Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon

Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon with red wine and vegetables turns out amazingly tender and flavorful! Using beef tips or start with Instant Pot stew meat in a rich and thick gravy you will get the same bold flavors for dinner.

This may come off as an expensive or difficult dish to make. It’s not! If you’ve always wanted to make this Julia Child dish this will make you a pro. This and many other easy Instant Pot recipes are something we make for dinner every single month.

If you’ve had this at a restaurant you know what kinda’ comfort food this is. Recently we actually took our younger 2 daughters out to eat for a birthday and they ordered this. Not knowing if it would be a hit I ordered light, I didn’t get more than a little bite!! She said it was her favorite meal so I had to make it at home after that.

Ninja Foodi Beef Bourguignon

You could use other pressure cooker brands to make this too, Ninja Foodi will use the lid that is not attached. 😉 If you are totally against using wine entirely you could substitute it with broth. Note that there will definitely be a difference with this swap, not in a great way. The flavors won’t be as bold or rich, but will work.

What is the best cut of meat for beef bourguignon?

A few cuts of beef have been used including; brisket, chuck roast, and stew meat (which I use a lot because it’s so cheap and already cut into small pieces). Brisket does yield an amazing result but is the most expensive out of the 3. In this round chuck roast was used and diced into bite size pieces. More unusual but wonderful choices would be bear meat, or large bite size pieces or beef tips.

Beef Bourguignon with Stew Meat

With a thick broth, a bit like stew but better, the flavors are just out of this world with super tender. One of our favorite stew meat recipes ever. The reason why I love using this cut is that it is super cheap, already cut into large bite size chunks and has a wonderfully beefy flavor that can soak up all the other seasonings in the pot.

So if you have ever made this in a Dutch oven on your stovetop you know that it takes some attention. You want to keep it at an even heat for a long time so the connective tissues of your meat can break down. With this, you just set it and go. Come back when the beep goes off, that is it. Here we go y’all, ready to make this with us??!!

Tips

You cook this similar to our Instant Pot beef stroganoff recipe where you saute the meat first using a bit of olive oil. That will give you a bit of sear on the outside of your protein which will lock in the moisture. If you wanted to add bacon and/or onions you would add those at the same time.

After done it is important to pour in the wine, scrape the bottom of the pan to deglaze it and remove brown bits of stuck on pieces of meat off of the bottom.

If you wanted to give your meat a really bold flavor you could massage some of our steak dry rub on it before cooking. We didn’t this time. When done you want to then allow for a 10 minute natural release to keep the protein as tender as possible.

Bourguignon with Frozen Beef

Yes you could and really Frozen Stew Meat Instant Pot doesn’t take any longer. The trick to this is that your pieces need to be separated before you put them into the pot. You can do this under a bit of cool running water, pull apart and you would skip the initial sauteeing in the first step.

How do you thicken beef bourguignon gravy?

Adding flour before the initial cooking process will create a thicker sauce in the end. If you still at the end of the day wanted it even thicker whisk some hot liquid and cornstarch in a bowl until smooth. Set pot to saute with just liquid inside. Once bubbling add this slurry / roux in and stir so it gets even thicker.

If you need a gluten free thickener you can use arrowroot which does the same thing. Start small with just a bit as a little goes a long way and you don’t want it to become gummy with too much. You could use arrowroot as well as an alternative if you cannot use flour. They’ll also keep your sauce clear and cloud free which is nice. You’ll need about 1 tablespoon for every cup of liquid in the recipe.

Yes of course you could cook this on your stove top but to get really tender boeuf bourguignon in no time I suggest you use this magic multi cooker to be done in about 1 hour! It is a set it and forget it kind of meal made this way and will surely change your life as it has ours. Get ready for many more family dinners spent together.

How To Serve

Our favorite under 30 minute ideas to serve this with is on top of a bed of pressure cooker mashed potatoes. If you wanted additional veggies, green beans are great. Slice some French bread and serve on the side.

I have not made this yet in my slow cooker but it is on my list to do soon. When I do I will link those instructions here for you to follow. We’ve got a bunch of other ideas to try but let’s start with our pressure cooker beef tips which are amazzzzzzing!

• Pull apart bread is great too
• Homemade rolls are of course a winner, you could buy frozen and take and bake at home for faster.
• This one has a thicker gravy coating the meat but is similar to coq au vin to me. I cut up Instant Pot steak that needed to be cooked for this one instead of Ninja Foodi stew meat which shows just how versatile it really is.
• We’ve made this stew casserole over and over again. You can throw in uncooked Instant Pot white rice and it cooks all in one pot which is fabulous.
  • This is how to cook a frozen roast in an Instant Pot too.