Instant Pot Pork Tips and Gravy

Since this Instant Pot recipe makes such tender pork chops with a tasty mushroom gravy, this will become one of your favorite new recipes to keep on the menu. Plus, if you like juicy pork chops, then your whole family will enjoy this pork tenderloin recipe or any other cut of pork easy recipe. You can make a similar crock pot boneless pork chops or boneless pork tenderloin recipe like one of these too if you don’t have an electric pressure cooker!

Recipe Ingredient Notes

To make our Instant Pot pork tips and gravy, you need the following ingredients:

• Olive oil 
• Pork stew meat (buy it cubed or trim and cube your own pork butte or cubed pork shoulder)
• Pepper 
• Butter 
• Onion, chopped 
• Salt 
• Mushrooms, sliced 
• Black pepper 
• Beef stock 
• Italian seasoning 
• Worcestershire sauce 
• Ketchup 
• Apple cider vinegar 
• Garlic powder 
• Cornstarch 
• Water 

Equipment Needed

For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:

• Instant Pot
• Mixing Bowl
• Whisk
• Spoon (Wooden)

How to make Instant Pot Pork Tips and Gravy

1. Preheat. Set your Instant Pot to the “Sauté” mode. 
2. Season the pork. While the Instant Pot is heating, season the pork with salt and pepper.
3. Brown the pork. Add the olive oil to the Instant Pot and let it heat up for a few seconds before adding half of the beef. Sauté for 2-3 minutes until browned on all sides. Transfer the pork to a bowl. Repeat with the remaining pork. 
4. Sauté the veggies. Add the butter to the bottom of the pot and, once it’s melted, add the onions and season with salt. Sauté until the onions have turned translucent. Add the mushrooms and pepper and sauté for 3-4 minutes or until browned and tender. 
5. Make the sauce. In a bowl, whisk together the beef stock, Italian seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, apple cider vinegar, and garlic powder. 
6. Put it all together. Return the sautéed pork tips to the Instant Pot and pour in the sauce. Give everything a good stir to combine. 
7. Cook. Close the Instant Pot and set it to cook on high pressure for 30 minutes cooking time. 
8. Release. Once the cook time is up, allow the Instant Pot to do a natural release its pressure for 20 minutes before opening. 
9. Thicken. Set the pressure cooker to the sauté setting. Whisk together the cornstarch and water in a small bowl until smooth to make a cornstarch slurry, and stir into the pork tips. Allow everything to cook for 2-3 minutes or until the gravy has thickened nicely. 
10. Season. Taste and add a little extra salt and/or pepper if needed. 
11. Serve. Serve pork tips and gravy over mashed potatoes or buttered egg noodles.

Recipe Notes

Once you are done sauting the vegetables, make sure to use a wooden spoon to scrape the browned bits off the pan to avoid the burn notice. All of the flavor comes from the brown bits in the bottom of the pan for the tasty gravy, so do not remove the bits from the pan before continuing.

Storage Suggestions

For any leftover pork, let it cool down to room temperature, and then place the leftovers in an airtight container and store it in the fridge for up to 4-5 days. 

Serving Suggestions

We recommend serving this recipe with our Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes, Oven Baked Green Beans, or our Mom’s Sweet Potatoes. You can find more classic American recipes here.

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