Who doesn’t love barbecue during the week? If you’ve relegated barbecue to the weekend, when you’ve got time to fire up the grill and nurse your steak and chicken, then think again. Okay, this might not thrill the grilling you, but you can barbecue your steak in your stove top pressure cooker. Really.

Yes you can make a delicious and tender barbecue steak in your pressure cooker!

In addition to the pressure cooker, you’ll need a trivet. A trivet is a piece of metal that sits in the bottom of the pressure cooker, to keep food out of the water.

You’ll need a 6-ounce lean round steak to start. Of course the yam, which should be scrubbed and sliced. The last item is a a couple of tablespoons of barbecue sauce. Of course you can use more if you want lots of sauce. It’s your choice if you want to use sweet barbecue sauce to match the yams or firey sauce to act as a balance.

To make mouthwatering and tender barbecue steak in the pressure cooker, first you put the trivet in the pressure cooker bottom and add water. Put the steak flat on the trivet as well as the yams. Turn on the pressure cooker and bring up to high pressure. Cook the steak for 20 minutes. If you are using a stovetop pressure cooker then use the quick cool method by putting the pressure cooker under cold water. Don’t do this with an electric pressure cooker. Read your instructions for a quick pressure release. Open the lid, put the barbecue sauce on the steak. Recover the pressure cooker and bring the appliance to high pressure. Cook the steak and yams for another 10 minutes. Perform another cold water release. Place the steak on a dinner plate. Add more barbecue sauce if you want. I’d put putter and cinnamon on the yams. Throw on a few mini marshmallows as well.