This Instant Pot Beef Stew is the ultimate comfort food, featuring tender beef, potatoes, carrots, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, oyster sauce, turmeric, and red chili cooked together in one flavorful pot. Pressure cooking transforms the beef into melt-in-your-mouth perfection while allowing the vegetables to soak up the rich, savory broth.
It’s an easy, satisfying meal that’s perfect for busy weeknights, family dinners, or meal prep. Besides being delicious, this hearty stew is packed with nutrients. Beef is an excellent source of high-quality protein, iron, zinc, and vitamin B12, which help support muscle maintenance, energy production, immune function, and healthy red blood cells. Carrots provide beta-carotene for eye health, while potatoes supply potassium, vitamin C, and complex carbohydrates for lasting energy. Ginger, garlic, and turmeric contribute natural plant compounds with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, adding both flavor and nutritional value.
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Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Beef 900 g beef stew meat, cut into chunks
- 1½ tsp Salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp Cooking oil
- 2 inch Ginger sliced
- 4 Garlic cloves chopped
- 2 Bay leaves
- 2 Red chilies dried
- 1 Star anise
- 2 Green onion stalk
- ½ tsp Red chili powder
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- 210 g Onion chunks
- 360 g Tomatoes chunks
- 3 tbsp Soy sauce
- 3 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Black pepper
- ½ cup Water
- 450 g Baby potatoes chunks
- 210 g Carrots chunks
Instructions
Cook the Garlic, Ginger,
- Turn on the Instant Pot, select Saute mode at More. Add oil, garlic, ginger and cook for 2 minutes. Add bay leaves, dried red chilies, star anise, and green onion and fry for 2 more minutes until fragrant.
Add the Beef
- Add the beef chunks. Cook for 7–8 minutes.
Add the Spices, Onion, Tomatoes, Sauces, sugar, pepper, and water
- Add chili powder and turmeric powder and cook for 2 minutes until beef changes its color.Add onion and tomatoes and cook for 2 more minutes.Add soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, pepper, and waterMix well, and level the meat for even cooking.
Pressure Cook 1
- Pressure cook on High Time: 30 minutes Quick release the pressure
Add Potatoes, Carrots, and Salt
- Add the diced potatoes, carrots, and salt,Mix well and level the surface for even cooking.
Pressure Cook 2
- Pressure cook on HighTime: 10 minutesRelease the pressure Naturally for 10 minutes then allow to release any remaining pressure manually.
Garnish and Serve
- Sprinkle freshly chopped green onion and serve hot with steamed rice, crusty bread, dinner rolls, or mashed potatoes.