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    Home » Instant Pot

    Instant Pot Beef Stew

    Published: Oct 12, 2016 · Modified: Oct 17, 2021 by Maria Bravo · This post may contain affiliate links · 3 Comments

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    A tiny touch of dark chocolate makes this Instant Pot Beef Stew feel luxurious, decadent and absolutely delicious!

    Instant Pot Beef Stew

    You've probably heard of chocolate or cacao in chilli so why not add it for a luxurious Beef Stew?

    In this household the chocolate we buy regularly is Lind'ts 85% (or Aldi's version).

    That's dark, very dark.

    But the little Tapita absolutely loves it.

    This Chocolatey Beef Stew makes a luscious sauce, enjoy with a nice glass of red wine if you can.

    Or a beer.

    I made this in my Instant Pot.

    You can make it in your stove-top pressure cooker if you have one.

    I like the Instant Pot because I don't have to babysit it.

    Just leave it to it and I get on with life (or with putting my feet up).

    You will find all my Instant Pot recipes here and, if you're a newbie, you will find my guide to get started here.

    Have you joined my Pressure Cooking UK with Feisty Tapas Facebook group?

    Ready to give it a go?

    Instant Pot Beef Stew

    Serves 4 people, or two very hungry greedy people, you choose

    Fancy printable card further down

    Ingredients

    - 1 onion, large, chopped
    - 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
    - 1 stalk of celery, chopped
    - Extra virgin olive oil or oil of your choice

    - 1 tin of plum tomatoes
    - 150 ml vegetable stock
    - 100 ml red wine
    - 600 g beef, diced (I used braising steak)
    - 7 g porcini, a handful, add more if you have more (I was down to my last 7 g)
    - 280 g mushrooms, quartered
    - 220 g carrots, sliced in half cm coins
    - 40g Lindt 85% chocolate (4 squares)

    Note: if you have a Thermomix just stick in the bowl the onion, garlic and celery and chop on speed 5 for 5 seconds.

    Method

    1. Press Sauté, add a dash of the oil of your choice, and fry the chopped onion, garlic and celery.

    Feisty Tapas Instant Pot Beef Stew - Ingredients ready to go

    2. Add the beef and, if you have time, brown it using the Sauté button (if you do brown it, make sure you deglaze by adding a bit of red wine or stock and scraping the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon at the end). Add the rest of the ingredients, stir. Lock the lid in. Steam release handle pointing to Sealing. Press Pressure Cook / Manual and programme 25 minutes, do a natural release at the end (the natural release is important).

    Feisty Tapas Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Chocolatey Beef Stew - step 2 mushrooms going in

    3. If you would like to thicken the sauce, press Keep Warm/Cancel then press Sauté, then Adjust to set it to More and let it bubble with the lid off so that it reduces, stay near your pot as it happens quickly.

    Tip: really nice served with mashed potatoes.

    Enjoy!

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    Instant Pot Beef Stew

    Instant Pot Beef Stew

    Maria Bravo
    This pressure cooked Instant Pot Beef Stew has a surprise ingredient that makes a decadent sauce
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    Course Main Course
    Cuisine British
    Servings 4 people, or two very hungry greedy people, you choose

    Equipment

    • Instant Pot

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 onion large, chopped
    • 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
    • 1 stalk of celery chopped
    • Extra virgin olive oil or oil of your choice
    • 1 tin of plum tomatoes
    • 150 ml vegetable stock
    • 100 ml red wine
    • 600 g beef diced (I used braising steak)
    • 7 g porcini a handful, add more if you have more (I was down to my last 7 g)
    • 280 g mushrooms quartered
    • 220 g carrots sliced in half cm coins
    • 40g Lindt 85% chocolate 4 squares
    • Note:

    Note: if you have a Thermomix just stick in the bowl the onion, garlic and celery and chop on speed 5 for 5 seconds

    Instructions
     

    • Press Sauté, add a dash of the oil of your choice, and fry the chopped onion, garlic and celery.
      Photo from above of the Instant Pot Duo with the lamb shanks being browned in it, it's on a wooden table and surrounded by all the other ingredients
    • Add the beef and, if you have time, brown it using the Sauté button (if you do brown it, make sure you deglaze by adding a bit of red wine or stock and scraping the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon at the end). Add the rest of the ingredients, stir. Lock the lid in. Steam release handle pointing to Sealing. Press Pressure Cook / Manual and programme 25 minutes, do a natural release at the end (the natural release is important).
    • If you would like to thicken the sauce, press Keep Warm/Cancel then press Sauté, then Adjust to set it to More and let it bubble with the lid off so that it reduces, stay near your pot as it happens quickly.
      Instant Pot Beef Stew

    Notes

    Tip: really nice served with mashed potatoes.
    Keyword Beef, Instant Pot, stew
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    About Maria Bravo

    Kitchen Gadget Geek extraordinaire. Tester of all things kitchen appliance. Clumsy cook, if I can't break it and get the most of it, you know that's a good kitchen gadget! Architect of online communities for kitchen gadget lovers

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    Comments

    1. Cath Mc says

      June 01, 2019 at 2:03 pm

      Thank you Maria, saved to try for next time I'm making beef casserole.
      Live the idea of the chocolate, I do add it to chilli.

      Reply
    2. Jan B says

      October 17, 2021 at 10:07 pm

      4 stars
      Sounds great! I can’t wait to try this - I’m shopping tomorrow too (including Lidl).
      What’s the best way / time to add dumplings to this please? I’ve never found a recipe with proper English dumplings, only American “biscuits” which they think are the same thing as dumplings!
      Many thanks.

      Reply
      • Maria says

        October 18, 2021 at 1:35 pm

        After doing a Natural Pressure Release if it’s a meat stew. Add the dumplings on top and press Sauté.

        I like to place the glass lid on. You can use a lid that fits loosely.

        If your multicooker has an air fryer lid, air fry at 180°C for 15-20 minutes.

        You can even combine the two methods: sauté first then brown with the air fryer lid.

        The methods above work both with suet dumplings following the usual instructions on the box and with suet-free dumplings like the ones in this recipe (just don't try to do those at pressure with something with a longer cook time like a beef stew) https://www.feistytapas.com/2019/02/instant-pot-chicken-stew-dumplings/

        Hope that helps, Maria

        Reply

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