Italian Instant Pot Roast - Recipes That Crock! (2024)

5 from 2 votes

Course: Main

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Italian Instant Pot Roast

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

Natural Release: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

• 1/2 lb sliced baby portabella mushrooms
• 1 onion halved and sliced
• 3 lb beef chuck roast trimmed
• 1.5 oz pkg garlic and herb sauce mix you can substitute pesto mix OR italian dressing mix
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 29 oz Italian-style diced tomatoes undrained (2 – 14.5 oz cans)
• 8 oz can tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons cold water

• Pour your beef broth into your 6-quart instant pot and place your roast in.

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• Add your mushrooms and onion around your roast

• Sprinkle your sauce mix and red pepper flakes evenly across your roast.

• Pour tomatoes and sauce over top.

• Seal and cook on high pressure for 60, turn off keep warm feature

• Take your roast out, cut into large chunks and keep warm

• In a coffee cup, mix together your water and cornstarch until smooth

• Pour into the juices in your instant pot and stir until combined well

• Set on Saute and stir until your mixture is thickened

• Add your roast chunks back into your instant pot and serve your roast with your veggies and sauce

• Roasts get tender with time. If your roast isn’t as tender as you would like, cook it a little longer. Our 3 lb roast was fall apart tender after 60 minutes of cooker.
• If you don’t like mushrooms, you can leave them out.
• We LOVE baby bellas in this recipe, but white buttons will work too. Canned mushrooms (drained) could also work in a pinch.
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• Finally, all electric pressure cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes shouldalways be tested first in your own electric pressurecookerand time adjusted as needed.