Braised Beef (Instant Pot)
This recipe is super easy with tremendous results. Mix sauce ingredients together. Mix together with meat. Pressure cook. Done. It doesn't get more low maintenanced than this.There a many different types of beef you can use with this recipe. Chuck, bottom round, beef ribs, beef shanks, chuck tender will all work very well. The best part of this recipe is that it takes only an hour in the Instant Pot as apposed to 4-6 hours in a slow cooker. If you don't have a pressure cooker, you can definitely make this in a slow cooker on high for 4-6 hours or in your oven at 275 for 4 hours. Either way you cook it will be delicious. This meat is also great in Korean Beef Tacos, which will be in another segment.
Ingredients
The Beef
- 3-4 lb chuck roast
- 1 large onion quartered
Sauce
- 6 tbsp light soy sauce
- 3 tbsp rice wine
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1/2 Asian pear grated
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 cup beef stock
- 6 garlic cloves minced
Garnish
- sesame oil
- sesame seeds
- green onion
- cilantro
Instructions
Sauce
- Mix all sauce ingredients together. Set aside.
The Beef
- Cut chuck roast into 2" pieces. This will help the meat cook faster.
- Add the beef, onion, and sauce mix to the Instant Pot. Set to the pressure cooker function. Cook on high for 1 hour.
- Release the pressure. If you'd like for the sauce to thicken, turn on the sautée function on medium and cook for 10 more minutes.
- Serve over jasmine rice. Garnish with sesame oil, sesame seeds, green onion, and cilantro.
