Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon is a good recipe to try if you’re looking for something hearty, delicious and quick-to-make.
Have you ever tried classic Beef Bourguignon? It’s amazing… especially when you’ve had it in France! It’s a meat dish that, when properly cooked, simmers for hours on the stove. This recipe cuts down the cooking time enormously by using a pressure cooker. But you know what? It still turns out so delicious! It’s a nice compromise for the classic meal that Julia Child once showed us takes all day to cook. So grab your Instant Pot, and make this Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon for dinner!
About Beef Bourguignon:
Traditionally a French dish, beef bourguignon is a beef stew that has been simmered in red wine and flavored with vegetables. It’s usually served with potatoes or noodles. You may also see it referred to as “beef burgundy.”
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How to make Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon:
First, you’ll need a pressure cooker. It doesn’t have to be an Instant Pot, but that’s the one everyone seems to have these days. This recipe is meant to be cooked in the Instant Pot since it only takes one hour to cook. Classic Beef Bourguignon recipes simmer on the stove for many hours. This is a quick and easy version.
Beef chuck cubes are tossed with flour, salt and pepper. Bacon is cooked on the the sauté function on the pressure cooker and then removed to drain. The the beef is added to the pot and sautéed until browned. Onion, garlic, carrots, mushrooms are then added in along with red wine, beef broth, tomato paste, fresh thyme and the cooked bacon. At this point, the pressure cooker is sealed and the meal is cooked on high pressure for 35 minutes.
Once the pressure is released, the sauté function is turned on again until the sauce has thickened slightly. Then it’s all ready to be served over your favorite mashed potatoes!
The beef comes out oh-so-tender. Thank goodness for the Instant Pot because without it the beef would need to simmer for a long time on the stove to become that tender. The red wine “gravy” that accompanies the beef and the vegetables is quite delicious. That’s why serving it over potatoes is such a great idea. The potatoes get to soak up all of that gravy, and you will love that! Serve it with your favorite wine (or the wine you used in the recipe).
I hope you’ll try this meal for your next comfort food meal. It happens to be a good one for a Sunday night dinner. But since you’re making it in the pressure cooker, it can be a weeknight meal too. Enjoy!
Here are a few more Instant Pot recipes you might like to try:
- Instant Pot Strawberry Jam
- Instant Pot Salsa Verde Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Instant Pot Lentil Soup
- Instant Pot Cheesecake
- Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
- Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo Pasta
Thanks to Tara Liptak from the blog, Smells Like Home for the beautiful photography on this post. Tara is one of the photographers for RecipeGirl.com, and I think she captured the deliciousness of this recipe very well!
Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef chuck (fat trimmed), cubed
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 slices thick cut bacon, chopped
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 2 medium garlic cloves, minced
- 4 medium carrots, sliced
- 1 cup sliced cremini mushrooms
- 2 cups dry red wine (Pinot Noir or Cabernet Sauvignon)
- 1 cup low-sodium beef broth
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- mashed potatoes, for serving (if desired)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the beef, flour, and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Toss to coat.
- Scatter the bacon into the instant pot and, using the sauté function, cook, stirring frequently, until the fat has rendered and the bacon is crispy, about 5 minutes. Remove the bacon from the pot and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Discard all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease.
- Add the beef to the pot and, using the sauté function, cook until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes. Stir in the onion, garlic, carrots, mushrooms, and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Pour in the wine and beef broth, then add the tomato paste, thyme and bacon. Stir to combine. Lock the lid in place, select high pressure, and cook for 35 minutes.
- Quick or natural release, then open when the pressure subsides. Remove the thyme sprigs and discard. Using the sauté function, cook until the sauce has thickened slightly, about 10 minutes more.
- Serve the beef over mashed potatoes, if desired. Store any leftovers refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Notes
- Nutritional information does not include mashed potatoes.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Thanks for this recipe- very easy to prepare after a long day at work ….and delicious !,
I love the recipe. It’s simple me fairly quick especially when compared to other methods of cooking this. With that being said, as it was in an ínstapot I would recommend using half (if not less) of the wine and replace it with broth/stock then let it reduce and/or add some flour and/or cornstarch to let it thicken. The red wine flavor was overwhelming but makes sense as it’s not burning off in the instapot. It’s not a great recipe just needs different wine and broth amounts… unless of course you would like beef with your wine which is fine.
Just made this last night. The recipe was so simple and the flavors were amazing! I will definitely have to keep this in the weekly rotation! Thanks for sharing.
hi, can you make this in a crock pot? don’t have an instapot
I don’t have slow cooker instructions, sorry!
I made this dish a few days ago for my birthday dinner and it was delicious! Great comfort food for a winter evening or Sunday supper. I will definitely make this again, soon!
This was absolutely delicious! Full of flavor, not too salty if you use reduced salt beef broth. Served over mashed potatoes, this was total comfort food for a winter evening while a snowstorm blew outside. My only reason for 4 stars was the meat-browning step. Using the saute function on the InstantPot did not get hot enough to properly sear the beef chunks and they gave off a fair amount of liquid, making it impossible to get the delicious browned surface that is called for. I was worried the meat would get tough or dry due to too-slow, too-low frying. I ended up taking the beef out of the pot and searing it in batches in a saute pan on the stove. Luckily the beef ended up very tender but I’d recommend doing a separate, batched sear of the floured meat for optimal browning (and the associated rich flavor). Still, overall a rousing success — will be making this again for sure!
This was fantastic! I’ve made beef bourguignon many times, and it takes so long to make. I hate standing at the stove for long periods of time. This trimmed the time down and the finished stew was excellent. As I had a pack of two chuck roasts, I had twice as much beef to cook. So I increased the time by about 5 minutes in my 8 quart Instant pot. I didn’t double the wine, but I doubled the beef broth. I used about 1 1/2 of the other ingredients. After it was done, I turned on the saute function and used a cornstarch slurry to thicken up the gravy and let it cook while I mashed the potatoes. I recommend a natural release of at least 10 minutes as a ton of steam came out from all of the liquid.
Hi Lori! I would love to make this on a cold rainy day, it looks delicious