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Instant Pot Beef Stew

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 404kcal

Ingredients 

  • 1 lb beef stew meat
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • 1 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
  • 1 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/2 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 Tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 tsp dried rosemary
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 14 oz frozen pearl onions
  • 8 oz mushrooms
  • 1 lb carrots
  • 0.75 lb potatoes

Instructions

  • Place the stew meat in a bowl and season lightly with salt and pepper. Add the flour and stir to coat.
  • Place the butter in the Instant Pot and turn on the sauté function. Heat the butter until it is melted and sizzling, then add the stew meat. Brown the meat on all sides. Don't stir too often as this will prevent the meat from achieving a nice brown, crispy exterior. The flour may coat the bottom of the pot and that is okay, just don't let it burn.
  • Pour the beef broth into the pot and stir to dissolve the browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Once dissolved, add the Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, minced garlic, tomato paste, rosemary, and thyme.
  • Wash and quarter the mushrooms. Peel and slice the carrots into one-inch sections. Wash the potatoes well, peel if desired, then chop into one-inch cubes. Add the pearl onions (no need to thaw), mushrooms, carrots, and potatoes to the Instant Pot. Give all the ingredients in the pot a good stir.
  • Close the lid on the Instant Pot and close the steam valve. Press the "meat/stew" button, or set the cooker to 35 minutes of high pressure. After 35 minutes of high pressure, allow the cooker to naturally cool and release pressure.
  • Once the pressure has released, open the steam valve then carefully open the lid. Give the stew a good stir, taste, and adjust the salt if needed. Serve hot with crusty bread.

Notes

https://www.budgetbytes.com/2017/01/instant-pot-beef-stew/
We tried this for the first time in December, 2017, and it was really good. Some red wine to deglaze would have made it even better, and the brown sugar could have been cut.

Nutrition

Calories: 404kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 1666mg | Potassium: 967mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 12950IU | Vitamin C: 29.7mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 5.4mg