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Instant Pot Beef Tips and Gravy

This Instant Pot beef tips and mushroom gravy recipe is the bomb! Tender sirloin or stew meat in your pressure cooker packed with flavor everyone will love. We have made this as Crockpot beef tips too but this way is a lot faster.

instant pot beef tips and gravy

Let me tell you how amazing this Instant Pot beef tips and mushroom gravy turned out! Actually it is too hard to describe so you’ll just have to make it yourself. 😉 All of my Instant Pot recipes are easy and delicious. (participant in the Amazon program, affiliate links present)

Instant Pot Beef Tips and Gravy

I also focus on inexpensive meals so use either stew meat or sirloin (which is what I had on hand). Guaranteed, this will become a keeper. The positive reviews just keep on comin’ on this one!

You can make this in your IP, Crockpot Express or make as an easy Ninja Foodi recipe too. Any pressure cooker brand works that has a high pressure function.

If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:

For reference, this is the pressure cooker I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.

A white Instant Pot with a Star Wars theme sits on the kitchen counter, ready to tackle your favorite beef arm roast recipe. The digital display glows "On." Next to it lie a patterned cloth and some green onions, all against the backdrop of blue kitchen cabinets and a stovetop.

Ninja Foodi Beef Tips

Using this pot you’re going to use the pressure cook function, you won’t need air crisp at all this time. More specifically you lift the lid that is attached and seal the one that isn’t once you add all the ingredients as directed below.

  • This recipe was created quite by accident actually. I wasn’t planning on creating a new pressure cooker beef recipe that day but once it was done I HAD to share it.

It was one of those “I need to cook this meat and the mushrooms only have one day left, so what can I do with these” nights. 😉 I am sure you’ve been there before. Let’s start with the steak I used.

As I’ve stated in the past we bought a cow from a local organic farmer and have a large freezer packed with all kinds of cuts. Before this I had only cooked “regular” things like steak. Buying in a large quantity like this gave me the opportunity to cook other things like chuck roast, stew meat, and all different roasts.

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Instant Pot Beef Tips with Mushroom Gravy

We don’t cook beef very often, with the exception of ground beef which I find super easy to use. If I use the other cuts it’s because they’re about to spoil or my husband has a craving for it.

  • You can see the pieces above. Occasionally I will slice them even smaller so they get even more tender while cooking, but as is this worked great.
    • Beef stew meat comes out incredible as well and is quite inexpensive to buy at your local grocery store.
    • Another perk to that is it is already cubed for you so it’s less prep work for you.

Sirloin steak was on the menu, and I couldn’t wait another day to use them up before they went bad. I have to be honest, if I’m going to make a new Instant Pot beef recipe I almost always dice it into bite size pieces before cooking it.

Smaller pieces makes it easier to eat, and comes out as tender as possible this way I feel. 

instant pot sirloin steak

Instant Pot beef tips

This is what we used on this go around. I have linked the gravy packet I used. There are many different brands, some are much more flavorful than others.

  1. Pressure cooker
    1. if you have an Instant Pot I HIGHLY suggest you get a nonstick pot
    2. you can make this as a Ninja Foodi recipe too or Crockpot Express pot is fine as well
  2. Sirloin steak or beef stew meat
  3. Gravy packet we used this one
    1. homemade gravy recipe here
  4. Baby bella mushrooms

What is the difference between white and baby bella mushrooms?

Baby bella and white button are both strains of Agaricus bisporus, but these 2 mushrooms look and taste very different. White buttons are harvested at an immature stage, while baby bellas are harvested an intermediate stage of maturity. Portabella mushrooms are fully mature baby bellas.

  • The color is the obvious difference, the firmness to me is the most important. You don’t want something that will disintegrate while cooking.
baby bella mushrooms

Instant Pot Beef Tips with Brown Gravy Mix

Added ingredients are:

  1. Onion can be diced or sliced
  2. Olive oil
  3. Beef broth
  4. Salt and pepper
  5. Worcestershire sauce
  6. Garlic salt
    1. and garlic powder if you’re a big garlic lover

I serve it over a bed of wide egg noodles but Instant Pot white rice would be great too. They’re made separately but typically pressure cooked in my other electric pressure cooker.

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Why do I use packaged gravy? Well, because I am all about easy and this is ready to use, just rip the end off and pour it right in. It lends a TON of flavor to the dish but more importantly it thickens the sauce up tremendously.

There was a night I didn’t have this on hand so I made it as is without the brown gravy packet and it wasn’t nearly as good. I tried to save it with some sour cream I had on hand but the thickness wasn’t there.

Does Instant Pot make meat tender?

  • Meats in a pressure cooker become quite tender no matter what cut it is. How tender depends on several factors:

Some cuts are tender to begin with and have little or no chewy connective tissues. A pressure cooker can essentially melt the connective tissues much more quickly than a slow cooker or oven/stovetop can.

What are sirloin tips?

This cut is found on the front end of the rear leg. This area is usually created into chuck roasts, but can also be cut into steaks or used for ground beef.

Stew meat can also be used and typically is a lesser expensive choice between the two, I prefer sirloin if I have it.

Instant Pot Beef Tips

What makes this Instant Pot beef tips recipe SO good though is the gravy. It. Is. Amazing! It is a bit like the taste in Instant Pot beef stroganoff but there’s more of it and it has a stronger, richer flavor. In that one I used cream of mushroom soup, however this one is more homemade than that.

No Peek Beef Tips Instant Pot

Saute beef tips with olive oil until you’ve browned the meat on the outside of each piece. Turn pot off now. Then scrape brown bits off the bottom to deglaze the Instant Pot, this will ensure the burn message doesn’t show up on your screen.

  • Add ingredients other than dry gravy mix and cook for 15 minutes with a 5 minute natural release = 20 minutes cook time
  • Then do a quick release and lift lid carefully away from your face
  • Set to saute again, add remaining broth and gravy packet, allow to bubble and thicken. Stir and turn pot off once it is as thick as you’d like. This takes just minutes.

Remember, the longer this sits and cools the thicker it will become. Serve over brown rice, rice, egg noodles, or mashed potatoes.

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Beef Tips in Pressure Cooker

Other Instant Pot recipes you should try next:

If you want to cook steak in a Crockpot we love that too, as well as a great Ninja Foodi stew recipe.

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Instant Pot Beef Tips

This Instant Pot beef tips and mushroom gravy recipe is the bomb! Tender sirloin or stew meat in your pressure cooker packed with flavor everyone will love.
Course Entree, Main Course
Cuisine American, german
Keyword beef, cube, cubed, gravy, instant pot, mushroom, pressure cooker, steak, tips
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 376kcal
Author The Typical Mom

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cut steak into small bite size pieces, the smaller the more tender they will be. Sprinkle all with salt, pepper and garlic salt to coat.
  • Add olive oil to pot and set to saute. Put beef into pot and sear outsides, then take out and put into a bowl if you do not have a non stick pot so you can deglaze your pot with your 1/3 c broth (with non stick pots this isn't necessary).
  • Pour 1/3 c broth into pot if you didn't already in last step. Put beef back into pot if you removed it with onions on top, followed by halved mushrooms and worcestershire sauce.
  • Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 15 minutes. Allow to naturally release steam for 5 minutes when done, then release rest of steam.
  • Lift lid and set to saute again. In a bowl whisk together remaining 1/3 c broth and packet of dry gravy mix until smooth.
  • When contents are bubbling add this gravy into your pot and allow to bubble for 1-2 minutes stirring intermittently so it thickens. Turn pot off.
  • Serve over mashed potatoes or butter noodles.

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Nutrition Facts
Instant Pot Beef Tips
Amount Per Serving (3 oz)
Calories 376 Calories from Fat 234
% Daily Value*
Fat 26g40%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Cholesterol 92mg31%
Sodium 983mg43%
Potassium 589mg17%
Carbohydrates 4g1%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 32g64%
Vitamin A 23IU0%
Vitamin C 3mg4%
Calcium 18mg2%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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5 from 24 votes (1 rating without comment)
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Kim

Tuesday 14th of May 2024

This was so fast and so good! It may be my new favorite dish. I need GF foods, so I used a packet of GF Turkey gravy mix and added a little Beef Better Than Bouillon and served over mashed potatoes. I didn't notice any turkey flavor at all.

anne

Friday 1st of March 2024

omg!!! these recipe is a BOMB!!! Its simple and easy yet sooo good... me and my my husband love it so much thank you, thank you 😚😚

The Typical Mom

Saturday 2nd of March 2024

so glad

Jill

Wednesday 3rd of January 2024

What amounts would I use for 20 servings?

The Typical Mom

Wednesday 3rd of January 2024

unsure, haven't done that much, think you would need to split between two slow cookers

Debbie

Saturday 25th of November 2023

Thank you for the beef tips with gravy recipe, it was easy and the meat was flavorful and tender. My family loved it and I will make it agin. This is a good recipe that will allow modifications with added carrots and potatoes.

IOLA ZINN

Sunday 23rd of June 2024

@Debbie, So basically you made a stew.

The Typical Mom

Saturday 25th of November 2023

so glad

Amanda

Tuesday 18th of April 2023

This recipe was fabulous! Only difference I made was I adjusted time to 20 minutes & beef tips fell apart! Great first recipe for my IP!

The Typical Mom

Wednesday 19th of April 2023

OH yay!!

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