InstaPot Beef Stew (photo recipe)

Like many others here, we have an InstaPot. It takes up a lot of counter space, so it spends a lot of time in the laundry room pantry. I understand there are things it does well. However, I enjoy the cooking process and most of the time, I'd just as soon do my cooking on the stovetop, so I rarely use it.

A few weeks back, I decided I would pull the thing out of the cabinet and it made a pretty good stew. I sort of winged the recipe and the cooking method, using stuff we had in the cabinet. I thought I'd share what I did and the results.

InstaPot Beef Stew

Need

Beef Stew Meat



Cream of Mushroom Soup, tomato sauce, bay leaf, beef broth



Garlic, Salt and black pepper and lipton onion soup mix



Peas, carrots, onion and potatoes







and an InstaPot



Directions:

Season the beef



Brown it (in batches) in the pot, using a little oil





Add the soup mix. It actually is pretty good stew seasoning



Then the soup, which helps make the gravy



I used only half of the can of tomato sauce.



And the other stuff (No vegetables yet). I probably would have been fine with half of the can of beef broth.



Cook this for 20 minutes. When the pot pressure drops back to normal, open the pot



and add the vegetables



Cook for 15 minutes and let the pressure bleed off



It is done. The broth is not very thick, but it is actually a pretty good stew. You could thicken it with a roux or corn starch, but I didn't.





What I discovered is Sister Schubert rolls make excellent broth sponges.





A little different from my normal stew, but I'd do this again.

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