Pork stew Instant Pot style creates the most tender meat and vegetables cooked in a thick flavorful sauce. A complete one pot meal!

Have you tried Instant Pot pork stew yet? It’s an inexpensive super flavorful bowl of yum! If you’re ready to try an easy InstaPot recipe, this should be on your table this week. (affiliate links present)
If you need Ninja Foodi recipes, you can use that pot instead.
Use any cut of pork you might have really. Just cube it into bite size pieces and you’re set. One of our favorite Instant Pot stew meat recipes.
Let’s start with a few basic tips:
- Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
- Then PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
- This is a great InstaPot cookbook and set of wooden utensils are great to grab too.
- I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot. It is easier to clean and will avoid the burn message too.
For reference, this is the pressure cooker I have and use for all recipe creations.

Here are a few questions you might have before getting started on this one:
Pork shoulder, Boston butt, or can be used. You ideally want flavorful cuts that take a long time to cook and get tender. Even pork tenderloin works well if you want a shorter cook time.
It depends on what cut you’re referring to. For the best pork chops you want to make sure you don’t overcook them or they’ll get dry. Larger pieces need to cook low and slow which is why they are great as a Crockpot recipe.
That is a big question and hard to answer quickly. Pork has been said to be a bit more nutritional, but beef has more Iron and Zinc.
These are the ingredients we used. Of course you can really pack it with vegetables. Use whatever type of potatoes you prefer. Red potatoes are great as well.

Instant Pot pork stew
- Cubed pork
- Carrots
- Onion
- Potatoes
- Olive oil
- Minced garlic
- Diced or canned whole tomatoes
- Salt and pepper
- Bay leaf is optional
- Chicken broth
The cook time is quite quick compared to if it were in a slow cooker.
Yes you must add about 25 minutes to the cook time for it to pressurize and allow steam to release at the end. So count on about an hour from start to finish.

Some quick step by step directions are here but you can print recipe below as well.
Time needed: 35 minutes.
Pork stew recipe
- Saute
Add olive oil to pot and set to saute function. Brown meat until they’re no longer pink on the outside.
- Add ingredients
Then add onion, carrots and potatoes. Stir. Turn pot off. Pour in can of whole or diced tomatoes, garlic, seasonings and stir. Then add broth.
- Cook
Lock the lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 35 minutes. Allow for a natural release for 10 minutes, then allow to quick release remaining pressure.
- Serve
Stir when done and allow to cool slightly before serving topped with parmesan cheese. Dinner rolls are great on the side.

Looking for more great soups and stew Instant Pot recipes? We have a bunch here on The Typical Mom blog for sure.
A few favorites that are similar to this one though are:
- This is how to cook an Instant Pot frozen pork loin or Instant Pot pork tacos.
- You can make pressure cooker pulled pork and if you have leftovers you can use it into an Instant Pot casserole.
- We have made Ninja Foodi stew with beef before too which is great
Or make a pan of beef stew casserole cooked in the oven. Topped with crispy fried onions, it’s always a hit.

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Pork Stew Instant Pot
Ingredients
Instructions
- Add olive oil to pot and set to saute. Saute meat until they're no longer pink on the outside. Then add onion, carrots and potatoes. Stir. Turn pot off.
- Pour in can of whole or diced tomatoes, garlic, seasonings and stir. Then add broth.
- Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 35 minutes. Allow for a natural release for 10 minutes.
- Stir when done and allow to cool slightly before serving topped with parmesan cheese.
Linda Coplin
Friday 5th of March 2021
Can I use this with Carnita meat? I found cubed cartina meat on sale, can UI use this for pork stew?