Hearty pressure cooker beef stew made with carrots, potatoes, and onion cooked in beef stock and red wine cooks in 35 minutes!
Pressure Cooker Beef Stew
Have you jumped on the pressure cooker bandwagon? I finally picked up an Instant Pot and I LOVE it! It’s the coolest kitchen toy EVER! I know, I know, you already have a slow cooker, and so do I.
The difference is you will get slow cooked meal results in about a quarter of the time it takes to cook dishes in the oven, stovetop or slow cooker. Seriously, it’s so cool!
We’ve tested boiled eggs, which were perfectly cooked in just 10 minutes (5 minutes to pressurize and another 5 to cook). Next, I tried my Kalua Pork Slow Cooked Recipe, a simple meal that typically takes 5-6 hours to cook.
Guess how many minutes it took to make in an Instant Pot? An hour, 60 minutes!
Unbelievable.
Old-fashioned beef stew recipe is ready in 35 minutes!
The traditional method when making a stew takes hours for the meat to tenderize. The exact same tender results will only take 35 minutes in a pressure cooker!
There is another feature that I think is worth mentioning. The Instant Pot has a sauté mode, so you can brown meats in the pot, truly using just one pot to cook a complete meal!
Pressure cooker stew – chop/dice meat and vegetables, sauté , then pressurize!
For this recipe the meat isn’t dredged in flour. Simply brown the chunks of meat in some oil. Don’t crowd the beef by cooking it all at once either.
First, season the beef with salt and pepper, and then sauté in 2-3 batches. Once all of the beef is browned then return the meat to the pot.
At this point you will have some caramelized pieces on the bottom of the pot. Add a little broth or wine and scrape it up with a wooden spoon.
Next add the veggies and the remaining beef broth, wine and spices, then press the meat/stew button. Step away and go ahead and pour yourself a glass of wine.
Want to enjoy a lower carb version of this pressure cooker beef stew? Leave out the potatoes and serve with Mock Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes and low carb cheddar biscuits.
To stay traditional, enjoy with easy skillet cornbread or this easy skillet cornbread.
Beef Stew Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut in 1 inch pieces seasoned with salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced in 1 inch pieces
- 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
- 4 garlic gloves, minced
- 5 medium carrots, cut in 1 inch pieces
- 3 cups beef stock (or broth)
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 6 ounce tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon Herbs de Provence blend
- 2 bay leaves
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
Elizabeth
August 30, 2017 at 9:17 pmI think I’m the only person in the world who still doesn’t have an Instant Pot! I’m going to have to pick one up for this fall, because this stew is calling my name! 🙂
Jillian
August 30, 2017 at 9:53 pmI love a good hearty stew in my belly! Yum!
Jagruti
August 31, 2017 at 12:07 am35 mins is brilliant, time saving recipe, always on the lookout because of today’s hectic lifestyle, thanks
Emily
August 31, 2017 at 1:21 amI’m so happy it’s almost the season to be eating hearty dishes like this, it looks so delicious!
Amy | The Cook Report
August 31, 2017 at 2:13 amThis looks like the perfect comfort food, I love beef stew
michele
March 17, 2018 at 1:17 pmI love a good beef stew… and this one is going on our must make list. I bet the Worcestershire sauce adds a good subtle flavor!
Michelle
March 18, 2018 at 7:06 amI think you’ve just sold me on the Instant Pot by mentioning the saute mode! I always brown my meat before it goes into the slow cooker! Beef stew is just the perfect comfort food!
Sandra Shaffer
March 18, 2018 at 10:10 amMichelle, it’s super awesome to have the saute option for searing. LOVE the convenience!
Lisa@Lisa's Dinnertime Dish
March 19, 2018 at 7:03 amI absolutely love my Instant Pot! It’s so great that you can make delicious comfort food like this beef stew in a fraction of the time of a slow cooker!
Debra C.
March 19, 2018 at 9:48 amI think that’s why I love the IP so much, the sauté function! Taking those few extra minutes makes all the difference in the world. And using it for this stew will be the next meal I make! Thank you for a lovely recipe!!
Jennifer A Stewart
March 19, 2018 at 11:15 amI will admit that I choose my crockpot over a pressure cooker because it scares me. I have the old school one but I think I need to buck up and buy a new electric one so I can use it more!
Angela
March 19, 2018 at 11:50 amIt really amazes me how quickly incredible flavor can develop in such a short amount of time. I cant wait to try this recipe out!
Christie
March 19, 2018 at 12:44 pmI love love LOVE my multi cooker!! I have pressure cooked so much since I got it. I’ll be adding this recipe to the dinner menu.
Michele Phillips
March 19, 2018 at 3:42 pmI still don’t have an IP, but this recipe will work perfectly in my old school Dutch Oven! I love the fact that this recipe is so clean – no flour – just veggies and meat. Oh, and the red wine is the perfect touch! Can’t wait to taste this stew!
Sandra Shaffer
March 20, 2018 at 8:18 pmSure will work great in a Dutch oven. It takes longer, but just as tasty!
Jason
February 26, 2019 at 5:33 pmJust tried this recipe in my Ninja Foodi and the meat was great. However, all of the vegetables were WAY over cooked! I feel like 20 or 25 minutes of pressure would have been plenty. Is that a Foodi vs IP issue, or did anyone else find that to be the case?