Tender bites of chuck roast with savory beef and mushroom gravy make these Instant Pot Beef Tips the ultimate comfort meal served over rice, potatoes, or egg noodles!
When you want that cooked all day flavor but don't have the time to actually cook all day (or maybe you waited until you got home from work to think about preparing dinner), just bring out your instant pot. In just an hour you'll be biting into fork tender, flavorful bites of beef with a savory and delicious gravy.
While you wait for your instant pot beef tips to cook, prep whatever starch you're feeling for the night. Pasta, rice, potatoes, and maybe even a dinner roll, all soak up the flavorful mushroom gravy. Inexpensive, easy to make, and quick to toss together? That's my idea of the ultimate comfort food!
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ℹ️ Why This Recipe Works
1. The Instant Pot works to make the cuts of beef chuck roast incredibly tender and infused with flavor!
2. Get that "all-day simmered" flavor in just 1 hour.
3. This is an inexpensive comfort meal and is great for leftovers!
🛒 Ingredient's You'll Need
- Beef chuck roast - a tender cut of tender meat that soaks up the butter. It's the perfect cut for beef tips.
- Beef broth - use salted or unsalted, but I prefer unsalted as there is a lot of salt being added with the other ingredients.
- Mushrooms - use any type of mushroom for this recipe. White or baby bella mushrooms work great.
- Onion - white onions are best and produces a lot of flavor.
- Garlic - skip the jarred version and use fresh garlic cloves. It adds a nice savory flavor to the meat and gravy.
- Onion soup mix - use the entire envelope.
- Worcestershire sauce - adds an extra savory depth of flavor.
- Butter - can use unsalted or salted.
- Bay leaves - adds just the right amount of earthy flavor to the beef tips and gravy.
- Ground thyme - adds a subtle herbed flavor to the gravy.
- Paprika - provides a slightly sweet note to help offset the other savory flavors.
- Onion powder - for an extra onion kick!
- Cornstarch - mixed with water to make a slurry that will thicken the gravy.
- Salt and pepper - for a little extra flavor.
Be sure to see the recipe card for a full list of ingredients and directions.
📋 Variations
- Beef - I prefer to use a beef chuck roast and cut it myself since it's a super tender and delicious cut of meat. Sirloin beef tips also work. You can also buy pre-cut beef stew meat from the meat counter.
- Thickener - This recipe uses cornstarch and water as a thickener for the gravy. If you don't want to use cornstarch, arrowroot powder will also work. Just substitute equal amounts of arrowroot powder for the cornstarch in the recipe.
- Added vegetables - If you want to give these beef tips more of a "stew" feel, add diced celery and carrots before cooking on high pressure.
🔪 Step-By-Step Recipe Instructions
Step 1-2: Turn the instant pot on sauté and melt the butter. Add the minced garlic and chopped onion to the pot. Sauté for 2-3 minutes.
Step 3-4: Add the beef stew meat to the garlic and onion mixture. Brown the meat for 3-5 minutes, stirring every minute or two until all sides are browned.
Step 5: Add the beef broth, sliced mushrooms, a packet of dry onion soup mix, Worcestershire sauce, salt, black pepper, ground thyme, onion powder, paprika, and bay leaf to the beef and onion mixture. Mix until well combined.
Step 6: Place the lid on the instant pot and set it to seal. Set to manual mode on high pressure for 30 minutes. When the cooking time has finished, let the instant pot sit for 10 minutes before releasing the pressure.
After 10 minutes, turn the steam release knob to the vent and carefully release the remaining pressure. Put the settings back to sauté mode.
Step 7-8: Mix ¼ cup of water and 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch in a bowl until well combined. Using a whisk, slowly pour in the slurry mixture whisking until the sauce begins to thicken. Once it has reached the desired thickness, turn off the instant pot.
Serve your fork tender beef tips and mushroom gravy with pasta, rice, or mashed potatoes for the ultimate comfort food at home!
🙋 Recipe FAQs
Beef tips typically come from sirloin or tenderloins and can be more expensive. Stew meat often comes from the shoulder, is more budget-friendly, and can become as tender as tenderloins when made in the instant pot.
Yes! Cuts of meat that usually take several hours in the oven or in the slow cooker become fork tender in only an hour or so in the instant pot.
Meat doesn't have to be seared before pressure cooking, but doing so can help lock in extra flavor and moisture.
💭 Expert Tips
- You don't need to add the cornstarch slurry to thicken the gravy, but the texture is much nicer when served over a starch like pasta, rice, or potatoes.
- When testing this recipe, it tasted amazing on everything we tried, but egg noodles didn't soak up the gravy like I anticipated. While still yummy over egg noodles the gravy is perfect over rice or mashed potatoes! And it also pairs perfectly when served with a roll or slice of bread to soak up any extra sauce.
- I recommend buying your chuck roast from a butcher. If a meat counter isn't available to you, Costco and Sams also have high-quality chuck roast that are very tender.
- For a finishing touch, add the beef tips to a cast iron skillet to broil on high for 5 minutes until the top is caramelized. This isn't necessary, but it adds an extra depth of flavor that's amazing if you have the time!
- Store any leftovers in a container with a lid in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
- Reheat in the microwave for 45 seconds to 1 minute or in a sauce pan on the stove top.
If you tried this Instant Pot Beef Tips recipe or any other recipes on my website, please let me know how it turned out in the comments below. I love hearing from you! And, please leave a 🌟 rating while you're there!
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Instant Pot Beef Tips
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 lbs beef stew meat or cubed chuck roast
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1½ cup mushrooms, sliced
- 1 envelope dry onion soup mix,
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon ground thyme
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- 1 bay leaf
- ¼ cup water
- 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Turn the instant pot on sauté and melt the butter.
- Add the 4 cloves of minced garlic and 1 chopped onion. Sauté for 2-3 minutes.
- Add 2 lbs. of beef stew meat to the garlic and onion mixture. Sear the meat for 3-5 minutes, stirring until all sides are browned.
- Add in 2 cups of beef broth, 1½ cups of sliced mushrooms, packet of dry onion soup mix, 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon black pepper, ¼ teaspoon ground thyme, ¼ teaspoon onion powder, ¼ teaspoon paprika, and the bay leaf. Mix until well combined.
- Put the lid on and set it to seal. Set the instant pot to manual mode on high pressure for 30 minutes.
- When the cook time has finished, let it rest for 10 minute before releasing the pressure.
- After 10 minutes, turn the steam release knob to vent and release the remaining pressure.
- Set the instant pot back to sauté mode.
- Mix ¼ cup of water and 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch in a bowl until well combined.
- Using a whisk, slowly pour in the slurry mixture whisking until the sauce begins to thicken.
- Turn the instant pot off and serve over rice, mashed potatoes, or egg noddles.
Notes
- You don't need to add the cornstarch slurry to thicken the gravy, but the texture is much nicer when served over a starch like pasta, rice, or potatoes.
- When testing this recipe, it tasted amazing on everything we tried, but egg noodles didn't soak up the gravy like I anticipated. While still yummy over egg noodles the gravy is perfect over rice or mashed potatoes! And it also pairs perfectly when served with a roll or slice of bread to soak up any extra sauce.
- For a finishing touch, add the beef tips to a cast iron skillet to broil on high for 5 minutes until the top is caramelized. This isn't necessary, but it adds an extra depth of flavor that's amazing if you have the time!
Amy Liu Dong
This is an excellent dish; I only tried it once, but it was simple to prepare. Though it did not come out like the photo, the tastes were delicious. I will give it another attempt.
Amanda Mason
Good to know! Yes - make it again! You'll master making this recipe in no time!
Savita
This is a great recipe, I only tried it once but was easy to make. Though did not turned out like picture but was good in flavours Will give one more shot.
Amanda Mason
Glad it was easy to make and you liked the flavors!!
silvia
This is such a great combination of flavors and textures. I love how beef and mushrooms taste together. But most of all I love using my instant pot so this was a great recipe for it.
Amanda Mason
The Instant Pot really is a game changer kitchen gadget!
Amy Liu Dong
A recipe that is for everyone especially for those who have a little time on their hands. It is convenient, easy to make, and delicious.
Amanda Mason
Yes! you nailed it perfectly!
Amy Liu Dong
I swear one of the recipes I had seen, it is so delicious! The beef is just so good!
Amanda Mason
I'm so glad you loved the beef! The Instant Pot makes it super tender!
Jamie
Oh my, this instant pot beef dish looks so delicious! Plus it's easy to make! Beef and pasta are a perfect combination! Definitely my kind of! Thanks for sharing this with us! Loved it!
Amanda Mason
I'm so glad to hear that you loved it!!