Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli is a flavorful Chinese meal made in minutes by pressure cooking. For this recipe slices of beef chuck are marinated in a sesame, soy, ginger, and garlic mixture. The beef is cooked until tender in a soy and oyster sauce base. Broccoli florets are steamed in the Instant Pot until crisp-tender. The dish can be served with rice and garnished with sesame seeds.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American, Asian American, Chinese
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Beef Marinade-
1 ½poundsbeef chuck eye roll or chuck roastcut into ¼-inch thick slices, 2-inches long
In a medium-sized bowl combine beef slices, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, and garlic. Marinate the beef at room temperature for 15 minutes.
Select "Saute" on the Instant Pot. Allow pot to heat, it will indicate "Hot" on the display when ready.
Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to the pot. Once hot, work in two batches, add beef and lightly brown on one side for 1 minute, flip over and brown another 1 minute. Press “Keep Warm/Cancel”.
Add all the beef back to the pot and pour in the sauce.
Make sure that the release valve is in the "Sealing" position.
Place the lid on the Instant Pot, turn and lock the lid.
Press "Manual" button on the Instant Pot on high pressure, and then set the timer to 6 minutes using the "+" or "-" buttons.
Once cook time is complete, carefully quick release the pressure.
Carefully remove the lid, opening the top away from you as steam will be released from the pot.
In a small bowl combine cornstarch and water to make a slurry.
Select "Saute" on the Instant Pot, once the stewing liquid begins to boil add the cornstarch slurry.
Cook, stirring until the liquid is thickened, 60 to 90 seconds.
Add the vegetable oil and broccoli then stir to combine. Cover pot with the lid and tighten, and cook the broccoli until the florets are tender on the “saute” function, about 3 to 5 minutes.
Season beef and broccoli with black pepper as desired.