Instant Pot Best Beef Stew

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

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.

Ingredients

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

Directions

1 Gather all ingredients.
2 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.
3 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.
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.
5 Release pressure using the natural-release method, according to the manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.