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Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli

February 26, 2019 by Sandy 26 Comments

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Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli is a one-pot Chinese takeout style meal that is just as good made at home! This pressure cooker beef and broccoli recipe has amazing flavor, with tender strips of beef, rice, and broccoli. All made in your pressure cooker!

Beef and Broccoli in a black bowl next to two wooden chosticks and a black and white patterned napkin

Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli

We love Chinese takeout food. Around here we are lucky enough to have a lot of wonderful Asian restaurants. But for all that, it’s hard to find a good Chinese restaurant close by. The one we love is about a 20 minute drive away.

I don’t make a lot of Asian food at home. Sometimes I am lazy and don’t want to deal with so many ingredients and all of the chopping! So finding simpler recipes that I will make at home, and that taste good, is something I look out for.

Though there are a couple of steps to this recipe, Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli is pretty simple to make, and the end result is so good! Let me tell you about this tasty recipe.

What I like about Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli

• The biggest thing is that I make it all in one pot. The beef, broccoli, sauce, and even the rice.
• There is minimal chopping. The beef, onion, broccoli, and garlic. Not too bad!
• Flavorful sauce with pretty common ingredients such as soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil, beef broth, and brown sugar (plus a few others).
• I use chuck roast as it has great flavor, and cooks up super tender.
• It doesn’t take that long. You can have this meal on the table in about an hour.
• The flavor! The tender beef! Broccoli cooked perfectly! And rice!

four images showing the process of browning the beef, adding onions and garlic, sauce, and trivet into the pressure cooker

You don’t have to cook the rice with the meat. You can use any method you prefer. Just try to time it to be done within a few minutes of the meat.

Likewise, if you prefer to steam your broccoli separately, you can do that. Some folks steam it in the microwave!

Two process images showing the addition to a pan of rice and water, removing it and cooking the broccoli and slurry

After you remove the rice and trivet from the pot, add the broccoli, pour in the cornstarch slurry, and pressure cook again, for 0 minutes. Then Quick Release. Fluff the rice with a fork so it keeps its texture.

Beef and Broccoli in a black bowl next to two wooden chosticks and a black and white patterned napkin

This delicious pressure cooker beef and broccoli is a wonderful way to get Chinese takeout in your own home!

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Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli

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Beef and Broccoli in a black bowl next to two wooden chosticks and a black and white patterned napkin
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Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
 

Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli is a one-pot Chinese style meal that is as good as take out! This pressure cooker beef and broccoli recipe has lots of flavor, with tender strips of beef, rice, and broccoli.

Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: pressure cooker beef and broccoli recipe
Servings: 4 - 6
Calories: 625 kcal
Author: Sandy Clifton
Ingredients
Sauce
  • 1/2 cup Soy Sauce, low sodium
  • 1 cup Beef Broth, low sodium
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp Sesame Oil
  • 3 Tbsp Brown Sugar (or to taste)
  • 1 tsp Ginger Powder (or 1 Tbsp fresh grated)
  • 1/4 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
To Sauté
  • 2 Tbsp Peanut or Canola Oil
  • 2 lbs Chuck Roast or Flank Steak, sliced thinly against the grain
  • 1 medium Onion, sliced into half moon shapes
  • 5 cloves Garlic, pressed or finely minced (2 Tbsp)
  • 1 1/2 lbs Broccoli Florets, fresh or frozen
To Thicken
  • 3 Tbsp Corn Starch
  • 1/4 cup Cold Water
Optional - If you want to cook rice with the beef (you'll need a tall trivet and 7" pan)
  • 2 cups Long Grain White Rice, well rinsed
  • 2 cups Water
Garnishes
  • 1 Tbsp Sesame Seeds
  • 2 Green Onions, sliced
Instructions
  1. Gather all of your ingredients together and have everything chopped and ready to go, and the sauce made before you start.

  2. Combine all of the sauce ingredients in a large measuring cup or a medium size bowl. Whisk it well. Set aside.

  3. Turn on the Sauté setting, and when hot, add the oil. Add half of the beef strips and brown them a couple minutes on both sides (don't cook fully). Remove them to a plate and repeat with the second half.

  4. After the second batch has browned, add the first batch back into the pot and add the onion and garlic. Cook for a couple of minutes, stirring frequently.

  5. Pour in the sauce and stir.

  6. Turn off the Sauté setting. If you are making rice, set the tall trivet into the pot and set the pan of rice/water on the trivet. Then close the lid and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.

  7. Press the Pressure Cook/Manual button or dial, then the +/- button or dial to select 10 minutes.

  8. After cooking cycle has ended, let the pot sit undisturbed for 5 minutes. Then do a Quick Release of the remaining pressure/steam. When the pin in the lid drops down, you can open the lid.

  9. Then carefully remove the pan of rice and the trivet and set aside. Add the broccoli to the pot, pour in the cornstarch slurry, and pressure cook again, for 0 minutes. Then Quick Release as soon as the cooking cycle has finished.

  10. Meanwhile, fluff the rice with a fork and transfer to a serving bowl.

  11. After you open the pot again, stir well. Serve over hot rice. Garnish as desired.


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  1. Caroline H

    January 16, 2021 at 8:20 pm

    Can you portion and freeze after cooking for meal prep?

    Reply
    • Sandy

      January 25, 2021 at 8:27 am

      Yes!

      Reply
  2. Georgia

    May 30, 2020 at 3:39 pm

    if using Jasmine rice would I still need to rinse it? THANK YOU!
    love all your stuff

    Reply
    • Sandy

      June 3, 2020 at 5:02 pm

      I think it would be good to rinse it.

      Reply
  3. Hayley

    May 9, 2020 at 2:54 pm

    Could this recipe be done in a 3 quart mini?

    Reply
    • Sandy

      May 10, 2020 at 10:11 am

      Yes! Keep cook time the same.

      Reply
  4. Emma Moore

    April 1, 2020 at 6:56 am

    I made this last week and loved it! I’d like to freezer- prep it. Any suggestions for freezing the meat with sauce, and then tossing it in to the instant pot?

    Reply
    • Sandy

      April 4, 2020 at 9:08 pm

      I haven’t tried that. I think to reheat I would do a pan-in-pot with water underneath. Then steam for 10 minutes or so.

      Reply
      • Jenny

        January 20, 2021 at 5:09 pm

        When you say tall trivet, can we use the trivet that came with my 8 qt duo nova instant pot? N we just set that on top of the meat? With rice and water in the same pan? Does it have to be a 7 inch pan?? Or can it be a bowl that it fits in? Im new to the instant pot!

        Reply
        • Sandy

          January 25, 2021 at 7:59 am

          The trivet that came with your pot may work. I just prefer the one with taller legs as it won’t be pressing the meat down on the bottom of the pot. If you don’t have a 7″ pan, use one that fits and is preferably stainless steel.

          Reply
  5. Gail

    March 28, 2020 at 8:35 pm

    Delicious!! My family loved this.

    Reply
  6. Jessica Mayes

    February 8, 2020 at 4:15 pm

    Are the calories listed per serving? With or without rice?

    Reply
    • Sandy

      February 17, 2020 at 9:52 am

      Without.

      Reply
  7. Christina W

    February 7, 2020 at 4:37 pm

    Do you still pressure cook for 10 minutes if not cooking rice in the pressure cooker or do you skip that completely? Also, I’m going to use frozen broccoli b/c that’s what I have… any tips there?

    Reply
    • Sandy

      March 16, 2020 at 1:33 pm

      Keep the cook time the same. I used frozen broccoli. Just follow my directions to rinse it in hot water, then add after pressure cooking.

      Reply
  8. Bailey

    January 26, 2020 at 7:35 pm

    Made this tonight it was excellent!

    Reply
  9. Sam

    January 14, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    What if you are not adding in rice?

    Reply
    • Sandy

      January 15, 2020 at 1:30 pm

      You don’t have to add the rice, just omit and follow the rest of the recipe.

      Reply
  10. Tammy

    October 16, 2019 at 10:00 am

    What is meat is frozen?

    Reply
    • Sandy

      October 18, 2019 at 2:34 pm

      You won’t be sautéing it, so it will need to cook about 10 minutes longer. In that case, you will need to cook the rice separately as it will overcook.

      Reply
  11. Anita

    October 7, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    So delicious:) Turned out very saucy, which I love. I also didn’t bring the pot back to pressure after adding the fresh broccoli because we had to wait 30 minutes for the rice to get done separately so that was plenty of time for it to steam to the perfect consistency.

    Reply
  12. Lisa

    October 7, 2019 at 5:42 am

    I made this recipe this weekend and it was excellent! Will make it again and again.

    Reply
  13. Tari

    April 6, 2019 at 8:17 pm

    Amazing! I would only steam the broccoli by closing the lid instead of pressure. They came out too mooshie.

    Reply
  14. Angie

    March 4, 2019 at 7:32 am

    So excited to try this recipe tonight. Just making sure…..when you add the brocolli and re-set the IP, so you really set it for 0 minutes? Would love that clarification. Thanks! Made the IP taco soup last night. YUMMY!

    Reply
    • Sandy

      March 4, 2019 at 9:05 am

      Yes, zero minutes! And a Quick Release.

      Reply
  15. Paul

    February 26, 2019 at 6:50 pm

    This was delicious! Had everything to make it so I made it for dinner.

    Reply

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