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Instant Pot Beef Pot Roast with Gravy

This Instant Pot Beef Pot Roast is exceptionally tender and boldly flavorful. We add potatoes and carrots to make it an easy meal-in-one. Serve with noodles, rice, or rustic bread.

Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 40 mins
Servings: 8
Calories: 482 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 3 ½ - 4 lbs boneless chuck beef roast
  • 4 TB olive oil
  • 1 large onion quartered and roughly sliced
  • 8 cloves garlic chopped
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 3 TB tomato paste
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 3 cups regular strength beef broth
  • 6 carrots peeled/sliced into 1-inch pieces
  • 6 stalks celery sliced into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 2 medium sized potatoes peeled/sliced into 1 1/2 inch pieces
  • 2 TB corn starch fully dissolved in 3 TB water
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

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  1. Trim a bit of excess fat, but leave most of it for tenderness. Use paper towels to pat-dry beef thoroughly. Slice beef roast into 8 even sized pieces. Sprinkle sides of beef with a light layer of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, pressing down to adhere seasoning to the meat. 
  2. In the inner pot of Instant Pot, add 2 TB oil over sauté mode. Once oil is hot, brown half the beef pieces on all sides. Remove from pot and repeat with remaining half of beef pieces. Add back all browned beef. 
  3. Add garlic, onion, bay leaves, tomato paste, soy sauce, and beef broth. Switch setting to Pressure Cook on High, and set for 1 hour cook time (be sure vent is turned to correct position.) After 1 hour, do a manual Quick Release, and add carrots, celery, and potatoes. Stir them into the beef mixture, close lid tightly, and set to pressure cook for 5 more minutes. Do a manual Quick Release and transfer meat, vegetables, and potatoes to a large serving dish and keep warm, while leaving the sauce/liquid in the pot. Skim fat off top of sauce.
  4. Turn on Sauté mode to bring gravy/sauce to a gentle boil. Gradually stir in fully dissolved cornstarch (must be completely dissolved in water, without any trace of white streaks left) and stir until sauce thickens into a gravy-like consistency. Add kosher salt and black pepper to taste. 
  5. Pour gravy over pot roast, vegetables, and potatoes (remember to remove bay leaves.) Serve with buttered noodles, fluffy rice, or rustic bread. 

Notes

  • If you'd prefer to serve pot roast directly out of the Instant Pot: after thickening the gravy, add back the beef/potato mixture into the pot and gently fold to coat with gravy. Keep Instant Pot on Warm Mode. 
  • For slow Crock Pot version, see recipe for Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Gravy. 
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Nutrition Information

Calories 482kcal (24%) Carbohydrates 42.1g (14%) Protein 51.6g (103%) Fat 13.1g (20%) Saturated Fat 2.3g (12%) Cholesterol 144.8mg (48%) Sodium 504.5mg (21%) Fiber 9.3g (37%) Sugar 19.5g (39%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 482

% Daily Value*

Calories 482kcal 24%
Carbohydrates 42.1g 14%
Protein 51.6g 103%
Fat 13.1g 20%
Saturated Fat 2.3g 12%
Cholesterol 144.8mg 48%
Sodium 504.5mg 21%
Fiber 9.3g 37%
Sugar 19.5g 39%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.