Instant Pot French Onion Pot Roast

🥘 Ingredients

• bay leaf
  1
• better than beef bouillon
  1 tablespoon
• boneless beef chuck roast cut into 10 chunks
  3 pounds
• cornstarch
  2 tablespoons
• garlic minced
  4 cloves
• reduced-sodium beef broth divided
  1 1/2 cups
• salt (kosher)
  1 teaspoon
• sliced (white or yellow onions, large)
  2
• steak seasoning
  3 tablespoons

🍳 Cookware

• instant pot
• pot

1. 1

   Gather boneless beef chuck roast cut into 10 chunks , reduced-sodium beef broth divided , garlic minced .

   boneless beef chuck roast cut into 10 chunks: 3 pounds, reduced-sodium beef broth divided: 1 1/2 cups, garlic minced: 4 cloves
2. 2

   Place the chuck roast pieces in the instant pot inner pot .
3. 3

   Sprinkle the steak seasoning and salt over the meat.

   steak seasoning: 3 tablespoons, salt: 1 teaspoon (kosher)
4. 4

   Pour in 1 and 1/4 cups of the beef broth.
5. 5

   Add the garlic on top of the meat.
6. 6

   Place the sliced onions on top of the garlic.

   sliced: 2 (white or yellow onions, large)
7. 7

   Add the better than beef bouillon and the bay leaf .

   better than beef bouillon: 1 tablespoon, bay leaf: 1
8. 8

   Close and lock the lid. Be sure that the pressure release valve is set to sealing.
9. 9

   Press manual high pressure and adjust the time to ⏱️ 60 minutes .
10. 10

    When the cooking time has finished, let the pressure release naturally for ⏱️ 25 minutes .
11. 11

    Unlock and remove the lid.
12. 12

    Remove the meat and shred it.
13. 13

    Remove the bay leaf.
14. 14

    Mix together the remaining 1/4 cup beef broth and 2 tablespoons cornstarch .

    cornstarch: 2 tablespoons
15. 15

    Press sauté.
16. 16

    Stir in the cornstarch mixture, and cook, stirring regularly, for about ⏱️ 2 minutes , or until thickened.
17. 17

    Serve the gravy over the shredded meat.
18. 📝

    Chuck roast: Arm roast or rump roast also work well.

19. 📝

    Kosher salt: If your steak seasoning has a lot of salt in it, you can omit the kosher salt.

20. 📝

    Steak seasoning: I like Montreal steak seasoning.

21. 📝

    Nutrition: Serving: 1serving | Calories: 335kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 117mg | Sodium: 520mg | Potassium: 712mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 63IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 4mg