Instant Pot Beef Stew
My Instant Pot beef stew is a hearty and comforting family meal that you can easily throw together on busy weeknights in your pressure cooker!
Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe
As you probably know, I love my Instant Pot!
There’s nothing like being able to throw a few quality ingredients into your pressure cooker to create a delicious family meal.
This Instant Pot beef stew is one of my favorite easy Instant Pot dishes. It’s loaded with flavor, and it comes together quickly even on busy weeknights.
Note, I cook this dish in my 6-quart Instant Pot. You could also use a larger pot!
How to Make Instant Pot Beef Stew
Time needed: 1 hour and 5 minutes.
How to Make Beef Stew in your Instant Pot
- Season the meat
Place the stew meat in a bowl; season with salt and pepper. Add cornstarch and toss to thoroughly coat the meat. This can also be done right inside your Instant Pot to save a dish!
- Brown the meat
Set the Instant Pot to sauté function; add the butter when the pot is hot. When the butter begins to sizzle, add the stew meat and sear on all sides. This is to brown the meat (giving it flavor), and should only take a few minutes total. You do not need to fully cook the meat at this phase.
- Deglaze the Instant Pot
Deglaze the pot using the beef broth, taking care to fully scrape all of the flavorful bits off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Hit cancel on the Instant Pot.
- Add additional ingredients to the pressure cooker
Add the Worcestershire sauce, paprika, rosemary, thyme, bay leaf, onions, carrots, celery, potatoes, brown sugar and tomato paste. Stir to combine the ingredients.
- Pressure cook on high
Close the lid and set the valve to the sealed position. Set Instant Pot to pressure cook on high pressure for 35 minutes. When the cooking time stops, allow to naturally release for 10 minutes. After the 10-minute natural release, open the valve to release any remaining pressure. Remove bay leaf. Serve immediately and enjoy!
If you love loads of flavor, this Instant Pot beef stew recipe is definitely for you.
If you give it a try, be sure to leave me a comment to let me know what you think!
Easy Instant Pot Recipes
Instant Pot Beef Stew
A hearty beef stew with beef and vegetables that comes together in your pressure cooker in no time flat!
Ingredients
- 2 to 2 ½ lbs. pounds beef stew meat
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 2 to 3 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 2 to 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup frozen pearl onions
- 3 large carrots, thick diagonal cut
- 2 celery ribs, thick diagonal cut
- 1 lb. baby red potatoes, quartered or halved (depending on size)
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 3 cups beef broth
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
Instructions
- Place the stew meat in a bowl; season with salt and pepper. Add cornstarch and toss to thoroughly coat the meat.
- Set the Instant Pot to sauté function; add the butter when the pot is hot. When the butter begins to sizzle, add the stew meat and sear on all sides. This is to brown the meat (giving it flavor), and should only take a few minutes total. You do not need to fully cook the meat at this phase.
- Deglaze the pot using the beef broth, taking care to fully scrape all of the flavorful bits off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Hit cancel on the Instant Pot.
- Add the Worcestershire sauce, paprika, rosemary, thyme, bay leaf, onions, carrots, celery, potatoes, brown sugar and tomato paste. Stir to combine the ingredients.
- Close the lid and set the valve to the sealed position.
- Set Instant Pot to pressure cook on high pressure for 35 minutes. When the cook time stops, allow to naturally release for 10 minutes. After the 10-minute natural release, open the valve to release any remaining pressure.
- Remove bay leaf, serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1 bowlAmount Per Serving: Calories: 668Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 288mgSodium: 884mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 2gSugar: 5gProtein: 95g
I followed the recipe and it cooked beautifully. I cut my carrots in large pieces and didn’t cut my baby potatoes. Nothing was mush. The meat was so tender it melted in my mouth. I omitted the paprika and replaced it with a pinch of red chilies pepper flakes. Very good recipe
Thank you
As you can may ascertain, the small cuts of beef to larger cuts of veggies can make the inclusion of cooking time equivalent to the protein and veggies.. as was laid out in recipe. Flour instead of cornstarch can be used if you use some extra oil into the butter.
Good recipe… just depending on performance of the appliance and science behind the recipe. Adjust your cuts as Chrissy did… all inclusive.. one cook meal.
I used Thyme and Rosemary leaves instead of sprigs, cooked exactly as the recipe calls for and it turned out perfectly
I am going to try this beef stew… But I am cooking only about 8oz of cut up stew beef maybe little more or less for 2 people… How long would I need to pressure cook ? This will be my first use of the IP. I have the 6 quart pot. Thank you
I did mine by doing the meat like she said and cooked for 25, did the release for 10 minutes, then added the potatoes, carrots, and sweet potatoes for 8 minutes, with 10 minute release. If everything cooked together the potatoes would turn to mush. Was delicious, and will make again.
I made this tonight – my first instant pot dinner. It was delicious and the whole family loved it. I did add a little extra cornstarch mixed with water at the end to thicken it more, and substituted dried herbs for fresh and a cooking onion for the pearl onions, but otherwise followed the recipe and directions as written. I will definitely make this again!
I did mine a little different. I pressured cooked it for 50 min with the meat, onions, and broth. I then did a quick pressure release. Then I added the veggies and pressure cooked for 10 to 15. It was delicious.
If made in a regular slow cooker how long should I do it for? 6-8 hours on medium or high? Thank you.
This was my second recipe i made in my instant pot. It was so delicious that I have been asked to make it again! I have also made other recipes by this person. I suggest to follow her!