Recipe: Perfect Pressure Cooker Beef Stew

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Pressure Cooker Beef Stew. Heat the oil in the bottom of the pressure cooker over medium-high heat. If your cooker has an insert, remove it and cook directly in the bottom of the pot. Add the onion and beef, and cook until browned on the outside.

Pressure Cooker Beef Stew 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. If you like a fork-tender beef, you may want to add a few extra minutes to the cook time. You can cook Pressure Cooker Beef Stew using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pressure Cooker Beef Stew

  1. Prepare 2 LBs of beef stew meet.
  2. Prepare 1/4 cup of all purpose flour.
  3. You need 1 tsp of salt.
  4. It's 1/2 tsp of black pepper.
  5. You need 1/4 cup of cooking oil.
  6. You need 1 of medium celery stick.
  7. Prepare 1 of large onion.
  8. Prepare 3 cloves of fresh garlic.
  9. You need 1 Tbsp of tomato paste.
  10. You need 3 1/2 cup of cups water (or beef broth).
  11. It's 2 1/2 Tbsp of beef bouillon.
  12. Prepare 2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce.
  13. Prepare 1 lb of potatoes (cut into large chunks).
  14. You need 2 of large carrots.
  15. You need 2 of dried bay leaves.
  16. You need 1 1/2 Tbsp of corn starch.
  17. You need 1 1/2 Tbsp of cold water.
  18. It's Can of peas.
  19. Prepare pack of Beef stew seasoning.

I recommend tasting the beef to ensure it's cooked as tender as you like it. Stir the meat, letting it brown on all sides. Mix Flour, Salt and Pepper in a large bowl. Add cubed Beef and roll until well coated.

Pressure Cooker Beef Stew step by step

  1. Combine 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, and 1/4 cup flour and coat beef with mixture..
  2. Saute beef in oil until browned (no need to cook all the way through) once browned set aside..
  3. In pan that browned meat cook celery, onion, tomato paste, garlic..
  4. Turn off saute setting, add 3 1/2 cups beef broth or water and 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce.
  5. Add browned meat back into instant pot, along with carrots and potatoes and bay leaves. combine well.
  6. Close lid, close vent, set to pressure cook on high for 35 minutes then let naturally release for 10 minutes then quick release.
  7. Remove lid and set to saute.
  8. Make corn starch slurry out of 1.5 Tbsp corn starch and 1.5 Tbsp cold water combine well then add into simmering beef stew.
  9. Stir well to thicken, turn off heat and serve.

Add Olive Oil to pressure cooker, then add the coated Beef and remaining flour. Beef brisket is a tough cut of meat full of beefy flavors, great for BBQ, braise, roast, or simmer. It has all the gelatinous connective tissues that give a moist and juicy stew. Pressure cooker stew - chop/dice meat and vegetables, sauté, then pressurize! For this recipe the meat isn't dredged in flour.