The Easiest Instant Pot Beef and Noodles
This is the quickest and easiest Instant Pot Beef and Noodles recipe you’ll ever try. Traditional hearty beef and noodles in a fraction of the time and work of most beef and noodle recipes, but still yields the same tender seasoned bites of beef and tons of creamy noodles in under an hour!
Beef and noodles is known for being easy comfort food, but it’s usually comfort food that takes a good long while to cook. This method of cooking beef and noodles is the ultimate shortcut method because we’ll utilize not one easy shortcut to lessen prep and cook time, but 2!
Most instant pot beef and noodles recipes call for chuck roast and that requires quite a bit of prep work. First the roast has to be trimmed and cut into small pieces or completely cooked and then shredded.
For this recipe we’re going to use store bought cubed stew beef. Most packaged stew beef you buy at the grocery store is odds and ends of chuck roast and round. There can be other cuts of meat included as well. Because the store bought stew beef is already cut into bite sized pieces, all you’ll need to do is throw it in the bottom of the instant pot!
Here’s a beginners’s guide to using the Instant Pot in case you need one before we start.
Step 1:
Open your package of stew beef and throw it in the bottom of an instant pot that’s at least 6 quarts or larger. Toss the butter in on top of the meat.
Step 2:
Add the seasonings: garlic powder, salt, onion powder, pepper and browning sauce. Now I realize that probably not everyone has browning sauce in their pantry, but I think it’s absolutely critical for this recipe.
What is browning sauce? A highly concentrated blend of vegetable stock, spices, and herbs with caramel coloring added. It makes anything beefy just taste a little richer and gives it a great color. I always add it to my beef stews and gravy.
Step 3:
Add the frozen noodles, broth and consomme.
Do you have to use frozen noodles?
Yes, indeedy. Frozen noodles are the only noodles that can hold up to the cook time it will take for the meat to get tender. Dried noodles or fresh noodles would be mush at the end of 28 minutes in the Instant Pot. Pour the beef consomme and beef broth over the top of the frozen noodles.
And that’s it! Put the lid on the instant pot, seal it up and cook on manual for 28 minutes. Do a quick steam release. Stir it all together really well and then serve!
You’ll notice at the end of the cook time that the beef will still be in chunks, but it will be fork tender and easily shred!
How can you quickly and easily make this without an Instant Pot? I’m sorry, but you just can’t. The Instant Pot makes tough cuts of meat cook up tender in a flash and I don’t know of anything else does the same thing. If you don’t have an Instant Pot yet, you need to get yourself one! I use this 6 quart model because it’s big enough for my family of 6. You can find them for under $80 on Amazon.
More Easy Instant Pot Recipes:
Instant Pot Turkey and Noodles
Big Batch Instant Pot Shredded Chicken
The Easiest Instant Pot Beef and Noodles
Ingredients
- 1 to 1 1/2 pound package of precut stew beef
- 4 tablespoons butter
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp browning sauce
- 1 10.5 ounce can beef consomme
- 1 quart 32ounces beef broth
- 1 24 ounce bag frozen noodles *
Instructions
- Place the stew beef in the bottom of the Instant Pot. Then put in the butter.
- Add the garlic powder, salt, onion powder, black pepper, and browning sauce.
- Add the frozen noodles to the Instant Pot. Pour the consomme and broth over the noodles and beef. Place the lid on the Instant Pot and set the valve to seal. Cook on manual high heat for 28 minutes. When the timer goes off do a quick steam release. Give the beef and noodles a generous stir and serve!
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Hi. I’m not sure if anyone is still around here, but I hope someone can help with my question. I have made this recipe once and it’s wonderful, the noodles stuck together badly. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Hi Nancy, what kind of noodles did you use? What brand?
@Nancy, the brand I’ve found in the u.s is called Reames Frozen home style egg noodles.
They are at Walmart and Publix. If you followed the steps. (Put them in the instant pot*frozen right from the freezer* and added the broth and beef consommé)
Then setting it to pressure cook on high pressure for the 28 mins. Releasing the pressure manually when the timer goes off. The noodles shouldn’t stick together.
I’ve made this recipe 5+ times and had my family members try it without issues 🙁 I hope it works out for you next time.
This recipe is so easy to make. And it is very very good. I have made this several times. I wouldn’t change a thing.
A name brand Browning Sauce is Kitchen Bouquet for any one who doesn’t know what that is or where/how to find it. My Grandmother used it all of the time so, of course, I have to have it in my cupboard. lol
I just got my first instant pot and decided to make this tonight!!! I’m so excited to try it
Hope it turned out well for you!
Looks great. I’m planning to try it this week. Do you brown the stew meat in the butter first?
Hi Jeanette,
No, you don’t have to brown the stew meat first. However, if you’d like to do that you certainly can!
Amy
So I am making your recipe today and I did not have stew meat, but I had a chuck roast. I followed most of the directions to same with the spices in the browning in the consommé. I only am leaving it in for the 30 minutes. I’m hoping that the meat is going to be tender thoughts?
I really can’t say as I’ve never done it this way before. If you cut your chuck roast into stew meat sized pieces, that should turn out fine. But I’m not sure if that’s what you meant or not.
Amy D.
This was so easy and really good!! Thank you!
Made exactly as written but stirred in a bit of sour cream right before serving. Absolutely delicious!
Glad you enjoyed them!
I have been making your recipe for a couple years now. My husband loves it! Over time I’ve added a few ingredients myself to include minced garlic and a packet of Liptons Beef flavored onion soup!
This is so easy and full of flavor. The meat comes out so tender. I use the Walmart stew meat. Always good pieces. We have several meals out of this recipe.
I have never used Beef consommé before. So, when I looked at my local Kroger, I found condensed beef consommé in a 10.5 oz can. Is that what the recipe intends us to use, undiluted?
That’s exactly right Amy!
I make this often and it’s a family favorite! We can’t always find browning sauce at our local rural markets but we have substituted beef flavored Better Than Bullion with great success. Thanks for a great recipe that’s being made again tonight!
Mine stuck & burned in bottom of cooker.
What a mess !!!!! I don’t know if I’ll ever get the pan cleaned or not.
Clara, I am so sorry that happened. Sometimes I’ll be making something I’ve made a 100 times in my instant pot and have it burn. It’s super frustrating. I’ve found that scouring the bottom of the instant pot with coarse salt is the easiest way to remove burnt on gunk. Sorry you didn’t have the best of luck this time.
Amy D.
Very limited experience with my instant pot. Can you double this? Would it be too much liquid for the instant pot? Increase cook time?
Hi Ashley!
You can double this recipe, but you need at least an 8 quart instant pot. The cook time remains the same.
Hope this helps,
Amy D.
@Ashley, I’ve made this several times and doubled the recipe. Turns out great and didn’t increase the cooking time.
I have made this recipe a few times and it is THE BEST! THE EASIEST! Recipe ever. Taste really good too. Nothing better on a cold winter night. Thank you!