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If you are looking for a super easy comfort food recipe that takes less than an hour start to finish, I have you covered. This Easy Instant Pot Round Steak takes a tougher cut of meat and makes it super tender super fast!

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How to Make Easy Round Steak in an Instant Pot

Aunt Lou here.

Whether you have bought meat in bulk and have a round steak or two in your freezer or bought one at the store because it is one of the cheaper cuts of meat, you want to use this recipe! We love beef around here and usually try to by a quarter beef so that we can keep our freezer stocked. However, the round steaks had always been a tough one for me because, well, the meat is pretty tough. So low and slow was the only way I knew to do it…like with this Easy Crock Pot Round Steak. However, that’s an all day recipe, and sometimes you don’t have all day. So I thought I would try out my crock pot recipe with my Instant Pot. I was a little skeptical that a round steak could become tender in just 20 minutes of cooking, but this Easy Instant Pot Round Steak made me a believer! Seriously, I barely used my knife. Most of the time I cut it with myfork!

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Easy Instant Pot Round Steak Notes

I used my6 quart Instant Potto make this delicious recipe. Any 6 quart electric pressure cooker should work just fine. Or you could also make them in a crock pot using our Easy Crock Pot Round Steakrecipe.
Make sure you stir everything before you start cooking. Once it is finished cooking and pressure released, remove the lid and stir your gravy.
Cutting carbs? Use a homemade low carb onion soup mix instead of the ones you find in the store.
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Easy Instant Pot Round Steak Recipe

4.96 from 187 votes

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Course: Main

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Instant Pot Round Steak

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Calories: 257kcal

Author: Aunt Lou

Ingredients

2 lbs beef round steak
1 oz pkg onion soup mix
1 cup water
10.75 oz can cream of mushroom soup
cooked egg noodles optional

Instructions

Cut your round steak into serving size pieces
Place your round steaks in your Instant Pot
Add your remaining ingredients and stir until everything is well combined
Secure your lid and set on the meat setting for 20 minutes
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Let it natural release for 15 minutes before quick releasing
Stir, and if desired, serve over cooked egg noodles

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Notes

I used my6 quart Instant Potto make this delicious recipe. Any 6 quart electric pressure cooker should work just fine. Or you could also make them in a crock pot using ourEasy Crock Pot Round Steakrecipe.
Make sure you stir everything before you start cooking. Once it is finished cooking and pressure released, remove the lid and stir your gravy.
Cutting carbs? Use a homemade low carb onion soup mix instead of the ones you find in the store.
You can find more electric pressure cooker recipes with our Recipe Finder.
Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in ourAmazon Influencer Shop.
As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts andnutritionalinformation varies greatly. As a result, yournutritionalcontent depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
Finally, all electric pressure cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes shouldalways be tested first in your own electric pressure cooker and time adjusted as needed.

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Lady 🦋 Dee says
February 23, 2023 at 8:55 pm

Easy and delicious
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Chelcey says
February 22, 2023 at 7:12 pm

Just found this recipe a couple weeks ago tops and I’m making it a second time right now. lol it’s absolutely delicious!!!!
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Chelcey says
February 12, 2023 at 8:07 pm

This recipe is great!!! Just had it for the first time. We also bought a 1/4 of a cow. The only thing I did extra was add about 1/4 tsp vegetable better than bouillon to the water. The whole family loved it! We will be doing this again. Thank you for this one.
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Terri says
September 2, 2022 at 2:51 pm

This is seriously so good and easy
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Tina Frye says
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August 3, 2022 at 10:56 am

I made this and it was wonderful. The steak turned out so tender.
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Jackie says
January 16, 2022 at 2:36 pm

It was ok. My husband liked it. I would add beef broth instead of water next time to see if it gives it more flavor or some better than bouillon. I also will double the liquid. The noodles sucked up all the juice on the leftovers. I will make it again to use up the cow in my freezer!
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- Aunt Lou says
  September 8, 2022 at 12:51 pm
  
  I like the idea of using beef broth instead of water. I bet that will really bump up the flavor! It might help if you don’t combine the noodles with the beef and just put them together when serving. That way you can store the noodles separately from the beef and cooking juices. Hope that helps!
  Aunt Lou
Jeff C says
December 7, 2021 at 11:20 pm

Very good recipe! We bought a quarter of a cow that included a lot of tenderized round steak and this recipe was perfect. I will probably add a can of mushrooms (wife doesn’t like fresh!) and maybe a cut up onion next time for some texture. Flavor was wonderful and like others, the remaining liquid needed thickening but overall a great, easy recipe.
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- Aunt Lou says
  December 17, 2021 at 4:29 pm
  
  So glad you enjoyed it and are thinking of ways to make this recipe your own!
- Terri says
  September 2, 2022 at 2:53 pm
  
  Omg we just bought a quarter cow too so lots of beef recipes
Ashley says
November 8, 2021 at 11:03 pm

I saw tons of great feedback so I wanted to try this and it did not disappoint! I used 1lb 5 oz venison round steak and set for 20 minutes still. I got the burn notice immediately, canceled, added an cup of broth and stirred. I also ended up letting it completely depressurize naturally. Added a few tbsp of cornstarch to thicken the liquid back into gravy and the meat was perfect! Served over mashed potatoes.
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- Aunt Lou says
  November 24, 2021 at 9:24 pm
  
  Different elevations make a difference on how much liquid is needed. It is so frustrating. So glad you were able to get around the burn notice and to hear you enjoyed it.
StephG2017 says
August 12, 2021 at 2:24 pm

I sliced the bottom round cutlets, into small slices, put a cup of beef broth, some Dave’s Famous Steak and Burger seasoning, n some white mushrooms, in my IP, stirred it all up, n set it, on the meat setting, for 15 minutes!! I chose a lesser time, cuz I didn’t use 2 lbs of meat, n I chose not to use the cream of mushroom soup, cuz I used white mushrooms instead. It’s coming right now, so we’ll see how it turns out!!
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- Aunt Lou says
  August 12, 2021 at 3:43 pm
  
  Sounds like some yummy changes to this recipe. I hope it came out wonderfully!
Kelly Perez says
August 6, 2021 at 3:54 pm

What would the timing be for a frozen round steak?
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- Aunt Lou says
  August 11, 2021 at 9:22 am
  
  I haven’t tried this recipe with frozen meat. Without testing it first, I can’t give you specific timing. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!
Becky says
May 19, 2021 at 4:46 pm

This was delicious, will definitely make again.
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Jessica F. Gardezy says
January 28, 2021 at 7:09 pm

I was happy to find this simple recipe for a quick dinner using eye of round steaks that I had bought, not knowing anything about meat. I will often buy cuts of meat that “look nice” on the shelf and then have to go learn about how to cook them later. This recipe was very handy for learning about Eye of Round. After the 20 minutes of pressure cooking, I pulled the meat out, added a couple of bay leaves, some steak seasoning, some garlic powder and a few shakes of worcestershire sauce and let the sauce cook down a bit. Then I added the meat back in and served it over egg noodles and a sprinkling of sliced green onions. I thought the flavoring of the dish was perfect and my husband really enjoyed it, but I decided I’m not a fan of eye of round meat….it just didn’t have a great texture (too fibrous?) but I will definitely make this dish again using a better cut of meat like flank steak or something and maybe do it on the stovetop since the meat will already be more tender.
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- Aunt Lou says
  January 29, 2021 at 1:18 pm
  
  I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed the flavors of the recipe Jessica! If you give it a try with flank steak or something else, let me know how it goes!
Bryan Lamm says
December 12, 2020 at 3:48 pm

This was amazing!!! We are having guests and want to make this. However, we need to double the amount of meat. I assume we’ll need to double the ingredients and change the cook time. Any suggestions?
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- Aunt Lou says
  December 14, 2020 at 6:19 pm
  
  So glad you enjoyed it Bryan! I haven’t tried doubling this recipe. If I did, I would double all the other ingredients to make sure you have plenty of the yummy gravy. As for the cooking time, I can’t say for sure how much you would need to increase the cooking time without trying it myself first. I would start by looking for other Instant Pot recipes that use a similar amount of round steaks. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!
Amy J Gibson says
October 19, 2020 at 8:25 pm

Turned out AMAZING!! Thank you for sharing 😊
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- Aunt Lou says
  October 20, 2020 at 12:56 pm
  
  That’s awesome Amy! I’m so glad to hear it!
Brenda says
August 29, 2020 at 10:47 pm

I generally do not take the time to give reviews but this recipe is amazing! I have to cook a bit softer foods for my dad and he loved it, I made it with tortellini. I will absolutely be making this again.
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- Aunt Lou says
  August 31, 2020 at 11:54 am
  
  Thank you so much for taking the time to let us know, Brenda! I am so glad your dad loved it!
k says
August 26, 2020 at 8:07 pm

Excellent recipe! I’m always skeptical of recipes for round steak because it is such a tough cut of meat, but I prepared exactly according to directions and the meat was so tender! This is a keeper for a great inexpensive meal.
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- Aunt Lou says
  August 27, 2020 at 12:59 pm
  
  I’m so glad to hear it K! Thank you for taking the time to come back and let us know you enjoyed it. It always makes our day to hear our readers enjoy a recipe!
  Aunt Lou
Tami Kaiser says
August 10, 2020 at 7:19 pm

Is “meat” setting on the instant pot the same as “high pressure” on my electric pressure cooker?
Thanks
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- Aunt Lou says
  August 27, 2020 at 12:57 pm
  
  Hi Tami!
  Yes, the high pressure setting should work for this recipe. Enjoy!
  ~Aunt Lou
Terri B in LG says
July 18, 2020 at 4:40 pm

Wondering if I should reduce the time to cook if i’m only using 1/2 the amount of meat?
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- Aunt Lou says
  August 27, 2020 at 12:56 pm
  
  Hi Terri!
  I haven’t tried this with half the amount of meat, but yes. You would need to adjust your cooking time. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!
  Aunt Lou

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