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Easy and quick instant pot beef tips recipe in flavorful, creamy gravy sauce. This pressure cooker beef tips and gravy is tender, rich, and packed full of flavor. It is ready in under 30 minutes and makes a great meal paired with mashed potatoes, pasta, rice, or any side dishes of your choice. Learn how to cook beef tips and gravy in instant pot.

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Read through this entire post for answers to frequently asked questions, tips, storage information, and more about this recipe before moving to the printable recipe card for the ingredient list and directions.

What are Beef Tips

Beef tips are tender cuts or trimmings of meat cut from steak or roasts. Types of tips include sirloin tips which are trimmed from the tail of sirloin roasts and steak, and tenderloin tips which are cut from the backbone at the top of loins. They can also be cut from other parts like flanks.

Beef tips are different to stew beef. Tips are more fatty and flavourful than stew beef, they are also more tender.

Tips part of beef are commonly used in beef stroganoff, kabobs, soups, and beef tips and gravy which I will show you in this post.

Instant Pot Beef Tips Recipe

This instant pot beef tips and gravy is succulent, flavorful, rich, and delicious, and cooks in 20 minutes. Like my instant pot steak recipe, it's so simple and easy to cook that you can't go wrong with it if you follow directions.

It's a one-pot recipe which means fewer utensils to clean.

This instant pot beef tips recipe is simple yet you get tasty dish that is flavor packed and better than restaurant quality.

It is healthy and makes use of clean simple ingredients. You control the amount of salt and pepper and can customize it to your taste.

Only a few basic ingredients are used in this recipe and they are pantry ingredients that are accessible and affordable.

Serve on mashed potatoes, instant pot brown rice, or any side of your choice for a satisfying, warming dinner. You can also serve it on its own with just gravy if you are on a low carb or keto diet.

The gravy is flavourful, rich, and delicious. I have made this without mushrooms but you can add mushrooms if you'd like. This is a favorite beef recipe and I have no doubts you'll love it.

This recipe is based on using instant pot duo 7 in 1 6 quart. You can make it in any other electric pressure cooker but cooking time may vary.

This beef tips in instant pot recipe is high in protein, low carb, healthy and nutritious. Let me show you how to make it.

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Ingredients

The detailed ingredient list, directions, and measurements for making these air fryer fried chicken legs are in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

Beef tips

Onion

Garlic

Ginger

Black pepper

Paprika

Thyme

Oil - You can use vegetable oil, olive oil, coconut oil.

Beef broth

Red wine

Worcester sauce

Cornflour

Salt

What else can you add?

Mushrooms - Add mushrooms to make beef tips and mushroom gravy.

Oregano

How To Make Beef Tips In Instant Pot

Add the diced beef tips to a bowl then add thyme, paprika, parsley, black pepper, onion granules, garlic granules, and salt.Mix till well combined.

If you have the time, let the beef marinate for at least 30 minutes.

Set the instant pot to saute. Add olive oil in the pot of the instant pot then add in the onions and garlic. Saute for about 2 minutes.

]dd the seasoned beef and brown the sides.

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Switch off the instant pot saute function. Add beef broth to the pot and deglaze the instant pot.

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Cover the instant pot with its lid, turn the knob into the sealing position, and set it to manual pressure cook on high for 15 minutes then do a quick pressure release.

When the pot is depressurized, open the lid then set the instant pot to saute function.

Pour cornflour slurry into the pot and stir till the gravy thickens then switch off the instant pot.

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Serve and enjoy.

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How Long To Cook Beef Tips In Instant Pot

How long to cook beef tips in instant pot is 15-20 minutes based on cutting the beef into 1-1.5 inch cubes and cooking on high pressure cook.

Beef tips are cooked when the meat is tender, and the internal temperature when checked with an instant meat thermometer is at least 165F.

You can cut into a beef tip to have a visual for doneness.

What To Serve With

Rice such as instant pot jasmine rice or instant pot brown rice

Potatoes like mashed potatoes, instant pot roast potatoes, air fryer diced potatoes

Vegetables like instant pot cabbage, pan fried vegetables, and instant pot carrots

Bread like this homemade easy bread recipe, and no yeast bread

Egg noodles

Pasta like boiled pasta, spaghetti, spicy pasta

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Tips For Making Instant Pot Beef Tips

  • Adjust cayenne or black pepper according to how spicy you want the pressure cooker beef tips.
  • Use a good cut of meat.
  • To avoid a burn error notice, remember to deglaze the pot after browning the meat and ensure no brown bits are sticking to the bottom of the pot.
  • Where beef broth is unavailable, replace it with beef bouillon cubes plus water. This ensures flavorful beef tips and gravy.

How To Store

Beef tips and gravy stores and reheat well. To store, leave to cool completely, put in an airtight container, label, and storein the fridge where It will last for up to 4 days.

In the freezer– It will last for up to 6 months.

It’s best to portion per serving so you can bring it out when needed, defrost, reheat, and enjoy.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does beef get tender in instant pot?

Absolutely! The instant pot cooks beef tender in a quick time and also locks in the flavor. It is easy, and simple to make beef in instant pot.

Why is my instant pot beef so tough?

If beef is not cooked long enough or if you used a cut of meat that toughens when cooked, then it will be tough.

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Instant Pot Beef Tips

Easy and quick instant pot beef tips recipe in flavorful, creamy gravy sauce. This pressure cooker beef tips and gravy is tender, rich, and packed full of flavor. It is ready in under 30 minutes and makes a great meal paired with mashed potatoes, pasta, rice, or any side dishes of your choice. Learn how to cook beef tips and gravy in instant pot.

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Course: meat, Sauce, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, British

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 426kcal

Author: Kemi

Equipment

  • Instant pot pressure cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 kg (2 lb) Beef tips sirlion beef tips, tenderloin tips or any cut beef tips cut in 1 inch cubes.
  • 2 tablespoon Ginger minced
  • 1 medium Onion chopped
  • 4 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon Black pepper or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon Parsley
  • 1 teaspoon Smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon Thyme
  • 2.5 cups Breef broth
  • ¼ cup Red wine substitute beef broth
  • 2 tablespoon Oil vegetable, olive or sunflower oil
  • 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoon Cornflour mix with 2 tablespoon beef broth to form cornflour slurry

Instructions

  • Season beef tips with thyme, parsley, paprika, black pepper and salt.

  • Set instant pot to saute. Add oil in the pot of the instant pot then add in the onions, ginger and garlic. Saute for about 2 minutes.

  • Add the seasoned beef and brown the sides.

  • Switch off instant pot saute function. Add red wine, worcester sauce and beef broth in the pot and deglaze the instant pot.

  • Cover instant pot with it's lid, turn knob into sealing position and set to manual pressure cook on high for 15 minutes then do quick pressure release.

  • When the pot depressurised, open the lid then set instant pot to saute function.

  • Pour cornflour slurry in the pot and stir till gravy thickens to consistency you want then take off heat.

  • Servbe on rice, mashed potatoes, pasta or any side of choice.

Notes

  • Adjust cayenne or black pepper according to how spicy you want the pressure cooker beef tips.
  • To avoid burn error notice, remember to deglaze the pot after browning the meat and ensure no brown bits are sticking to the bottom of the pot.
  • Where beef broth is unavailable, replace with beef boullion cubes plus water. This ensures flavorful beef tips and gravy.
  • I like my beef tips with a bit of bite. If you want more tender, add additional 5 minutes to the pressure cooking time.

Nutrition

Calories: 426kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 145mg | Potassium: 557mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 261IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 3mg

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