Ingredients
You’ll be happy to know that the ingredients are pretty simple and flavorful. Feel free to adjust veggies or style of steak based on your preferences.
- Flank steak
- Broccoli
- Mini red peppers
- Onion sliced thinly
- Fresh snow peas
- Green onions sliced for garnish
Sauce:
- Minced garlic
- Soy sauce
- Sesame oil
- Beef broth
- Brown sugar
- Cornstarch
Side Dish:
- Steamed basmati rice
How to Make Chinese Beef in the Instant Pot
In just 35 minutes, you can be enjoying this amazing meal idea. Dinner just got a lot easier and more flavorful! Let’s get started so you can make your own soon.
First Step: Mix together the soy sauce, sesame oil, minced garlic, beef broth, and brown sugar into a small bowl. Use a whisk to mix together.
Second Step: Place the sliced steak in the Instant Pot insert and pour the sauce on top.
Third Step: Close the lid of the Instant Pot and make sure the vent is in the sealed position.
Fourth Step: Manually cook for 10 minutes.
Fifth Step: After 10 minutes is up, do a natural release for 10 minutes, then a quick release to remove the pressure.
Sixth Step: Take the steak out of the Instant Pot and set it aside.
Seventh Step: Turn the pressure cooker to the saute setting and whisk in the cornstarch. Whisk it constantly until it has thickened.
Eighth Step: Return the beef back in the pressure cooker and stir.
Ninth Step: Put the broccoli in the Instant Pot and stir until it’s warm.
Tenth Step: Serve over a bed of steamed basmati rice.

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Ingredients
- 3 lbs flank steak
- 4 cups chopped, small broccoli
- ½ cup sliced mini red peppers
- 1 onion sliced thinly
- 2 cups fresh snow peas
- Green onions sliced for garnish
- Sauce
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- Side steamed basmati rice
Instructions
- Combine the sauce ingredients garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, beef broth and brown sugar together in a small bowl & whisk.
- Add your sliced steak to the Instant Pot then add your sauce mixture.
- Close the Instant Pot lid, close the seal.
- Cook on manual for 10 minutes.
- Natural release for 10 minutes & then do a quick release.
- Remove beef from pot & set aside.
- Turn off the Instant pot & then turn it on to saute
- Whisk in cornstarch & stir until sauce thickens.
- Add the beef back in & stir.
- Add in steamed broccoli.
- Serve over rice.