Pressure Cooker Beef Bourguignon
Beef Bourguignon is rich, savory, hearty beef stew. It can be cooked for several hours on a stove top, or quickly and easily in an Instant Pot or other electric pressure cooker.
Today I’m featuring a pressure cooker recipe from Debby, A Feast for the Eyes. Debby grew up around food working in her mother’s Bavarian Delicatessen. She prefers simple, unpretentious, comfort home cooked meals. Luckily for us, today she’s sharing a classic comfort food recipe transformed into a fantastic pressure cooker recipe.
Pressure Cooker Beef Bourguignon
Hi Barbara! Thanks, so much, for allowing me to share this delicious Beef Bourguignon French Stew that I made in my beloved pressure cooker. On a lazy Sunday, I enjoy braising different cuts of meats and creating anything from Pot Roasts to a Bolognese sauce. But there are days when I just don’t want to wait for three hours, or more, when I’m craving a hot meal on a Winter’s Day!
It takes about an hour to prepare all the traditional components of this French stew—browning bacon lardons, sautéing pearl onions, browning mushrooms and taking the time to sear and brown stew cut beef. I’m a big believer that the brown bits called “fond” is what gives all stews so much flavor.
I promise you, that once you finish with chopping, sautéing and searing it’s all downhill from there. Sure, you can make this stew in a Dutch oven or in a slow cooker—if you don’t mind waiting 2-3 hours for the meat to become tender and the sauce flavors to build.
Or, you can cook this beef bourguignon recipe in a pressure cooker for 40 minutes!
Making Beef Bourguignon in an Instant Pot
An Instant Pot is one of the most popular brands of electric pressure cookers. They are easy to use and your Instant Pot can help you create this delicious Beef Bourguignon!
Traditionally, Beef Bourguignon (or “Beef Burgundy”) is served with steamed potatoes. Mashed potatoes are another delicious options. I was craving egg noodles. You don’t have to go as “all out” as I did, by making my own homemade egg noodles (a future recipe post)! Packaged egg noodles, cooked till al dente, then lightly browned in unsalted butter and with fresh chopped parsley is the perfect finish.
Cooking Tip for Pressure Cooker Beef Bourguignon
Ask your butcher to cut Chuck Eye Roast for the meat, if possible. It’s a super tender cut, and while it costs a bit more than “Stew Cut Meat” (or mystery meat), the beef will turn out tender and succulent. The sauce has rich notes of red wine, tomato and a perfect balance of herbs and spices. Make this the day before, and the flavors will really develop even better!
This also makes a beautiful buffet dinner item, because it serves 8-10 people. This is a hearty and comforting winter stew.
If you haven’t invested in a pressure cooker, you won’t be sorry that you finally decided to do it. I’ve owned a 5-Quart Digital Pressure Cooker for nine years, and it is still working like a champ!
Thanks, Barbara, for your blog. I love seeing all of your recipes along with your guest posts. I can’t wait to learn how to make more pressure cooker recipes. It’s almost like having “instant dinner”!
Debby
A Feast for the Eyes
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Visit A Feast for the Eyes for the recipe and more great step by step photos. Thanks Debby for sharing your love of pressure cooking and this wonderful meal with us.
More pressure cooker recipes you might enjoy:
Red Beans & Rice
Bean & Bacon Soup
Beef Stew (with great tips on searing meat)
Pot Roast
I don’t see the recipe! Can you send it my way?
Hi Lisbeth – I’m featuring Debby’s recipe. You’ll find it here http://www.afeastfortheeyes.net/2012/12/beef-bourguignon-beef-burgundy-pressure.html
This recipe is simply outstanding and I will be making this one again for sure. I shared it with my neighbor and now he wants the recipe and is thinking of buying an instant pot too, which is great because we can swap pressure cooker recipes. Thank You for posting this awesome recipe, I posted a comment on Debby’s site as well.
Reviewed this recipe and it looks great. But no ingredients list or print button appeared.
Hi Mike – As mentioned above, I’m featuring the recipe that’s on another site. For the recipe visit http://www.foodiewife-kitchen.blogspot.com/2012/12/beef-bourguignon-beef-burgundy-pressure.html. Thanks!
Sorry, There are no ingredients mentioned in the Beef Bourguignon description. You left it out. How much wine, etc?
Hi Connie – I’m featuring the recipe that’s on another site, as I mentioned above. For the recipe visit http://www.foodiewife-kitchen.blogspot.com/2012/12/beef-bourguignon-beef-burgundy-pressure.html. Thanks!
I can’t find any way to print this recipe: Pressure Cooker Beef Bourguignon. All I see are ads & no link to print it. What am I missing?
Hi Nedra – there’s a print button right under the small picture by the ingredient list.
O.M.Goodness…I am still in shock at how amazing this recipe is! It was my first attempt at using my new Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker and boy didI start with an amazing recipe. It was time extensive but I’ll be making this again and agian.
Can I successfully cook a London broil in the electric pressure cooker?
Thank you!
Hi April – I haven’t tried yet, but you can definitely cook London broil in the electric pressure cooker. I would probably cook it more like a pot roast http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/classic-pot-roast-and-potatoes/ and since it’s fairly thin I think a 20 minute cook time would be about right. After 20 minutes, use a natural release for 10 minutes, check and see if it’s as tender as you’d like, and if necessary, lock the lid in place and cook it a little longer until it’s as tender as you’d like. Let me know how it goes.
How many people does this recipe serve? What is the min size pressure cooker that can be used with this recipe?? (mine is not a 5 quart) How many cups or what is the specific size of a “bag of onions”?
Hi Maria – I imagine it would serve 6 – 8 people. I imagine you could make it in any size pressure cooker, just don’t go over your max fill line and use the recommended minimum cooking liquid. I assume it’s a 1 lb. bag of onions.
Ya. Great. So where is the recipe.
Visit A Feast for the Eyes for the recipe and more great step by step photos. http://www.foodiewife-kitchen.blogspot.com/2012/12/beef-bourguignon-beef-burgundy-pressure.html
Yummmmmmmm! Debby that looks heavenly. We’ve really settled in to winter weather so nothing better than a nice hearty dish like this to warm the tummy. Thanks so much to you and Barbara,
Carol
Thanks, Carol! I hope that you become a pressure cooker– if you aren’t already. Winters will be comforted with hot food in a flash!
Well, I’ll most certainly be spending more time around here, I got my pressure cooker for Christmas. A T-fal stove top.
Hi Lea Ann – I’m so excited for you to get cooking. I hope you’ll love pressure cooking as much as I do, and that you’ll come back and share a favorite pressure cooker recipe soon.
Thank you, Barbara, for featuring my recipe! I’m craving rice pudding, and I’m going to try your easy pressure cooker version. Can’t wait! Happy New Year!
Thanks Debby! So glad you shared this recipe. I can’t wait to try it.