Pot Roast / Roast Beef
No need to use the nicest cut of beef, this recipe for Pot Roast / Roast Beef comes out tender and flavourful.
Ingredients
- 3 lbs eye of round beef
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 cloves of garlic roughly chopped
- 2 onions about 1” cubes
- 6 mushrooms cut in half
- 1 carrot about 1” slices
- 1 celery stalk about 1” slices
- 1 cup water
To thicken gravy:
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons cold water
Instructions
- Season beef with salt and pepper.
- Open Instant Pot. Select sauté and add in oil.
- Sear outside of pot roast.
- Prepare remaining ingredients, while beef is searing.
- Cancel to stop saute, remove pot roast and add in garlic, onions, mushrooms, carrot and celery.
- Place pot roast on top, add water and close the Instant Pot.
- Select high pressure cooking for 40 minutes.
- When done, let pressure release naturally, then remove pot roast and vegetables. Let the pot roast rest at least 10 minutes before cutting.
- To make gravy, select sauté.
- Combine corn starch and water to make slurry.
- Add slurry to liquid in instant pot and stir until gravy thickens and is has started to heat up (bubbling). Then select cancel and gravy is done.
- Serve pot roast sliced with gravy and enjoy.