Classic pot roast—in your Instant Pot®? Yes, you read that right. This Instant Pot® roast recipe lets you feast on perfectly seasoned, fall-apart-tender beef roast plus all the extras, like carrots, potatoes, onions and celery, in a fraction of the time it used to take. Our easy Instant Pot® pot roast takes the classic recipe and reinvents it for today's kitchen. Save it to your recipe box now, and keep it for a lifetime!
Instant Pot® Classic Pot Roast
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 35 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 lb boneless beef chuck roast, trimmed and cut in 4 pieces
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups chopped onions
- 1 cup Progresso™ beef flavored broth (from 32-oz carton)
- 8 medium carrots, peeled and cut into fourths
- 3 celery stalks, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 8 baby red potatoes, cut in half
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons water
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Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1Rub beef with salt and pepper. Spray 6-quart Instant Pot® insert with cooking spray. Select SAUTE; adjust to normal. Melt butter in insert. Add beef; cook 4 to 6 minutes on first side until browned. Turn and cook 4 to 6 minutes on second side until browned. Transfer to medium bowl using tongs.
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Step2Add onions; cook 3 to 4 minutes or until softened and beginning to brown. Stir in broth. Select CANCEL. Stir in carrots, celery, garlic and thyme. Stir in potatoes. Add beef to mixture in insert.
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Step3Secure lid; set pressure valve to SEALING. Select MANUAL; cook on high pressure 45 minutes. Select CANCEL. Set pressure valve to VENTING to quick-release pressure.
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Step4Remove beef to serving platter. In small bowl, beat cornstarch and water with whisk. Select SAUTE, and adjust to normal; heat liquid to simmering. Gently stir in cornstarch mixture; cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until thickened. Select CANCEL. Serve vegetables with beef.
Nutrition
410
Calories
15g
Total Fat
25g
Protein
43g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: About 1 1/3 Cups
- Calories
- 410
- Calories from Fat
- 140
- Total Fat
- 15g
- 23%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 33%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 70mg
- 23%
- Sodium
- 690mg
- 29%
- Potassium
- 1310mg
- 37%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 43g
- 14%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 23%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 25g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 210%
- 210%
- Vitamin C
- 20%
- 20%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 3 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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