Can you steam a steak/burgers or minced beef in a pressure cooker?

[h4harlequin]

I'm thinking of browning first and then attempting this but would like some info on the consistency/texture and flavour of the finished product.

[bimbo123456]

why would you steam a burger. surely the whole point is the grilling removes a large amount of fat and leaves a brown outside. As for cooking mince in a pressure cooker...it only takes 15 mins to cook anyway. The whole point with pressure cookers is shortening the cooking times. by the time the pressure cooker is up to pressure the meat would be cooked. However, if you are doing a spag bol, which does benefit from long cooking, I guess that the pressure cooker would give the tenderness which usually takes longer. If you do try steaming burgers please let us know how it goes...interesting idea...

[h4harlequin]

I have a jml starchef and you can put your food in it and get ready, go out etc.. It's really handy so I wondered if steak/burgers could also be done this way which hopefully would taste as good and still contain nutrients. I guess as you say I'd have to try it out and post back at the discovery or disaster!

Thanks for your answer.

[heathfield]

Frying and grilling meat drives moisture off from what you're cooking. If you cook it in a closed container the moisture will remain. This will have a similar effect on the taste as if you'd boiled the meat, i.e. bland. The Star Chef is not a pressure cooker. It is a slow cooker/steamer.

[merciasounds]

They will most likely fall apart, and be as appetising as a bicycle tyre

[boxtops]

Surely, the steam makes the meat disintegrate??...

[vodkancoke]

I have been to a diner in America where they steam their burgers instead of grilling them, they are gorgeous, they are very juicy and yummy. Not sure about doing it in a pressure cooker though.

[bimbo123456]

How interesting vodka....I stand corrected.

[vodkancoke]

They were steamed cheeseburgers...bloody lovely.

http://www.tedsrestaurant.com/

[hc4361]

Those industrial steamers are NOTHING like you get at home.

[welshlibranr]

No never in a pressure cooker!......they would be a mess!...all soggy and yucky!........not good!.........

[RATTER15]

Someone call the steak police immediately!!!!!!!!!

[Carakeel]

Would a steak ambulance do?? Maybe they could rescue it with those electric paddle thingies they use to restart hearts and then one could try mouth to mouth resuscitation? Poor lil steak!!

[kawakiri]

Sacrilege, but here goes:
HamburgersBy : chef matt frost Combine beef, onions, salt, and pepper and shape into patties. Heat cooker uncovered, add fat, and brown patties on both sides. Add water, cover cooker, allow pressure to rise to 15 pounds and cook 5 minutes. Allow pressure to go down normally. (Snack, Steam, Beef, Party, burger ...

[babybutterfly]

my husband cooks us steamed burgers.... using lean mince, put them into individual steaming trays, into the steamer, put some cheddar cheese in little pots in there too for melted cheese, when its all cooked (abt 10-15 mins) ip the juice from the tray, put them in a bun and enjoy.......... i have to say, you dont lose any taste from the burger, infact they are much tastier, a big hit in our house, and healthier than frying.... give it a try you might even like it :)