Instant Pot Pot Roast
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A complete pot roast Sunday dinner in just 60 min? Yes, please! With the most tender, melt-in-your-mouth tender beef!
Hello, pot roast dinner! With the help of your pressure cooker, the Instant Pot will create the most lovely, oh-so-cozy pot roast in just 60 min. That’s 1 hour. And most of it is idle time. Time for you to take a nap with your furbaby, do the laundry, binge something quick like Parks and Recreation – all of the things.
It’s easy, it’s quick and it has everything you could possibly need. Fall-apart beef with tender baby potatoes and carrots. Not to mention the gravy you’ll want to pour on alllllllll your buttery mashed potatoes. And crusty bread, of course.
Although sometimes I just skip the meat altogether and smother my carrots with the gravy.
Tools For This Recipe
6-qt Instant Pot®
Instant Pot Pot Roast: Frequently Asked Questions
We recommend using chuck roast for the best results possible. Brisket or rump roast (bottom round roast) can also be used.
Additional beef stock can be used for red wine as a non-alcoholic substitute. Stock will be less acidic and more mild in flavor than red wine.
Absolutely! But because dried herbs are often more potent/concentrated than fresh herbs, you need less when using dry. The correct ratio is 1 tablespoon fresh herbs to 1 teaspoon dried herbs.
Yes! Here is our favorite slow cooker pot roast recipe.
We love serving pot roast with mashed potatoes or creamy polenta with a salad and some crusty bread for sopping up the leftover sauce.
Instant Pot Pot Roast
Ingredients
- 1 (3-pound) boneless chuck roast, excess fat trimmed
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 ½ tablespoons canola oil
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- ¼ cup dry red wine
- 3 cups beef stock
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 ½ pounds baby red potatoes, whole
- 4 large carrots, cut diagonally into 2-inch pieces
- 2 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Set a 6-qt Instant Pot® to the high saute setting.
- Season beef with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon black pepper. Heat canola oil; add beef and cook until evenly browned, about 2-3 minutes per side; set aside.
- Add onion, and cook, stirring frequently, until translucent, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in garlic and tomato paste until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in red wine, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
- Stir in beef stock, Worcestershire, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves and potatoes. Top with beef. Select manual setting; adjust pressure to high, and set time for 45 minutes. When finished cooking, quick-release pressure according to manufacturer’s directions.
- Add carrots; select manual setting; adjust pressure to high, and set time for 10 minutes. When finished cooking, quick-release pressure according to manufacturer’s directions.
- Remove beef, potatoes and carrots from the Instant Pot®; shred beef, using two forks.
- In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 1/4 cup cold water; set aside.
- Select high sauté setting. Bring to a boil; stir in cornstarch mixture and cook, stirring frequently, until slightly thickened, about 2-3 minutes. If the mixture is too thick, add more beef stock as needed until desired consistency is reached.
- Serve beef, potatoes and carrots with juices immediately.
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Fav spring dish is anything we can grill with fresh veggies!
Any thing grilled!!!
I wait all Winter for fresh vegetable season so I can eat salads, salads and more
salads!!!
Pasta salad!
I think after reading this recipe it might be my favorite spring recipe! But I love anything with asparagus and this time of year it’s so plentiful and dirt cheap ! Another favorite is a (sweet) Cheese Pascha. Is made at Orthodox Easter for the feast… It’s served on a Greek or Russian (Kulich) Easter bread… So yummy
The idea of a instant pot in my life just sounds so wonderful. I have a son that returned home, and to help me feed him every day would be a gift from God. I just thank you instant pot for giving me a chance to win a instant pot.
Your PF Chang’s Chickent Lettuce Wraps copy!
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Oh so many to choose from…anything with zucchini or asparagus. Then there are burgers , brisket on the smoker and burgers. Now I am hungry!
Anything with fresh berries!
I like anything that is quick and easy to make, so I would try to make your butter chicken. Besides that it looks like it would be so good!
I love making spinach and pear salad in the spring! So refreshing after heavy winter dinners!
Favorite spring dish? Can I have two? Please? Anyway, my two favorite spring (or any time, really) dishes are asparagus – raw, steamed, baked, etc. and lemon anything – dessert, main course, sides. Hhhmmmm … think I’m going to figure out a menu using lemon in all dishes, plus asparagus! Thanks for letting me ramble while my brain was engaging!
My favorite spring dish is anything with asparagus – I steam it, roast it, use it in stir-fry…. it has such a short season that I take full advantage while it’s fresh and local! And roasted asparagus would be a wonderful accompaniment to this pot roast dinner, made in my new Instant Pot…!
I like chicken fajitas!
Deviled eggs and anything with asparagus!!
I do not have an instant pot and they are costly for me. So I am using a slow cooker or a dutch oven. Do I need to change anything up? Or just prepare it like the recipe calls for. why are you saying to use a instant pot when many people do not have one. Is this trying to make a retail sale. Cant go that route. Also I do not drink and red wine is not in my house. What can I replace red wine with?
Glenda, I am not trying to make a retail sale. I am actually giving away 3 Instant Pots to give everyone an opportunity to have their own Instant Pot! 🙂
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty what modifications are needed for a slow cooker or a Dutch oven. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications. Fingers crossed you win this IP so you can try this IP version!
You can substitute additional beef stock for the red wine.
pretty much anything strawberry!
I like anything that is quick and easy, so I would try to make your butter chicken. Besides that it looks good!