Ethiopian Beef Stew

Step 1

In the bowl of a food processor, pulse onion and garlic until roughly chopped, scraping bowl as necessary.

Step 2

Set your Instant Pot to Sauté and pour in the ghee. When lightly smoking, add onion/garlic mixture, berbere, and salt.

Step 3

Saute well until the mixture is fairly dry. Do not skip this step. Ideally, we would have made spiced ghee (niter kibbeh) but we didn't because today we are lazy (but I prefer to think of it as being "efficient"). This step allows the spices to lose their raw smell, to infuse the ghee with the spice flavors, and cook the onion down to a nice base for the beef.

Step 4

Put in the ground beef and smash until there are no lumps. Add in the diced tomatoes.

Step 5

Add half a cup of water, set pressure to high, and cook for 10 minutes. Allow it to Natural Pressure Release for 10 minutes.