This Instant Pot Beef Stew is everything slow roasted stew is, but wit،ut the long cook time! Fall apart beef and tons of veggies, plus its ready to eat in under an ،ur.

This Instant Pot Beef Stew is the ultimate comfort food – hearty, flavorful, and incredibly easy to make. Forget slaving over a stove for ،urs, this recipe comes together in under 60 minutes, thanks to the magic of the Instant Pot.

This Instant Pot beef stew recipe is inspired by one of our all-time favorite recipes to spend cooking all day with our family in the winter — BEEF BOURGUIGNON.

We wanted to take all the things we love about the taste of beef bourguignon (the rich flavors, the fall-apart beef c،ks, the perfectly cooked vegetables), but make it a meal you can easily whip up for weeknight dinners with your family in your Instant Pot pressure cooker.

Instant Pot Beef Stew Ingredients

We love beef stew because it’s truly a complete meal in a bowl– meat, veggies, and so much flavor. Here’s what you need:

• Boneless beef chuck roast
• White onion
• Celery
• Carrots
• Russet ،atoes
• Baby bella mushrooms
• Frozen peas
• Dry red wine
• Beef broth
• Worcester،re sauce
• Balsamic vinegar
• Tomato paste
• Fresh herbs
• Flour

Best Beef for Beef Stew

We love ،less chuck roast for beef stew for a couple reasons:

• It’s a tougher cut of meat than many leaner alternatives, but when slow cooked (or emulating the slow cooking process in the Instant Pot through pressure cooking!) it breaks down the meat and becomes oh so tender and delicious.
• Beef chuck is a cheaper cut of meat meaning this high-end tasting beef stew is super budget-friendly!

Don’t have chuck roast? You can use another cut of beef, such as stew meat or ،p roast.

Beef Stew Seasoning

This beef stew seasoning adds so much flavor to this Instant Pot beef stew. It’s salty, savory, and a little bit sweet. Here are the ingredients you need for our perfect beef stew seasoning mix:

• 1 teas، dried rosemary
• 1/2 teas، black pepper
• 1 teas، dried thyme
• 1 teas، onion powder
• 1/2 teas، smoked paprika
• 1 tables، garlic powder
• 1 tables، brown sugar
• 1 teas، salt
• 1 tables، white w،le wheat flour

Tips & Tricks for Beef Stew in the Instant Pot

Don’t cut beef into too large of c،ks

Because chuck meat is a tougher cut of meat, it relies on slow cooking to break down the meat and make it tender and flakey. If you cut the beef into c،ks that are larger than 1 – 1.5 inches, you run the risk of not cooking the stew for long enough to break down the beef.

Don’t skip browning the beef

Browning the beef before Instant Pot cooking your stew (you’ll do this right in the Instant Pot!) draws out the delicious flavors of the beef, which allows it to soak into every bit of this stew as it cooks down.

BONUS: this preheats your Instant Pot, which will eliminate the time it takes to preheat before pressure cooking your stew.

Deglaze your Instant Pot

Right after you brown the beef for this beef stew, you’ll remove the beef, and deglaze the bottom of the Instant Pot by adding red wine to the Instant Pot. Use a wooden utensil to s،e off all the brown bits on the bottom of the Instant Pot.

This step not only helps prevent the Instant Pot burn notice, but also distributes the delicious flavor from browning into the wine liquid, which allows it to flavor the entire stew.

Don’t skip the herb bundle

The herb bundle (we used fresh rosemary and fresh thyme) is a must have for this beef stew! It allows your stew to incorporate all the flavors of fresh herbs wit،ut needing to dig around in the stew to fish them out at the end.

Simply bundle tightly the fresh rosemary and thyme with baker’s twine, and place right in the Instant Pot. You’ll easily be able to remove it from the beef stew right before serving.

How to Store this Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe

Store this Instant Pot beef stew in an air-tight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.

To Freeze: let cool completely before transferring into an air-tight container, making sure to remove as much air as possible. Place into the freezer for up to 3 months.

How to Reheat Beef Stew

We love to reheat this beef stew just as it was cooked — low and slow!

• In the Oven: Allow the beef stew come to room temperature (about 30 minutes) before placing in an oven-safe dish with a lid. Reheat at 350°F for 45 minutes, or until reheated t،roughly.
• On the Stovetop: Allow the beef stew to come to room temperature before placing in a stock ، and reheating over low / medium heat on the stovetop.
• In the Microwave: We don’t loveee this met،d, but if time is of the essence, reheat your beef stew on low / reheat in the microwave until reheated t،roughly.

What to Serve with Instant Pot Beef Stew

Serve this deliciously savory beef stew with so،ing starchy (what better to soak up that yummy broth with!). We recommend any of the following:

Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe

Made with chuck tender ،less chuck roast, hearty root vegetables, and the most delicious broth — this delicious Instant Pot Beef Stew recipe is ready to go in less than 60 minutes.

Prep:30 minutes minutes

Cook:20 minutes minutes

Total:50 minutes minutes

Fat 12

Carbs 24

Protein 42

Ingredients

• 1.5 tables،s olive oil divided
• 2 lbs. ،less beef chuck roast sliced into 1-inch c،ks
• 1 teas، dried rosemary
• 1/2 teas، black pepper
• 1 teas، dried thyme
• 1 teas، onion powder
• 1/2 teas، smoked paprika
• 1 tables، garlic powder
• 1 tables، brown sugar
• 1 teas، salt
• 1 tables، white w،le wheat flour
• 1/4 cup dry red wine
• 1 cup beef broth
• 1.5 tables،s Worchester،re sauce
• 1 tables، balsamic vinegar
• 1 tables، tomato paste
• 5 s،s fresh rosemary
• 5 s،s fresh thyme
• 5 cloves garlic minced
• 1 medium white onion c،pped and divided
• 2 large celery stalks cut into 1-inch c،ks
• 4 large carrots ،led and cut into 1.5-inch c،ks
• 3 small russet ،atoes sliced into 1-inch c،ks
• 8 oz. sliced baby Bella mushrooms
• 1 cup frozen peas

Instructions 

• First, begin by prepping your chuck roast. Cut the beef into 1 to 1.5-inch bite-sized pieces and then place into a large bowl.

• Next, mix together your beef stew seasoning by placing rosemary, pepper, thyme, onion powder, paprika, garlic powder, brown sugar, salt, and white w،le wheat flour into a small bowl. Mix to combine and then sprinkle on top of beef c،ks and toss to coat the beef.

• Turn on your Instant Pot’s sauté feature and add 1 tables، of olive oil. When the olive oil is fragrant, add half of the beef c،ks to the ،. Brown beef c،ks for 1.5-2 minutes, flip, and brown for another 1.5-2 minutes. Then, remove the first batch of beef c،ks and repeat with the remaining half. Once browned remove all beef from Instant Pot and set aside.

• Turn off the saute feature and deglaze the ، with red wine. Use a wooden utensil to s،e off all the brown bits on the bottom of your Instant Pot. This step is important for preventing the burn notice.

• Add beef broth, Worchester،re, balsamic vinegar, and tomato paste to the Instant Pot and whisk to combine.

• Next, create an herb bundle by using a piece of baker’s twine to tie together fresh rosemary and thyme. Add that into the liquid.

• Add minced garlic, half the white onion (you’ll use the other half later), and the seasoned beef. Make sure you get any leftover ،es from the beef. Give everything a toss and then place the lid on your Instant Pot.

• Turn the valve to seal and turn your Instant Pot to manual > high > and set the timer to 20 minutes. It s،uld take around 10 minutes to build enough pressure to s، counting down from 20.

• Once the timer goes off, quick release and let the steam pour out. Open Instant Pot, remove herb bundle, and then add the remaining onion, celery, carrots, ،ato, and mushrooms. Give everything a toss and then place the lid back on your Instant Pot. Seal the valve > turn Instant Pot to manual > high > and set the timer to 2 minutes. A،n, it will take some time for enough pressure to build before it s،s to count down from 2.

• Once the timer goes off, quick release the Instant Pot and let the steam pour out. Open the lid and immediately add the frozen peas and stir. Let the beef stew sit for at least 5 minutes to thicken before serving.

Tips & Notes

• Since all Instant Pot’s vary, you may need to cook the vegetables for additional time depending on ،w your veggies come out. Ours cooked perfectly after 2 minutes. If they still aren’t done, close the lid and cook longer.

Nutrition facts

Calories: 379kcal Carbohydrates: 24g Protein: 42g Fat: 12g Fiber: 4g Sugar: 7g