Kelly's Pressure Cooker Beef Stew

Use your pressure cooker to make this homey beef stew, full of carrots, potatoes, and onions, in less than an hour.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 535 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 2 cubes beef bouillon
• 2 cups peeled baby carrots
• 4 potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
• 0.5 cup all-purpose flour
• 1.25 pounds beef stew meat, cubed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Place flour in a resealable bag; drop in half the beef cubes and shake to coat. Shake off excess flour and add meat to pan. Repeat with remaining beef. Season meat with salt and pepper to taste.

Step 2

Stir onion into beef and cook, stirring often, until the meat is browned on all sides and onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle in sugar.

Step 3

Reduce heat to medium-low, maintaining full pressure, and cook for 8 minutes. Remove from heat. Let the pressure drop naturally, about 15 minutes before releasing lid. Transfer the meat and vegetables to a serving bowl and pour pan juices over meat and vegetables.

Step 4

Combine water, beef bouillon, garlic, bay leaf, parsley, and basil in a pressure cooker over medium-high heat. When bouillon cubes are dissolved, fit the pressure cooker's rack in the cooker (if it has one). Layer potatoes, carrots, and meat mixture in the pressure cooker, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. Seal the lid and bring the cooker up to full pressure.