Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff with Stew Meat

This is a really easy Instant Pot beef stroganoff with stew meat recipe! It’s as creamy as you remember from your childhood but made fast! Using stew meat pieces it is easy to throw together, fork tender, and total comfort food made in your Ninja Foodi pressure cooker in a fraction of the time it used to. 

Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff with 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.

This is just such a classic meal right?? If you’re looking for an easy Ninja Foodi recipe that pot works just as well in that pot, a Mealthy or even Crockpot Express has a machine. Cooked under high pressure this method makes your proteins super tender soaking up all the flavors in that thick gravy.

Ninja Foodi Beef Stroganoff

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!

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 is a great recipe listed on our roundup of Instant Pot beef recipes, you should try a few of those after this one. 😉

You can now get the same (or better) tender meat made that would normally have taken several hours in about 30 minutes now. I am totally serious.

Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff with Cream of Mushroom Soup

You are not going to add it all into the same pot. Meat takes much longer than pasta does so unless you precook it beforehand and add quite a bit more liquid in there like our pressure cooker stroganoff casserole, it is made separate. What I do is start the salted water to boiling when I start the timing on the pot.

Ingredients

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.

1. Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi, Crockpot Express or any other brand of pressure cooker
   1. I suggest that everyone get a non stick pot to avoid the burn notice
2. Beef stew meat – you could use ground beef if you prefer and just drain after cooking
   1. The smaller the pieces the more tender the beef will be
   2. Beef tips work great too
3. Cream of mushroom soup
   1. Or make homemade cream of mushroom soup
4. Sour cream – Greek yogurt could be used alternative, or dairy free sour cream is great
5. Beef broth – or half broth, half red wine
6. Onion
7. Vegetables (if you want – I add onions, carrots, and mushrooms)
8. Minced garlic
9. Wide egg noodles – I like this style

Salt and pepper to taste of course, I add a touch while cooking and re-season at the end.

How to Make Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff Without Noodles

These are the steps you take: Set your pot to saute and add olive oil, meat and onions to bottom of the pot. Brown the outsides of your meat, then turn your pot off and deglaze the pot. Add large chunks of vegetables you like into the pot now, we used halved mushrooms and carrots.

1. In a bowl whisk together your beef broth, cream of mushroom soup and seasonings until smooth.
   • Some like to include some Worcestershire sauce and/or dijon mustard into the mix too.
2. Add this into your pot.
3. Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 15 minutes. If your meat is cut very small, 12 minutes would suffice.
   • Do not do a quick release, rather move the steam valve ever so slightly so it comes out slowly
4. Lift lid, set pot to saute again. Add some hot liquid into small dish with cornstarch and whisk until smooth, pour into bubbling pot and stir.
5. Stir in sour cream and/or room temperature cream cheese until smooth and sauce has thickened.

What kind of noodles are best for beef stroganoff?

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

• The meat comes out incredibly tender in a short amount of time
• There’s no need to stand by the stove and ensure it doesn’t burn, your Instant Pot will do all the work for you

Stew Meat Pressure Cooker Beef Stroganoff

The flavors soak into your vegetables and meat during the pressure cooking process to create a creamy/tender meal all of us love 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.

Ninja Foodi Stroganoff

If you do not have a pressure cooker I would highly recommend one. It has allowed us to eat together more often and I cook more often and healthier traditionally too. Here are a few other family friendly recipes I know you’ll love too:

• 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?

Below is the printable recipe you can follow and enjoy with your family.