Instant Pot Roast Beef
Instant pot roast beef can be a quick and healthy dinner! The Instant Pot pressure cooks the beef to the perfect point where the meat tenderly pulls apart. I chuck in a few loosely diced vegetables I have on hand and within an hour I have a delicious homemade meal.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time45 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Beef, Dinner, Easy, Roast
Servings: 4
- 3 lb Roast Beef
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 3 Garlic cloves
- 1-2 lb Vegetables
- tbsp Olive Oil
- 1-2 cups Beef Broth Optional
Prepare Roast
Salt and pepper each side of the roast
Peel garlic and slice in quarters
With a knife, poke a small hole into the roast large enough to slip a garlic quarter into it
Continue with the garlic holes to all the sides of the roast
Dice Vegetables
Prepare vegetables you have on hand for a 1 hour pressure cook (imagine it as if the vegetables would be cooking in the oven for 6-8 hours). Hard vegetables will take longer to cook and can be diced to a medium size (carrots, turnips), while some soft vegetables may not require any dicing (like mushrooms).
Cook Roast
Add in vegetables to the Instant Pot, starting with the "hard vegetables" first and the "soft vegetables at the end"
Pour in broth if you are using it for additional flavour
Put on the lid and make sure it is sealed and ready for steaming
Pressure cook on high for 45 minutes.
Once finished cooking, allow pressure to steam naturally if able.
Our roasts usually come in 2-3lb weight. This isn't all that important because you will learn to adjust the seasoning to your taste.
When you add salt and pepper to each side of the roast, don't worry so much about the measurements of the salt and pepper, just add a layer of salt and pepper that looks like the meat is well covered. Next time, adjust the amount you added to more or less what you prefer.
The meat holds more moisture than you would imagine, which will seep out during the cooking process and help the meat become tender.
Depending on the quality of the meat and which cut of meat you are using for this roast, you may not require a broth. High quality roast beef is packed with flavour in little fat pieces here and there. This will cook out into the the meat during the cooking process, which further adds flavour to the meat. However, if I had some bone broth that I didn't want to go to waste, I would still add it into the pot for additional flavour.