Name: Instant Pot Shredded Beef
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 1-2 lb rump roast, chuck roast, beef round roast (rinsed); 4 garlic cloves (peeled); 1 tsp cumin; ½ tsp crushed red pepper flakes; 1 dried bay leaf; 1 tsp dried oregano; ½ tsp black pepper; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp paprika; ½ tsp salt; 1 cup beef or chicken broth; 1 jalapeño (optional) (cut in half ); handful fresh cilantro; 2 tbsp vegetable, corn or olive oil; 1 lime (cut into wedges or quarters)

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The most delicious, flavorful and tender Instant Pot Shredded Beef recipe you will ever come across on the internet! Perfect in so many dishes and excellent for meal prep meals too! Need stove top instructions? I’ve got you covered too!

Looking for some new instant pot dishes?!

Then you have to make this Instant Pot Shredded Beef recipe!

(Don’t have an instant pot?! No worries you won’t miss out on this delicious shredded beef recipe. Stove top instructions below)

This instant pot recipe is by far the most hyper delicious shredded beef recipe ever! Plus it’s ridiculously easy to make too!

Pop a few ingredients into your instant pot and 50 minutes later, you will have the most tender shredded beef you have ever had to use in a variety of dishes!

Some Delicious Ideas for this Shredded Beef

Use this this yummy recipe in:

beef shredded tacos
enchiladas
beef tostadas
carne deshebrada (Puerto Rican shredded beef recipe)
ropa vieja recipe
salpicon de res (beef salpicon)
burritos
burrito bowls
over nachos
over rice
stews
bbq shredded beef
in sandwiches
Asian dishes
over pasta
stuffed in peppers or potatoes

Ingredients

1-2 pounds rump roast, chuck roast, beef round roast
4 garlic cloves, whole
1 teaspoon cumin
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup beef or chicken broth
1 jalapeño, cut in half
handful fresh cilantro
2 tablespoon oil
lime, cut into wedges

How to Make Shredded Beef in an Instant Pot

Seasoned uncooked beef round roast inside an instant pot.

Seared and brown beef round roast inside an instant pot.

Rinse beef. Season with salt and pepper on both sides.
Add the oil to the instant pot and set it to the Saute setting.
Add the beef and sear on one side. Flip over and sear on the other side.

Beef round roast ready to cook inside an instant pot, topped with fresh herbs, spices and garlic.

Cooked beef round roast cooked on a wooden cutting board being shredded.

Turn instant pot off and add the beef or chicken broth.
Stir in all the spices, jalapeño, garlic cloves, bay leaf, crushed red pepper and fresh cilantro.
Put lid on. Steam release knob should be set to “sealing.”
Cook on manual setting at high pressure for 50 minutes.
Once instant pot beeps that it is done, allow pressure to release naturally.
Remove beef from pot and shred with two forks.

Bring shredded beef back to pot and stir.
Use a quarter slice of the lime and sprinkle beef with lime juice.
Keep shredded beef warm until ready to use in any dish of your choice.

Your shredded beef is ready for any yummy idea you may have! Enjoy it in endless dishes!

Stove Top Instructions

To make this yummy recipe on the stove top simply…..

In a mixing bowl, add spices and broth. Mix well with a fork.
In a medium size pot, add oil and heat over medium high heat.
Season beef with salt and pepper on both sides.
When oil is hot add whole beef roast and sear on all sides.
Add spices with broth and top roast with the cilantro, garlic cloves, bay leaf and jalapeno.
Lower heat to medium and cover pot with a lid. Cook roast for 2½ – 3 hours. (Check roast in between cooking to make sure broth is not evaporating). If so add a little bit of hot water to pot and continue cooking.
Once beef is done, remove from pot and place on a cutting board.
With two forks, shred beef.
Add shredded beef back to pot and stir well with broth.
Use a quarter slice of the lime and sprinkle beef with lime juice.
Serve beef in recipe or dish of your choice.