Best Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe

Fall is here, folks! And so is warm comfort food. What can be cozier, hearty, and comforting than a hot bowl of Best Instant Pot Beef Stew on a cold Fall season day to go along with broiled cheese sandwiches? This mouth-watering richness is delicious, savory, and loaded with vegetables.

It has a slightly thick and satisfying texture without any thickening additions. Once the red potatoes are cooked for a prolonged time it releases some starch and makes the liquid a bit thicker. Which we love.

If you can only have that bowl in the picture! Since that’s not possible, I highly recommend you to go ahead and make a pot of this deliciousness instead for yourself. Enjoy!

Best Instant Pot Beef Stew Ingredients

• Stew beef meat
• Red potatoes
• Yellow potatoes
• Carrots
• Onion
• Garlic
• Tomato sauce
• Extra virgin Olive oil
• Mrs. Dash seasoning
• Italian seasoning
• Sea salt
• Black ground pepper
• Beef bullion
• Bay leaves
• Parsley
• Water

Best Instant Pot Beef Stew Instructions

First things first, rinse and chop all the ingredients: red potato, yellow potato, carrots, onion, garlic, and parsley.

Turn the Instant Pot setting to SAUTE. Add 3 tablespoons of olive oil into the Instant Pot. Once the oil is hot and simmering add beef and let the beef cubes sear undisturbed for about 5 minutes, or until the cubes have a nice dark brown crust at the bottom.

Note: Distribute the meat cubes evenly at the bottom, to avoid too much watering. If the meat waters while sautéing that means the cubes are overcrowded. It’s best to divide the meat and sauté in two separate additions.

Turn the meat cubes around to different sides and sear for an additional 3 to 4 minutes.

Then add chopped onion and garlic, salt, Italian Seasoning, Mrs. Dash seasoning, and freshly ground black pepper. Combine everything well and sauté for 5 more minutes or until the onion is caramelized.

Next, add the rest of the ingredients (except chopped parsley): tomato sauce, water, yellow potatoes, red potatoes, carrots, bay leaves, and chicken bouillon. Mix it all together.

Beef Stew Cooking Instructions

Close the Instant Pot with its lid, turn the valve to seal, and press the soup/stew cycle. Program the cooking time to 20 minutes on high pressure.

Finally, after it’s done cooking allow the pressure to release manually. Then, carefully open the lid. Stir in chopped parsley.

Allow the stew to cool a bit before serving.

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Looking for more Instant Pot comfort food? Please check these recipes out:

• Easy Instant Pot Roast Beef Recipe
• Creamy Instant Pot Mashed Potato Recipe
• Split Pea Soup Instant Pot Recipe
• Instant Pot Vegetable Beef and Bean Soup Recipe
• Instant Pot Garlic Parmesan Ranch Potatoes
• Super Easy Instant Pot Pulled BBQ Chicken Recipe

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