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Pressure Cooker Pot Roast

June 12, 2016 by Tiffany Davis 14 Comments

Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Pot Roast  - delicious fall apart flavor!

Pressure Cooker Pot Roast – herb infused and made with the Instant Pot

I recently purchased an Instant Pot pressure cooker and have been experimenting with recipes. This pressure cooker pot roast is hands down the best chuck roast I’ve ever cooked AND probably ever eaten. I usually cook a pot roast in my slow cooker for 8 or more hours to get that fall apart goodness…but that won’t be happening any more!

You might be wondering why I decided to get an electric pressure cooker when I have a pressure canner/cooker for my stove top. It is a fair question.  Frankly my pressure canner is huge and takes a long time to heat up for canning.  Not to mention a stove-top pressure cooker needs to be watched fairly closely; while an Instant Pot is a set it and go device.  Yes there are less expensive electric pressure cookers on the market too – but I wanted the Instant Pot’s stainless steel cooking pot.

Ok enough jibber about the pots – let’s get to the grub! This roast was so good I couldn’t wait to share the recipe with you, even to get better pictures! So please excuse my cell phone shots here. Trust me, the pictures do not do this pressure cooker pot roast justice!

Pressure Cooker Pot Roast – Instant Pot

Ingredients

4 lbs chuck roast
Coconut oil for browning
1 white or yellow onion
4 sprigs of fresh thyme
4 sprigs of fresh rosemary
9 whole cloves of garlic
1.5 cups of beef broth
Salt and pepper to taste
6 whole peeled carrots (optional)

Directions

  1. Turn your Instant Pot pressure cooker to the Saute setting and allow it to heat upPressure Cooker Pot Roast, Herb Infused - Made with the Instant Pot. Melt in your mouth delicious! |ImperfectlyHappy.com
  2. While it is heating up salt and pepper one side of your chuck roast
  3. Once the Instant Pot display says hot, add your coconut oil to the pot
  4. Immediately put in the chuck roast, seasoned side down
  5. Salt and Pepper the other side of the roast while it is browning
  6. Brown both sides for about 5 minutes each (please don’t skip the browning step – it makes all the difference!)
  7. Now add in your broth over the meat
  8. Top with onion, thyme, rosemary and garlic
  9. Add your whole carrots to the top (they may barely fit but that’s ok, we don’t want them soaking in the broth)Pressure Cooker Pot Roast, Herb Infused - Made with the Instant Pot. Melt in your mouth delicious! |ImperfectlyHappy.com
  10. Close and lock your lid
  11. Now set your Instant Pot to Meat/Stew and adjust the time to 65 minutes
  12. Once the cooking is completed allow for a natural release of about 20-25 minutes
  13. Careful removing your chuck roast – it will be falling apart
  14. Serve with some mashed potatoes and a green veggie and you have a complete meal

Printable version of the recipe here – Instant Pot Roast Beef

You’ll notice all the flavors are infused into the meat, carrots and the au jus juice (which I spooned over the tators and the meat).


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Comments

  1. Red says

    January 29, 2019 at 6:42 pm

    We got an instant pot for Christmas and haven’t used it yet. Work is cancelled for the next couple days due to cold weather in northern Illinois, so I want to try it out. We don’t have any children, and our parents don’t live on the property, so it’s only my wife and I. If I were to half this recipe, how does that affect the cooking time?

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      January 30, 2019 at 2:43 pm

      No, you shouldn’t have to reduce it that much. Maybe take 10 minutes off. The BIG thing is letting it naturally release so it falls apart. Enjoy!

      Reply
    • P says

      January 4, 2020 at 6:49 am

      CAN YOU PUT IT ON THE “PRESSUE COOK” SETTING?

      Reply
  2. Amanda Bivens says

    August 19, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    What size pressure cooker do you have? I’m trying to figure out if I need a smaller roast or not. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      August 20, 2019 at 4:30 am

      I am using a 6 qt Instant Pot

      Reply
  3. Lauren says

    November 16, 2019 at 4:49 pm

    Followed the recipe to a T and my roast turned out like rubber. Couldn’t even cut it with a knife. No idea what I did wrong 🤷🏻‍♀️

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      November 17, 2019 at 5:04 am

      Did you quick release or natural release?

      Reply
  4. AKMarder says

    December 31, 2019 at 4:58 pm

    Omg this recipe was fantastic!!! I used a 3qt Lux Mini Instant Pot, 2.5lbs of meat so just a tad more than half of what the recipient calls for, adjusted the other ingredients to stay in proportion. Followed to the T otherwise, cooked for 60min and let it sit about 25-30min after it was done to ensure it absolutely released pressure on its own accord. The meat fell apart in all of its glory. I’m a vegetarian but my husband greatly enjoyed!

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      January 2, 2020 at 5:16 am

      I love reading this! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Amy says

    January 19, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    I just made this pot roast, followed the recipe exactly as written, but my roast came out like rubber and I can’t even cut it it’s so tough 😔🤦🏻‍♀️

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      January 21, 2020 at 5:22 am

      Did you do a natural release or a forced pressure release? I make this all the time and the only time it has been tough it when I try to fast release the pressure.

      Reply
  6. Jennicole21 says

    April 15, 2020 at 6:00 pm

    It came out delicious! Thank you for the recipe. I substituted chicken broth because I didn’t have beef broth and added fresh parsley. Next time I will add potatoes too.

    Reply
  7. Jo says

    April 23, 2020 at 1:12 pm

    You need to specify if you are cooking on high or low “pressure adjust” this could be the discrepancy in “fall apart” and “rubber”

    Reply

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