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Jessica Secrest

Pressure Cooker Beef Tips and Gravy

Flour-dusted beef stew meat pressure-cooked with onions, mushrooms, and garlic into a rich, savory gravy. Spoon it over egg noodles for a hearty weeknight dinner that tastes like it simmered all day.

⏱ 40 minAmericanbeefpressure cookerinstant potcomfort foodgravy

Ingredients

  • 2 lbbeef stew meat · two 1-pound packages
  • 1/4 cupall-purpose flour
  • —salt · to taste
  • —black pepper · to taste
  • —avocado oil · for sautéing
  • 2small onions · thinly sliced
  • 8 ozmushrooms
  • 4 clovesgarlic · peeled and lightly crushed
  • 1 packetbeefy onion soup mix
  • 2 2/3 cupswater · 2 cups with the soup mix, plus 2/3 cup added around the edge of the pot
  • 1-2 TbspWorcestershire sauce
  • —tomato paste · a healthy dollop
  • —egg noodles · for serving

Steps

  1. 1

    Add the beef stew meat to a large bowl with the flour, salt, and pepper. Toss until the meat is evenly coated. Wash your hands after touching raw meat and its packaging.

  2. 2

    Set your pressure cooker to sauté and let it get hot, then add avocado oil.

  3. 3

    Add the sliced onions and mushrooms and let them sweat down.

  4. 4

    Make a well in the center of the pot and pour in the coated beef. Let it sear, stirring every so often and scraping up any stuck-on bits so you don't get a burn notice.

  5. 5

    Add the crushed garlic, the packet of beefy onion soup mix, and 2 cups of water. Stir and scrape the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon to release the browned bits.

  6. 6

    Stir in the Worcestershire sauce and a healthy dollop of tomato paste.

  7. 7

    Pour the remaining 2/3 cup water around the edge of the pot so nothing burns.

  8. 8

    Lock the lid on and pressure cook for about 30 minutes, then let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes before quick-releasing the rest. Wait for the pin to drop before removing the lid.

  9. 9

    Serve the beef tips and gravy over egg noodles.

Creator's notes

Jessica adds the mushrooms and onions before searing the beef and notes that in a perfect world she'd add them at the end — but it works out fine either way. Stuck-on bits at the bottom are flavor, just be sure to scrape them up or the pressure cooker will throw a burn notice.

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