Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff is a comforting family meal made from start to finish in the Instant Pot in less than 30 minutes! Made with a from scratch mushroom sauce, this easy Instant Pot recipe is sure to become a family favorite!
If you love this easy Instant Pot recipe, you will also love Instant Pot Hamburger Helper, Instant Pot Creamy Pasta, and Instant Pot Mac and Cheese. No Instant Pot? You will love my stove-top version of Beef Stroganoff.
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Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff
Friends, my whole family gets excited when I make Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff. They loved the stove top version for years, but all agree this Instant Pot version is better.
And I know why–the noodles are cooked right in the delicious sauce, soaking in all that great flavor.
But let me you why I love this recipe so much more than the original.
Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff only requires one pan and is ready in less than 30 minutes!!! YAY for an easy instant pot recipe my entire family DEVOURS!
This pressure cooker beef stroganoff is made with a delicious from scratch gravy that is elevated with thyme and red wine. It is so much better than any stroganoff made with canned cream soup–but it is just as easy to make!
Ingredients for Stroganoff
- Ground Meat–I prefer lean ground beef, but ground turkey or ground chicken both work
- Garlic
- Mushrooms–button mushrooms work, but baby portabella mushrooms (AKA bella mushrooms) are best
- Red Wine–dry red wine, like Merlot or Cabernet, adds a lot of depth to this homemade stroganoff, but feel free to use additional stock in place of red wine.
- Beef Stock–low sodium is best
- Worcestershire sauce
- Dried Thyme
- Onion Powder–even with the actual onion, the onion powder adds depth to the sauce
- Egg Noodles–whole wheat or regular wide egg noodles
- Sour Cream–gives this dish a creamy finish; you can certainly use plain yogurt in place of sour cream
How To Make Instant Pot Stroganoff
Step One: Saute the Ground Meat
- Turn Instant Pot to saute and allow to heat until Instant Pot reads, hot.
- Once instant pot has heated, add in the olive oil and ground beef.
- Brown the meat, breaking up into small pieces, as it browns.
If at this point you have a lot of grease in the pan, you may want to drain off excess grease and then return your inner pot to the Instant Pot. I do not find this necessary if I use lean ground sirloin or lean ground turkey.
Step Two: Saute Mushrooms
- Once meat is mostly browned, add in the butter (or additional olive oil), mushrooms, minced garlic, salt pepper, thyme and onion powder.
- Saute for 2-3 minutes or until the meat is fully browned.
- Turn off the pressure cooker.
Step Three: Deglaze Instant Pot.
In order to get up any browned bits and to prevent potential burn warnings, you need to properly deglaze the inner pot your pressure cooker.
- Pour in the red wine, Worcestershire sauce, and beef stock and scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the inner pot, using a wooden spatula.
Step Four: Add the Noodles
- Add the noodles to the inner pot and gently push into the sauce to submerge. Be sure the noodles are just covered with the liquid.
Step Five: Pressure Cook the Stroganoff
- Cook on high pressure for 5 minutes (hit manual and adjust time by using +/_ buttons until timer reads 5).
- Once cook time has elapsed, let pressure release naturally for 5 minutes.
- Then do a quick release of any remaining pressure–be sure to stand away from vent knob when releasing pressure.
Step Six: Add Sour Cream
- Stir in the sour cream into the noodles and beef until creamy and well combined.
- Serve immediately.
More Instant Pot Beef Recipes
- Instant Pot Beef Stew
- Instant Pot Ground Beef (From Fresh and Frozen)
- Instant Pot Pot Roast
- Instant Pot Mongolian Beef
Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pound ground lean sirloin or ground turkey
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter or additional olive oil
- 16 ounces sliced baby portabella mushrooms sliced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ cup dry red wine or additional beef stock
- 3 1/2 cups reduced sodium beef broth
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 12 ounces wide egg noodles whole wheat or regular
- 1 cup sour cream
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to saute and allow to heat up.
- Once instant pot has heated, add in the olive oil and ground meat. Brown the meat, breaking up into small pieces.
- Once meat is mostly browned, add in the butter (or additional olive oil), mushrooms, garlic, salt pepper, thyme and onion powder. Saute for 2-3 minutes or until the meat is fully browned. Turn off the pressure cooker.
- Add the wine (or stocand scrape up all the browned bits off the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- Stir in beef broth and Worcestershire sauce to Instant Pot. Add in noodles and gently push down into sauce.
- Cook on high pressure for 5 minutes (hit manual and adjust time by using +/_ buttons until timer reads 5).
- Once cook time has elapsed, let pressure release naturally for 5 minutes. Then do a quick release of any remaining pressure--be sure stand away from vent knob when releasing pressure.
- Stir in sour cream into stroganoff and serve.
Notes
- If using ground meat with more than 10% fat content, you will want to drain off excess grease BEFORE adding in the mushrooms and butter.
- For the dry red wine, use a merlot or cabernet. Marsala wine also works well in this dish, but will be a bit sweeter. Never use cooking wine---only wine that is suitable for drinking.
- See Instant Pot High Altitude Conversion if cooking 2500+ feet above sea level.
Hi..I am an IP Newbie…
Can this recipe be doubled in the
6 Qt IP (to feed 8 people over the Holidays)?
If so, would you need to double all ingredients, and would there be any changes to cook or pressure release times?
Thank you!
Hi Barbara! Welcome to Instant Pot Cooking 🙂 You can double this recipe and no changes to the cook time or pressure release. It will take more time to come to pressure, but that will be the only change. I hope you enjoy!
The Instant Pot was made for meals like this! I loved all the savory flavors in here – Perfect for fall evenings.
I am so glad you enjoyed Christine! And yes, the flavors really get infused into the noodles thanks to the Instant Pot 🙂
This is a family favorite! Love this recipe for weeknight dinners!
I am so glad you all enjoy Nellie!