Need an easy, delicious, throw it together meal that comes out tasting AMAZING?
Well then I have the recipe for you!
This Instant Pot Italian pot roast dinner is a five ingredient recipe.
In under an hour, your Instant Pot creates a hearty wholesome meal that is perfect for those busy weeknights.
Your family is going to love it.
You can pretend you worked hard over this meal in the kitchen.
If you don't tell them how easy it is to cook, I won't either!
What ingredients do you need?
To make this pressure cooker Italian pot roast, you need the following ingredients:
- beef chuck roast
- small red potatoes
- carrots
- tomato sauce
- McCormick thick and zesty spaghetti sauce mix
Watch how to make it
How to make Instant Pot Italian pot roast
Follow these simple steps to make Instant Pot Italian pot roast.
- In a mixing bowl, mix tomato sauce, McCormick thick and zesty spaghetti sauce mix, and water. (photo 1)
- In an Instant Pot, add beef chuck roast and pour sauce over it. (photo 2)
- Layer quartered small red potatoes over the roast. (photo 3)
- Layer peeled and quartered carrots over the potatoes. (photo 4)
- Cook on meat/stew setting for 45 minutes.
- Natural release before opening.
Tip
If you prefer a thicker gravy sauce, remove meat, potatoes, and carrots.
Mix ¼ cup of sauce with 2 tsp cornstarch in small bowl. Mix in the mixture with the sauce in the Instant Pot. Cook on saute setting for 5 minutes to thicken. Rest 5 additional minutes.
Why use chuck roast?
Chuck roast has a larger amount of fat content than the other cuts of roast.
The fat content gives additional flavor and tenderness.
Look for meats labeled as: chuck roast, boneless chuck roast, chuck shoulder pot roast, 7 bone chuck pot roast, or beef chuck arm.
Note
The dry Spaghetti Sauce mix combined with the juices from the meat and veggies develops a delicious Italian gravy.
(Don't worry it will not taste like spaghetti!)
For more easy Instant Pot dinner recipes, check out:
- Instant Pot Country Style Steak
- Instant Pot Orange Chicken
- Instant Pot Hawaiian Pulled Pork
- Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup
- Instant Pot Mongolian Beef
- Instant Pot Chili Mac
Please leave me a comment below if you make this Instant Pot Italian Pot Roast, and tell me what you thought about it. I would love to hear back, and so would my readers.
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Instant Pot Italian Italian Pot Roast
Ingredients
- 3 lb beef chuck roast
- 3 lbs small red potatoes quartered
- 3 cups carrots peeled and quartered
- ¼ cup water
- 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 1 packet McCormick thick and zesty spaghetti sauce mix
Instructions
- Mix 15 oz tomato sauce and 1 packet of McCormick thick and zesty spaghetti sauce mix with ¼ cup water.
- Pour over 3 lb chuck roast in Instant Pot.
- Layer 3 lb quartered small red potatoes over the roast.
- Layer 3 cups peeled and quartered carrots over the potatoes.
- Cook on meat/stew setting for 45 minutes.
- After 45 minutes, allow steam to naturally release before opening.
Kate
Tender and finger licking good. I cant wait to make this again!
debra
So easy....and tasty too. Plus I love a good instant pot recipe. Makes my life easy...with a quick clean up too.
Lorena Pechinak
Delicious, a definite keeper.
Marv Beachler
To pressure cook vegetables and not have them turn-into mush, you can wrap them up in foil and place them on top. However, you'll lose the flavors of the veggies mixing with the other ingredients. You also could add them ten minutes into the beef cooking.
Janet
The pot roast was absolutely delicious! Thank you for a great recipe. The potatoes and carrots were a little more done than we like, so next time I will cut potatoes in half and leave carrots whole. Maybe they continued to cook a little more because I had it on keep warm for 2 hrs after cooking? I am new to Instant Pot and this was my first recipe! What a great start! Thanks so much!
karrie @ Tasty Ever After
This looks ridiculously yummy! I've got to try it soon in my IP and I'm going to look for that McCormick sauce packet this week at the store. Girl, you know it looks and sounds fantastic if I'm buying a spice packet! lol!