Instant Pot Beef Tips and Gravy
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Instant Pot Beef Tips and Gravy
Description
This recipe begins by sautéing chopped onions in olive oil using the sauté function of the Instant Pot until translucent. Cubed stew meat is then seared in the pot to develop a browned surface that enhances flavor. Beef stock, Italian seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, and sliced mushrooms are added before sealing the Instant Pot lid and cooking under high pressure for 35 minutes, which softens the meat significantly and infuses it with savory notes from the seasonings and sauce.
After pressure cooking, the liquid is thickened by stirring in a slurry of cornstarch and water while returning the pot to sauté mode, resulting in a smooth and glossy gravy. The tender beef and mushrooms soaked in the flavorful gravy offer a hearty, comforting texture and taste.
The beef tips and gravy pair well with Instant Pot mashed potatoes, mashed cauliflower, rice, or biscuits, making it a versatile main course. The dish can also be adapted by adding mushroom soup before cooking or using a steam rack to simultaneously prepare mashed potatoes. This recipe is suitable for freezer meals and can be refrigerated in airtight containers for up to two days.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 pounds stew meat cubed
- 1 ½ cups beef stock
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup mushrooms sliced, 100 g
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 ½ tablespoons water
Instructions
- Set the Instant Pot on the sauté setting. Heat the olive oil and add the onion, cook until translucent, around 4 minutes. Add the stew meat and sear on all sides.
- Pour stock, Italian seasoning, Worcestershire sauce and mushrooms. Close the lid, turn the valve to sealing, and set on high pressure for 35 minutes.
- When done, perform a QPR to manually release steam. Open the lid and set to sauté again.
- In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water. Add the slurry to the Instant Pot and cook, stirring, until the sauce has thickened.
Notes
- Serve with Instant Pot mashed potatoes or alternatives like cauliflower rice, rice, or biscuits.
- You can cook potatoes simultaneously using a steam rack for efficiency.
- Adding a can of mushroom soup before cooking can provide a different flavor twist.
- Exclude pressure build and release time from the 35-minute cooking time.
- This dish refrigerates well for up to 2 days in airtight containers and is suitable for meal prep and freezing.
- The dish contains 6 WW Blue Plan SmartPoints per serving.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 275 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 275kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 36g | 72% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 94mg | 31% |
| Sodium | 289mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 781mg | 17% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 18IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 58mg | 6% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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