Did you forget to thaw your ground beef? Not to worry! Here’s how you can use your Instant Pot to cook your frozen ground beef.
Instant Pot Frozen Ground Beef
Did you know that you could cook frozen ground beef in the Instant Pot? This frozen ground beef Instant Pot recipe is so easy and perfect for when you’re like me and head off to bed before remembering to defrost my beef! More than once I’ll jolt awake at 2am and go “omg the beef!” But not anymore! With the Instant Pot, I can quickly and easily cook frozen ground beef.
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What You’ll Need To Cook Frozen Beef in an Instant Pot
- water
- frozen ground beef
Equipment:
- trivet (one comes with the Instant Pot)
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How to Cook Frozen Ground Beef in Instant Pot
- Place the trivet inside of your Instant Pot.
- Add a cup of water to the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- Place frozen block of ground beef on top of the trivet and close the Instant Pot lid, setting it to sealing.
- Press manual and set to high pressure for 25 minutes.
- When done, quick release.
- Using an instant read meat thermometer and make sure the meat is at 160F/71C
- If not fully cooked, remove trivet and pour out the liquid in Instant Pot and set to sauté and quickly sauté the ground beef until fully cooked.
Tips and Notes on This Instant Pot Frozen Ground Beef
- If you’d like to season your beef (ie making taco beef), I suggest cooking on high pressure for half of the time to “thaw” the beef, quick release, remove the beef, pour out remaining liquid, and remove the trivet before putting the meat back in the Instant Pot on sauté mode. Season and finish cooking on sauté.
- For meal prepping, I store my ground beef in an airtight glass container.
- It takes 5-10 minutes for the Instant Pot to come up to pressure before the countdown starts so don’t be worried if it doesn’t start counting down right away.
- I use either a potato masher or just two forks to break up the cooked ground beef to make it look like… ground beef if it was cooked on the stove top.
- As this recipe isn’t seasoned, I usually pair this ground beef with a sauce.
Recipes To Try Using Ground Beef
- Bulgogi Korean Beef Bowls
- Healthy Hamburger Soup
- Spicy Peanut Beef with Broccoli Rice
- Stuffed Bell Peppers with Ground Beef
How To Cook Frozen Ground Beef in the Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 lb frozen ground beef
Instructions
- Place the trivet inside of your Instant Pot.
- Add a cup of water to the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- Place frozen block of ground beef on top of the trivet and close the Instant Pot lid, setting it to sealing.
- Press manual and set to high pressure for 25 minutes.
- When done, quick release.
- Using an instant read meat thermometer and make sure the meat is at 160F/71C
- If not fully cooked, remove trivet and pour out the liquid in Instant Pot and set to sauté and quickly sauté the ground beef until fully cooked.
Nutrition
RESOURCES AND TIPS FOR MEAL PREPPING
- How To Cook Chicken Breasts Perfectly
- What Is An Instant Pot
- Tips To Help You Meal Prep For The Week Successfully
- Tips for Meal Prepping on a Budget
- 7 Freezer Friendly Chicken Marinades
- 5 Freezer Friendly Marinades
MORE INSTANT POT MEAL PREP RECIPES TO TRY
- Instant Pot Korean Inspired Ragu
- Instant Pot Chicken Tinga
- Instant Pot Coconut Thai Curry Chicken
- Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala
- Spicy Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Meal Prep (inspired by the chicken burrito bowls from Chipotle)
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Mindy
This worked perfectly! Thanks so much.