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!
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📋 Recipe 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
🔪 Recipe 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.
🥘 Cooking Time
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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📖 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.
- 2 lbs. (907 g) – stew beef meat
- 1.5 lbs. (680 g) - yellow potatoes
- 1 lb. (454 g) – red potatoes
- 1 lb. (454g) – organic carrots
- 1 small – yellow onion (or ¾ cup chopped)
- 1 large – garlic clove
- ½ cup – chopped fresh parsley
- 3 tbsp. – extra virgin Olive oil
- ½ cup (118 ml) – organic tomato sauce
- 2 tsp. – sea salt or to taste
- 1 tsp. – Mrs. Dash seasoning
- ½ tsp. – Italian seasoning
- ¼ tsp. – freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp. – organic beef bouillon paste
- 4 cups (946 ml) – water
- 3 bay leaves
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Best Instant Pot Beef Stew Instructions
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First things first, rinse and chop all the ingredients: red potato, yellow potato, carrots, onion, garlic, and parsley.
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Turn the Instant Pot setting to SAUTAdd 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.
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Turn the meat cubes around to different sides and sear for an additional 3 to 4 minutes.
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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.
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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.
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Beef Stew Cooking Instructions
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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.
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After it's done cooking allow the pressure to release manually. Then, carefully open the lid. Stir in chopped parsley.
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Allow the stew to cool a bit before serving.
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.
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Made this today and it’s absolutely delicious. Recipe keeping for sure. Will be making this again and again! Thank you for another amazing review Valya!
Wow... I'm amazed! I love seeing my recipes being made on the same day as they get published! Super excited to hear you liked the recipe. My family can't get enough of it. Thank you kindly for an amazing review!
Wow! This was sooo good and so easy to make. Thank you!
You are very certainly welcome! I'm so happy to hear you liked it! Thank you for an amazing review!
This soup is sooo beautiful and delicious! I love soups in cold weather! Please keep them coming!!
Thank you! I’ll do my best! 🙂
Is 20 min enough for cooking meat? Thanks
About 15 minutes is enough. It does not have to be fully cooked, just browned. I hope this helps. 🙂
What do you mean it doesn't have to be fully cooked. It says Program the cooking time to 20 minutes on high pressure. Is the time correct ? Thank you
You asked "Is 20 min enough for cooking meat?" not the stew, right? So, my answer was sauteeing/searing the meat for 15 minutes is enough and it doesn't have to be fully cooked, but browned since you will be cooking the stew on high pressure for 20 minutes and the meat will be fully cooked, soft and tender. I hope this clarifies a bit more.
Best stew indeed! I was very pleased how flavor this stew is. Thank you for the recipe! 👍🏻
I'm so happy to hear that you liked it! Thank you for an amazing review!