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Instant Pot® Easy Pot Roast

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Updated Jan 14, 2025
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We love the Instant Pot® for many reasons, but making a super tender, flavorful pot roast dinner in under 2 hours just might be the best one. All of your favorite ingredients in a classic pot roast are here: boneless chuck roast, baby potatoes, baby carrots, onion, and plenty of sauce and seasoning. Thanks to this trusty appliance, a dish that usually takes all day to make is done in way less time, but tastes just like it’s been slow cooking for 8 hours. Once you try this recipe, you’ll never make pot roast another way!

Instant Pot® Easy Pot Roast

  • Prep Time 35 min
  • Total 1 hr 40 min
  • Ingredients 12
  • Servings 6
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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 to 3 lb boneless beef chuck roast
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, halved and cut into slices
  • 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
  • 1 cup Progresso® beef flavored broth (from 32-oz carton)
  • 2 tablespoons Muir Glen® organic tomato paste (from 6-oz can)
  • 2 cups baby carrots
  • 9 baby red potatoes, cut in half
  • 2 teaspoons dried rosemary leaves
  • Chopped fresh Italian (flat-leaf) parsley, if desired
Make With
Progresso Broth

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Trim beef, and cut into 4 equal pieces (or 6 pieces for larger cuts of meat.) Season beef with 1 1/4 teaspoons of the salt and the pepper.
  • Step 
    2
    Spray 6-quart Instant Pot® insert with cooking spray. Select SAUTE; adjust to normal. Heat olive oil in insert. Add beef; cook 4 to 6 minutes on first side until browned. Turn and cook 4 to 6 minutes on second side until browned. Using tongs, transfer beef to medium bowl. (For 6 pieces of meat, brown in 2 batches.)
  • Step 
    3
    Add onion slices; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently, until softened and beginning to brown. Stir in garlic; cook about 30 seconds or until fragrant. Stir in broth and tomato paste until well mixed. Select CANCEL.
  • Step 
    4
    Stir in carrots, potatoes, rosemary and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add beef to mixture to insert. Secure lid; set pressure valve to SEALING. Select MANUAL; cook on high pressure 45 minutes. Select CANCEL. Set pressure valve to VENTING to quick-release pressure.
  • Step 
    5
    With slotted spoon, remove beef and vegetables to serving platter. Garnish with parsley. Serve with cooking juices, if desired.

Nutrition

580 Calories
25g Total Fat
39g Protein
51g Total Carbohydrate
7g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories
580
Calories from Fat
220
Total Fat
25g
38%
Saturated Fat
8g
42%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
105mg
34%
Sodium
850mg
35%
Potassium
1450mg
41%
Total Carbohydrate
51g
17%
Dietary Fiber
5g
19%
Sugars
7g
Protein
39g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
140%
140%
Vitamin C
25%
25%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
20%
20%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 5 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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