Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli

Instructions for Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli

1. Instant Pot: press Sauté button and click Adjust button to go to Sauté More function
2. Prep Ingredients:
broccoli, chopped into large florets
garlic cloves, roughly minced
ginger, roughly diced
3. Brown Chuck Steak - Season one side of chuck steak lightly with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Add 1 tbsp (15ml) peanut oil in pressure cooker. Ensure to coat oil over whole bottom of the pot. Carefully place the seasoned side of chuck steak in pressure cooker. Lightly season the other side with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Brown for 7 mins on each side without constant flipping.
4. Make Chicken Stock Mixture - While the chuck steak is browning in pressure cooker, mix 2 tbsp (30ml) light soy sauce (not low sodium soy sauce), 1 tbsp (15ml) dark soy sauce, ½ tbsp (7.5ml) oyster sauce, 1 tsp five spice powder, ¼ tsp sesame oil, and 1 cup (250ml) unsalted chicken stock in a glass measuring cup.
5. Sauté Ginger & Garlic - Add diced ginger and minced garlic to the pressure cooker. Sauté for roughly 90 seconds until fragrant. Do not let the garlic burn
6. Pour in the Chicken Stock Mixture (from Step 4) and completely deglaze bottom of the pot by scrubbing the flavorful brown bits with wooden spoon.
7. Cut Chuck Steak - After deglazing, cut the chuck steak into ⅛ inch thick beef slices. Place beef slices and the flavorful meat juice in pressure cooker. Make sure all beef slices are partially submerged in the cooking liquid.
Pro Tip: Since chuck roast grains run in different directions, slice it against the grain the best you can.
8. Close lid and pressure cook at High Pressure for 12 minutes, then 12 minutes Natural Release (after pressure cooker finished cooking, wait 12 minutes then carefully release the remaining pressure) Turn off the heat. Open the lid carefully.
9. Press Cancel button, then Sauté button to heat up the sauce. In a small mixing bowl, mix cornstarch with water. Mix it in one third at a time until desired thickness.
10. Add in five spice powder, kosher salt. While the sauce is boiling, partially submerge the broccoli florets in the sauce mixture in pressure cooker.
11. While the sauce is boiling, partially submerge the broccoli florets in the sauce mixture in pressure cooker.
12. Turn off the heat by pressing Cancel Button, then switch to keep warm mode by pressing Keep Warm Button. Close the lid immediately (with venting knob in venting position).
Wait 3 – 3.5 minutes before opening the lid again. The broccoli should be cooked by then. If not, give it a few quick stirs.
Taste and adjust the seasoning with more five spice powder, kosher salt and brown sugar if necessary.