Pressure cookers can be quite versatile when used with a little imagination and time. First, let me say that if you are going to get into pressure cooking, get a stainless steel stove top model and be prepared for some anxiety if you've never used one. I only recommend a simple stove top model, as opposed to an electric one with bells and whistles because this advice is pitched to the lazy guy. The lazy quotient comes into play later.
Pressure cookers develop serious pressure; up to 30psi at higher altitudes. This may not sound like much when your car tire blows, but that's not blowing superheated steam into your face and gas stove fixtures. Gee, why would steam and gas be an issue? Well, it's not that, it's the blowing off of the couplings or hoses that deliver the gas, thus creating a leak that pose the issue. It's happened. If you are alert it won't be a problem. Read on for a simple recipe that can also be adapted for soups, chicken, meats, you name it.
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