Our Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe is perfect for a cold winter day, without having to wait hours and hours to eat!
Amazing Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe
Normally beef stew, because it contains tough cuts of meat and hard root vegetables takes hours in the slow cooker or Dutch Oven. With this instant pot beef stew recipe, you can be sitting down to eat in less than 2 hours! Yep, you read that right. This is an Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe with amazing cooked-all-day flavor that is ready in about 90 minutes. This recipe SO good that it made our top recipes of 2018 list!
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I’ll admit I was slow to join the Instant Pot craze. I just wasn’t sure I wanted to have another appliance in my kitchen. My friend Deb shared her Instant Pot 101 Cheat Sheet with me and now I’m so excited about all the time my Instant Pot saves me.
By the way, if you love this recipe, you’ll want to check out our Beef Tips and Gravy – another family favorite!
Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe Shopping List
- 2.5 lb bottom round beef roast
- Yukon gold potatoes
- sweet potatoes
- red onion
- beef stock
- fresh thyme (rosemary is also delicious)
- rainbow carrots
From the pantry: olive oil, salt and pepper.
One of the reasons I love beef stew so much is that it’s loaded with nutrient-rich root vegetables, which have a very high concentration of iron. Plus, root veggies are great sources of vitamins A, B, and C. Check out this Guide to Root Vegetables for everything you ever wanted to know about root vegetables!
Pro Tip: Look for root vegetables that are very firm – the harder, the better!
You Might Also Need:
Cutting board and good knife
Instant Pot
tongs
- soup bowls
For a list of some of my favorite items to use when cooking, and why I chose them, please visit my Kitchen Resource page.
Pro Tips for this Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe
The final amount of time needed may depend on the shape and thickness of the piece of meat. It is imperative that your roast is in the center of the inner pot to help with even cooking and tenderizing.
Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe
Instant Pot Beef Stew
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2.5 lb bottom round beef roast
- 1/4 cup flour
- 6 small Yukon gold potatoes peeled
- 3 medium purple potatoes peeled and halved
- 2 large sweet potatoes peeled and sliced into 1" thick pieces
- 1 medium red onion chopped
- 6 cups beef stock or broth
- 2 cups baby rainbow carrots
- salt and pepper to taste
- Fresh thyme about 8 whole stalks
Instructions
- Heat the oil in the Instant Pot's inner pot using the saute setting.
- Flour the bottom round roast, rubbing it all over the meat. Shake off excess.
- Sear each each side of the meat until browned.
- Remove the meat from the pot while you deglaze the pan using 1 cup of the beef stock or broth.
- Return the meat to the center of the pot. Add the vegetables all around the meat. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the remaining beef stock or broth and the fresh thyme.
- Double check the sealing ring, then twist on the locking lid.
- Cancel the Saute setting and select Meat/Stew setting for 45 minutes.
- When the pressurized cook time has ended, the pot will beep a few times. Allow the Instant Pot to natural pressure release (NPR) for about 30 minutes.
- Serve warm with crusty bread!
Notes
Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe Variations
- Add other root vegetables such as butternut squash, parsnips or golden beets for extra nutrition and flavor.
- If you’re not a fan of thyme, use other herbs such as rosemary. Bay leaves also give beef stew a wonderful flavor.
Slow Cooker Beef Stew Variation
Here’s how to make this recipe in your slow cooker instead of the instant pot:
- Season the beef with salt and pepper and then dust with flour.
- In a hot skillet, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Sear the beef on all sides, then place into the slow cooker crock.
- Deglaze the pan with the beef stock to get all the brown bits off the bottom and transfer them to the slow cooker.
- Add the prepared vegetables.
- Set the slow cooker on low for 8 hours.
- Just before the time is up, add the fresh herbs to brighten up the beef stew.
Our Favorite Instant Pot Recipes:
from left to right:
- Instant Pot Asian-Inspired Baby Back Ribs
- Perfect Instant Pot Meatloaf
- Easy Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin Dinner
Check out more delicious instant pot recipes, for more great quick meal ideas.
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I’d probably make some pot roast. Your recipe looks great, but I’d have to use my mom’s.
Family recipes are a gift, aren’t they?
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I would start out with a pot roast.
I would make some vegetarian chili in my pot if I win.
I would make beef stew
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the tenderloin pork sounds amazing
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I’d make a beef stew.
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Thanks for the great giveaway!
I think I would cook a roast first.
Stew or risotto would be first for me.
I’d love to use it to make mashed potatoes.
I would make my chili first
1st recipe would be white chicken chili
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I would like to try your beef stew recipe. It looks so good. Also chili, macaroni and cheese and some soups.
Without a doubt, I’d make your Instant Pot Beef Stew! I’ve pinned the recipe and can’t wait to make it! Keeping my fingers crossed, as I’ve wanted an Instant Pot for the longest time now 🙂 Thanks for this chance!
First test run in an Instant Pot would be Barbacoa (shredded Mexican beef); it would be tacos and burritos.
Beef stew
I would make vegan chili.
Red Beans and Rice.
I’d love to make polenta in it, but I expect it would be better to start with something more basic. I’d probably make some bean soup first. I love bean soup, but it takes so long to cook.
I would try the beef stew recipe.
I would make a pot roast and potatoes.
Would make a basic chili first.
I’d make chili. So yummy on a cold winter day.
I would make a curry first!
I would make Chicken Stew.
I would make stew. I can’t get enough stew in winter.
I’d make chicken tortilla soup first!
I’d like to first make a pot of macaroni and cheese.
Chicken noodle soup
I would probably make a stew.
I’d make mac n cheese
We love pot roast and root vegetables. I would make a pot roast, carrots, potatoes, onions and turnips.
I’d probably start with something simple, like pinto beans and ham. That sounds good to me.
roast carrots potatoes in broth.
I would make cabbage rolls first.
Love to make a beef stew!
Your beef stew looks so good! But if I’m your lucky winner, the fist thing I’d make is a cheesecake. I’ve seen some luscious recipes for pressure-cooker cheesecake and i’m dying to know how they come out!
I would make a pot of gumbo.
I would make chili 🙂
I would make some pulled pork.
I would make a pot roast
I’d make some vegetable soup.
Split pea soup!
I will cook spicy chili in it. Thanks for the giveaway.
I don’t know anything about the instapot so hopefully a good recipe book will be included to help me pick my first meal!!!
I would make chili mac!
I am told that steaming eggs in n instant pot is the way to go for hard boiled eggs. I would like to try it the next time I make egg salad or deviled eggs.
I would make lentil soup.
I’d make a yummy pot roast
I would make chilli or pulled pork!
I have a recipe saved for a “Vegan Cheese Vegetable Quinoa” made in an instant pot and it’d be one of the first things I’d try!
I would make a pot roast with potatoes and veggies.
I would make turkey chili first.
The first thing I would make is corned beef and cabbage
I’d love to cook beef stroganoff first!!
Chicken vegetable soup
I think I would make Chicken and Rice
The first thing I would make is instant pot mac and cheese.
I would make beef vegetable soup.
I have an Instant Pot spaghetti I am wanting to try.
I would make your stew recipe as I have no idea how to use an Instant Pot yet,so I would try a tested recipe, plus is sounds wonderful.I wouldn’t have thought to use sweet potatoes in stew.
We like stew at our house in the winter and I will try this stew wit her the two kinds of potatoes first.
I think I’d try a stew first to see if it can make the beef as tender as my crock pot!
I would make a roast beef dinner!
I would make chili first.
If I won this I’d probably gift it to my mother in law and then request that she make a chili!
i might first try a chili or stew
Definitely your Beef Stew Recipe for Instapot. !
I would make a pot roast. So good with everything all in one pot.
I would make chili.
I would make a veggie chili or stew.
If I won I think I would try out a pot roast recipe. It takes so long in the oven and sometimes isn’t as fall apart as I would like.
i would make chicken adobo
I’d love to be able to cook a chicken and chicken pieces quickly!
I keep seeing recipes for Instant Pot Dulce de Leche, so that would be my first experiment.
Rice!
I would cook a chicken first. I have heard of some great recipes for that.
I would make some chicken noodle soup first!
I would make chili first.
I would make some split pea soup first! Thank you for the chance!
A giant pot roast. Yummmmm
I would make a good soup
I would try your beef stew recipe!
HUGE pot of chili! <3
I would make a pork roast so I could make pulled pork.
My friend Jill has an instant pot and raves about it — she told me a recipe for kalua pork with cabbage and it sounds amazing (with bacon) Jill uses her pot a lot and she has convinced me it would be a great pot to use in the kitchen!
I want to try making chicken. I heard it makes super juicy chicken! Yum!!
A pot roast
I would try making the beef stew you posted above, now you’ve got me craving it!
I would make some soup!
I’m not sure what I’d make…probably some sort of chicken dish….I love chicken! Thanks and God bless!
I would love to make some Asian-inspired chicken dishes!
I would make a pot roast
That pot roast sounds good to me! I’ve never used an instant pot, but it sounds pretty cool!
I’d love to make my chilli recipe in it.
I would make this beef stew recipe first! Mine usually takes 8 hours so I would definitely love to see how good it tastes made in an instant pot!
I would make a pot roast.
I’d made a Beef Vegetable Stew first! And then lots of soups!
I would make a pork roast.
i’d make chili first
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Pulled pork BBQ is what I would fix first and then a good old hearty stew
I haven’t made chili in a while, so I think that would be great.
Probably that Instant Pot Cheesecake that I haven’t tried yet.
Vegetable stew!
Beef Stroganoff from an instant pot recipe i have saved in pinterest. @wendym47 on pinterest
I would make some chili. Thanks for awesome giveaway and for the chance to win!
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I would like to try to make a traditional Gumbo in the instant pot, I imagine it would present some challenges but in the end be a huge success.
I’ve been wanting to make a lasagna recipe my mom gave me. Supposedly it is fast and easy in an Instapot.
I would love to make my famous homemade beef stew
I would make my family a pot roast first
I want to make the meatloaf you showed up a couple months ago. I would have already but I personally dont own an instant pot. My mom does and she uses it for everything including … yogurt! Isnt that wonderful!!
the pot pork tenderloin
I would make chicken and dumplings! Although I would have to quickly follow up with that awesome beef stew!!
I’ve always wanted to make a cheesecake in an Instant Pot.
I would make a pot read with root veggies with it.
I want to try this!
You’re going to LOVE it!
Thanks for stopping by Samantha!