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Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast Recipe

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Use three easy pantry staples to get this perfect Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast. Cooking a roast in the Instant Pot is the best way to achieve moist, fall apart with a fork roast!
Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast Recipe

This Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast recipe has become a favorite because of how easy it is! Just dump it and go, my 5 favorite words in the English language (just kidding, but in the kitchen, for sure!).

When in doubt, pull out your Instant Pot! More like, when you forget to throw everything in the slow cooker in the morning, pull out your instant pot and have the same dinner ready in a few minutes vs a few hours. Yes, please!

Brown Gravy, Onion Soup and Italian Dressing seasoning packets

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Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast

How to Make the perfect Italian Beef Roast in your instant pot:

  1. Season your roast with desired flavor. We’re using a mix of Italian dressing, gravy mix, and ranch dressing mix to give this roast the ultimate flavor! We’ll also use some salt and pepper.
  2. Pour 1-2 Tablespoons of olive oil in the bottom of your Instant Pot and turn on the “saute” feature. Saute your roast on all sides for 2-3 minutes on each side, or until browned.
  3. Pour in 1 cup of beef broth and set Instant Pot to HIGH pressure. Set your knob to sealing and the timer to 60 minutes.
  4. Let your roast come to pressure and cook for 60 minutes. Then do a natural release for 10 minutes, followed by a quick release.
  5. Remove your roast and slice or shred with forks or these Meat Shredder Claws.
Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast on plate shredded with carrots

How to turn this into a freezer meal:

Place roast, dry onion soup mix, brown gravy mix, Italian dressing mix, and salt and pepper into a gallon-sized freezer bag. Place freezer bag into freezer and it will last up to 60 days.

When ready to use, dump ingredients from bag into Instant Pot and add 1 1/2 cups of beef broth in with the frozen food. Place the lid on top, move the valve to SEALING, and press the MANUAL button. Set timer for 90 minutes (or 30 minutes per pound of your roast). Do a NATURAL RELEASE when the timer is done – I even like to let it sit in the Instant Pot for a few hours so that it falls apart so easily. Follow the rest of the instructions as written.

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Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast Recipe

5 from 1 vote
Use three easy pantry staples to get this perfect Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast. Cooking a roast in the Instant Pot is the best way to achieve moist, fall apart with a fork roast!
Serving6
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 pounds beef chuck roast
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 ounce dry onion soup mix, 1 packet
  • 1 ounce brown gravy mix, 1 packet
  • 1 ounce Italian dressing mix
  • 1½ cups beef broth

Equipment

Instructions

  1. Season roast with salt and pepper on all sides.
  2. Pour 1-2 Tablespoons of olive oil in the bottom of your Instant Pot and turn on the "saute" feature. Saute your roast on all sides for 2-3 minutes on each side, or until browned.
  3. In a bowl, mix together all three packets and 1 cup of beef broth.
  4. Pour broth mixture into your Instant Pot over your roast and seal the lid. Set pot to HIGH pressure. Set your knob to sealing and the timer to 60 minutes.
  5. Let your roast come to pressure and cook for 60 minutes. Then do a natural release for 10 minutes, followed by a quick release.
  6. Remove your roast and slice or shred with forks.

Notes

  • If you have a lot of fat on the outside you could trim it off. Ours didn’t have a lot. You can really use any cut of roast beef. We will often buy what is on sale.
How to turn this into a freezer meal:
Place roast, dry onion soup mix, brown gravy mix, Italian dressing mix, and salt and pepper into a gallon-sized freezer bag. Place freezer bag into freezer and it will last up to 60 days.
When ready to use, dump ingredients from bag into Instant Pot and add 1 1/2 cups of beef broth in with the frozen food. Place the lid on top, move the valve to SEALING, and press the MANUAL button. Set timer for 90 minutes (or 30 minutes per pound of your roast). Do a NATURAL RELEASE when the timer is done – I even like to let it sit in the Instant Pot for a few hours so that it falls apart so easily. Follow the rest of the instructions as written.

Nutrition

Calories: 481 kcal · Carbohydrates: 6 g · Protein: 45 g · Fat: 31 g · Saturated Fat: 12 g · Trans Fat: 2 g · Cholesterol: 156 mg · Sodium: 1308 mg · Potassium: 819 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 1 g · Vitamin A: 30 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 49 mg · Iron: 5 mg
Cuisine: American
Course: Main Course
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Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast
Published: May 21, 2021Updated: November 10, 2022

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Questions & Reviews

  1. Lori says:
    I made this using the ranch, low sodium brown gravy and Italian packets and it was really good. Next time I will do the natural release. I didn’t have beef broth so I used 2 cups of water. I also browned it in olive oil on both sides first. Family loved it!
  2. Stacy says:
    Made this for dinner tonight. So easy, and the most tasty, flavorful roast I've ever made. We'll have this again and again.
  3. Andrea says:
    Would this work as a freezer meal?
  4. Jennifer Casazza says:
    The written recipe doesn't match the video recipe. Which one is best?
  5. Cyd says:
    We usually post a video that is a different recipe so you have lots of options to choose from. They are both amazing!
  6. Brooke Dingledine says:
    Do you typically trim the fat from your roast before you make it! The picture doesn’t show much fat on the meat
  7. Cyd says:
    It you have a lot of fat on the outside you could trim it off. Ours didn't have a lot. You can really use any cut of roast beef. We will often buy what is on sale.
  8. Ashley says:
    Do you cook the carrots at the same time? Or were those cooked separately?
  9. Cyd says:
    We cooked them separately. The cooking time for the roast would be too long for the carrots. But you could do the veggies right after, they go pretty fast.
  10. Candy says:
    How long did you cook the carrots for? Sorry, I'm brand new to instant pot and am a horrible cook, I'm almost going blind, haha.
  11. Cyd says:
    Hi Candy. Here is a link for simple instant pot carrots. https://pipingpotcurry.com/steamed-carrots-instant-pot/
  12. Janie says:
    Can you do this recipe with frozen meat?
  13. Caitie says:
    Yes and no, I cooked it once frozen it wasn't the same. You can mix it freeze it together and thaw it the night before.
  14. N. Garcia says:
    I don't have time to thaw the roast so do I have to add time to the cooking process or leave it the same?
  15. Cyd Adamson says:
    Cook for 90 minutes if roast is frozen.
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  18. kerrie says:
    i could only use your recipe as a guide because i could not get most of the ingredients in australia
  19. Krystal Clark says:
    Can I convert this into a crockpot recipe?
  20. Momma Cyd says:
    Yes, this should be an easy recipe to cook all day in your slow cooker - low and slow and it would be delicious!
  21. Summer says:
    I froze with the dry seasoning only and added the broth when I stuck it in the slow cooker. Absolutely delicious. I added veggies too. Next time I'm adding carrots, celery, and potatoes.
  22. Zach says:
    I quartered smaller yellow and red potatoes and placed on top. The roast was wonderful but the potatoes were truly the best I've ever had. So flavorful!

    5 stars

  23. Katrina Jones says:
    If I wanted to cook carrots, potatoes, and celery afterwards, what time would I use??
  24. Momma Cyd says:
    Add them after your roast has cooked. You can cook them for about 3 minutes and they'll turn out perfect.
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