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Do you love tender beef tips and gravy? They are easy to make in an Instant Pot or slow cooker (beef tips in gravy crockpot style). Instructions for using both are given below. Cooked, either way, the meat is extra tender and melts in your mouth, and the gravy is so rich and flavorful. Serve over noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes for a delicious dinner.
Tender beef tips with gravy make a delicious meal that tastes good the first night, and you can reheat leftovers for later. This is comfort food with delicious chunks of beef in a rich brown gravy. It’s easy to make with surprisingly few ingredients, and you can use inexpensive cuts of meat.
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What Cuts of Beef Are Best for Beef Tips in Gravy?
You can make very lean or tough cuts of beef tender with an Instant Pot pressure cooker or a slow cooker. So for this beef tips with gravy recipe, you can use lean chuck roast, sirloin tip, eye of round, or your preferred cut of lean beef.
- Chuck Roast is an inexpensive cut of meat that’s often on sale. It has some marbling for flavor, and it’s flat, which makes it easy to brown.
- Sirloin Tip (or round tip) is cut from the hindquarters, next to the sirloin. Asirloin tip has lots of flavor.
- Eye of Round comes from the rear leg. It’s lean and tough but really flavorful.
There’s nothing like using one of the most inexpensive protein items at the grocery store and creating something this delicious with it!Click herefor a guide to lean beef cuts and how to cook them.
It’s easy to stretch this recipe. Toss in some leftover veggies and ladle over rice, mashed potatoes, or pasta noodles. You could also serve this dish with a side of roasted brussel sprouts, broccoli, glazed carrots, or a kale salad.
This recipe uses Gravy Master, which enhances the natural flavors and appearance of gravies, meats, stews, fish, poultry, and vegetables. It isn’t super common, but Gravy Master helps add a little something to this recipe.
Beef tips and gravy is the perfect make-ahead meal for busy weeknights, and it makes great leftovers! Simply keep in the refrigerator in an airtight container until you are ready to reheat. Freshen the flavor with just a dash of salt and pepper and reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave.
- Beef tips with gravy are also great to freeze in zippered bags.
Ingredients
Here’s a list of what you need:
- Lean chuck roast
- All-purposeflour
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Beef stock
- Vegetable oil
- Gravy Master
- Onions
- Noodles or rice for serving
How to Make Tender Beef Tips and Gravy
- Cut, season, and flour the beef:
- Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
- Cut and trim roast into small bite-sized pieces.
- Dredge beef pieces in seasoned flour shake off excess flour.
- Instant Pot Directions:
- Set the Instant Pot to sauté and add oil.
- When the oil has heated drop in several pieces of the beef. Do not add all the beef at once.
- Cook seasoned beef in batches on all sides until lightly browned.
- When all of the beef is cooked, add it back to the Instant Pot.
- Add onion, Gravy Master, and beef stock.
- Place lid on Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. Release pot after cooking with either a quick release or a natural release.
- Slow Cooker Directions:
- Brown the seasoned floured beef in a large skillet in small batches with some vegetable oil.
- Place the browned beef in a slow cooker.
- Add onion, Gravy Master, and beef stock.
- Simmer for 4 to 6 hours on low.
- If the liquid hasn’t thickened up to your desired consistency, you can thicken it up by mixing 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 tablespoon of flour. Stir this into the gravy and it will thicken up.
- Brown the seasoned floured beef in a large skillet in small batches with some vegetable oil.
Serve beef tips and gravy over rice or noodles for a hearty meal.
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I used my Instant Pot IP-DUO60 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker, 6Qt/1000W
and Gravy Master 2 oz. (3-Pack)
I love my Instant Pot and I have found Gravy Master for sale at my local Kroger store. It isn’t super common, but I think Gravy Master helps to add a little something to the recipe.
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Be sure to check out more beef recipes for dinner and easy Instant Pot recipeshere on CopyKat.com!
Make Tender Beef Tips and Gravy
You can make amazingly tender beef tips and gravy in an Instant Pot or slow cooker.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Beef Tips and Gravy, Instant Pot Recipes, Slow Cooker Recipes
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 10
Calories: 495kcal
Author: Stephanie Manley
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 pounds lean chuck roast
- 48 ounces beef stock
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons gravy master
- 1 cup onions chopped
- 16 ounces noodles or rice for serving
Instructions
In a small bowl add flour, salt, and pepper. Stir the salt and pepper into the flour. Cut and trim roast into small bite-sized pieces. Dredge beef pieces in seasoned flour shake off excess flour.
Instant Pot Directions
Set the Instant Pot to saute, add oil. When the oil has heated drop in several pieces of the beef. Cook seasoned beef on all sides until lightly browned. Cook beef in small batches. When all of the beef is cooked add it back to the Instant Pot.
Add 1 cup of onion, two teaspoons of Gravy Master, and beef stock. Place lid on high and cook for 15 minutes on high pressure. Release pot after cooking with either a quick release or a natural release.
Slow Cooker Directions
Brown the beef in a large skillet in small batches with some vegetable oil. Add the browned beef, beef broth, onion, and Gravy Master to the slow cooker. Cook for 4 to 6 hours on low.
If the liquid hasn't thickened up to your desired consistency, you can thicken it up by mixing 1 tablespoon of butter and one tablespoon of flour together. Stir this into the liquid and it will thicken up the gravy in the slow cooker.
Serving
Prepare noodles or rice according to package instructions.
Serve beef tips and gravy over noodles or rice.
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Nutrition
Calories: 495kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 682mg | Potassium: 841mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 1.2mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 4.4mg
About Stephanie Manley
I recreate your favorite restaurant recipes, so you can prepare these dishes at home. I help you cook dinner, and serve up dishes you know your family will love. You can find most of the ingredients for all of the recipes in your local grocery store.
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PawanKY
Hello,
thanks for the tender beef recipe tips. Now I have a slow cooker so it would be easy for me to try this recipe.Reply
Jill
Hi. Trying the recipe tonight. As I am only using less than 1 1/2lbs of stew meat, 48 ounces of beef stock seems to be a little too much. What would you recommend? Enjoy your videos. Thank you.Reply
Stephanie
I am not sure if you mean that there isn’t enough liquid for the InstantPot (only 1 cup is require), or if you feel that isn’t enough liquid for the recipe. The meat also releases water as it cooked.
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Melissa Brown
Stephanie I was thinking you could cook noodles in the pressure cooker as well. We just got our cooker tonight and couldn’t wait to use it. But curious why you didn’t cook noodles in the pot as well. Thx
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Stephanie
Noodles take much less time to cook, this would have required cooking, then a release, then a second cooking. For me, I thought it was easier to simply cook the noodles on the stove in tandem so everything would be ready more quickly.
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jeanne schilf
hi, would love to have this reciepe, but nothing comes up to print , no list of anything
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Stephanie
The recipe is back now. I apologize it wasn’t available when you were online.
Platt College
I love beef tips with pasta! Can’t get enough.
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Jamie
Where is this a copykat from? Restaurant?
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Stephanie
This is not a copycat from a restaurant. It’s just me offering up a recipe that I love to make.
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This recipe was delicious. I too cooked it in the crockpot. I only filled it with water till the 2lbs of stew meet was covered, I omitted the salt, put in 1/2 a large white onion, and the 1/4 c. worscheshire and low sodium soy sauce. It smelled great cooking day. Right before we ate it I added just the brown gravy pack with no water and it thickend up quite nicely. The was a great meal. My husband is asking for seconds.
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I love your recipes and videos. You always mention if you like this give it a thumbs up, but I have never found where that is? Please help.
Warmly, JudyReply
Stephanie
Thank you Judy! If you watch the videos on Youtube, there is a thumbs up button you can click. I don’t know if you watch the videos here or on Youtube.
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This was really good. I used left over roast from the pot roast recipe, shredded and added egg noodles – YUM!
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Terry H
I know you are paid to push the Instant Pot, but most people don’t use that or a pressure cooker. I rarely ever use a slow cooker. The slow cooker is a pain, because you still need to use another large pan to sear meats, creating just another big item to wash. Seems like your main thrust is pushing these products. Tell us how you ever fixed these recipes before using an Instant Pot, Pressure Cooker or Slow Cooker. That’s the basics of cooking.
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Stephanie
I am actually not paid to push the Instant Pot. They do not pay me. If you buy it through the affiliate link, I earn about 1 dollar. I sell 2 or 3 pots a month. I really just love this pot, and folks request these recipes. So I develop recipes for them. I really use the pot about once a week for my personal use. I am sorry if you feel I am trying to push the Instant Pot on you, no worries, I have at least 1,500 other recipes that do not require an Instant Pot.
One of the reasons I like the Instant Pot is that you can sear inside of pot, and you can pressure cook, slow cook, make yogurt, make rice, and a couple of other things with it. I totally understand you aren’t sold on it.
I am writing these recipes for the Instant Pot in many of them I give alternative directions for a slow cooker. So I feel like I have that covered. Again, the post wasn’t sponsored, it is me just loving a product and sharing the recipes that I write to my audience.
Why don’t you share with me what you would like to see. Thank you for stopping by, and I really look forward to your input.
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Libby Mader
I have an instant pot and love it. I find new recipes and old all the time to make good use of it. It’s fast easy to clean and if you get the right one Browns items before you pressure cook them all in the same pot. Usually around $100.00 and if you find ways to make it work for you worth every penny!
Shannon Todd
What is the Instant Pot? Sounds like one I would love to have and use. I’m going to try the beef tips and gravy. Yes it is one of my comfort foods. I’m 56 and my grandma made them all the time. YUM. I will search for the instant pot, but if you could send me some information I would greatly appreciate it. I get most of my small appliances from Amazon.
Thank you for Great reciepes
ShannonReply
Pat Cody
I’m wondering why you don’t just move on and find another website for your recipes if you’re going to be so critical of this one’s author. I am very impressed that Stacy was so polite in her response. Personally I use my crockpot at least once a week for a variety of recipes, none of which require anything other than dumping everything in.
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mark
THANK YOU for posting recipes for the Instant Pot. I look forward to seeing MORE of your recipes in the Instant Pot format. Does anyone truly NOT like using an Instant Pot….thats actually used it, I mean ?Reply
Debbie
What if you do not own a pressure cooker. What are other options?
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Stephanie
Here you go.
How to make beef tips and gravy in a slow cooker
Please use the same ingredients as listed below. For this recipe season your flour as mentioned in the recipe, then brown the meat in a large skillet in small batches with some vegetable oil. Add the beef broth you will simmer for 4 to 6 hours on low. If the liquid hasn’t thickened up to your desire, you can thicken it up by mixing 1 tablespoon of flour and one tablespoon of flour that has been mixed. Stir this in, and this should thicken the sauce.Reply
Vicky
This looks good and sounds good too. I’d use my slowcooker or that other pot where you can brown meat, simmer, slow cook, roast. Can’t think of the name of it. I noticed an error in the directions for thickening the gravy when using the crock pot. I believe it should be 1 tbls. of flour and 1 tbls of butter, not 1 tbls of flour and 1 tbls of flour. It appears the same way in the general directions. I use this little trick from time to time if necessary. Thanks for sharing.
Grady Feralin
Thank you Miss Stephanie for giving out recipes using a slow cooker instead of a Instant -pot only. Your recipes sound good (But most of your recipes sound Great). I appreciate sound easy to cook .I appreciate you telling all you need to cook the recipes for us noncooks.
Stephanie Manley
Glad to help out!
Jody Mils
I don’t know what a instant pot is?
Sorry, but really would like to make this.
Can I make it in a crock pot or just a
regular pot on the stove? Thank you
for the help. JodyReply
Stephanie
How to make beef tips and gravy in a slow cooker
Please use the same ingredients as listed below. For this recipe season your flour as mentioned in the recipe, then brown the meat in a large skillet in small batches with some vegetable oil. Add the beef broth you will simmer for 4 to 6 hours on low. If the liquid hasn’t thickened up to your desire, you can thicken it up by mixing 1 tablespoon of flour and one tablespoon of flour that has been mixed. Stir this in, and this should thicken the sauce.Reply
Ava
How much beef broth? (instant pot beef tips and gravy)
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Stephanie
Add 1 48 ounce container of beef stock.
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