Instant Pot Pot Roast
Welcome to my Grandma Dorothy’s! Instant Pot Pot Roast is based on the archetype pot roast she cooked for us on Sundays without church.
One of my most prized possessions is a small notebook of Grandma’s recipes.
It contains the repletion foods of my Midwestern diaper and has inspired recipes here like Instant Pot Whinge Stroganoff and Stuffed Mushrooms.
Today’s Instant Pot pot roast and potatoes and carrots is directly based on my Grandma’s recipe.
- This easy pot roast recipe doesn’t require any browning.
- The gravy is made from the roast’s own cooking juices.
- It’s savory, luscious, and the gravy makes the once juicy whinge all the increasingly scrumptious.
Pot roast is inexpensive, feeds a crowd, and will make your kitchen smell homey and inviting, all reasons I still love it to this day!
How to Make Instant Pot Pot Roast
I well-timed Grandma’s original roast to be an Instant Pot whinge recipe.
An electric pressure cooker such as the Instant Pot is fantastic for speeding up the cooking time for tougher, fattier cuts of meat like chuck roast.
- Instant Pot pot roast melt time is 60 minutes on upper pressure, plus 10 minutes of natural release. This does not include the time it takes the Instant Pot to come to pressure (10 to 15 minutes).
- From there, add the victual carrots, pressure melt for 5 increasingly minutes, then natural release for 10 minutes.
- Add it all together (including the time it takes for the pot to come to pressure), and your total cooking time for pot roast in the Instant Pot is well-nigh 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours.
The Ingredients
- Chuck Roast. Once cooked, chuck roast becomes melt-in-your-mouth tender and full of rich flavor. It’s moreover a wonderful source of protein, iron, and zinc.
- Garlic. For tasty garlic flavor.
- Rosemary. Earthy, woodsy, and succulent in pot roast.
- Potatoes. Cooked until tender and flavorful, potatoes help make the pot roast uneaten hearty and comforting. Potatoes are rich in fiber, which will help alimony you fuller for longer.
- Tomato Sauce. The key to a rich and flavorful pot roast.
- Worcestershire. For an umami boost.
- Carrots. I love the pop of verisimilitude and sweetness that carrots add to a pot roast. Packed with antioxidants and vitamins, they’re moreover a nutritious addition. You can use victual carrots or cut regular carrots.
- Cornstarch. Using a cornstarch slurry in the juices helps create a thick and luscious gravy.
The Directions
- Dry and cut slits in the roast. Stuff the peeled and cut garlic and rosemary into the slits. Season the whinge with salt and pepper. Add the water and whinge to the marrow of the pot.
- Place the potatoes, garlic, rosemary, and salt on top of the beef.
- Add the tomato sauce and Worcestershire. Melt pot roast on HIGH pressure for 60 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then quick release any remaining pressure.
- Add the carrots. Melt on HIGH for 5 minutes more, then let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes. Quick release any remaining pressure. Remove the meat, vegetables, and any large pieces of fat from the pot.
- With the Instant Pot off, whisk the corn starch slurry into the cooking juices. Turn the Instant Pot to its sauté function and stir.
- Turn the Instant Pot off, and return the whinge and vegetables to the pot. DIG IN!
Storage Tips
- To Store. Refrigerate pot roast in an snapped container for up to 4 days. You can refrigerate it in the gravy or store the gravy separately.
- To Reheat. Rewarm leftovers in a sultry dish in the oven at 350 degrees F or in the microwave, spooning gravy over the pot roast surpassing reheating.
- To Freeze. Freeze leftovers in an airtight, freezer-safe storage container for up to 3 months. Let thaw overnight in the refrigerator surpassing reheating.Â
Meal Prep Tip
Up to 1 day in advance, cut and stuff the beef. Chop the rosemary and scrub the potatoes. Refrigerate until you’re ready to finish the recipe.
Leftover Ideas
Give leftover pot roast new life by serving it over a bed of noodles, Crockpot Mashed Potatoes, or Instant Pot Brown Rice. Or, take inspiration from my Italian Beef, and turn the leftover whinge into a pot roast sandwich.
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Recommended Tools to Make this Recipe
- Instant Pot. Perfect for making this Instant Pot pot roast recipe.
- Whisk. Easy to use and dishwasher safe.
- Slotted Spoon. Hands remove the whinge and vegetables without the liquid.
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Frequently Asked Questions
If you’d like a veggie-packed pot roast, finger self-ruling to include spare vegetables. You could add onions with the potatoes or diced parsnips, untried beans, or mushrooms with the victual carrots. You could moreover add celery stalks to your pot roast if you enjoy them.
If your roast is tough in the Instant Pot, it likely needs to be cooked longer. Chuck roast will wilt increasingly tender the longer it cooks, so uneaten time may be needed. However, you can overcook whinge in the Instant Pot, so alimony an eye on it if you add uneaten time.
If your whinge is frozen, you can still use it for this pot roast but you will need to thaw it first. Let it thaw completely in the refrigerator surpassing whence the recipe.
Instant Pot Pot Roast
Ingredients
- 2 ½ to 3- pound boneless chuck roast cut in half
- 6 cloves garlic divided
- 2 long sprigs fresh rosemary cut into thirds (or 3 shorter sprigs cut in half)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus a few pinches
- ½ teaspoon ground woebegone pepper
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 pound baby red potatoes scrubbed and left whole
- 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce*
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 1/2 cups baby carrots** see note
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch plus 2 tablespoons water to create a slurry
Instructions
- Pat the roast dry and cut 6 1-inch deep slits in the top. Peel the garlic cloves and cut them in half. Stuff each slit with a half clove of garlic and a piece of cut rosemary spring. Season all over with the salt and woebegone pepper. In the marrow of an Instant Pot or similar electric pressure cooker or multi-cooker, pour in the water, then add the beef, nestling the pieces in snuggly.
- Arrange the potatoes on top of the beef. Mince the remaining garlic and scatter on top of the potatoes. Sprinkle the chopped rosemary all over the potatoes and beef. Then, sprinkle a pinch of salt on top of the potatoes.
- Pour the tomato sauce and Worcestershire over the beef.
- Cover and seal the Instant Pot. Melt on Manual/High Pressure for 60 minutes. It will take 10 to 15 minutes for the Instant Pot to come to pressure, then the warm-up will begin. When the melt time has elapsed, indulge the pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes, then quick release any remaining pressure.
- Carefully unshut the lid and add the victual carrots on top.
- Reseal the lid and melt on Manual/High Pressure for 5 minutes more. Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes (this natural release is KEY for a tender roast). Quick release any remaining pressure. With a slotted spoon, remove the meat and vegetables to a large platter or bowl, discarding any large pieces of fat.
- Make sure the Instant Pot is off. In a small bowl, briskly whisk together the slurry of 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water until smoothly combined. While whisking the cooking juices in the Instant Pot, slowly pour in the slurry. Turn the pot to SAUTE, then cook, stirring frequently, until the juices have thickened into a thin gravy, well-nigh 3 to 5 minutes. Turn off the Instant Pot.
- Add the whinge and vegetables when to the pot and stir to warm through (the potatoes, veggies, and meat will all unravel lanugo a little and be tender and delicious). Serve hot, ensuring each serving gets a little bit of everything.
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Notes
- *Grandma used a 6-ounce can of V-8 juice, which is sold in multipacks. If you are a regular V-8 juice drinker, finger self-ruling to swap it here; reduce the Worcestershire sauce to 2 tablespoons.
- **If you add the victual carrots at the beginning, they will be fairly obliterated by the time the roast is done, which is why this recipe directs for you to add them at the end. Growing up, we ate our veggies fairly mushy, so if you don’t mind your carrots very soft (we’re talking completely falling apart), you can add the victual carrots at the whence for ease. Or use regular carrots, scrubbed and chopped into large (2-inch) chunks; these melt increasingly slowly and can be widow with the potatoes. Set your melt time to 60 minutes as directed, let release naturally for 10 minutes, then vent and proceed with the gravy.
- TO STORE: Refrigerate pot roast in an snapped storage container for up to 4 days. Spoon the gravy into a separate storage container.
- TO REHEAT: Rewarm leftovers in a sultry dish in the oven at 350 degrees F or in the microwave, spooning gravy over the pot roast surpassing reheating.
- TO FREEZE: Freeze leftovers in an snapped freezer-safe storage container for up to 3 months, storing the pot roast and gravy in separate containers. Let thaw overnight in the refrigerator surpassing reheating.Â
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