Instant Pot Beef Stew

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

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.

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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.

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).

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

Maria

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

  

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• 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.
  
• 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.
  

Notes

Tip: really nice served with mashed potatoes.

Keyword Beef, Instant Pot, stew

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