Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Shredded Beef

Here’s an easy pressure cooker shredded beef tacos recipe you can make for dinner tonight! Flavorful tender beef in your Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi has never been easier! Fresh chuck roast is best but you can make shredded frozen beef from frozen easily too.

Instant Pot Shredded Beef Tacos

These recipes are great. I mean there are so many things you can do with it. Whether you throw it into air fryer flautas with cheese and salsa or eat it plain over rice you’ll love them all.

Packed with protein these are a fabulous low carb option full of flavor. You can make this as an easy Ninja Foodi recipe too or make in a Crockpot Express too.

Ninja Foodi Shredded Beef

Ok so we’ve been using our Instant Pot more and more recently because it is quite hot outside and there is NO way I am turning on my oven at this point! When it comes to large cuts of meat I’ve found there is just no better way to get it as tender and flavorful than to use my fancy pressure cooker. In a Foodi you will use the lid that is not attached for this.

There are many cuts you can use for this. From roasts that are thick, to a wider thinner chuck roast they all work under high pressure to get tender. You want them to be able to be pulled apart easily with 2 forks, then you know it’s done.

How to make shredded beef in Pressure Cooker

The tenderest Instant Pot shredded beef soaked in a sauce full of flavor and ready in about an hour and a half. Perfect for batch cooking if you like cooking a bunch at once and freezing some for later! You can also use the method we have for slow cooker beef barbacoa too.

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Just dump it all in, turn it on and get ready when it beeps to have a protein packed meal that all in all is pretty darn healthy if you skip some of the toppings (ok I don’t but you can if you’re watching your calories). 😉

Here’s how you make shredded meat in no time at all. Are you obsessed with pressure cooking all the things too?? 😉

Of course when it comes to tacos you should use the flavors you love. If you are new to making pulled beef in general the spices we used are a great base. If you like spice then add some chili powder like in Instant Pot Barbacoa or even a squirt of Sriracha would be good.

1. Beef roast
   1. chuck roast works well for shredding
2. Beef broth – could use chicken or vegetable but we’re cooking beef so…….
3. Bell pepper and diced onion we like – up to you how you load it up
4. Tortillas are great if you want to make into tacos
5. Cumin
6. Oregano
7. Adobo seasoning
8. Olive oil
9. Garlic powder
10. Salt
11. Taco and/or nacho toppings
12. Chipotle sauce for top if desired for heat

I mean you can make it spicy with all sorts of things. Hatch chiles are great diced up, canned chiles, dry Sriracha, red pepper flakes, decide for yourself.

Which beef roast is most tender?

Tenderloin roasts are said to be best. Use this Instant Pot cook times printable for timing. If roast is larger the cook time may need to be increased. If using an Instant Pot it will not hurt to open, test, and then pressure cook again if it isn’t fall apart tender yet.

Another tip for the tenderest beef is to allow the pot to naturally release it’s steam to maintain the juiciness. If you quick release your electric pressure cooker your meat won’t be as tender.

How do you shred beef?

I like to cook it to the point where 2 forks do the job really. If it isn’t to that point I put the lid back on and give it a bit more time in my Ninja Foodi or Instant Pot.

Just put two dinner forks with their backs facing each other. Pull the forks in opposite directions breaking up the meat into shards as you pull. Throw away any bones or gristle you encounter as you’re breaking the meat apart.

I have a printable recipe card at the bottom of this post but here is a quick rundown first. Give it a whirl and let us know how you served it up!

How to Cook Instant Pot Pulled Beef

1. Slice roast in half or fourths if it is more than 3 lbs. and put into Instant Pot on saute mode with olive oil. Brown all sides. Remove meat and deglaze pot.
2. Put meat back in sprinkled with all seasonings and onion and then pour broth on top.
3. Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 65 minutes followed by a natural release.
4. Shred meat in pot using forks, or remove and slice on cutting board. Put back into pot with sauce.
5. Easy recipes to make with this would be sliders, served on top of white rice in Instant Pot or along side air fryer mixed vegetables is great.

Want to make Crockpot bbq beef too? We have directions for that! The biggest difference of course is the amount of cook time necessary to get it to fork tender but totally hands off once prepped in the morning.

How do you freeze shredded beef?

First off I will say we have never had enough left to freeze it, we just put the little amount into the fridge for the next day. The best way to freeze beef is in quart sized freezer bags. Just lay them flat like bricks on top of one another if you have more than one. To reheat empty contents into a pan on low/medium heat.

Other easy pressure cooker recipes you’ll love

• If you’d rather make an easy Instant Pot shredded pork recipe this is amazing.
• As well as 4 other Instant Pot tacos and Instant Pot beef and noodles
• This Instant Pot beef tips recipe rocks
• Instant Pot shredded chicken is a good one too