This Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli comes out so saucy and perfectly cooked. It’s made with just 8 Ingredients and in less than 30 minutes!
Beef and Broccoli in the Instant Pot
Beef and broccoli is hands down my favorite takeout meal. I love how tender and saucy the beef is and broccoli adds a touch of vegetable.
Making beef and broccoli at home is rather simple, but making it in the Instant Pot is even easier. First, tenderize and cook the beef. Next comes the broccoli and then the sauce.
Your Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli will come out so delicious and will actually give takeout Beef and Broccoli a run for its money (if I do say so myself).
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Beef and broccoli is high-protein and low in carbs. If you make your own stir fry sauce at home that is made without MSG, it’s a healthy dinner option with lots of veggies.
The best kind of beef to use for beef and broccoli is flank steak because it’s long, thin, and relatively inexpensive.
While you don’t HAVE to tenderize the beef, we highly suggest it. It not only provides a more even cooking of the beef, but it makes the beef extra tender.
What is beef and broccoli sauce made of?
Beef and broccoli sauce is super easy to make and is made with just a few basic ingredients. Here’s what you need:
- low-sodium soy sauce or tamari
- hoisin sauce
- minced garlic
- red chili sauce
- cornstarch
Control the spice level of this sauce with the red chili sauce. Double it for more heat and reduce it for a milder flavor.
Love saucy stir fry? Double the ingredients for double the flavor and double the sauce!
How to Make Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli
Combine the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, minced garlic, and red chili sauce in a medium bowl and whisk until combined.
Lay a piece of parchment paper over your flank steak and use a meat tenderizer to pound the meat until it’s the same thickness all around.
Then, slice the piece of beef in half (hot dog-style) and thinly sliced the beef into pieces.
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Buy Now!Turn on the Instant Pot’s sauté function, and give your beef a quick sear, but don’t cook it all the way. Then, add the sauce, close the Instant Pot, and seal it. Cook on high for 8 total minutes.
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Buy Now!Once the timer goes off, quick release the Instant Pot and open it up. Add in the broccoli, close the Instant Pot, and seal. Cook on high for 0 minutes. Yes, 0 minutes. This will allow your Instant Pot to build pressure and then be done cooking once it’s at max pressure.
If you cook it any longer than 0 minutes, I promise you, your broccoli will be mushy. So? Once that timer goes off, open the vent to quick-release immediately!
Immediately remove the beef and broccoli from the Instant Pot, keeping the sauce at the bottom of the pot. Add in the cornstarch and whisk away. Then, transfer the beef and broccoli back into the Instant Pot and stir.
Store leftover beef and broccoli in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-5 days.
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- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1.5 lbs. flank steak
- 8 cups chopped broccoli florets
- 1.5 tablespoons corn starch
- Start by mixing up the sauce. Add the soy sauce, hoisin, minced garlic, and red chili sauce to a bowl and whisk until combined. Set aside.
- Next, place flank steak out on a cutting board and cover it with parchment paper. Use a meat tenderizer to tenderize the flank steak. Pound each side of the flank steak for 1-2 minutes or until it is 1/2 inch thick.
- Slice your flank steak in half (hot dog way) and cut each half into about 3-inch long thin strips.
- Turn on the Instant Pot’s saute function and add olive oil to the pot. When olive oil is fragrant, add flank steak and cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Turn off Instant Pot. Add sauce to the flank steak. Mix well and cover Instant Pot.
- Cook the meat on high pressure for 8 minutes.
- Quick release pressure and uncover Instant Pot. Transfer the broccoli to the pot with the flank steak.
- Place the lid back on the Instant Pot and set the timer ‘0’ minutes. The pressure will build and beep when it reaches full pressure. This is when you quick release the pressure again.
- Remove the beef and broccoli from the Instant Pot, leaving the sauce. Add cornstarch to the sauce and whisk until there are no lumps.
- Add beef and broccoli back into the Instant Pot and mix so all ingredients are coated with sauce.
- Serve with white rice.
- If you would like to make this recipe spicier, add a few teaspoons of sriracha to the sauce.
- You can use any type of steak that you would like for this recipe, we prefer flank steak. For saucier beef and broccoli, double the sauce ingredients.
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