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Instant pot beef and broccoli

Instant pot beef and broccoli

By Amelia Lai
20’ Prep time
10’ Cook time
30’ Total time
395 Calories
4 Serving

Summary

This instant pot beef and broccoli comes out so saucy and perfectly cooked. it’s made with just 8 ingredients and in less than 30 minutes!
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Step by Step

Step 1
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Step 1

Start by mixing up the sauce. Add the soy sauce, hoisin, minced garlic, and red chili sauce to a bowl and whisk until combined. Set aside.
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Step 2

Next, place flank steak out on a cutting board and cover it with parchment paper. Use a meat tenderizer to tenderize the flank steak. Pound each side of the flank steak for 1-2 minutes or until it is 1/2 inch thick.
Step 3
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Step 3

Slice your flank steak in half (hot dog way) and cut each half into about 3-inch long thin strips.
Step 4
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Step 4

Turn on the Instant Pot’s saute function and add olive oil to the pot. When olive oil is fragrant, add flank steak and cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Step 5

Turn off Instant Pot. Add sauce to the flank steak. Mix well and cover Instant Pot.
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Step 6

Cook the meat on high pressure for 8 minutes.
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Step 7

Quick release pressure and uncover Instant Pot. Transfer the broccoli to the pot with the flank steak.
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Step 8

Place the lid back on the Instant Pot and set the timer ‘0’ minutes. The pressure will build and beep when it reaches full pressure. This is when you quick release the pressure again.
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Step 9

Remove the beef and broccoli from the Instant Pot, leaving the sauce. Add cornstarch to the sauce and whisk until there are no lumps.
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Step 10

Add beef and broccoli back into the Instant Pot and mix so all ingredients are coated with sauce.
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Step 11

Serve with white rice.

Tips and Warnings

  • If you would like to make this recipe spicier, add a few teaspoons of sriracha to the sauce.
  • You can use any type of steak that you would like for this recipe, we prefer flank steak. For saucier beef and broccoli, double the sauce ingredients.

Ingredient

  • Soy sauce
    Soy sauce
    78.85 ml
  • Olive oil
    Olive oil
    29.57 ml
  • Corn starch
    Corn starch
    221.8 ml
  • Hoisin sauce
    Hoisin sauce
    59.15 ml
  • Chili garlic sauce
    Chili garlic sauce
    9.86 ml
  • Chopped broccoli florets
    Chopped broccoli florets
    1892.71 ml
  • Flank steak
    Flank steak
    6.8 kg
  • Minced garlic
    Minced garlic
    14.79 ml
  • Chili garlic sauce
    Chili garlic sauce
  • Chopped broccoli florets
    Chopped broccoli florets
  • Corn starch
    Corn starch

Nutrition Facts

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