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This Instant Pot Beef and butternut squash stew is a quick and easy winter comfort food – perfect for all you butternut squash lovers out there.
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I used my Instant Pot to make this stew and it came out amazing – the beef was fork tender and the flavors were bold and delicious!
I love to use my electric pressure cooker to make stews and soups. They require minimum preparation and cook very fast – in only 30 minutes I have a delicious and yummy stew waiting for me. If you are looking for quick and easy healthy family meals, you will love cooking with an Instant Pot. It’s really a lifesaver. Especially, convenientwith a baby and little time to cook. I am blessed to have my mother and grandmother with me to help me right now but it will be really handy when they leave and I have to go back to work after my maternity leave ends.
Ingredients
- Vegetables: large onion, garlic, celery stalks, carrots, tomato, and butternut squash
- Beef stew
- Arrowroot starch
- Condiments: tomato paste, Marsala wine & beef broth, olive oil
- Spices: thyme, rosemary, sweet Hungarian paprika, bay leaves
How To Make Instant Pot Beef And Butternut Squash Stew
Add 1 Tbsp olive oil to the instant pot. Add onions, garlic (or roasted garlic for more flavor), celery, carrots, tomato, and tomato paste to the pot. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Stir.
Season beef stew with salt, black pepper and 4 Tbsp of arrowroot starch (or cornstarch). Add beef and butternut squash to the pot. Season butternut squash with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Season everything with sweet Hungarian paprika, thyme, rosemary and add 2 bay leaves. Stir everything. Pour wine and beef broth, and the remaining 2 Tbsp of the olive oil.
Plug the instant pot. Close the lid, and turn the valve to sealing. Press Meat/Stew button and cook on Normal/High Pressure for 30 minutes.
When it’s ready, press Keep Warm/Cancel button and turn the steam release to venting (aka quick release).
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Beef and Butternut Squash Stew (Instant Pot)
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Ingredients
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 Tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tomato, peeled and chopped
- 2 lbs beef stew, cut in 1″ pieces
- 4 Tablespoon arrowroot starch
- 6 cups peeled and chopped butternut squash, cut in 1″ cubes
- ½ cup Marsala wine
- 2 ½ cup beef broth
- 3 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon sweet Hungarian paprika
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon rosemary
Instructions
- Add 1 Tbsp olive oil to the instant pot. Add onions, garlic, celery, carrots, tomato and tomato paste to the pot. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Stir.
- Season beef stew with salt, black pepper and 4 Tbsp of arrowroot starch (or cornstarch). Add beef and butternut squash to the pot. Season butternut squash with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Season everything with sweet Hungarian paprika, thyme, rosemary and add 2 bay leaves. Stir everything. Pour wine and beef broth, and the remaining 2 Tbsp of the olive oil.
- Plug the instant pot. Close the lid, and turn the valve to sealing. Press Meat/Stew button and cook on Normal/High Pressure for 30 minutes.
- When it’s ready, press Keep Warm/Cancel button and turn the steam release to venting (aka venting).
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I have made this twice now following the recipe to the letter and both times my pot will not build up pressure? Any ideas as to why?
Thanks
Hi Simon, have you had the same problem with other instant pot recipes? I am wondering if there is a problem with your IP. I don’t see why it wouldn’t build up pressure. All you have to do is, close the lid, turn the valve to sealing and press the program button (in this recipe is Meat/Stew).
You said that you tried the recipe twice. How did you end up cooking the recipe eventually?
Thanks for the quick response.
I ended up taking half the mixture out and then it did eventually seal.
It seems odd as I assume the recipe is for the insantpot? The mixture was well down from the max marks on the internal pot.
With regards other recipes yes I have cooked other ones and have successfully sealed with them.
Hi! I was surprised to read this recipe and it doesn’t require the beef to be seared before cooking. Have you found a difference in the tenderness of the meat if you just put all ingredients into the instant pot and cook vs searing the beef first and then cooking the veggies in the beef juices?
I haven’t found much of a difference. The pressure in the Instant Pot makes the beef very tender even without searing it. For some recipes, I prefer to sear the beef because it might make it a little bit more flavorful. But either way, this recipe is very delicious and the beef tender even without searing it. Let me know how you like it if you give it a try. 🙂
How much is one serving, please? A cup? Half a cup? Thank you!
Hi Michelle,
One serving is 1 cup.
Hope you like the stew! 🙂
Thank you so much for responding! Can’t wait to try this out. 🙂
Do you saute the onions, carrots, celery on the saute setting before you add the beef?
I love beef stew and I love butternut squash. This recipe looks so good and sounds so tasty and EASY! Can’t wait to try it!
It looks really delicious. So easy and perfect for busy mums. I actually love meals I can just put in instant pot or oven, and go and do other things… like be with my kido, doing homework or cleaning … hahah well not much happy about that one but hey someone has to that too right 😉 Thanks for sharing the recipe! Happy Holidays Neli!
I have been hearing so many good things about Instant Pots! Your Beef and Butternut Stew looks delicious and so wholesome too. Love the vivid colours from the butternut squash and carrots.
This looks so great! I love butternut squash and I like that it’s a twist on traditional beef stew! I don’t have an Instant Pot, but I’ve been more and more curious about them lately. After seeing this recipe I think I’ve made up my mind to get one! And enjoy that baby!!!! My baby is a junior in college…but it seems like yesterday I was where you are now! ?
I love that you put Marsala in this stew 🙂 And I totally hear you! I thought I would be a natural mother before my son came along– and then the reality sets in that it’s a constant job! You don’t even get to rest while you’re sleeping– you are on call 24 hours a day. There were times in the first 2 months I didn’t think I would survive the first year– but here we are, 16 months later, and it gets so much easier as time goes by. I can’t wait to see more photos Neli!
I love this! You may have just talked me into getting an instant pot! 🙂