – just pop the lid on and put it in the fridge! You can also use a stainless steel bowl or any other dish / bowl that is approved for cooking under high pressure.

Oven-tempered glass and metal bowls or pans can be used in a pressure cooker. Beautiful desserts and side dishes can be prepared in a pressure cooker by using individual molds, glass custard cups, metal bowls, pans, soufflé dishes, and springform pans, all of which must be oven safe.

Put the food you are trying to cook in an oven-proof container--stainless steel dishes work best inside the instant pot. This container does NOT require liquid. Place the container on the steam rack and close the Instant Pot lid.

Your Instant Pot. A trivet. A sling (you'll need aluminum foil) An oven safe dish (like Pyrex or a Springform pan)

poached eggs, meatloaf, lasagna, casseroles, leftovers. Instant Pot says you can use any container that is labeled “Oven Safe”. This includes containers made from metal, silicone, ceramic & glass.