Instant Pot Beef & Barely Stew

Ingredients

  • 1 yellow or white onion chopped
  • 2 celery stalks, sliced
  • 3 plump garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups carrots, sliced
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp each- onion powder & garlic powder
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tsp beef base
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 1/2 lbs beef stew meat (or beef ground meat(, cut into 1 inch chunks (can be anywhere from 1-1 1/2 lbs)
  • 1 cup pearl barley I use Bob’s Red Mill brand
  • 32 oz beef broth or stock
  • 1 cup water (or Guinness!)
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste

Instructions

  • Add the oil, onions, carrots, celery, and garlic to the Instant Pot on saute mode. Saute for 5 minutes.
  • Turn off saute mode.
  • Add the onion powder, garlic powder, Worcestershire, salt, pepper, and beef base, stir to combine with the veggies.
  • Add the stew meat, pearl barley, beef stock, and water.
  • Close the Instant Pot and set to meatstew mode (or manualpressure mode), high pressure, for 25 minutes.
  • Do a quick release. Stir in the tomato paste

Source: https://momsdinner.net/instant-pot-beef-barley-stew/