Instant Pot beef stew casserole with rice and stew meat is an good meal cooked in one pot. Complete with vegetables too it is a Ninja Foodi pressure cooker recipe you will love.

We called this deliciousness Instant Pot beef stew casserole, you could also say it's beef and rice. Whatever the name is we will tell you the flavors are good!! We bet you'll put this Instant Pot recipe on your meal rotation soon too. (affiliate links present)

Instant Pot Beef Stew and Rice Recipe

With tender beef cooked in a sweet homemade teriyaki like sauce your kids will call it good too. It's one of our favorite Instant Pot stew meat recipe around.

We first made this Easy Beef Stew Casserole Recipe in the oven years back but once we got our handy pressure cooker we wanted to see if it would be easier that way. There is one difference between the two, one has noodles and this uses rice. Both good.

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Ninja Foodi Beef Stew Casserole

Of course you can make this in a Crockpot Express or as an easy Ninja Foodi recipe as well. Any pressure cooker will do really. The only thing you need to remember with this model is that you will use the lid that is not attached to pressure cook to fork tender.

We had a package of stew meat we needed to use and rummaged through the pantry to come up with an idea. That's where this Instant Pot beef and rice recipe came to fruition.

We had a few packages of beef stew meat in the freezer that needed to be used. We took out two in case our “creation” didn't work well the first time. Quick and easy casseroles are our style so we started throwing things in.

Kitchen questions

What is the difference between beef casserole and beef stew?

Stew does not include either rice or noodles in the mixture. It only includes meat, vegetables and a thick gravy. With this you have a complete one pot meal with everything cooked together.

What can we add to our beef stew for flavor?

To us it is all about the sauce and seasonings, so there are a bunch. Worcestershire sauce is pretty much a must have with some sort of thickening agent at the end.

Yes you could make Ninja foodi stew with this meat, but we wanted something different. Using beef broth instead of water will create a richer flavor as well. Keep bouillon cubes on hand in case you run out of this.

Ingredient notes

You are going to want a tray of beef stew meat or cut up steak/roast into bite size pieces. This is probably the best way of how to cook beef tips too to tender

Onion sliced or diced adds flavor and texture
Minced garlic & ginger will amp up the flavors
Soy sauce or amino acids can be used for a gluten-free option
Brown sugar allows a bit of sweetness to the dish
Beef broth is better than water to cook it all to tender
Rice vinegar gives the flavor that pop it needs
Garlic powder or onion powder works for flavor
Carrots can be peeled and sliced into dials for vegetables
Celery too is of course optional but a nice add in
Mushrooms if we add them, we prefer baby bellas so they don't get as soft
Uncooked white ricelong grain is what we use

We love Instant Pot casseroles! You can throw everything in, close the lid and walk away. Add uncooked noodles or rice and everything is tender to perfection in less than 30 minutes total.

You see we bought half a cow earlier this year so we are making a lot of recipes using beef stew meat. We use a lot of ground beef too, but all the other cuts kinda' get ignored. Now was the time to get going on what we had because we hate food going to waste!

Can you make a casserole with frozen beef?

You could in this case!! You would want to first start with the directions for frozen stew meat Instant Pot style. Release the pressure, drain liquid, add sauce ingredients below and then continue on with step 2 in recipe card to make this meal here with it.

In the first step we didn't bother browning the meat, we throw everything in and stir so all the beef stew pieces were coated nicely. Then close the lid, set to high pressure and you're ready to continue. There are 2 cooking times since the meat takes longer so keep that in mind.

How to Make Instant Pot Beef Stew Casserole

Time needed: 27 minutes

Instant Pot Beef Stew Casserole

Add ingredients
Put first 10 ingredients into your pressure cooker (meat, sauce and seasonings), stir to combine.
Cook
Close lid and steam valve. Cook on high for 18 minutes with a 5 minute natural release. Release rest of pressure and then continue.
Pour in vegetables
Lift lid and add carrots, celery, mushrooms and rest of your beef broth. Sprinkle the uncooked white rice on top and gently submerge into your liquid, do not stir!!
Pressure cook
Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 9 minutes followed by a 3 minute natural release. Release rest of steam after that, fluff rice and serve!

Swaps

We mean you could use stock instead, but we typically use what we have on hand as far as this is concerned. Water works but won't add as much flavor. If you want to add a bit (or a lot) of heat you can add some Sriracha too. We added 1 tbsp and it added flavor, not heat.

Other substitutions you could make are that you could dice beef chuck roast if that's what you had. If you wanted to season meat with a sprinkle of salt and pepper to begin with that would be fine.

A splash of Worcestershire sauce would be a good add in and if you only have chicken broth we'd use that over water for this. 1/2 cup of crispy fried onions on top at the end might be good too.

Tips

The most important thing to remember when making a pressure cooker rice casserole is to NOT stir it in.

You must sprinkle the uncooked rice on the top and gently submerge it into the liquid on the top. If you don't follow this rule you will have a recipe fail, and receive the burn message. Note: we have not made this with brown rice yet. It would take longer. If we use that style of cooking rice in the future we will add pressure cooking time for that as well.

Instant Pot Beef Stew Casserole Recipe

By Instant Pot beef stew casserole is good! With tender beef and rice cooked in one pot with vegetables too it is a Ninja foodi pressure cooker recipe you will love. Prep: 15 minutes minsCook: 30 minutes minsServings: 6 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

1.5 lbs stew meator cut up steak or roast in bite size pieces
1/2 small onion, diced
2.5 tbsp minced garlic
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup beef broth
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp minced ginger
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp Sriracha
1 large carrot, cut into dials
2 stalks celery, sliced
3 cup mushrooms, quartered
1 3/4 cup rice, white, uncooked
1 cup beef broth

Instructions

Add first 10 ingredients into your pressure cooker and stir. Close lid and steam valve. Cook on high for 18 minutes with a 5 minute natural release. Release rest of pressure and then continue.
Lift lid and add carrots, celery, mushrooms and rest of your beef broth.
Sprinkle the uncooked white rice on top and gently submerge into your liquid, do not stir.
Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 9 minutes followed by a 3 minute natural release. Release rest of steam after that and stir, serve!

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

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It may become your new favorite Instant Pot beef recipes. Here are quick step by step directions but we also have a printable recipe card below as well.