Butter Beef

Butter beef is keto friendly with all the favorite Indian flavors you love. If you love Instant Pot butter chicken this will be your new favorite dinner. You can make it in your Ninja Foodi pressure cooker too.

This one pot recipe must be on your list for this week. Packed with flavor and served on top a bed of rice, it’s one of our favorite Indian recipes. Find this and over 100 more Instant Pot recipes here on The Typical Mom blog.

Have you tried butter and beef together?? How about with some curry powder? I mean just the thought of all those flavors together I bet is getting your mouth to water right?

I will explain how to do it in our pressure cooker below but in a pot on your stove top would work too. If you are making as a Ninja Foodi recipe it works the same way except you use the lid that is not attached.

OMG there is literally the best Indian restaurant in Salt Lake City I went to with my friends years ago. Ok it was my first experience with this food but it was so good I just needed to make it at home. Best reason for this other than it is cheaper is that you can make it spicy too if you want.

Ingredient Notes

If you’re ready for tender thin cuts of beef tonight I’d give this a try. Use any type of steak in the Instant Pot you wish, make as a stew meat recipe or use beef tips. I have used many different types and they all work well. The trick is to just slice thin so it can get nice and super tender with every bite this way. Use steak, a roast or even stew meat then grab these other items from the store.

Butter is yes the second most important item in this dish. I prefer salted Kerrygold variety because it is the creamiest with the richest flavor.

Onions go in everything around here. Sliced is great, diced will kinda’ dissolve but will lend flavor you’ll want. White and yellow works, I just use what is on hand y’all.

Tomato sauce is the base of the sauce to make it rich and give it oomph. You could use spaghetti sauce instead or half the amount of tomato paste as that is rather thick and you don’t want it too strong.

Vegetable broth or beef broth or 1 cup of water can be used but won’t be as flavorful, same goes for making pressure cooker beef ribs.

Heavy cream or dairy free alternative like coconut milk will give it that rich creaminess to the sauce to coat each piece of beef.

As for the seasonings we use Granulated garlic (different from garlic powder, but use that if you must) to add a pop of flavor. We use Chili powder for a bit of heat and Yellow curry powder for a traditional Indian flavor.

Served typically just as is in a bowl you can pair it with some rice or even naan on the side to scoop it up. If you have eaten it at a restaurant you might have your favorite duo beyond those.

The cook time is very short for this Instant Pot beef recipe. As with most Instant Pot steak recipes you don’t want to cook it too long or the meat will not be as tender as you’d like.

Can you make butter beef with ground beef?

I suppose you could. With these other ingredients it would definitely taste different, with a different texture entirely. If the ground beef is very lean, adding a small amount of butter or cooking oil to the pan is necessary when you brown it initially, other than that I don’t think you’d need to change anything.

Is it better to cook beef in butter or oil?

Depends on your preference really, but butter is always best in my opinion. Add 1 tbsp. salted butter and 2 tbsp olive oil into your pot and watch for the butter starting to brown. Place the steak in and cook for 4-6 minutes flipping halfway.

This is if you just want to make Instant Pot steak by itself, or if you want a sear on the outside before adding other ingredients. This step is optional for butter beef. Typically you want really tender pieces that fall apart in your mouth so putting it on saute to do this step will create a crustier outside. Most prefer not to do this.

What is the beef and butter challenge?

The Beef and Butter Fast challenge was designed to help you break a weight loss stall on the Ketogenic Diet. It’s really hard to overeat when you stick to this plan. The fat intake you consume will make you feel really full!

If you want to make another Indian recipe that’s similar to this, try our slow cooker butter chicken.