INSTANT POT BEEF STEW FIRST TIME TRYING

2020-11-20 · YouTube · Foodie Beauty · 21 min

Chantal and two companions cook an Instant Pot beef stew using a recipe (linked in the video description), walk through browning the beef, sautéing onions and garlic, deglazing, adding tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce and broth, pressure-cooking for 35 minutes, making a cornstarch slurry to thicken, and finish by plating and tasting the stew with bread and pickles. The group discusses tenderness, texture, and minor tweaks for next time; they also eat, joke, and chat throughout the mukbang-style cooking-eating video.

Video guide

  1. 0:06 — Intro and set-up
  2. 0:47 — Browning meat in Instant Pot (saute)
  3. 1:41 — Sauté onion and garlic, deglaze pot
  4. 2:16 — Add tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce and broth; add vegetables
  5. 3:05 — Seal Instant Pot and pressure-cook (35 minutes)
  6. 3:31 — Pressure release and prepare cornstarch slurry
  7. 4:54 — Simmer and thicken with slurry
  8. 5:10 — Plate, bread & pickles side, taste test
  9. 7:18 — Discussion of tenderness and tweaks for next time
  10. 16:46 — Casual chat, jokes, and outro

People, places, food, and other named details

  • Person — Unidentified speaker A: Primary visible speaker who narrates the cooking steps and speaks during tasting and outro; unnamed in transcript.
  • Person — Unidentified speaker B: Second visible speaker who assists with instructions, comments on tenderness and taste; unnamed in transcript.
  • Person — Unidentified speaker C: Third visible speaker who participates in tasting and side commentary (bread and butter preferences).
  • Pet — Sam: Mentioned as eating crunchies and interacting with speakers; likely a pet present during the video.
  • Person — Pete: Named person who drinks water during the video and is referenced as present.
  • Person — Casey: Name mentioned in a joke about being thrown into a cake; appears as a referenced person, not shown speaking.
  • Person — Beebe: Referenced by name in a humorous line about saying "corn snatch"; not shown speaking.
  • Food — Instant Pot beef stew: The primary dish prepared and eaten in the video, made in an Instant Pot following a linked recipe.
  • Food — beef (meat): Beef used for browning in two batches and assessed for tenderness after cooking.
  • Food — onion: Sautéed until translucent as part of the stew preparation.
  • Food — garlic: Sautéed with onion until fragrant; caution given not to burn it.
  • Food — tomato paste: Added to the pot after deglazing; two tablespoons mentioned.
  • Food — Worcestershire sauce: Added to the stew; speakers comment on pronunciation.
  • Food — beef broth: Three cups total are used; one cup added during deglazing and the remaining added later.
  • Food — bay leaf: One bay leaf added to the stew.
  • Food — Italiano seasoning: Used as a shortcut seasoning in place of specific herbs.
  • Food — cornstarch slurry: Two tablespoons cornstarch mixed with two tablespoons water used to thicken the stew after pressure release.
  • Food — bread and butter: Eaten alongside the stew; discussion of white wonder bread and margarine brand mentioned.
  • Food — pickles (Bix): Jarred pickles used as a side; speaker mentions dipping hand into jar.
  • Food — carrots: Mentioned as a craving and included as a vegetable in the stew.
  • Food — Kit Kat: Chocolate candy mentioned in relation to sponsorship jokes and as part of light-hearted chat.

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