Instant Pot Beef Ragu–tender chunks of beef are braised in a tomato based sauce and tossed with pasta. A super easy recipe to make for any night of the week.
Get the SLOW COOKER version of the recipe here
Instant Pot Beef Ragu
I’d heard of beef ragu before but had never tried it. I just thought it sounded too fancy for me. Little did I know that it’s like the easiest recipe ever! Basically it’s shredded beef, tomato based sauce and pasta tossed all together.
You start with a budget-friendly cut of beef—chuck roast is your best bet. I like to cut it into two-inch pieces. This ensures that each piece will get coated with seasonings and sauce. My favorite way to cut beef is when it is partially frozen. The knife just slices through it so much easier when it’s frozen than when it’s completely thawed. Sometimes I’ll even throw my meat in the freezer for 10 minutes before cutting it.
Once you’ve prepped your beef, throw it into your Instant Pot along with a few seasonings and some crushed tomatoes. Walk away for and hour and when you come back to it, the beef will be easy to shred and serve over some al dente pasta, like rigatoni or pappardelle. Instant Pot Beef Ragu tastes amazing and requires very little effort—my type of meal!
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What Pressure Cooker Did You Use?
To make Instant Pot Beef Ragu I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*. I love this Instant Pot because it has the yogurt making function which I use almost weekly. It has two pressure settings (high and low), and there are also little slots in the handles so that you can rest the lid there instead of putting it down on your counter-top.
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Instant Pot Beef Ragu
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes (plus full natural pressure release)
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Tender chunks of beef are braised in a tomato based sauce and tossed with pasta. A super easy recipe to make for any night of the week.
Ingredients
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 diced yellow or white onion
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 1/2 pounds beef chuck roast, cut into two-inch pieces
- 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 12 oz rigatoni or other pasta of choice
- Parmesan cheese, for serving
Instructions
- Turn on your Instant Pot to the saute setting. When it says HOT on the display add in the olive oil. Add the onion. Sauté for about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Stir in the beef broth, oregano, rosemary, tomato paste, salt, pepper, crushed tomatoes, soy sauce, and bay leaf.
- Nestle the meat into the pot.
- Cover and secure the lid. Press the manual/pressure cook button and adjust the time to 60 minutes. Allow the pressure to release naturally.
- Remove the lid and break the beef into about one-inch pieces with tongs. Stir in the vinegar.
- Follow the directions on the package to prepare the pasta. Reserve half a cup of the cooking liquid. Add the pasta to the Instant Pot along with the pasta water. Toss. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve the pasta and meat with Parmesan cheese.
Notes
I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*.
Here is my slow cooker version of this recipe.
- Category: Beef
- Method: Instant Pot
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If I wanted to use 1 pound of ground turkey instead of using beef chuck roast, how long would you recommend cooking the ground turkey? thank you
5 minutes should be enough time for ground meats.
Your recipes are usually very delicious but i have some comments on this one. I used round roast because my grocery store’s chuck roasts were way too large. Thought that meat made the recipe a bit greasy. We didn’t like the taste of the red wine vinegar. I kept the pasta in the hot water to keep warm until ready to add to the meat mixture and I think that made the recipe too runny because the pasta soaked up more water. Don’t think you need to add the pasta water either.
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Quick question, after shredding the beef do you return it to the pot before adding the cooked pasta? Thanks.
Yes that’s what I did 🙂
Is this cooked with low, medium or high pressure?
high pressure!
I learned alot about cooking ragu from this! I’m going to try it with my venison from last year.