Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon Recipe

Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon

I made a delicious Beef Bourguignon in my Instant Pot! It was hard to find an easy to follow recipe online. So I wanted to share how I made it in my Instant Pot. The Instant Pot is great! I highly recommend getting one. If you don't have one you can make this Beef Bourguignon in a pressure cooker on your stove.

 
Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon
serves 4

Ingredients:

1 lb beef stew, organic if you can get it
1/2 pound bacon cut up in 1 inch pieces
5-6 carrots cut in large chunks
12 pearl onions
1/2 cup beef broth
1 cup red wine
2-4 red potatoes, halved or quartered depending on size
1 package of mushrooms
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tsp fresh or dried thyme
2 cloves of garlic minced

Directions:

Saute bacon in the Instant Pot until cooked through. Remove from pan and add stew meat. Brown stew meat in the bacon grease. Add onions to the pan to brown for a few minutes. Then add everything else to the pan. Close led and cook on high pressure for 40 minutes. Do a quick release. Remove everything but the juices from the pan. Cover with foil and make a rue. Turn the pot off and then on saute. Add 1-2 Tbs of butter to the liquid. In a small bowl add about 1/4 cup of the liquid from the pan, add 1 Tbs of flour and mix well with a fork until well combined. Then add to the pan. Stir and boil until the liquid thickens. Pour rue over your dish and enjoy! If you don't have time to make a rue, it's still really good with just the pan juices on it!

Everything but the potatoes and spices

Bacon, yum! I put the whole package in to cook at once and saved some for breakfast.

Stew meat

Everything is in the pot ready to go!

 

All done!

Put in a dish and cover with foil while you make the rue

Instant Pot Creme Brulee Recipe

For my 12th anniversary my awesome husband bought me an Instant Pot IP Duo! My new kitchen helper is a 7-in-1 multi-functional cooker. It does a lot of amazing things! As I experiment cooking with my new friend, I'll share them with you from time to time. 

I made my first dessert in the Instant Pot. I actually made three things yesterday, 8 grain cereal, creme brulee, and a delicious roast. My Instant Pot Creme Brulee using the Pressure Cooker turned out great. It was super easy and only took about 25 minutes total. 5 minutes to prepare, 10 minutes in the pressure cooker, about 10 minutes while the valve slowly released the pressure. You'll need to let it cool down and put in the refrigerator for at least two hours before eating. 

Instant Pot Creme Brulee Recipe

Ingredients:

4 egg yokes

1 pint of heavy whipping cream

1/4 cup of sugar

1 tsp vanilla 

4 ramekins 

Directions:

Mix the egg yokes, heavy whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla together in a medium bowl. Pour the mixture evenly among the four ramekins. Put foil on the top of each ramekin.  Put the little rack that came with your IP at the bottom of the bowl. Pour 2 cups of water in the instant pot. Place the ramekins in the instant pot, you can stack them if needed. Close the led and the make sure the valve is closed. Set the pressure on high for 10 minutes. Let it slow release for 10-15 minutes. Carefully remove the ramekins. Confirm the the creme brulee is set. Set out for about 15 minutes to cool some. Then put in the fridge for 2+ hours. Sprinkle with sugar and torch the sugar if you like. 

Before they were cooked

Ready for the fridge!