This is our easy Instant Pot beef stroganoff recipe with stew meat! It’s as creamy as you remember from your childhood but made fast! A Stew meat recipe that’s easy to throw together, fork tender, and total comfort food in your Ninja Foodi too.
This is total comfort food, creamy, packed with vegetables (if you want), and the tenderest beef ever when you use your pressure cooker. Just one of the easy Instant Pot recipes that makes me think of my Grandmother every time I take a bite.
Ninja Foodi Beef Stroganoff
If you’re looking for an easy Ninja Foodi recipe that pot works just as well in that pot using the lid that isn’t attached, or can be made in a Crockpot Express. You will use the same directions, temp. and timing so nothing changes in that case.
The reason why we are obsessed with this method is because beef cooked under high pressure makes your proteins super tender soaking up all the flavors in that thick gravy.
I will tell you I have made Crockpot beef stroganoff for years but when I got my Instant Pot last Christmas I haven’t used my slow cooker very much at all recently. It was a huge part of our lives for so many years though that when I started transitioning I HAD to figure out a way to make the same dishes in that new pot. Here it is after lots of testing!
Beef Stroganoff with Frozen Stew Meat
We have even made this with Instant Pot frozen stew meat when that was all I had on hand. Of course thawed is much better but there is a way to use frozen if that is all you have on hand. Have a few thick steaks that need to be used up? Cube those and use that, I like to use whatever I have on hand at the time.
Now the cooking time is so much faster in this new all in one appliance! That is a huge help when all 5 of us are all going different directions and need something fast, but healthy, when we all get home. This 30 minute recipe is listed on our roundup of Instant Pot beef recipes, you should try a few of those after this one. 😉
What can you use other than stew meat?
Typically, it’s made with more tender cuts which decreases the cooking time. You may want to try beef tenderloin, cubed sirloin steak, or cut up steak that needs to be cooked. Leftover cooked beef can also be used with a shorter cook time.
How to Make the Sauce
Cream of mushroom soup is the traditional base to make the sauce (gravy) thick easier. Or you could make homemade cream of mushroom soup first and use that for a more homemade taste. A great option if you need it to be dairy free.
As for the liquid necessary to get the pot to come to pressure and cook the meat to fork tender you want Beef broth, water or half broth, half red wine. I prefer those that lend more flavor to the dish, water won’t add anything.
Best Vegetables to Add
Onions sliced or diced in there are a great start to the vegetables you can add in there, you could also dice carrots, and halve mushrooms for more of a classic flavor.
You would want egg noodles for this traditional meal for serving. These would be boiled separately. If you wanted everything together there is an option for that below.
How to Thicken the Sauce
I do add a bit of cornstarch with a bit of liquid as a roux sort of slurry when done to thicken. But I also use sour cream to make it creamier and thicker too. Greek yogurt could be used alternative, or dairy free sour cream is great if need be. Both will make it plenty thicker. Remember that as it cools it will get thick as well so have a light hand as far as adding these last 2.
What kind of noodles are best?
We like to serve over Instant Pot egg noodles that have been boiled or cooked separately. If you want something different all together, go for a bed of pressure cooker mashed potatoes instead. Why we love cooking beef stroganoff in our pressure cooker
Tips for Success
It takes a bit for that to come to pressure so by the time that is done my egg noodles are nice and al dente so everything can be tossed together and served. Why I cook the egg noodles separately;
The beef needs a good 15 minutes to cook and become as tender and I want it, that is far too long for any style noodle to be cooked in a pressure cooker. My husband prefers to have the noodles cooked separately (I have cooked casseroles with everything together like with our Pressure cooker Dorito casserole. The girls and I love that but he prefers separate.
My youngest sometimes wants plain noodles so that option is open using this method.
My kids aren’t real fans of red meat, other than hamburger. It is mostly due to the texture and it being a bit tough. When you make this the beef it becomes really soft and tender though. Soaking up all the sauce and juices in just 15 minutes, it’s perfect for our busy lives.
Can you cook with noodles together?
If you wanted to cook the noodles with the meat and sauce you really need to swap out the larger beef pieces with ground beef instead. You can then follow our Instant Pot ground beef stroganoff directions. It works with this swap because the meat is precooked and doesn’t need additional time to tenderize.
Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb stew meat, can use ground beef too if you prefer, just drain after cooking in step one
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 small onion
- 1 pkg mushrooms
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup beef broth
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp salt, (more salt to taste when serving)
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- 1 bag egg noodles, cooked to al dente separately
Instructions
- Put your Instant Pot on saute and add your olive oil and garlic
- When warm add your beef stew meat and onions (either diced or cut into chunks).
- Stir until meat is browned on all sides
- Add mushrooms cut into halves, cut carrots, and even celery if you want to add some of that. Stir
- In a bowl whisk together your can of cream of mushroom soup, salt, and beef broth, together. Then pour it into your pot and stir.
- Put the lid on your Instant Pot or pressure cooker and set to manual, pressure, high, for 15 minutes. Start to boil your egg noodles on the stove now.
- Do a slow release (meaning move your pressure release valve just slightly so steam comes out very slowly) and carefully lift lid
- Set Instant Pot to saute and put some of that hot liquid in a small bowl with your cornstarch, whisk together until smooth
- Pour back into your pot and stir.
- Add your sour cream, stir
- Allow mixture to bubble and thicken a bit in your pot for a few minutes
- Serve beef stroganoff over cooked egg noodles, salt to taste!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Our melt in your mouth beef stroganoff casserole recipe here was made in the oven and should be tried next!
This is what it comes out looking like! It’s almost better the next day, so needless to say if you have leftovers (we rarely do) you’ll have a great lunch waiting for you. 😉 Want to try something else with the same meat?
This turned out better than expected as I’m new to instant pot cooking. I seasoned my sirloin with salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary and onion powder since I wasn’t adding onion. And I used 1/2 wine 1/2 broth for the 1/4 cup broth. Added carrots. Should have added more. Used arrowroot for the cornstarch. Served over toasted bread 🙂 with cooked zucchini and onions.
Oh I am so glad it was a hit