One thing I love about the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker, is that I can forget to put dinner in my slow cooker and still have something like Instant Pot Roast, Potatoes and Carrots ready within the next hour.
The one thing I wished I did differently about this Instant Pot Roast recipe though, is that I wish I would have picked a less fatty piece of meat. Have you ever gotten talked into something because of the price? Well, I was shopping for the perfect piece of meat, when I found this one at only $2.99 per pound. I could’ve had a less fatty piece, but it was going to cost me $4.99 per pound. I wanted the cheap price, so I bought it, telling myself that the fat would disintegrate while cooking and I’ll just have a tasty piece of meat staring at me. Well, the tasty piece of meat part was true, but… I had to cut around lots of fat and gristle. None of it disintegrated! It would’ve been worth it to pay more so that I didn’t have to work around the fat, but we lived and the taste of the meat was still absolutely amazing!
If you’ve not used a pressure cooker or Instant Pot before, but have it sitting on your shelf, this would be a great recipe to start with. Of course, you can still do this recipe in your slow cooker, instead of following my directions for the Instant Pot, if you don’t have a pressure cooker. Just assemble it all at the same time and cook it on low for 8 hours.
OK, now, let’s talk about what we did for the recipe and the different steps you have to take with the Instant Pot. It took me a little while to feel comfortable sharing Instant Pot recipes with you, because I was uncomfortable with having to cook in steps. I wanted to throw it all in like I do a slow cooker. You CAN do that, but I don’t recommend it when there’s vegetables involved, otherwise they’ll be overcooked and mushy. I was once making chicken, broccoli and rice in my Instant Pot and ended up with green rice. The broccoli was so soft, it just stirred into the rice and you couldn’t even tell that there was ever broccoli there at all.
So, my first step was to mix up the 3 packets of dressing/gravy mix.
After that, I dipped each side of my roast into the mixes. If you want to see how I did this, watch the video down right above the printable recipe.
Next, I placed the roast into the Instant Pot and tossed any excess seasoning over the top. After I was done, I poured 1/2 cup of beef broth over the top and placed the lid on the top, and shut the valve.
I began by cooking it on Manual, High Pressure, for 35 minutes.
After the 35 minutes was up, I added the potatoes and carrots to the pot and cooked it for another 19 minutes on Manual, High Pressure. I had originally wondered if this would be too long for the carrots, but amazingly enough, the carrots handled it perfectly. We LOVE Instant Pot potatoes because they’re always the perfect consistency and so tasty. I often don’t even peal them, because it’s faster that way. The skins slide right off after cooking, so that makes it all the more worth it. Of course, as you can see in this picture, I did cut some bad spots off. 
After the 19 more minutes of vegetables was done cooking, I quick released the pressure, and served up each plate. Then it was time to eat. And eat, we did!
Please take a minute to view and share this recipe video, all about how to make Instant Pot Roast.
Easy Instant Pot 3-Packet Pot Roast
Ingredients
- 3-4 lb beef roast
- 1 .7 oz ranch seasoning packet
- 1 .7 oz Italian dressing packet
- 1 .7 oz brown gravy mix
- 1 pound of baby carrots
- 6 potatoes
- 1 ⁄2 cup beef broth
Instructions
- Clean 6 potatoes
- Mix packets of seasonings together
- Rub roast with seasonings
- Place in slow cooker & add beef broth.
- Cook in Instant Pot or other Pressure Cooker for 35 minutes on Manual, high pressure.
- Quick Release the steam, by moving the valve to venting.
- Add carrots & potatoes
- Cook an additional 20 minutes on Manual, high pressure.
- Optional: For gravy, Take out meat and vegetables. Turn Instant Pot to Saute. Mix 2 Tbsp flour with 3 Tbsp water for each cup of pan juice. Turn on Saute & stir until it has thickened. Serve over roast and/or potatoes.
Elizabeth A. Lee says
I always make pot roast. its my gimmick around work. I make it Carnitas with extra salt Style…Ossobucco with Vinegar. Porkshoulder. Cider and Beer Brines, Tikka Yogurt Marinade. Mayonnaise Brine. THey taste pretty good. So people are always treating me like I am Gordon Ramsay, just because I am too lazy and I don’t want to wake up and fry Hamburger Helper. But for parties at my family home and they want Roast Beef. I always use this recipe instead. Only with brisket instead of Chuck or Flank. Its a secret shame. The only thing that works better in the cooker is Galbi Jeem (A delicious Korean dish with either short ribs or oxtail with a fruity spicy teriyaki sauce.)
PS from my grandmother. Yes its important to cut salt for health. But if you do make sure you reduce salt and add Soy Sauce. Salt brines the beef. and Soysauce gives flavor. it is a very good brine by itself since they have different density, so you don’t have to use that much. THe Differing density of soy sauce and salt plump up your beef, like a poor man’s filet mignon… only less sodium. helps cheap beef taste great.
Darcy says
I made this for Christmas dinner for my inlaws. Never have i had such an amazing roast. It was so tender it just fell apart. The seasonings were perfect and it was super easy. I did sear the roast on all sides first. AMAZING! Now im making it again. Thank you for the great recipe!
Tami says
Made this tonight. Used small potatoes and added celery. Very, very good! I made the gravy too. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Laura says
I made something like this in the crockpot … can’t wait to try it in my pressure cooker!!!
Melissa says
I don’t think that I’ve used my slow cooker since receiving my Instant Pot 2 or 3 years ago…
Lacey says
Same here!
Cherie says
I’m getting ready to put mine in for 8 hrs
I’m hoping for the best!
Jenn Redd says
Just bought the 8qt instant pot because the 3qt was too small can’t wait to cook tomorrow!!
Laurie says
I just got my Instant Pot. Have been experimenting and so far have loved everything I’vemade