Cozy Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup | Classic & Delicious Beef Stew Recipe

beef stew meat

🥗Healthier: lean turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Lean turkey reduces fat while maintaining protein.

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and sodium.

carrots

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: frozen mixed vegetables

Sweet potatoes add nutrients and flavor.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: cauliflower

💰Cheaper: canned potatoes

Cauliflower lowers carbs and adds fiber.

Set the Instant Pot to the sauté setting and add a little olive oil to the bottom.

Add half of the beef stew meat to the pot, making sure not to crowd it. Let it brown on one side for a couple of minutes, then stir to brown the other side.

Remove the browned beef stew meat to a plate and repeat with the second half of the beef stew meat, then set it aside.

Dump diced red onion and sliced carrots into the pot to soak up the flavor from the bottom. Sauté for a few minutes.

Add minced garlic and stir for about 30 seconds.

Add the mixed seasoning (Italian seasoning, salt, oregano, lemon pepper seasoning) and stir well.

Stir in the tomato paste and add diced tomatoes with their juice, scraping up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot.

Add the browned beef stew meat back into the pot along with the chopped Yukon Gold potatoes and beef stock. Stir gently to incorporate everything.

Press the ingredients down under the beef stock, then pressure cook on high for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, let the Instant Pot sit for a natural pressure release for 10 minutes, then quick release the remaining pressure.

Add frozen peas and corn to the pot, as they are already cooked and just need to heat up.

Make a cornstarch slurry by mixing 1 tablespoon of cornstarch with 1 tablespoon of water, then add it to the soup and stir.

Turn the Instant Pot back on to the sauté mode for 3-5 minutes to heat everything up and activate the cornstarch slurry.

Turn off the sauté mode and let the soup sit to thicken.

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