Instant Pot Beef Stew recipe. Ultimate winter comfort beef stew using instapot and Japanese beef stew roux with step by step photo instructions and a video
Add olive oil into the pot. Add beef and cook and partially brown.
Add diced potato, onion, carrot and mushrooms. Saute about 10 minutes.
Pour red wine and water to the pot. Close the lid and change the setting to Stew for 20 minutes.
Manually let the steam go *3 and open the lid.
Break the roux into small cubes and add to the pot.
Let the roux cubes dissolve by stirring the stew with a wooden spatula.
Put the lid back on and set the instant pot to stew for 5 minutes.
After the 5 minutes cycle completed, let the pressure off manually.
Serve in the shallow bowl, pour a little bit of fresh cream*4 and garnish with thyme. *5
Notes
*1 Optional*2 The packet I used contains 140g of roux*3 It is very hot so be careful not burn yourself. Follow your instant pot instructions.*4 & 5 optional