Pressure Cooker Hearty Beef Stew

Adapted from another recipe. Substituted in condensed soup, which includes all the necessary salt. Trying out my new Kuhn Rikon pressure cooker! Delicious results, though the cooker smells distinctly of onions now, despite scrubbing...

Jess W @cook_3425471

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Ingredients

1 hour 5 mins

12 servings

2 1/2 lbStew beef/chuck roast, roughly cubed
2 mediumYellow onions, diced
3 stickCelery, sliced
2 mediumCarrots, peeled and sliced for stock
4 mediumCarrots, peeled and sliced
2 largeYukon Gold potatoes
6 cloveGarlic, minced
2 canFrench onion soup, condensed
2 tbspParsley, dried
3 tbspOlive oil
1 tbspSugar
1 cupFlour, all-purpose
1/2 boxWide egg noodles
1 cupWater
1as needed Water
1Ground pepper

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Steps

1 hour 5 mins

1

Combine flour and sugar in a bowl or bag, then dredge the beef in mixture. Set aside in a separate bowl.
2

Heat olive oil in pressure cooker (without lid) over MED-LOW to MED heat, then add garlic. **N.B.: The steps for browning the beef may be done in a separate skillet, if your pressure cooker is not large enough.
3

Brown dredged beef in heated garlic and oil.
4

Add onions, celery, and 2 medium carrots to pressure cooker. **If using a separate skillet, transfer browned beef to pressure cooker and add vegetables as directed here.
5

Add parsley and two cans of condensed French onion soup. Add 2/3 C water, then incrementally more as necessary, depending on preference for gravy/stew thickness (i.e., less water=thicker).
6

Close pressure cooker as directed by manufacturer, and use HIGH heat to reach the second pressure (15 psi). Once pressure is reached, decrease heat to LOW--likely the lowest possible setting--to maintain pressure. Cook for 30 min.
7

Remove from heat for 5 min, then release remaining pressure by pressing the valve.
8

Add potatoes and remaining carrots. Reseal the lid and bring to low pressure (8 psi), maintaining for 15 min.
9

Cook egg noodles.
10

Cool pressure cooker using the natural release method: remove from heat and allow to return to normal pressure naturally. Add ground pepper to taste. Serve over egg noodles, and enjoy!