Instant Pot Best Beef Stew

This Instant Pot stew recipe is the ultimate, hearty meal with melt-in-your-mouth beef, potatoes, mushrooms, and carrots for a simple midweek dinner.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 55 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 352 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 3 cups beef broth
• 1 onion, cut into 6 wedges
• 4 Yukon Gold potatoes, cubed
• 1 pound beef chuck, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 2 carrots, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.5 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1.5 cups mushrooms, halved

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Return all beef chuck cubes to the pot. Add potatoes, mushrooms, onion, carrots, and garlic; cover with beef broth. Stir in Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and rosemary.

Step 2

Gather all ingredients.

Step 3

Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot) and select the Sauté function. Melt butter in the pot. Cook beef chuck cubes in batches until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes per batch.

Step 4

Close and lock the lid. Select Meat/Stew function, according to the manufacturer's instructions; set the timer for 35 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

Step 5

Release pressure using the natural-release method, according to the manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.