The Easiest Instant Pot Roast Beef Recipe You’ll Ever Find

Everyone needs an easy, hands-off recipe that works every single time. For our family, pot roast is it! This is the easiest Instant Pot roast beef recipe you’ll ever make.

Meal time in our house can be a little crazy.

Everyone is hungry, and everyone is tired. This is when I reach for my Instant Pot.

One of the reasons I love my Instant Pot is it allows me to walk away while it does the hard work for me. 

I hesitate to call this a recipe as it is really a chuck it all in and walk away, which fits my busy working homeschool life perfectly.

How To Choose A Pot Roast Beef

Every time a roast beef is on sale, I grab one. They are quick and easy to prepare. Great to quickly make when unexpected company shows up!

When choosing a pot roast, look for one that fits the size of your family. In fact, I always pick one a little bigger because I love to have leftovers.

My family of four, I look for one, about 2 lbs. I also avoid greyish-looking roast beef because that means it has been on the shelf for a while. You want a nice red color.

I also recommend looking for one with a lot of marbling. “Marbling” is the fat throughout the meat.

For the record, I don’t like stiff, dried-out roast beef, but if you end up with one it is like that, use it for beef sandwiches.

Cooking your roast beef using this method in your Instant Pot should end up with a pull-apart roast that can be served as a main dish, saved for meal prepping for the week, or used as filling for quesadillas, pull-apart sandwiches or whatever you like.

Kitchen Tools You Need:

• Instant Pot (I use this one.)
• Cutting Board
• Knives – make sure to use sharp knives, especially for kids. They reduce the chance of cutting themselves.
• Liquid Measuring Cup
• Instant Pot Trivet

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The Instant Pot Roast Beef Recipe Ingredients

⇒Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: Total: 95 minutes, 70 minutes plus time to come to pressure and time to release

What You Need:

Please note: I am not big on measuring or following a recipe. Thus just do what you think is best, really, it will be okay. 

• Roast Beef
• Seasonings of choice
• Water/ beef broth

What You Do:

Gather all your ingredients. I’ll be sharing the steps using a 6 Quart Instant Pot. You can use whatever Instant Pot you have.

Add the trivet to the bottom of the Instant Pot.

A friend asked what a Trivet is? This is what mine looks like it came with my Instant Pot.

You can buy something similar from Amazon, I recommend this style because the handles are awesome!

Add your roast beef and generously season with your favorite seasonings.

We love Club House Le Grille Montreal Steak Spice but seriously, use whatever you like. I don’t get hung up in details.

Add at least 1 cup of water or beef broth.

You may not want to pour this over the top of the roast as it can wash away your seasonings. Best to pour to the side.

Add the cover, and set the steam release to “seal”.

Plug it in if you haven’t yet. This is the hardest part of the whole thing, lol!

1. Press the “meat/stew” button, circled in blue
2. Using the “-” and “+” buttons, circled in orange
3. Adjust until you get 70 on the screen
4. Walk away.

⇒Note: This will take longer than 70 minutes. It will take time come up to pressure, about 10 minutes or so.

It will beep when done. Let it sit and naturally release for about 10-15 minutes. You won’t be able to open the cover while there is still pressure.

If you need to open it after 10-15 minutes, quick release the Instant Pot.

Steam will shoot out, and if you aren’t used to it, it might be a bit of surprise. This is the part my husband doesn’t like and the kids think is hilarious.

Done!

It’s ready to eat, wasn’t that easy?!

It took me forever to cave and ask for an Instant Pot but it really does make my life easier.

Enjoy!

Quick Ways “Dress Up” Your Roast Beef:

The above recipe is how I usually make it, but you can always dress it up by adding what your family likes.

• Italian flavoring: Add Italian seasoning mix and a can of dice roasted tomatoes.
• Mexican: Add diced onion ( I like to precook) and salsa poured over the top.
• Or you can cook it with veggies such as onions and garlic.

Recommended Instant Pot Recipes

I love having simple and easy recipes on hand for busy nights. If you enjoyed this Instant Pot Recipe, you may also like to read:

• Instant Pot Recipes For Summer With Free Meal Planning Pages
• 17 Instant Pot Fall Recipes Meal Plan Ideas For Crazy Busy Moms
• 26 Easy Winter Instant Pot Recipes With Free Meal Planning Pages

How do you like to dress up your Roast Beef?

Take care,  

Jen

PS. Do you have an Instant Pot but it is STILL in the box? Check out my Getting Started Guide here! 

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