The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew

The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew - Best stew Recipe around!

The middle of February is a great time for comfort food. One recipe I turn to over and over is my beloved Crockpot Beef Stew, because it’s so warm and satisfying. Have you tried it yet? It’s a fan SUPER favorite! 

There’s only one problem: cooking it in the crock takes anywhere from 6 to 10 hours. That’s a good thing if you want to throw the meal together in the morning and have a hot dinner waiting at the end of the day…but what if you’ve just come home from work and you’re really in the mood for a good beef stew? It’s too late to start cooking it then.

Or at least, it used to be. But now, it’s Instant Pot to the rescue!

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.

The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew - Best stew Recipe around!

With the Instant Pot, you can whip up a hearty beef stew in less than an hour…including prep time, cooking time, and sitting time. So if you get home at 5:30, you can have a delicious beef stew on the table by 6:30. And that means you can have a The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew in your belly, where it belongs, by 6:45.

So now, it’s your choice…you can start your stew in the morning or in the evening. With the Instant Pot, it’s all good.

The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe.

 

The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew

  1. Place all ingredients into Instant Pot EXCEPT for the frozen peas, corn and flour/water mixture. Stir until well combined.The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew - Raw beef chunks in Instant pot pressure cooker The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew - Onions and seasoning added to the beef The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew - potatoes, carrots, broth, and tomato pasted added into Instant Pot pressure cooker
  2. Seal Instant Pot at set valve to sealing.The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew - finger pushing Instant Pot lever to sealing
  3. Select the Meat/Stew option (35 mins high pressure)The Best Instant pot beef stew - finger pushing Meat/Stew button on Instant Pot pressure cooker
  4. Once cooking time is complete, let Instant Pot sit for 12 minutes. After 12 minutes is up, quick release pressure, placing the valve to the venting position.
  5. After Instant Pot is depressurized, Stir in frozen corn, peas and flour/water mixture and stir until stew thickens a little bit more and corn/peas are warmed, about 3-5 mins.The Best Instant pot beef stew - a scoop of beef stew in a ladle

MORE BEEF RECIPES YOU WILL LOVE

Get your Instant Pot Today! Click on the Instant Pot for details.

(affiliate link)

Published on: February 16, 2017
Updated on December 8, 2019

4.81 from 66 votes

The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew

Author Corey Valley
With the Instant Pot, you can whip up The Best Instant Pot Beef Stew in no time. Just throw it all in and push go. No need to brown the meat either!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 2 pounds beef stew meat (cut into bite-sized pieces)
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 medium onion finely chopped
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic minced
  • 6 oz can tomato paste
  • 32 oz beef broth
  • 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 cups baby carrots carrots
  • 4-5 small red potatoes cut into bite-sized pieces (about 3 cups)
  • 1 tablespoon dried parsley
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 cups frozen peas
  • 1 cup frozen corn
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup water

Instructions

  • Place all ingredients into Instant Pot EXCEPT for the frozen peas, corn and flour/water mixture. Stir until well combined.
  • Seal Instant Pot at set valve to sealing.
  • Select the Meat/Stew option. (35 min High pressure)
  • Once cooking time is complete, let Instant Pot sit for 12 minutes. After 12 minutes is up, quick release pressure, placing the valve to the venting position.
  • After Instant Pot is depressurized, Stir in frozen corn, peas and flour/water mixture and stir until stew thickens a little bit more and corn/peas are warmed, about 3-5 mins.

Video

Nutrition

Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 1034mg | Potassium: 1389mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 4885IU | Vitamin C: 25.5mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 5.2mg

Nutritional Disclaimer: Family Fresh Meals is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is only an estimate. We recommend running the ingredients through an online nutritional calculator if you need to verify any information.

Sharing of this recipe is encouraged and appreciated. Copying of full recipe to any social media is prohibited.

Did You Make This Recipe?

Make sure to share it with me below!

 

4.81 from 66 votes (11 ratings without comment)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Did you make this recipe? Rate it:




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

166 Comments

  1. Do you set the beef/stew button for the automatic time of 35 mins or set it for 60 mins? Thanks

    1. No Ashlee, just use the 35 mins. The 60 min time quotes as “cooking time” on the recipe card is from start to finish.

    2. 3 stars
      I too was confused about the cooking time. This is the first recipe that didn’t give a cooking time. I decided to set it at 30 and hope for the best! I think you should revise the recipe and put a cooking time on it.

    3. Sorry, the directions said to push the stew button, and the image does show 35 mins. I will add the text in for those who missed that, and or don’t have a meat/stew button.

  2. Question – if i were to double the meat – would i need to double everything including the time? I have 9 to feed in my house. I have a 6 and 8 insta pot

  3. Made this tonight! Left out peas, corn and flour. Very very good!! Hubby gave me high five…?. So, it’s a keeper! Thank you!!

  4. 5 stars
    This was great! I coated the beef in some flour and seared it beforehand but the flavor was amazing!

    1. 4 stars
      Thanks Ali! That’s exactly what is needed, and I debated about it before cooking this. I’m new to the Instapot, so didn’t want to experiment yet. But I’m sure the searing and less liquid will prove the results.

  5. 5 stars
    Thank you for the great recipe! This was the third time using my Instant Pot and your directions and pics were very well done and easy to follow. The meat was incredibly tender and normally I’m not a fan of stew because the meat is usually tough…but not this recipe! My husband raved about how soft the meat was and said his mom’s beef stew that she slaves over the stove for three hours, is never this tender.
    I will definitely use this recipe again and I’m going to try to add a bay leaf and a stalk or two of celery (for added flavor) the next time. I used the lower sodium beef broth and less than a teaspoon of kosher salt, but it wasn’t enough salt and we had to add salt while eating the stew but it’s better to not be salty enough than to be too salty. Thanks again for the recipe. 🙂

    1. Hello Kristie,

      I have high-blood pressure and do my best to avoid salt.

      You are on the right track with low-sodium broth. I recommend, too, using Morton Salt Substitute, available on Amazon. It is potassium salt which, if anything, lowers blood pressure. This is a zero-sodium solution and sacrifices no taste.

      Happy cooking!

      George