This Instant Pot Perfect Beef Pot Roast Recipe is a staple at our house! This recipe turns out perfect every single time!
It’s so easy and fool proof! We love to serve this with our Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes and these delicious Honey Roasted Carrots!
You can also make this Perfect Beef Pot Roast in the Slow Cooker, find the recipe HERE!
Place roast back into Instant Pot. Add onion, carrots, and celery and spread all around the roast.
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Ingredients needed for the Perfect Beef Pot Roast and Gravy:
- 4 pound beef pot roast 3-4 pounds, (I prefer a chuck roast or rump roast, but any kind will work)
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt (more to taste – be generous)
- ½ teaspoon black pepper (more to taste – be generous)
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt (more or less to taste)
- 2 cups beef broth, divided
- 1 onion roughly chopped into large pieces
- 1 pound baby carrots
- 3 celery stalks roughly chopped into large pieces
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 3 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme (more or less to taste)
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves (more or less to taste)
Gravy:
- 4 cups drippings from slow cooker (liquid) from the slow cooker after roast is done cooking
- 4 Tablespoons butter
- 3 Tablespoons flour
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How to make the Perfect Beef Pot Roast:
Press the SAUTE button on your Instant Pot and allow it to heat up.
Add 2 Tablespoons of olive oil to the bottom of the Instant Pot.
Generously sprinkle salt, pepper, and garlic salt on all sides of the pot roast.
Place roast in hot oil on a skillet and let it sear on that side for 2 minutes. Flip the roast over and sear the other side for 2 minutes.
Depending on the shape of your pot roast, you can sear the other sides if you choose. Press CANCEL button to turn off the saute feature.
Remove the roast from the Instant Pot and place on a plate.
Pour 1/2 cup beef broth into the bottom of the Instant Pot and with a wooden spatula, scrape the burnt brown bits off the bottom of the pot (this is called “deglazing” and will keep you from getting the burn notice when it cooks).
Add garlic on top of roast and vegetables.
Pour in the beef broth, being sure not to pour it directly on the roast or vegetables because you just cooked them in delicious flavors. Try to pour the beef broth on the sides as much as possible.
Pour the Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, and soy sauce directly on the roast. Sprinkle thyme and rosemary evenly around the meat and vegetables.
Place the lid on top of the Instant Pot and move the valve to SEALING. Press the PRESSURE COOK (MANUAL) button and set timer for 80 minutes (or 20 minutes per pound, depending on the size of your roast).
When the timer is done, let the pressure do a NATURAL RELEASE and then let the roast sit on warm for at least 1 hour (I sometimes will let it sit on warm in the Instant Pot for 3-5 hours, just to let it really get tender).
Remove roast from Instant Pot and slice into pieces (it should pretty much fall apart by this point).
Serve with mashed potatoes and the cooked carrots on the side.
If you want to make gravy:
When the roast is done cooking, use a baster (or whatever method you want) to remove the liquid from the slow cooker. To make gravy, you will want to get at least 3 cups of drippings from the Instant Pot.
If you don’t have quite enough drippings, you can supplement with a can of beef broth or beef stock (I like to use beef stock for gravy because it’s a little more flavorful).
Place a small saucepan on the stovetop over medium heat.
Add butter to the saucepan and let it melt.
Add flour and use a whisk to whisk flour and melted butter together until it makes a paste (takes about a minute).
Pour in the drippings, whisking the entire time.
Cook for about 4-5 minutes minutes or until the gravy reaches the thickness you prefer.
Serve roast with gravy on top and on top of mashed potatoes.
Make this Instant Pot Perfect Beef Pot Roast a Freezer Meal:
- Place roast, salt, pepper, garlic salt, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, and soy sauce into a gallon-sized freezer bag (you don’t need to add the olive oil because we are not searing this roast). Place freezer bag into freezer and it will last there up to 90 days.
- When ready to use, dump ingredients from bag into Instant Pot and add 2 cups of beef broth in with the frozen food. Place the lid on top, move the valve to SEALING, and press the MANUAL button. Set timer for 120 minutes (or 30 minutes per pound of your roast). Do a NATURAL RELEASE for at least one hour when the timer is done – I even like to let it sit in the Instant Pot for a few hours so that it falls apart so easily. Follow the rest of the instructions as written.
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Instant Pot Perfect Beef Pot Roast Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 pound Beef Pot Roast, 3-4 pounds, (I prefer a chuck roast or rump roast, but any kind will work)
- 2 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt, (more to taste – be generous)
- ½ teaspoon black pepper, (more to taste – be generous)
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt, (more or less to taste)
- 2 cups beef broth, divided
- 1 onion, roughly chopped into large pieces
- 1 pound baby carrots
- 3 celery stalks, roughly chopped into large pieces
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme, (more or less to taste)
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, (more or less to taste)
Gravy
- 4 cups drippings from Instant pot (liquid) from the Instant Pot after roast is done cooking
- 4 Tablespoon butter
- 3 Tablespoon flour
Instructions
- Press the SAUTE button on your Instant Pot and allow it to heat up.
- Add 2 Tablespoons of olive oil to the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- Generously sprinkle salt, pepper, and garlic salt on all sides of the pot roast.
- Place roast in hot oil on a skillet and let it sear on that side for 2 minutes. Flip the roast over and sear the other side for 2 minutes.
- Depending on the shape of your pot roast, you can sear the other sides if you choose. Press CANCEL button to turn off the saute feature.
- Remove the roast from the Instant Pot and place on a plate.
- Pour 1/2 cup beef broth into the bottom of the Instant Pot and with a wooden spatula, scrape the burnt brown bits off the bottom of the pot (this is called "deglazing" and will keep you from getting the burn notice when it cooks).
- Place roast back into Instant Pot. Add onion, carrots, and celery and spread all around the roast.
- Add garlic on top of roast and vegetables.
- Pour in the beef broth, being sure not to pour it directly on the roast or vegetables because you just cooked them in delicious flavors. Try to pour the beef broth on the sides as much as possible.
- Pour the Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, and soy sauce directly on the roast. Sprinkle thyme and rosemary evenly around the meat and vegetables.
- Place the lid on top of the Instant Pot and move the valve to SEALING. Press the PRESSURE COOK (MANUAL) button and set timer for 80 minutes (or 20 minutes per pound, depending on the size of your roast).
- When the timer is done, let the pressure do a NATURAL RELEASE and then let the roast sit on warm for at least 1 hour (I sometimes will let it sit on warm in the Instant Pot for 3-5 hours, just to let it really get tender).
- Remove roast from Instant Pot and slice into pieces (it should pretty much fall apart by this point).
- Serve with mashed potatoes and the cooked carrots on the side.
If you want to make gravy . . .
- When the roast is done cooking, use a baster (or whatever method you want) to remove the liquid from the Instant Pot.
- To make gravy, you will want to get at least 3 cups of drippings from the Instant Pot. If you don't have quite enough drippings, you can supplement with a can of beef broth or beef stock (I like to use beef stock for gravy because it's a little more flavorful).
- Place a small saucepan on the stovetop over medium heat.
- Add butter to the saucepan and let it melt.
- Add flour and use a whisk to whisk flour and melted butter together until it makes a paste (takes about a minute).
- Pour in the drippings, whisking the entire time.
- Cook for about 4-5 minutes minutes or until the gravy reaches the thickness you prefer.
- Serve roast with gravy on top and on top of mashed potatoes.
Notes
- Our favorite mashed potato recipe: Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes https://www.sixsistersstuff.
com/recipe/make-ahead-mashed- potatoes/
- Place roast, salt, pepper, garlic salt, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, and soy sauce into a gallon-sized freezer bag (you don’t need to add the olive oil because we are not searing this roast). Place freezer bag into freezer and it will last there up to 90 days.
- When ready to use, dump ingredients from bag into Instant Pot and add 2 cups of beef broth in with the frozen food. Place the lid on top, move the valve to SEALING, and press the MANUAL button. Set timer for 120 minutes (or 30 minutes per pound of your roast). Do a NATURAL RELEASE for at least one hour when the timer is done – I even like to let it sit in the Instant Pot for a few hours so that it falls apart so easily. Follow the rest of the instructions as written.
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Oh my goodness! This is delicious! My picky husband even ate a few carrots because the juices are so good!
I am going to try this but I was wondering if park shoulder is okay to use? Still new to this cooking game (: never to late to join though!
Pork shoulder*
Yes, welcome to Instant Pot cooking. Pork Shoulder cooks for about 1 hour in the Instant Pot. Let it do a natural release for a about 15 minutes. Pork is a leaner cut of meat so be careful to not overcook it or it will be very dry. For a boneless pork shoulder 15 minutes per pound is recommended for the cooking time. Hope this helps.
Can you use a frozen pot roast? and if so, what time adjustment should one make?
Set time for 120 minutes (or 30 minutes per pound of your roast). Do a NATURAL RELEASE for at least one hour when the timer is done. Longer is even better on the natural release.
So my husband is a meat and potato guy. And my grown kids love this pot roast. I really like how you add little details about scraping the bottom of instapot avoids burn notification and
very precise in ingredients and all supply’s needed to get started. This is very help for newish cooks and young people just learning.